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the place reminds me of piapi :cheers:

Gloria unwraps P4-b education loan package
By Joyce Pangco Pañares


President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has unwrapped in advance the education component of her State-of-the-Nation Address, including scholarship packages worth P4 billion as a counterpart contribution to the multi-billion funding provided by private firms.

Mrs. Arroyo announced the additional scholarship funding after receiving the 2007 Corporate Social Responsibility Report which pegged the private sector’s social investment funding at P19 billion for the last decade.

“As we are preparing for our Sona next week, I would like to give you an advance report on what we in the government have also been doing to increase our investment in education, for after all education is primarily the responsibility of government. We have been investing tens of billions in human infrastructure so the public can have greater access to better schools, quality textbooks and better teachers,” the President said during yesterday’s CSR Expo held at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza in Pasay City.

The President said the P4-billion fund for student loans is available through all training centers and state universities and colleges under the Commission on Higher Education.

The allocation will raise the number of student beneficiaries under the state scholarship program to 200,000, or five times last year’s 40,000.

Mrs. Arroyo also reported that at least 15,000 classrooms were built last year in keeping with her 2006 Sona promises to ensure that all public elementary schools will only have two shifts with no more than 50 students per classroom.

On the other hand, textbooks and teacher’s manuals worth P12 million have been procured for the ongoing school year to keep the ratio of one textbook per grade school student for the subjects English, Filipino, math and social studies.

“Indeed, a sound education is the best inheritance we can give our children for this cannot be taken away from them. It is the only legacy that the state is obligated by law to give to every citizen, and I thank the corporate world for making our burden lighter,” the President said.

Mrs. Arroyo was referring to the P3.8 million worth of CSR programs focused on education made by the business sector from 2002 to June this year.

According to League of Corporate Foundations president Marilou Erni, who presented the 2007 CSR Report to the President, the private sector has adopted a roadmap that will serve as a template for future social investment projects.

“There is no waning of efforts in social development. Of our CSR expenditures, 46 percent goes to education and human services; 27 percent to livelihood and employment; and 25 percent for the environment,” said Erni, who is also the executive director of the Petron Foundation Inc.

Erni also gave Mrs. Arroyo a copy of the memorandum of understanding signed by all private sector partners on the 57-75 Campaign which seeks to reverse the low scores of elementary students in the National Achievement Test.

“We need to reverse the current education crisis. The number 57 is the current average score of public school students in the test while 75 is commonly known as the passing mark,” she said.

Erni said the campaign will be piloted in 729 public elementary schools in several provinces nationwide, including those in Nueva Vizcaya, Iligan and Iloilo.

The private sector partners under the CSR program include LCF, Petron Foundation, the European Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines, the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce Inc., the National Executive Institutes of the Philippines, the Philippine Management Association of the Philippines, the Philippine Business for Education, the Makati Business Club, and the Philippine Business for Social Progress.

Source (http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=politics2_july17_2007)

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wow... a Chappy Bike still in service ... the first model came out around the mid-80s...... :cheers:

^^ only that it's very unsafe driving without a helmet and a kid (also without a helmet). arrrggghhh.

^^ that's very true...speaking from my own experience: had it not been for the helmet, i would have paid a high price for a motorbike accident in 2005 .... tsk tsk... i believe negligent driving is a common practice amongst people in newly urbanizing areas .... :cheers:

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@tough Thanks for the nice photos.

^^Nice picture there @tough. Anong oras mo ba kinunan yan? Just this morning ba? :)

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NorMin's DTI-monitored investments total Php4.39B in 1Q 2007
by Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob

Some Php4.39 billion worth of investments has been monitored by the Dept. of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Northern Mindanao, during the first quarter of the year.

“This is actually 152% higher compared to Php1,742 billion investments of the same period in 2006,” Regional Director Alicia V. Eusena of DTI-10, said.

Posting the highest share in the region’s total investment (RTI), by sector, is infrastructure and services with Php2.324 billion or 53%, followed by the agriculture-based sector with Php517.95 million or 12%.

The other sectors and their share in the RTI are: Metals, Php504.65 million or 11%, Servicing, Php458.60 million or 10%, Trading, Php386.84 million or 9% and Chemical-based sector, Php35.12 million or 1%.

Consumer manufacturing, Php7.38 million or 0.17%, mining & metallurgical, Php7.22 million or 0.16%, forest-based, Php2.50 million or 0.06% and other sectors, not earlier qualified, Php146.39 million or 15%.

Per province, Eusena said, Bukidnon posted the highest share of the RTI with Php2.709 billion or 62%, the bulk of which came from the business name registrations (BNR) of companies in the service, trading and infrastructure sectors that included the construction of an additional water distribution facility.

Similarly, investments in Misamis Oriental of Php858.47 million or 20% came mostly from the BNR of companies in the various sectors and those at the Phividec Industrial Estate that included the expansion project Pilipinas Kao and the construction of a freezing and storage facility.

On the other hand, majority of Lanao del Norte’s investments of Php670.63 million or 15% came from the metals, service and trading sectors that included the renovation of a furnace of a metal company, construction and expansion of commercial resort facilities, supply distribution centers, cell sites and refilling gas stations.

Again, Misamis Occidental’s investments of Php98.77 million or 2% mostly came from the BNR in trading and service sectors, particularly in resort facilities, forest-based distribution centers, real estate, fishing and poultry farms.

The bulk of investments in Camiguin which amounted to Php54.95 million or 1% of the RTI also came mostly from the BNR in the agri-based, infra and services sectors, specifically from tourism-related, trucking services and distribution center of meat.

Moreover, by source of investments, Eusena said, Php2.9 billion or 65% of the RTI came from multi-sources and Php2.89 million or 48%, from the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME)/One Town-One Product (OTOP)/Cluster projects.

Php1.2 billion or 26% came from the BNR, Php244 million or 6%, from the ecozones, Php96.7 million or 2%, from banks and Php42 million or 1%, from local government unit (LGU) initiatives. (PIA 10)

Source (http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p070718.htm&no=26)

Opening of
ILIGAN PASALUBONG CENTER
today. "Showcasing Iligan's Best" at Eltanal Bldg. Roxas Avenue, Iligan City

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Wala pami Security Bank sa Tagum... Waaaaahhh....

Hey guys regarding Mayor Cruz's State of the City Address there's still no exact date because he's somewhat busy with the surveillance camera installation, visiting LGU's (Lakbay Aral) and an investor willing to put up another mall near Gmall. :)

>>hi gors! i thnk mayor cruz will deliver his state of the city address after his first 100 days of service...so that's probably around october. it's not similar to PGMA who will deliver her's every 3rd week of july..


the surveillance camera project is handled by the ICT committee under coun. rovira...so wala jud nag-first hand c mayor ani....:) :)

>>hi gors! i thnk mayor cruz will deliver his state of the city address after his first 100 days of service...so that's probably around october. it's not similar to PGMA who will deliver her's every 3rd week of july..


the surveillance camera project is handled by the ICT committee under coun. rovira...so wala jud nag-first hand c mayor ani....:) :)

thanks for the info.

Wala pami Security Bank sa Tagum... Waaaaahhh....

really? how come? wala kaayo

really? how come? wala kaayo

mERON NA kasi sa Panabo City... 30 minutes ride from our city...

ang wala na bank dito sa amin are:

Union Bank...
UCPB...
Security Bank...
MayBank...
I Bank...

Mmmm...

Konti nlang.... we already have over 20 Commercial banks in the city..
he.he.he.he...

bai, i'm not a pro painter if i were to compare myself with others.

on formal - this isn't as i've said. first time i saw it (this thread), it leaves some bitter after taste for a person who occupies the highest position in the land (ok lang for private viewing or in the confines of her bedroom, and not for public consumption). that is my opinion only, you can or anybody have otherwise, hehehe). but again, i have to contradict myself on this as it is in a home.:nuts:

in a formal sense, a formal painting have a formal pose (sometimes austere) and clothes (gown, colour of clothers are a little on the dark side, closeneck or whatever, probably not much exposure of skin). what you have there is very casual in pose and clothes, so the reason of my comment. most formal paintings are officially commissioned for whatever purpose (be it to be copied, printed and posted in any government institution.


The word "formal" describes the portrait.
Having indulged in photojournalism myself, the style in which the person is captured defines what type of portrait it is.
Here's a definition of formal portraiture we can find in the Internet:

"Phillip Charis, one of the finest portrait photographer of this century (and last) sees portraiture as being about discernible style. In the introduction to his book, A Lasting Tradition, he says, “Merely capturing the superficial likeness of a subject is not enough for me; nor should it be for more discerning patrons. Style is what counts above all, and style is what allows the artist to fully express himself and the client to be amply revealed and honored.” While not discounting the photographer’s skills as a trained observer, this view of portraiture adds the element of style and includes the “formal elements” found in traditional portraiture throughout the centuries.

This school of thought underscores the belief that the sitter should be pictured in a serious manner and that the photographer should enhance the formality and elegance of the portrait. Like the great portrait painters of the Victorian Era, the formal portrait seeks to coordinate of all the formal elements of the picture. The background should compliment the skin tones and the clothes (often referred to as “the costume”) and this will help set the mood of the portrait. With these elements under the control of the photographer, he or she can then address the pose, the expression, and what Charis refers to as “the final judgment of the portrait,” meaning, the photographer’s imprint of final pose and gesture of the subject—the result being the one image that defines the person for the ages."

So there you have it, folks.
Source: http://billhurter.com/best-of-portrait-photography.html

@tough Thanks for the nice photos.

thnx @g0Rs :)


^^Nice picture there @tough. Anong oras mo ba kinunan yan? Just this morning ba? :)

thnx too @Alingatong. :) I took them around 11am on Monday

Negrense football coach
takes 'B' license course


Negrense football mentor John Carmona was among the 19 coaches, who underwent the Asian Football Confederation "B" License Certificate Coaching Course at the Philsports Complex in Pasig and San Beda College pitch.

Carmona, coach of the Philippine Boys' Under-13 and Under-14 squads, said the Philippine Football Federation has yet to release the results of the coaching course held from May 8-30 with Singaporean Robert Lim as head instructor.

Assisting Lim are National Under-23 coach Aris Caslib and women's team coach Marlon Maro.

Carmona, who was a member of the RP coaching staff during the ASEAN Football Championships in Bacolod and Thailand, was assigned team captain of the coaches' group. Also joining the course were NCR's Jerome and Gerard Orcullo, Marlon Pinero, Ching De los Reyes, Marjo Allado, Dodgie Locsin, John Servita and Rolando Pinero, Iloilo's Dan Padernal, Uriel Burda of Iligan, Nasal Salih Allian III of Zamboanga, Oscar Josef Recentes of Dipolog, Rommel Fornea of Masbate, Glenn Ramos of Cebu, Franklin Muescan of Marikina, Aqulino Pastoral of Canlubang and Martin Laurel of Cagayan-Misamis. *CPT

Source (http://www.visayandailystar.com/2007/July/18/sportnews3.htm)

The word "formal" describes the portrait.
Having indulged in photojournalism myself, the style in which the person is captured defines what type of portrait it is.
Here's a definition of formal portraiture we can find in the Internet:

"Phillip Charis, one of the finest portrait photographer of this century (and last) sees portraiture as being about discernible style. In the introduction to his book, A Lasting Tradition, he says, “Merely capturing the superficial likeness of a subject is not enough for me; nor should it be for more discerning patrons. Style is what counts above all, and style is what allows the artist to fully express himself and the client to be amply revealed and honored.” While not discounting the photographer’s skills as a trained observer, this view of portraiture adds the element of style and includes the “formal elements” found in traditional portraiture throughout the centuries.

This school of thought underscores the belief that the sitter should be pictured in a serious manner and that the photographer should enhance the formality and elegance of the portrait. Like the great portrait painters of the Victorian Era, the formal portrait seeks to coordinate of all the formal elements of the picture. The background should compliment the skin tones and the clothes (often referred to as “the costume”) and this will help set the mood of the portrait. With these elements under the control of the photographer, he or she can then address the pose, the expression, and what Charis refers to as “the final judgment of the portrait,” meaning, the photographer’s imprint of final pose and gesture of the subject—the result being the one image that defines the person for the ages."

So there you have it, folks.
Source: http://billhurter.com/best-of-portrait-photography.html

so be it (as alingatong would say), hehehe. case closed.

lahi na gyud kaayo ang iligan na naadtu-an nako. and that was nearly 10 years ago. we had a yearbook-making seminar sa st michaels. sayang nalimtan na nako ang pangalan sa sister nga kaila namo, but we one friend friend named andy (probably involved pud sa yearbook publication nila). GO, GO, ILIGAN!

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Northern Mindanao Region

Designated as Region X of the Philippines, Northern Mindanao (Hilagang Mindanao) is composed of five provinces and eight cities, namely: Misamis Oriental (Gingoog City, Cagayan de Oro City and El Salvador City), Misamis Occidental (Oroquieta City, Tangub City and Ozamis City), Camiguin, Lanao del Norte (Iligan City), and Bukidnon (Malaybalay City and Valencia City). The regional capital is Cagayan de Oro, where government regional offices and other big establishments are also located.

Cagayan de Oro City and Iligan City are highly urbanized cities.

Component cities:

Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental
El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental
Malaybalay City, Bukidnon
Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental
Ozamis City, Misamis Occidental
Tangub City, Misamis Occidental
Valencia City, Bukidnon

mERON NA kasi sa Panabo City... 30 minutes ride from our city...

ang wala na bank dito sa amin are:

Union Bank...
UCPB...
Security Bank...
MayBank...
I Bank...

Mmmm...

Konti nlang.... we already have over 20 Commercial banks in the city..
he.he.he.he...

talaga 30 mins. lang oy, ang lapit lang pala, ano ba maganda sa place nyo? malay punta ako jan diba?!

Guys any updates on NPC Nature Park?

I think this article is not yet posted here. :)


St. La Salle Building in Iligan inaugurated June 27, 2007
Jul 1, 2007 at 2:27 AM


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The St. La Salle high school building at the 3.8-hectare La Salle Academy campus in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte, was blessed and inaugurated on June 27, 2007.

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The construction of the 50.8M-peso building started during the time of Br. Vincent Fernandez FSC and was completed during the term of Br. Dennis Magbanua FSC, current President of the school.

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The WiFi-ready (wired internet access active) and elevator-ready (to be installed next school year) building has a total area (including the atrium and lobby) of 7,140 square meters and features the following --



4 Major Science Laboratories (Physics, Chemistry, Biology and General Science);
2 Computer laboratories (Microsoft and Linux);
2 Faculty rooms;
an open roofdeck for PE, Astronomy, Science experiments and Year Level activities;
a multifunction room to accommodate special class activities;
a Student Council and Club Activity Room;
an atrium for student assembly and special institutional activities; and
44 bigger-than-standard-classroom-size rooms.



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La Salle Academy-Iligan is one of three La Salle campuses in Mindanao, the other two being De La Salle John Bosco College (Bislig City, Surigao Del Sur) and La Salle University (Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental).

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All photographs courtesy of Br Dennis Magbanua FSC


The Academy, established in 1958, will be celebrating its Golden Anniversary next year. It is the first of the third generation of La Salle schools founded by the De La Salle Brothers in the country, which include La Salle Green Hills in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila (1959); Saint Joseph School-La Salle in Villamonte, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental (1960); and De La Salle Lipa in Lipa City, Batangas (1962).

rektikano's Blog: 'NEKTI KA NO? REKTIKANO!' (http://rektikano.vox.com/library/post/st-la-salle-building-in-iligan-inaugurated-june-27-2007-2.html?_c=feed-atom)

Friday, July 13, 2007
Billions of US treasury bonds unearthed in Iligan City


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BILLIONS of US treasury bonds: Dr.Salvacion Legaspi-Kempe shows Thursday to the witnessing local and national media all the billions of dollars of treasury bonds and federal reserved notes that the US government has been looking for in the Philippines during press conference held at White Castle, Gospel Ministry of the Holy Spirit for Salvation in 11th St. Pala-o, Iligan City.(Photo by Gerry Gorit)


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ILIGAN CITY (Ben Balce / July 13) - After the United States massive information in the past years on the so-called lost treasury bonds and federal reserved notes, a religious leader in Iligan City reported to the media she has in her possession the lost items.


In a press conference in Iligan City yesterday attended by the national media and the regional ABS-CBN television, Dr. Salvacion Legaspi-Kempe showed to the witnessing media all the billions of dollars of treasury bonds and federal reserved notes that the US government has been looking for in the Philippines .


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Dr. Kempe said although she is not 100 percent sure of the authenticity of the items but she said the way she look at it and how it is being kept in black boxes so secured, it is the original items the US government wanted to redeem.

“ I cannot say it is 100 percent authentic but basing on how it is being securely kept in the black boxes including its markers and symbols, I think this is what the US government is looking for, “ she said.

Kempe, leader of a religious organization, Gospel Ministry of the Holy Spirit for Salvation (GMHSS) based in Iligan City , had several thousands of highlander members (Lumads) in Mindanao , where he got the items.

But for security reasons, she said, she would only reveal the place when the US government would visit Iligan City to redeem the lost treasury bonds.

“ There are lots of these in one of the places in Mindanao . But for now, while the US government has not yet responded to my letter on what action to take to redeem their belongings, I would not reveal where it could be located,“ she said.


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She said she is willing to return to the US government all the valuable items that they lost in the past in a proper time, and with the US top leaders personally redeeming it in Iligan City .

“ In fact, all these items need to be airlifted though a plane because they are too many and too heavy, “ Kempe added.

The religious leader also said she had already sent her letter to US president George W. Bush last June 22, 2007, informing him she has the possession of the lost treasury notes of the US government.

In her letter, Kempe said, she urged the president to send a team to check the authenticity of the treasury bonds and to make a visit to Iligan City , for him to personally check the lost items for more than 75 years old already.

Cagayan de Oro Journal also witnessed the opening of one black box containing the treasury bonds of the country of Georgia and the opening of a small Yamashita black box which reportedly contains two treasure maps of the Philippines .

Meanwhile, a financial analyst who requested anonymity said all these US treasury bonds, genuine or not, were already demonetized last year and have no value at all.

“ They are already expired and therefore it has no more value at all, “ the financial expert said.

The financial expert said one chance the redemptor can get hold of some cash is only through public auction in the US . “ It’s already an antique collectors items and it may have bigger value if it can be proven to be rare items.”

But Dr Kempe said while it is already demonetized last year, there is still the redemption fund that maybe worth billions of pesos to be rewarded to those who can turn over the lost items to the US government.

In the past years, the National Bureau of Investigation in northern Mindanao arrested several persons who reportedly imprinted trillions of fake Philippine currency money and US treasury bonds.

One of those arrested by the NBI was a young computer wizard and his cohorts in Barangay Bonbon in Cagayan de Oro where they have chosen the place as their hideout and where their printing equipment were kept.

CAGAYAN DE ORO JOURNAL (http://cagayandeorojournal.blogspot.com/2007/07/billions-of-us-treasury-bonds-unearthed.html)

wow nice new buildings. I believe it was time that they created a new building for high school department. Although asa na dapita sa campus na locate??? and can you give us more pictures sa other new facilities?

talaga 30 mins. lang oy, ang lapit lang pala, ano ba maganda sa place nyo? malay punta ako jan diba?!

During Christmas Preng, You can see the tallest Christmas Tree in Southeast Asia and it is taller every year...

The Biggest and Heaviest Rosary in the world makikita mo rin dito sa place namin...

We are also the Palm Capital of the Philippines...
Dami naming Palm Trees, everywhere...

etc...etc..etc...

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Anyone noticed the light on the post? IT'S STILL ON AT MIDDAY! :shocked:
What's going on, CEO? Abi nako natauran na ang tanang poste with photo-electric switches! :ohno:

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WAH! cheding peanuts! thats the fave pasalubong we bring whenever we got to far places:lol:

Guys, we will create our proposals and U/Cs thread in Project on the Rise, the tiltle wil be CDO-Iligan Proposals and U/cs Thread, is it okay? I need the list of proposals and under construction here.... Thanks...

^^ Not bad @boju. Nice idea :okay:

Anyone noticed the light on the post? IT'S STILL ON AT MIDDAY! :shocked:
What's going on, CEO? Abi nako natauran na ang tanang poste with photo-electric switches! :ohno:


Yea I also noticed that too. :ohno:
They should take action on that so that the city can saved more on electric bills. :)

During Christmas Preng, You can see the tallest Christmas Tree in Southeast Asia and it is taller every year...

The Biggest and Heaviest Rosary in the world makikita mo rin dito sa place namin...

We are also the Palm Capital of the Philippines...
Dami naming Palm Trees, everywhere...

etc...etc..etc...

Nice... I like palm trees :)

Guys, we will create our proposals and U/Cs thread in Project on the Rise, the tiltle wil be CDO-Iligan Proposals and U/cs Thread, is it okay? I need the list of proposals and under construction here.... Thanks...

No problem. I'll make one and post it here as soon as it's ready.

HUGYAW , A music fectival for peace

Date: Aug. 25, 2007

Venue: Iligan City National High School Auditorium

Theme: "Musika ipalambo, duyog sa pagpanday sa Kalinaw"

Organizers: LEAD (Lanao Educational Arts for Dev't.,Inc.), GXP (Global Exchange Programme), and the Iligan City Tourism Office

About the Activity:

Music and the arts has always been an effective advocacy tool. Thus, Hugyaw (meaning celebration) was conceptualize to feature the peace agenda and efforts in Mindanao and to promote the idea of peace among the youth.

Iligan OTOP-Pasalubong Center opens

A project of the Iligan Intergrated Processors Association, the Pasalubong Center-OTOP Philippines located along the National Highway, Roxas Avenue, Iligan City was recently inaugurated and opened to people who intend to buy distinctive Iligan products.

One Town One Product-Philippines (OTOP-Philippines) is a priority program of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to promote entrepreneurship and create jobs.

Provincial Director Linda O. Boniao of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Iligan City / Lanao del Norte said that OTOP-Philippines offers a comprehensive assistance package through the convergence of services from the local government units (LGUs), national government agencies (NGAs) and the private sector.

Supporting countrywide growth of the local small and medium enterprises through OTOP-Philippines would be an ideal and stable program to stimulate local economic activity and sustain the government's anti-poverty thrust, added Boniao. (PIA-10 Iligan)

Source (http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p070719.htm&no=60)

Something about vinegar
July 19th, 2007


Anyone who wants to research on how much vinegar is used in an ordinary Filipino household has only to go to my home.
Every month we get a supply of sukang Paombong, the nipa palm vinegar from a town in Bulacan, and a gallon is always not enough. It is used for cooking and as dipping sauce, as sterilizer for salad greens and, occasionally, to satisfy my hankering for something sour to sip.

Sipping vinegar was a preoccupation of the older girls in the family. It was part of our game, as young girls, to display our whitened lips after our vinegar experience. I take comfort in the fact that some friends did the same in the past. That makes my siblings and me less weird.

These days, however, my throat has not been receptive to this sipping exercise. This weakness began when I was asked to sip aged balsamic vinegar some years back. I coughed for what seemed like an eternity.

Thank goodness that in one vinegar-tasting event of the International Wine and Food Society, we were taught that placing a cube of sugar between one's teeth while sipping will reduce the acidity. I was, thus, able to enjoy the different kinds of wine vinegar such as champagne that was used to flavor our fish kinilaw that day.

The quality of the vinegar used in cooking reflects on the food. I always tasted the difference when we had our supply of grade A coconut vinegar from my father-in-law in Leyte.

Fish paksiw is infinitely better when the vinegar is top notch. Even when you have the freshest fish, it will be wasted on acetic acid that poses as vinegar.

Different sources

We have so many kinds of vinegar made from different sources. Pia Lim Castillo, in her paper presented at the 2005 Oxford Symposium on Food, enumerated these as from "saps of palm trees, sugar cane, fruits and alcoholic beverages."

She described in detail how vinegar is made from each of those. Coconut vinegar is made from the sap of the inflorescence or the flower-bearing stalk. Nipa palm and the sugar palm (kaong) produce sap from slashes made in their stalks. Vinegar from sugar cane is obtained from the juice that has been cooked then placed in jars to ferment.

How the sap was made to flow from the nipa stalk was demonstrated to Pia and me by the banks of a Bulacan fishpond. It involved kicking the stalk. We thought the tree must shed tears (sap) all right from all that kicking.

What has been branded as Paombong vinegar is made from this nipa sap. It has a tendency to darken because it contains iron. Pia wrote that the old folks said Paombong vinegar could not be pure if it did not darken.

With the kaong tree, sap is collected only from male trees. The flowering stalks are rocked to attract fruit flies and this signals that the time is ripe to tap the stalks. The brand name of one commercial kaong vinegar used the tree's scientific name, Arengga Pinnata.

Sukang Iloko is the other branded vinegar made from basi, sugar cane wine, which has turned sour. Pia said "tanbark and leaves are added to impart a different flavor and coloring."

Some people call this vinegar "balsamic" probably because of its dark color or to tell people that it is as good as that aged Italian vinegar.

Newest vinegar

The newest vinegar version I got was made from latundan, a variety of banana that is my favorite. Latundan does not keep long and so it is great to know that it can reemerge as something else that tastes good as well. Ige Ramos, artist and book designer, gave me a gallon from his home province of Cavite.

A vinegar is enhanced by the addition of other ingredients.

The sinamak vinegar of Iloilo has ginger, garlic, galangal (blue ginger) and chili. It is a must-dip for chicken inasal, the achuete-colored slightly sour grilled chicken.

Today, groceries carry bottled vinegar with siling labuyo (bird's eye chili) floating in the liquid. Claude Tayag gave me his aged 6-year-old coco vinegar with so much siling labuyo. Just looking at it scares people who cannot stand hot food. He has huge dama juanas (demijohns) of vinegar fermenting in one corner of his house.

I was recently introduced to pinakurat, a vinegar said to come from Iligan. It is highly spiced, at least the one I tasted. The liquid is cloudy but I do not know what went into it. Pinakurat has traveled from its Mindanao home to Manila specialty markets.

For me, vinegar tasting should have chicharon because pork crackling is the best medium to taste different versions. The two times I have done this kind of tasting, every participant giggled because each felt guilty about enjoying the exercise.

It was particularly great when the chicharon came as big as a table for four with each guest breaking off a piece and dipping it into the particular vinegar they wanted to taste.

Asian Journal Online (http://www.asianjournal.com/?c=53&a=21660)

Update:

Construction of the GMall Iligan Carpark Bldg. has already started

maybe this can pay off our external debts... :cheers:

Friday, July 13, 2007
Billions of US treasury bonds unearthed in Iligan City


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Update:

Construction of the GMall Iligan Carpark Bldg. has already started


How many storeys does the GMall car park building will have @g0Rs? Thnx.. :)

maybe this can pay off our external debts... :cheers:


I think di na siguro :dunno: kasi those US treasury bonds, genuine or not, were already demonetized last year and have no value at all.


They are already expired and therefore it has no more value at all, according to the financial analyst who examined them and the only chance the redemptor can get hold of some cash is only through public auction in the US if proven to be a rare items. :)

waw kasayang billiones

How many storeys does the GMall car park building will have @g0Rs? Thnx.. :)

4 to 5 levels if I base it in the rendering

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St. Mary's Hospital expansion and renovation is almost done.

Govt steps into steel controversy
By Elaine Ruzul S. Ramos


The Department of Trade and Industry has intervened in the row between Global Steel Philippines Inc. and the Filipino Galvanizers Institute over the quality of steel products.

Trade Senior Undersecretary Thomas Aquino told reporters that the department was trying to get Global Steel and its customers together, amid complaints from the galvanizers institute against the quality of steel products produced by the Iligan-based steel maker.

“There is a move that we are trying to do to get Global and its customers that indicated concerns for quality to come together. It’s a business-to-business issue and it should be settled by the buyer and maker,” said Aquino.

He said the department was tapping the technical expertise of the Bureau of Products Standards and the Board of Investments to settle the issue.

“I would not know different gauges, dimensions... those are very engineering questions. There are quality and safety issues that are very technical,” said Aquino.

But even if the bureau determines that Global Steel’s products are not of good quality as alleged by the association, government will not withdraw an earlier decision that the steel maker was already in commercial operations and entitled to tariff protection.

“The DTI has made it clear that one has nothing to do with the other. I made it cleared to everybody that the recommendation stands, no relation, one is quality and the other is quantity,” said Aquino of the issue on quality, and Global Steel’s compliance of the parameters set by an Executive Order for it to be rendered in commercial operation.

The quality issue, he said, was a domestic issue that regulatory agencies should address accordingly.

“That is up to the customers, not the government [to decide whether or not to buy the steel products of Global Steel]. The intention of the company is they are here to produce, so napag-isipan na nila yun [they must have factored in] the kind of quality, the price and volume. In business, volume is important,” said Aquino.

Source (http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business3_july20_2007)

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Makulay ang buhay...

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The 4-storey Legislative Building (3rd and 4th floors are still underconstruction)

Global Steel vows cooperation on queries over product quality
By Ayen Infante
07/20/2007

Indian steelmaker unit Global Steel Philippines Inc. (GSPI) has agreed to cooperate closely with its domestic buyers who have been raising the issue of quality on products being made in its Iligan plant or the former National Steel Corp. (NSC).

GSPI corporate communications head Sangram Mohanty said there was already an agreement reached in a meeting held yesterday among Global domestic galvanizers and their other local customers for a possible partnership venture.

In the same meeting, Global’s domestic buyers have renewed their commitment to continue buying steel products from the Indian company which delivers over 60 percent of its total production to the local market. The rest are being exported to other countries.

Asked on the issue of quality being raised by domestic users as one of their concerns on Global produce, Mohanty said there was also an agreement reached that any issue concerning quality “will be solved as we work along.”

It was the first major discussion between the Indian steelmaker and the domestic customers after several matters that came out concerning Global’s capacity to deliver on a commercial quantity.

On the government side, present during the meeting were officials from the Department of Trade and Industry and Bureau of Product Standards. While domestic buyers include top executives and members of the Filipino Galvanizers Institute (FGI) and Puyat Steel.

DTI Undersecretary for International Trade Thomas Aquino who is also co-chairman of the committee on Tariff and Related Matters explained that the move of letting both parties meet was an attempt by the government to settle any concern on quality between the buyer and makers.

“There are quality issues that are very technical issues, the DTI has made it clear that one has nothing to do with the other. It’s quality issue, a domestic issue,” Aquino said.

He further argued that if this concerns legal issues, the government’s regulatory bodies will have to address that.

Source (http://www.tribune.net.ph/business/20070720bus5.html)

*Pilmico Foods Corp. Feedmill Expansion | Brgy. Kiwalan | Php500M
*Integrated steel plant | GSPI Compound | $1.6B
*LKK Mall Iligan (near Gmall Iligan)
*Macapagal-Macaraeg Convention Center | Brgy. Buruun | 4 hectares
*Central Materials Recovery Facility | Brgy. Bonbonon
*Barangay Materials Recovery Facility | Other Barangays of Iligan
*Circumferential Road 3 (C3) Project | Linamon, LDN to Sta. Filomena, Iligan City
*Iligan Sports Arena | Brgy. Del Carmen | Php500M | 5 hectares
*Information Technology Park | infront of GSPI | 30 hectares
*Special Economic Zones | Portions of Brgy. Mandulog, Bonbonon, Digkilaan & Suarez
*Mindanao Railway System Phase I | MIRAIC in LDN to PHIVIDEC in MisOr
*Metro Iligan Regional Infrastructure Development Project - Metro Iligan Regional Agro-Industrial Center (MIRAIC) | Linamon, LDN | Php1.5B | 344 hectares
*Improvement of City Public Plaza | Brgy. Poblacion | Php1,428,244.50
*Emilio Ong Sr. Commercial Bldg. | Zamora St. (at the back of St. Michael's Cathedral)

*Gaisano Mall Iligan | Roxas Ave. | Php800M | 4 storeys | 43,813 square meters | March 2008
*NPC Nature’s Park | Agus 6 & 7 | 2009
*Dela Mar Swimming Pool Expansion | Brgy. Buruun
*Mindanao Sanitarium & Hospital Annex Bldg. | Brgy. San Miguel | 5 storeys
*Abalos Bldg. Expansion
*Iligan City Legislative Bldg. | Buhanginan Hills | 4 storeys
*Doromal Bldg. | Quezon Ave. Ext. | 4 storeys
*DepEd Bldg. Renovation & Expansion | Gen. Aguinaldo St.
*St. Mary's Hospital Expansion | Quezon Ave. Ext
*Norpen Bldg. 2 Expansion | Roxas Ave.
*Ang Bldg. | Gen. Aguinaldo St. (infront of Mirror's Salon) | 3 storeys
*Plaza Cinema Bldg. Renovation
*Unidentified Commercial Bldg. | Andres Bonifacio Ave. (where Kristine's Bakeshop is) | 3 storeys
*Rivson Bldg. | Quezon Ave. (infront of SBG) | 3 storeys
*Unidentified Commercial Bldg. | cor. Quezon Ave. & Andres Bonifacio Ave. (infront of El Centro) | 3 storeys
*Unidentified 3 door Apartment Bldg. | Andres Bonifacio Ave. (beside Ammar Apartment) | 3 storeys
*Unidentified Commercial Bldg. | Quezon Ave. Ext. (beside Doromal Bldg.) | 2 storeys
*Unidentified Commercial Bldg. | Constantino Badelles St. (facing DBP) | 2 storeys
*Unidentified Commercial Bldg. | Quezon Ave. Ext. (in front of Day Inn near the entrance to Villaverde) | 1 storey
*Rural Bank of Iligan Expansion
*Iligan-Bukidnon Road Phase 3

*Platinum Group Metal Corp. (PGMC) Ferro-Nickel Smelter Plant | Assumption Heights
*New La Salle Academy High School Bldg. | Brgy. Pala-o | Php50.8M | 4 storeys | 7,140 square meters
*Celadon Pensionne House | 3 storeys
*Garcia Bldg. Expansion
*Unidentified Commercial Bldg. | Zamora St. | 2 storeys
*Bed Asia Inn | Constantino Badelles St. | 2 storeys
*Iligan City Tourism Information Center Renovation | City Public Plaza

^^Somebody told me about Famous Pension House on-going expansion.

Please include also the giant watertank/reservior in Luinab.

Upcoming:

*Construction of BIO-N Fertilizer & Tricogramma & Biological Control Bldg. (Phase I) Sitio Linanot Barangay Bunawan, Iligan City

*Construction of Street Children Center Phase II Barangay Poblacion, Iligan City

*Construction of Morgue and Autopsy Room at GTLMH Barangay Palao, Iligan City

*Construction of Day Care Center La Purisima Concepcion Village, Barangay Tipanoy, Iligan City

*Construction of Crisis Intervention Center (Phase I) Barangay Saray, Iligan City

*Construction of Rehabilitation Center for Disabled Person (Phase II) Barangay Del Carmen, Iligan City

*Expansion of South Bound Bus Terminal-Construction of Drainage Structure Camague Brgy. Tubod, Iligan City

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ILIGAN Proposals and U/Cs :
Unofficial list as of July 20, 2007

Name of Project, Address, Cost, Storey, Area, Target Date


PROPOSAL PROJECTS:

*Pilmico Foods Corp. Feedmill Expansion | Brgy. Kiwalan | Php500M
*Mabuhay Vinyl Corp. Expansion | Assumption Heights, Brgy. Maria Cristina | Php565M
*Integrated Steel Plant | GSPI Compound | $1.6B
*LKK Mall Iligan (near Gmall Iligan)
*Macapagal-Macaraeg Convention Center | Brgy. Buruun | 4 hectares
*Iligan Sports Arena | Brgy. Del Carmen | Php500M | 5 hectares
*Information Technology Park | infront of GSPI | 30 hectares
*Special Economic Zones | Portions of Brgy. Mandulog, Bonbonon, Digkilaan & Suarez
*Metro Iligan Regional Infrastructure Development Project - Metro Iligan Regional Agro-Industrial Center (MIRAIC) | Linamon, LDN | 416 hectares
*Improvement of City Public Plaza | Brgy. Poblacion | Php1,428,244.50
*Emilio Ong Sr. Commercial Bldg. | Zamora St. (at the back of St. Michael's Cathedral), Brgy. Poblacion

ONGOING PROJECTS:

*Gaisano Mall Iligan | Roxas Ave. | Php800M | 4 storeys | 43,813 square meters | March 2008
*NPC Nature’s Park | Agus 6 & 7 | 2009
*Dela Mar Swimming Pool Expansion | Brgy. Buruun
*Mindanao Sanitarium & Hospital Annex Bldg. | Brgy. San Miguel | 5 storeys
*Abalos Bldg. Expansion | cor. Gen. Aguinaldo St. & Roxas Ave., Brgy. Poblacion
*Iligan City Legislative Bldg. | Buhanginan Hills, Brgy. Pala-o | 4 storeys
*Doromal Bldg. | Quezon Ave. Ext., Brgy. Poblacion | 4 storeys
*DepEd Bldg. Renovation & Expansion | Gen. Aguinaldo St., Brgy. Poblacion
*St. Mary's Hospital Expansion | Quezon Ave. Ext., Brgy. Poblacion
*Norpen Bldg. 2 Expansion | Roxas Ave., Brgy. Poblacion
*Ang Bldg. | Gen. Aguinaldo St. (infront of Mirror's Salon), Brgy. Poblacion | 3 storeys
*Plaza Cinema Bldg. Renovation | Gen. Aguinaldo St., Brgy. Poblacion
*Unidentified Commercial Bldg. | Andres Bonifacio Ave. (where Kristine's Bakeshop is), Brgy. Tibanga | 2 storeys
*Rivson Bldg. | Quezon Ave. (infront of SBG), Brgy. Poblacion | 3 storeys
*Unidentified Commercial Bldg. | cor. Quezon Ave. & Andres Bonifacio Ave. (infront of El Centro), Brgy. Poblacion | 3 storeys
*Unidentified 3 door Apartment Bldg. | Andres Bonifacio Ave. (beside Ammar Apartment), Brgy. Tibanga | 3 storeys
*Unidentified Commercial Bldg. | Quezon Ave. Ext. (beside Doromal Bldg.), Brgy. Poblacion | 2 storeys
*Unidentified Commercial Bldg. | Constantino Badelles St. (facing DBP), Brgy. Pala-o | 2 storeys
*Unidentified Commercial Bldg. | Quezon Ave. Ext. (in front of Day Inn near the entrance to Villaverde), Brgy. Poblacion | 1 storey
*Rural Bank of Iligan Expansion | Gen. Aguinaldo St., Brgy. Poblacion
*Famous Pension House Expansion | Brgy. San Miguel

COMPLETED PROJECTS (2007):

*Platinum Group Metal Corp. (PGMC) Ferro-Nickel Smelter Plant | Assumption Heights, Brgy. Maria Cristina
*New La Salle Academy High School Bldg. | Brgy. Pala-o | Php50.8M | 4 storeys | 7,140 square meters
*Celadon Pensionne House | 3 storeys
*Garcia Bldg. Expansion
*Unidentified Commercial Bldg. | Zamora St. | 2 storeys
*Bed Asia Inn | Constantino Badelles St., Brgy. Pala-o | 2 storeys
*Iligan City Tourism Information Center Renovation | City Public Plaza, Brgy. Poblacion

Other Proposals :
Unofficial list as of July 20, 2007

Name of Project, Address, Cost, Storey, Area, Target Date

*AMS Corp. Cavendish Banana Plantation | Brgy. Digkilaan & Mainit | 3,000 hectares
*Del Monte Corp. Pineapple and Papaya Plantation | Brgy. Digkilaan


Please feel free to add other undocumented projects here or edit what I’ve posted. Thanks


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^^@Alingatong I already added in the list the other projects you posted.

ILIGAN Infrastructure, Transport, Etc. :
Unofficial list as of July 21, 2007

Name of Project, Address, Cost, Storey, Area, Target Date


PROPOSAL PROJECTS:

*Central Materials Recovery Facility | Brgy. Bonbonon
*Barangay Materials Recovery Facility | Other Barangays of Iligan
*BIO-N Fertilizer & Tricogramma & Biological Control Bldg. (Phase I) | Sitio Linanot, Brgy. Bunawan
*Street Children Center Phase II | Brgy. Poblacion
*Morgue and Autopsy Room at GTLMH | Brgy. Pala-o
*Day Care Center | La Purisima Concepcion Village, Brgy. Tipanoy
*Crisis Intervention Center (Phase I) | Brgy. Saray
*Rehabilitation Center for Disabled Person (Phase II) | Brgy. Del Carmen
*South Bound Integrated Bus & Jeepney Terminal Expansion-Construction of Drainage Structure | Camague, Brgy. Tubod
*Circumferential Road 3 (C3) Project | Linamon, LDN to Sta. Filomena, Iligan City
*Mindanao Railway System Phase I | Cagayan de Oro-Iligan Corridor, covering key industrial zones, among which are the PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate, Metro Iligan Regional Agri-Industrial Center, Alwana Business Park, Ayala Light Industrial Park and FCDO Business Park.

ONGOING PROJECTS:

*Iligan-Bukidnon Road Phase 3
*Iligan City-wide Surveillance System Project | Php8.9M
*15-year Water Development Project | Php445M
*Construction of drainage in Tambo going to Bayug
*Road Widening Tubod Area near Pryce Business Park
*Completion of Bayug Bridge | 100 meters

COMPLETED PROJECTS (2007):

*650,000 Gallon Water Reservoir | Brgy. Luinab | Php50M
*Road Rehab along the highway near Mindanao Sanitarium & Hospital
*Road rehab along the highway near Abu Caltex
*Road Rehab along the highway infront of Iligan Capitol College
*Road Rehab cor. De Leon St. and Mariano Badelles Sr. St.

Please feel free to add other undocumented projects here or edit what I’ve posted. Thanks

Iligan City is definitely impressive! I love the colorful buildings :okay:

NICE!!!

Limketkai is building a mall in Iligan? good news

^^Somebody told me about Famous Pension House on-going expansion.

Please include also the giant watertank/reservior in Luinab.

Alingatong, et. al., maayo unta naa pod pix sa mga projects, no?

Maaung adlaw ILIGANON! PADAUN UG USWAG ILIGAN:)

sa mga higala nato aneng thread keep up the gud work....

^^ Thanks. Welcome @Glenox to SSC Iligan Community Thread :)

Maaung adlaw ILIGANON! PADAUN UG USWAG ILIGAN:)

sa mga higala nato aneng thread keep up the gud work....

Maayong Iligan sa imo pud @Glenox and WELCOME to Iligan Community Thread-12

Im happy to see nga daghan mga sama nnyo nga active kaa usa pag promote sa atong pinalangang dakbayan.... i used to be an SK councilor sa tominobo pero naa sa langyaw dapit...

by the way do you know in close mining firm in iligan for sale....my boss is asking me to find if naa...im convincing foriegn investor to invest sa atong minahal nga dakbayan...at least in my own way i can contribute something for the growth of iligan...:)

Im happy to see nga daghan mga sama nnyo nga active kaa usa pag promote sa atong pinalangang dakbayan.... i used to be an SK councilor sa tominobo pero naa sa langyaw dapit...

by the way do you know in close mining firm in iligan for sale....my boss is asking me to find if naa...im convincing foriegn investor to invest sa atong minahal nga dakbayan...at least in my own way i can contribute something for the growth of iligan...:)

for now i dont know if there's a mining firm dito na for sale, but anyway i let u know, coz my family is in the mining business, i just PM dito sa thread na ito..

thanks in advance iliganon boy appreciate it much...

kanang cam nga ila gi install sa iligan motorized ba na 360 degress rotation? Is it infra red type for night vision?..maski ngitngit kita gyud.

kanang mga street lights nga magsiga maski adlawan the city engineers should act on it otherwise ang mga constituents sa iligan ang magbayad sa excess electric bills sa city. ipatong na sa bill sa mga tawo...

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thanks in advance iliganon boy appreciate it much...

kanang cam nga ila gi install sa iligan motorized ba na 360 degress rotation? Is it infra red type for night vision?..maski ngitngit kita gyud.

kanang mga street lights nga magsiga maski adlawan the city engineers should act on it otherwise ang mga constituents sa iligan ang magbayad sa excess electric bills sa city. ipatong na sa bill sa mga tawo...

Yes, Iligan's Surveilance Cam has to kinds we have 360 deg. rotating doom type and fixed cam, and it has infra red.

regarding about the street lights na 24/7 umiilaw, para sakin okay lnga yun, although na malaki ang mabayad sa bill, eh, kesa hindi umilaw mas delekado sa mga tao at motorista.. pero Tama kanaman eh.

the city engineers should work on a very simple circuit using a photocell and a parralel timer switch...in case the photocell well not function, the timer will be the back up switch to trigger the lights on...a timer switch can handle 1 circuit for a street lights... that is what we used to do it here in abroad..maski sobra ang kuryente d2 pero ginagawan pa rin ang dapat to save energy... minor things should never be neglected by our city officials.

as a concerned citizen kaya i raised up the topic.i know may mga city officials tau na puapasok din d2 sa thread at least mabasa nila for there action.

:) a lot of our fellow constituents doesn't know that the excess bills that the city government is paying to ILPI is going to the bills of individual power consumer in the form of PRA (power rate adjustment) if you can check the monthly electric bill...nag aadjust yan depend sa excess na bills ng city...so why waste energy when we are the one shouldering the excess...kawawa yung mga third class people na malaki nababayaran....kahit 1 cent lang yan pag inipon yan magiging thousands din....profit for ILPI burden for the people..

Welcome @Glenox. We're happy to have you here. :)

Regarding the cameras, Iliganon Boy is right. They're capable of capturing images even during night time (night vision). The PTZ/Dome type camera also has this motion detection feature. :)

Hopefully, gov't officials can find some time to read our thread. Matagal ko na rin kasi napapansin ang ibang light post na nakailaw during daytime.

Most of those street lamps are using photocell to automatically shut off during daytime. Some of those photocells have intermittent problems and that's the reason why you see street lamps that are on even during daylight. Unfortunately, the office concerned (CEO) knows about this but doesn't have enough spare to replace them. - a matter of good and bad maintenance.

Thanks kaa usa inyo pag welcome sa akoa...at last i found this para naa na ko bago stambayan....:) :) :)

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Grabe ang init kanina.

Thanks kaa usa inyo pag welcome sa akoa...at last i found this para naa na ko bago stambayan....:) :) :)

...and we'll bring Iligan closer to where you are.:cheers:

Most of those street lamps are using photocell to automatically shut off during daytime. Some of those photocells have intermittent problems and that's the reason why you see street lamps that are on even during daylight. Unfortunately, the office concerned (CEO) knows about this but doesn't have enough spare to replace them. - a matter of good and bad maintenance.

thats why they need to put a timer switch in series with the photocell ..so that if the photocell fails to function the timer will automatically the secondary switch...sa aneh nga arrangement maski mag fail ang photocell ug walay maka replace sa damage photocell still maka save gyapon ug energy kay naa man gyapon switching sa light....:ohno:
set the timer to turn on at 5:00 PM ..instead 24 hours nga nag on..

^^That's a good idea. I know some people from electrical and maintenance div. of CEO. I'll bring this to their attention. :)

A small Doom type surveilance camera @ IBJT-North

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is there any DVR for video recording aneh nga set up? 24 hours....hope naa para kung naa may mga crime incedent nga macapture sa camera it is recorded and will be used as an evidence kung naa complain.

^^Yes there is. That's definitely one of the reasons why this project is being implemented.

ako usa nga observation nga dapat malimpyo sa iligan ang mga wiring sa kadalanan... i organize na sa ILPI /maratel kay daghan nga nag sag nga wirings..medyo makadaut sa view sa iligan...just an observation...:)

one question guys, i might have missed it somewhere and i am too lazy to sroll back. who controls the surveillance camera?

ako usa nga observation nga dapat malimpyo sa iligan ang mga wiring sa kadalanan... i organize na sa ILPI /maratel kay daghan nga nag sag nga wirings..medyo makadaut sa view sa iligan...just an observation...:)

matagal na problema na ito. they've already done clamping the wires pero pangit pa rin tingnan

gors you also noticed it ha...hehehehe

^^We have the same observation. Our city is old and we have lots of those ugly spaghetti wires and cables. I think it's already a trade mark of a Philippine city. Show me a Philippine city without those and one will ask, "Sa Pinas ni?".

^^We have the same observation. Our city is old and we have lots of those ugly spaghetti wires and cables. I think it's already a trade mark of a Philippine city. Show me a Philippine city without those and one will ask, "Sa Pinas ni?".

yap...but we need to do something about it..hehehee if nahimo nato nga kita lang ang pinaka una nga naay security systems survellance cam sa tibook pilipinas why not do it sa mga wiring nato sa kadalanan...hehehhe

it just need proper engineering and planning....

one question guys, i might have missed it somewhere and i am too lazy to sroll back. who controls the surveillance camera?

Information and Communications Technology Center (ICTC) and the Management Information Systems (MIS) under the City Administrator's Office

yap...but we need to do something about it..hehehee if nahimo nato nga kita lang ang pinaka una nga naay security systems survellance cam sa tibook pilipinas why not do it sa mga wiring nato sa kadalanan...hehehhe

it just need proper engineering and planning....

What is really needed here is the will and the strongest determination to do it. They have started it already a few years ago but I don't know when they're gonna finish the job.

Ugma na pud ta mag asuy aneh...log out sako..hehehehe

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What is really needed here is the will and the strongest determination to do it. They have started it already a few years ago but I don't know when they're gonna finish the job.

mas mainam na gawin nila ito the soonest possible bago pa madagdagan ng panibagong wires

Hey guys murag bibo lagi ta ron something there's more to discuss here huh? He..He..
Anyway, welcome @Glenox to SSC Iligan Thread :)


I hope after the citywide surveillance camera installation the next thing the local government will consider is to offer citywide public hotspot (Wi-Fi) wireless access to its residents by collaborating to various providers that offer free/nominal fee Wi-Fi access. :D

that's cool.. that'd make ILIGAN city to be the first city with city-wide Wi-Fi coverage..^^

^^ Question of Nicko John to Bob Martin of Mindanao Blog on Sep 7, 2006 regarding Wi-Fi network here in Iligan.


gud pm sir, I’m from iligan city and there is a very, very strong
wifi signal named HIGHTECH(w/c is in a infrastructure mode @1 to 5.5 Mbps)
and much more powerful signal HIGHTECHNORTH(in ad-hoc mode @11Mbps).
These 2 wifi’s are in open system.No security.No password.You can really
be connected in the network but it has no internet access.You can see
the IP,gateway and DNS adressess.I’m using a Linksys Wireless-G
pci adapter card @54Mbps on a desktop CPU.Wherever I go these wifi’s
never fade(roaming in the city to remote places in iligan).Signal
strength 100%.Is this wifi for public use or for private use. I’m
confused because it is there but no internet access. Need help..Tnx.

Guys kindly post Iligan's WiFi Hotspots:

*Area 51 Net Café, Keema Arcade, Quezon Ave. Ext.
*Browse Internet Cafe, Don Pedro Permites St.
*MSU-IIT
*Celadon Pension House

saan pa?

what do u think about Kumander Bravo's statements on TV patrol?

what did he say?

Sunday, July 22, 2007
Policy, management issues top SME,BSO action program

SMALL and medium enterprises (SMEs) are faced with a whole gamut of competitiveness issues that have to be addressed immediately to arrest the country’s declining viability as a credible, world-class supplier.

Issues such as weak management skills, low access to easy financing, bureaucracy, inadequate infrastructure and uncompetitive human resources pose as obstacles to SME sustainability.

To help resolve these challenges, business support organizations (BSO) assisting these SMEs have been strengthened and a network of executive directors has been institutionalized through a five-year program of interventions by the Private Enterprise Accelerated Resource Linkages Phase II (Pearl2), a project of the Canadian International Development Agency (Cida). Pearl2 is managed by Agriteam Canada Consulting Ltd. A private sector firm, based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, involved in development projects worldwide.

“Pearl2 supports the BSO Network Philippines by helping strengthen their capabilities and enable them to provide more programs and services to their member SMEs,” said Miriam Bacalso, Pearl2 outreach & replication specialist. “Collectively, the Network aims to enhance the orientation and application of social entrepreneurship among members; strengthen linkages among BSOs; establish strategic alliance among government and non-government institutions; and promote common advocacies,” Bacalso also said.

The service providers will exhibit their support programs at the annual SMED Week celebration which will be held from July 19 to 22, 2007 at Megatrade, SM Megamall.

Representatives from the Network will be in the Cida-Pearl2 booths ready to entertain inquiries and suggest action points on how SMEs can improve their business and make them sustainable.

In addition to availing of their services, entrepreneurs can likewise talk with business experts and participate in the free entrepreneurship briefing sessions that will be conducted within the said venue for the whole week.

This new feature of the SMED Week supports this year’s theme “Ang Galing Mo Pinoy! Go Negosyo” which will be carried in similar celebrations nationwide.

BSOs participants include the Animation Council of the Philippines, Inc. (ACPI); Association of Philippine Leathergoods Exporters and Manufacturers (APLEM); Bohol Investment Promotion Center (BIPC); Cagayan de Oro Business Promotion Center; Cebu Furniture Industries Foundation Inc. (CFIF); Cebu Gifts, Toys and Housewares Exporters and Manufacturers (Cebu GTH); Cebu Investment Promotion Center (CIPC); Chamber of Furniture Industries of the Philippines (CFIP); Christmas Décor Producers & Exporters Association of the Philippines (CDPEAP); Davao City Investment Promotion Center; Fashion Accessories Manufacturers Exporters of the Philippines (FAME); Food Entrepreneurs and Exporters of the Philippines, Inc. (FEOP); Guild of Philippine Jewelers (GPJI); Home Accents Group of the Philippines, Inc. (HAPI), Iloilo Furniture Manufacturers Association (IFMA); Association of Negros Producers (ANP), Iligan Investment Promotion Center; Boracay Chamber of Commerce & Industry; Metro Naga Chamber; Naga City Investment Promoton Center; Organic Producers Trade Association (OPTA); Mandaue Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI); USWAG Development Foundation Inc.; Negros Oriental Investment Promotion Center; Mindanao Trade & Expo Foundation, Inc. (MTEFI); Medical Transcription Industry Association (MTIAPI); Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA); Philippine Chamber of Handicraft Industry (PCHI); Philippine Footwear Federation, Inc. (PFFI); Sigla ni Kapitan Mo’y (SIKAP MO); and the University of San Carlos (USC). (Philexport News and Features/Sunnex)

Source (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2007/07/22/bus/policy.management.issues.top.sme.bso.action.program.html)

Alingatong, et. al., maayo unta naa pod pix sa mga projects, no?

If there are more forumers who can take pictures that won't be a problem.

gors you also noticed it ha...hehehehe

Not only you and @gors noticed it but mostly all of us, but i saw some pipz from CEO fixing it sa may quezon ave. extn. pero dapat hindi lng taga CEO ang mag fix ng mga wires dba, dapat pati na ang mga taga ILPI, PLDT goodthing about globe lines, mostly mga tel. wires they put it underground.

Guys kindly post Iligan's WiFi Hotspots:

*Area 51 Net Café, Keema Arcade, Quezon Ave. Ext.
*Browse Internet Cafe, Don Pedro Permites St.
*MSU-IIT
*Celadon Pension House

saan pa?

bahay namin hehehe..

what did he say?

what did he say? i post mo dito article/video clips na yan dito

ako usa nga observation nga dapat malimpyo sa iligan ang mga wiring sa kadalanan... i organize na sa ILPI /maratel kay daghan nga nag sag nga wirings..medyo makadaut sa view sa iligan...just an observation...:)

^^We have the same observation. Our city is old and we have lots of those ugly spaghetti wires and cables. I think it's already a trade mark of a Philippine city. Show me a Philippine city without those and one will ask, "Sa Pinas ni?".


I hope those ugly spaghetti wires should be buried. :booze:

I hope those ugly spaghetti wires should be buried. :booze:

For now, it's impossible. The least we can do is bundle those wires and cables. :ohno:

If there are more forumers who can take pictures that won't be a problem.

That's right. We need more "maniniyot". The more "maniniyots" we have, the merrier our thread. :lol:

what do u think about Kumander Bravo's statements on TV patrol?

Maau adlaw kanninyo pipz!

Unsa statement ni kumander bravo?

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ONGOING PROJECTS:

*Gaisano Mall Iligan | Roxas Ave. | Php800M | 4 storeys | 43,813 square meters | March 2008
*NPC Nature’s Park | Agus 6 & 7 | 2009
*Dela Mar Swimming Pool Expansion | Brgy. Buruun
*Mindanao Sanitarium & Hospital Annex Bldg. | Brgy. San Miguel | 5 storeys
*Abalos Bldg. Expansion
*Iligan City Legislative Bldg. | Buhanginan Hills | 4 storeys
*Doromal Bldg. | Quezon Ave. Ext. | 4 storeys
*DepEd Bldg. Renovation & Expansion | Gen. Aguinaldo St.
*St. Mary's Hospital Expansion | Quezon Ave. Ext
*Norpen Bldg. 2 Expansion | Roxas Ave.
*Ang Bldg. | Gen. Aguinaldo St. (infront of Mirror's Salon) | 3 storeys
*Plaza Cinema Bldg. Renovation
*Unidentified Commercial Bldg. | Andres Bonifacio Ave. (where Kristine's Bakeshop is) | 3 storeys
*Rivson Bldg. | Quezon Ave. (infront of SBG) | 3 storeys
*Unidentified Commercial Bldg. | cor. Quezon Ave. & Andres Bonifacio Ave. (infront of El Centro) | 3 storeys
*Unidentified 3 door Apartment Bldg. | Andres Bonifacio Ave. (beside Ammar Apartment) | 3 storeys
*Unidentified Commercial Bldg. | Quezon Ave. Ext. (beside Doromal Bldg.) | 2 storeys
*Unidentified Commercial Bldg. | Constantino Badelles St. (facing DBP) | 2 storeys
*Unidentified Commercial Bldg. | Quezon Ave. Ext. (in front of Day Inn near the entrance to Villaverde) | 1 storey
*Rural Bank of Iligan Expansion
*Iligan-Bukidnon Road Phase 3

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Gaisano Mall Iligan

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NPC Nature's Park

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Mindanao Sanitarium Annex Bldg.

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Iligan City Legislative Bldg.

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Doromal Bldg. (far right) and unidentified commercial building in front of El Centro (left)

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Commercial Bldg. in front of Masonic Temple

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St. Mary's Hospital

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Rivson Commercial

Maau adlaw kanninyo pipz!

Unsa statement ni kumander bravo?

I have no idea. :ohno:

hello guys, i really like the idea of putting the wires underground so as to make the city more clean looking...i hope the city, in coordination with the major telecommunications companies and the ILPI, will make a plan to undertake this kind of endeavor perhaps they can do that in phases so as to make this a bit easier for their part.

i went to the PIA the other week and i was surprised that the resources they used to have were already gone...in high school i used to go there to look for resources in term papers. I also went to the public library and they were closed for renovation.

I happened to go there coz im going to study the folklore behind the ILigan river. The lore of the old folks told that the river would flood if this boat of a supernatural being passes the river. i was looking for sources that would state the exact dates of floods that the old folks told that happened in the 1950s and 1970s coz in folklore, histories or events could sprout any folklore from it. I think guys this folklore would represent the most popular oral tradition of myth genre of the Iliganons aside from our folk song: "Buotang Iliganon."

In Iligan's history, the flood of Iligan river caused to the destruction of the two Spanish forts: FOrt Victoria and Xavier which are both situated in the Iligan river, in Tambacan side and Poblacion side respectively.

hello guys, i really like the idea of putting the wires underground so as to make the city more clean looking...i hope the city, in coordination with the major telecommunications companies and the ILPI, will make a plan to undertake this kind of endeavor perhaps they can do that in phases so as to make this a bit easier for their parts.

I think it will be difficult for ILPI..aside from it requires a lot of money..the problem with our drainaige system which causes sometime flooding in some areas in the city would affect electrical cable underground..potential to hazardz.

work out the drainagesystem then you can work on putting underground the cables.:)

Welcome back @TONZI :)

Maybe we can put some of the telephone lines underground but not eletrical cables. Too hazardous.

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i went to the PIA the other week and i was surprised that the resources they used to have were already gone...in high school i used to go there to look for resources in term papers. I also went to the public library and they were closed for renovation.



What do you mean they're gone? As in they threw them away?

Welcome back @TONZI :)

Maybe we can put some of the telephone lines underground but not eletrical cables. Too hazardous.

telephone lines no problems since they are using fibre optics kaya diret burried yan..pero electrical wheew impossible pag laging may flooding...

Actually, most of the ugly spaghetti wires in the city are not of electrical but of telcos.

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Buns and Pizza
Aguinaldo St.
Iligan City

While every buns and pizza store provides a relax atmosphere and elegant ambience, customers can enjoy watching our well trained crew prepare their delectable choice of meal, this we do to show how unique and how fresh our products are. Buns and Pizza really is Quality at its best!

For our valued customers, we guarantee you total satisfaction with the quality food that we offer. No where can you find quality food that is so delicious and yet so affordable.

Im happy to see nga daghan mga sama nnyo nga active kaa usa pag promote sa atong pinalangang dakbayan.... i used to be an SK councilor sa tominobo pero naa sa langyaw dapit...

by the way do you know in close mining firm in iligan for sale....my boss is asking me to find if naa...im convincing foriegn investor to invest sa atong minahal nga dakbayan...at least in my own way i can contribute something for the growth of iligan...:)

Glenox, get in touch with Mr. Edgar Cabrera. He is into the mining industry, and just might be able to help you. He holds office at Padilla Press at Sabayle St., remember? You can find their number or even his residence's number through the MSU-IIT website directory. Here -> http://www.msuiit.edu.ph/directory/telephone/
HTH!
Please let me know how things go, ha?
Write me at langyaw@gmail.com as I'm also interested in this.

Maybe we can put some of the telephone lines underground but not eletrical cables. Too hazardous.

telephone lines no problems since they are using fibre optics kaya diret burried yan..pero electrical wheew impossible pag laging may flooding...

I concur. They can bury first the telephone lines.

hello guys, i really like the idea of putting the wires underground so as to make the city more clean looking...i hope the city, in coordination with the major telecommunications companies and the ILPI, will make a plan to undertake this kind of endeavor perhaps they can do that in phases so as to make this a bit easier for their part.

i went to the PIA the other week and i was surprised that the resources they used to have were already gone...in high school i used to go there to look for resources in term papers. I also went to the public library and they were closed for renovation.

I happened to go there coz im going to study the folklore behind the ILigan river. The lore of the old folks told that the river would flood if this boat of a supernatural being passes the river. i was looking for sources that would state the exact dates of floods that the old folks told that happened in the 1950s and 1970s coz in folklore, histories or events could sprout any folklore from it. I think guys this folklore would represent the most popular oral tradition of myth genre of the Iliganons aside from our folk song: "Buotang Iliganon."

In Iligan's history, the flood of Iligan river caused to the destruction of the two Spanish forts: FOrt Victoria and Xavier which are both situated in the Iligan river, in Tambacan side and Poblacion side respectively.

Welcome back @TONZI. I hope you can find what you're looking as I'm also interested in the history of Iligan. Yes, the city lost Fort St. Victoria & Fort St. Francis Xavier when the the river shifted its course during the floods.

are there any photos on the 2 spanish forts?

^^ I remember seeing old photos of the forts during the time Iligan Museum was still at Laya Ancestral House. I don't know where it is now. :ohno:

Glenox, get in touch with Mr. Edgar Cabrera. He is into the mining industry, and just might be able to help you. He holds office at Padilla Press at Sabayle St., remember? You can find their number or even his residence's number through the MSU-IIT website directory. Here -> http://www.msuiit.edu.ph/directory/telephone/
HTH!
Please let me know how things go, ha?
Write me at langyaw@gmail.com as I'm also interested in this.


Thanks sa information @ langyaw....im just ineterested to get info since my boss ask me one time if there are mining industries in iligan and he and he's friend willing to invest on mining specially in philippines...:)

I concur. They can bury first the telephone lines.


Yeah, like what the Globelines are doing. :)

Goblelines have no choice but to burry the cables kay mahal mag abang sa poste sa ILPI..hehehehhe:)

are there any photos on the 2 spanish forts?

^^ I remember seeing old photos of the forts during the time Iligan Museum was still at Laya Ancestral House. I don't know where it is now. :ohno:

I haven't seen those old photos. I only knew that Fort Xavier de Iligan was star-shaped and made of stone. Hope the City Tourism Office has in possession of those photos.

^^ If I'm not mistaken Fort Victoria is triangular in shape

@Alingatong If they have copies of those photos kindly post it here. Thanks in advance :)

^^OK. I will ask Patchoy of Tourism Office.

i remember seeing a photo of one in cotabato, but i don't know if it still exists. the only spanish fort that is prominent in mindanao is one in zamboanga (pilar), correct me on this kung naa pay lain in existence somewhere.

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Stained Glass

i remember seeing a photo of one in cotabato, but i don't know if it still exists. the only spanish fort that is prominent in mindanao is one in zamboanga (pilar), correct me on this kung naa pay lain in existence somewhere.

Fort El Triunfo de Misamis Occidental in Ozamis City

^^ This fort still stands today and has been the object of pilgrims because of the miraculous image grown on its wall, the Image of Our Lady Nuestra Señora del Triunfo dela Cruz/Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.

Can't help staring at those colorful stained glasses everytime I attend mass :)

I really like the interior of our Cathedral so modern and grand. :rock:

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Interior of St. Michael's Cathedral - taken a year ago.

The lattice windows are now replaced with stained glass.

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Space for rent along Zamora Street

MSU-IIT (in cooperation with Globe) brings you the

http://hppml150.msuiit.edu.ph/moodle/file.php/1/images/MSU-SIM-CARDV5_sm.jpg

Now available at your respective colleges @ P50.00 each! With free P25.00 worth of text or call.

Features:

* MSU-IIT Updates
* Grades Inquiry
* Balance (Tuition) Inquiry
* Pay your tuition via G-Cash

Dahil ang lakas mo sa Globe!

uniksboy (http://ibalita.msuiit.edu.ph/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=26811#26811)

^^ Nice idea by Globe huh.. :nocrook:

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Title Philippines - Iligan Bay and Vicinity

Description This coastal survey was printed by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office in Washington D.C. Details include the names of cities and waterways along the coast. Depth soundings are shown in fathoms. Other details that maybe included are lighthouses and buoy positions.

Maker Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy

Year 1943

Galing ng MSU-IIT at Globe :cheers:

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Buns and Pizza
Aguinaldo St.
Iligan City

While every buns and pizza store provides a relax atmosphere and elegant ambience, customers can enjoy watching our well trained crew prepare their delectable choice of meal, this we do to show how unique and how fresh our products are. Buns and Pizza really is Quality at its best!

For our valued customers, we guarantee you total satisfaction with the quality food that we offer. No where can you find quality food that is so delicious and yet so affordable.

Haven't tried eating at Buns and Pizza. Hope I can go there this week.

Haven't tried eating at Buns and Pizza. Hope I can go there this week.

invite me hehe..

^^ This fort still stands today and has been the object of pilgrims because of the miraculous image grown on its wall, the Image of Our Lady Nuestra Señora del Triunfo dela Cruz/Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.

or they call it Berhen sa Cotta w/c just last December 2006 they celebrated 250th yr. aniversary of the cotta. hope you can go to ozamiz this december and witness there celebration, coz i've been there very nice. and im planning to go back again this coming december.

^^ Nice idea by Globe huh.. :nocrook:

oo nga ang galing talaga ng globe at iit, sana ang City of Iligan and globe gawa din sila ng sim, and may added features din, about activities ng city, information about the city, virtual map sa city for the visitors para instead of using map, cellphone nalng gamit nila diba., etc.

MSU-IIT (in cooperation with Globe) brings you the

http://hppml150.msuiit.edu.ph/moodle/file.php/1/images/MSU-SIM-CARDV5_sm.jpg

Now available at your respective colleges @ P50.00 each! With free P25.00 worth of text or call.

Features:

* MSU-IIT Updates
* Grades Inquiry
* Balance (Tuition) Inquiry
* Pay your tuition via G-Cash

Dahil ang lakas mo sa Globe!

uniksboy (http://ibalita.msuiit.edu.ph/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=26811#26811)

What the... *drools* Only in the Philippines!

Hey guys pls. support the

CDO-Iligan Corridor Proposals and U/Cs Thread (@ the Philippine Project On The Rise) :)

Guys you can post now and update our propossals and U/Cs thread on this link http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=14399193#post14399193

Hey guys pls. support the

CDO-Iligan Corridor Proposals and U/Cs Thread (@ the Philippine Project On The Rise) :)

Sure! I'll support it all the way

C3 Road Tuloy na Tuloy Na ayon kay PGMA sa SONA niya kanina :applause: :applause: :applause:

:applause: :banana: :cheers1: :rock: :banana2: :righton: :booze: :cheer: :okay: :dance2: :cheers2: :bow:

Good for Iligan City to have LKK likewise. Iligan now is becoming more urban. Anyways kumusta na ba jan ang Gaisano Mall, malapit na bang operational?:)

I haven't seen those old photos. I only knew that Fort Xavier de Iligan was star-shaped and made of stone. Hope the City Tourism Office has in possession of those photos.

i read a journal about the iligan fort in the Vol.35, 1987 issue of the Philippine Studies which was written by a foreigner and which stated that iligan, in 1750-1760, should have been one of the major ports since the spanish were at the time guarding against the moros...it was written there that the fort somehow didnt get the adequate armaments that it should be having since the moros of lanao are nearer to iligan than that of dapitan or cagayan. and the number of men stationed there are not enough to ward off the moros during that time. it also stated the rice stocks of the fort ddnt come on time or perhaps ddnt reach the fort bcoz of storms that destroyed the boats that delivered from corregidor or camiguin for that matter.

i was disappointed coz it ddnt state there when the fort was destroyed in the floods. bcoz in the journal it only mentioned "fort of iligan" rather than the names of "victoria" or "xavier".

Good for Iligan City to have LKK likewise. Iligan now is becoming more urban. Anyways kumusta na ba jan ang Gaisano Mall, malapit na bang operational?:)

March 2008 is the Grand opening of the Gmall

if your online this time ( 10:30 pm July 23 , 07)
log on to
http://www.thefilipino.com/radio
and go to CEBU radio Station And click the Green Speaker of RMN Cebu to listen The Replay of PGMA SONA Live via Web. tnx

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An obelisk with a cam? :ohno:

Fort El Triunfo de Misamis Occidental in Ozamis City

thanks gors and alingatong. to others (even me), these are lesser known forts but worth including and knowing. probably i'm more familiar with my side of the fence and i wish, there should be thread on the spanish philippines. these forts can expand in a way spanish incursions and fortifications in mindanao.

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And another one near Old Gaisano

An obelisk with a cam? :ohno:

they should have placed it on top of the obelisk.

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An obelisk with a cam? :ohno:


aaarrrggg, i can understand why it is in a traffic light or lamp post. but in a monument?

It's an eyesore. Paging ICTC. Hope you can do something about this.

to me it's more than an eye sore, it's a desecration.

That monument has long been deprived of its character. How sad.

^^ Correct...To think it's the only obelisk or monument found in the city

teka bai, what's the monument for? veterans? or any prominent iligan citizen?

^^ ex Senator Tomas Cabili (an Iliganon) who died with Pres. Ramon Magsyasay on a plane crash.

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I love the golden glow of MC splashed by the rays of the setting sun

sayang, somebody should've pointed out that it's a no-no to any monument.

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An obelisk with a cam? :ohno:

Alam ko kung bat jan nila inilagay ang cam sa gilid ng monumento, they try to put it on the top but pero blurry sa monitor nila, to have a clear image dapat kasing taas lng sya ng light post for the doom type cam kaya they put it there, sa fix cam its 1.5 meters lower than thae doom type cam.

anyways i saw another fix cam facing the Villa Verde sa may ROXAS papasok sa Chinese Cemetery

^^ ex Senator Tomas Cabili (an Iliganon) who died with Pres. Ramon Magsyasay in a plane crash.

The structure was erected for commemorative reason but the way I see it, it's there just for any overtly functional use like an ordinary post.

^^Why not erect another post for the cam if they don't want to make use of the existing posts around? It's more proper rather than being offensive.

Tomas L. Cabili

Senator Tomas L. Cabili was born in Iligan , Lanao del Norte on March 7, 1903. His parents were Guillermo Cabili and Epifania H. Lluisma. He was also known as Sultan Dimasangkay-ko-Ranao for Maranaos.

Cabili studied at Iligan Primary School, (1911-1915) and Iligan Elementary School (1915-1918 ). From 1919 to 1923, he enrolled in four different schools to complete his secondary education; the Zamboanga Provincial High School, (1919 to 1920) Cebu High school, (1920 to 1921) Siliman Institute, (1921 to 1922) and finally, the Cebu Provincial High School, (1922 to 1923).

Cabili received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of the Philippines-Cebu in 1925, then pursued a law course at the Visayan Institute, also in Cebu, from 1925 to 1927. He transfered to the Philippine College of Law, where he completed his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1929. After passing the bar examinations, he practiced law in his home province.

In 1934, he was appointed justice of the peace of the municipal district of Lanao as well as of Dansalan. He became a delegate to the Constitutional Assembly. In 1935, he was elected assemblyman for his district in the First National Assembly, serving on the committees on agriculture, codes, franchises, provincial and municipal government, national language, public instruction, Mindanao and special provinces, appropriations, civil service, and public lands.

He was the only delegate to the Constitutional Convention who did not sign the 1935 Constitution, which was formally ratified on February 8, 1935.

In 1938, Cabili was reelected to the Second National Assembly. He was chairman of the Committee on Privileges and member of the committees on agriculture, appropriations, forest, Minadanao and Special provinces, and national companies.

He was senator from 1946-1955.

Cabili was married to Felicitas N. Pepito of Cebu, they had five children . He died at the age of 54 alongside with President Ramon Magsaysay on a plane crash on March 17, 1957 at Mount Manunggal, Cebu.

President Arroyo's seventh State of the Nation Address


STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS
President of the Republic of the Philippines
Her Excellency
PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
JULY 23, 2007

Thank you. Thank you very much Speaker De Venecia, Senate President Villar, other newly elected leaders of both Houses, congratulations to you, Senators and Congressmen and Congresswomen. Vice-President De Castro, former President Ramos, Chief Justice Puno, our host Mayor, Mayor Sonny Belmonte, other government officials, members of the Diplomatic Corps, ladies and gentlemen.

We meet here today to inaugurate a new Congress after a fresh election. I congratulate every elected official, from municipal to provincial to Congress on hard fought and successful campaigns.

Tapos na ang halalan at pamumulitika; panahon na para maglingkod nang walang damot, mamuno nang walang pangamba maliban sa kagalingan ng bayan, and to govern with wisdom, compassion, vision and patriotism.

Hangarin kong mapabilang ang Pilipinas sa mayayamang bansa sa loob ng dalawampung taon. By then poverty shall have been marginalized; and the marginalized raised to a

robust middle class.


We will have achieved the hallmarks of a modern society, where institutions are strong.

By 2010, the Philippines should be well on its way to achieving that vision.

With the tax reforms of the last Congress, and I thanked the last Congress, we have turned around our macroeconomic condition through fiscal discipline, toward a balanced budget. Binabayaran ang utang, pababa ang interes, at paakyat ang pondo para sa progreso ng sambayanang Pilipino!!!

Maraming salamat ulit sa nakaraang Congress.

We have been investing hundreds of billions in human and physical infrastructure. The next three years will see record levels of well thought out and generous funding for the following priorities:

First, investments in physical, intellectual, legal and security infrastructure to increase business confidence. Imprastraktura para sa negosyo at trabaho. Isang milyong trabaho taon-taon.


Second, investments in a stronger and wider social safety net - murang gamot, abot-kayang pabahay, eskwelang primera klase, mga gurong mas magaling at mas malaki ang kita, mga librong de-kalidad, more scholarships for gifted students, and language instruction to maintain our lead in English proficiency. Dunong at kalusugan ang susi sa kasaganaan.


Third, investments in bringing peace to Mindanao; in crushing terrorism wherever it threatens regardless of ideology; and in putting a stop to human rights abuses whatever the excuse.

We pay tribute to the fearless fourteen who were savagely massacred at Tipo-Tipo trying to pursue a peaceful and progressive Philippines. We will not disappoint their hopes. We will not waste their sacrifice. We will not be swayed from the course we have set in this conflict for peace with justice throughout our land.

We have created a Philippine model for reconciliation built on inter-faith dialogue, expanded public works and more responsive social services. These investments show both sides in the Mindanao conflict that they have more at stake in common; and a greater reason to be together than hang apart, including being together isolating the terrorists.


Imprastraktura ang haliging nagtitindig hindi lamang ng kapayapaan kundi ng ating buong makabagong ekonomiya: mga kalsada, tulay, paliparan, public parks and power plants.

Last year I unveiled the Super Regions - Mindanao, Central Philippines, North Luzon Agribusiness Quadrangle, Luzon Urban Beltway and the Cyber Corridor - to spread development away from an inequitable concentration in Metro Manila. Hindi lamang Maynila ang Pilipinas.

The Super Regions was not a gimmick for the occasion but the blueprint for building a future.

In Mindanao, our food basket, I said we would prioritize agribusiness investments. And I am happy to see that the latest survey in June shows the hunger rate has sharply gone down nationwide. We have done that.

The Departments of Agriculture, Agrarian Reform, and Environment and Natural Resources will devote 30 percent of their program budgets to Mindanao. DAR will move to Davao.

Dapat maging daan sa tagumpay sa agribusiness ang reporma sa lupa. Done right, reform willdemocratize success, as Ramon Magsaysay and Diosdado Macapagal envisioned. We must reform agrarian reform so it can transform beneficiaries into agribusinessmen and other agribusiness women.

Sa gayon, dadami pa ang mga tampok na magsasaka gaya ng mga nagwagi ng Gawad Saka, sina Ananias Cuado ng Comval at Demetrio Tabelon ng Butuan; at Nelson Taladhay ng Sultan Kudarat, pangunahing agrarian reform beneficiary ng 2007. We also have outstanding farmers from the other superregions, like Joseph Fernando and Heherson Pagulayan, Nestor Bautista, Joseph Lomibao, Arturo Marcaida, Peter Uy, Arturo Pasacas and Glenn Saludar.

Sa anim na taon nagtayo tayo at nag-ayos ng patubig para sa isang milyong ektarya sa buong bansa - pinakamalaki sa matagal na panahon.

Magtatayo tayo ng mariculture o palaisdaan sa dagat. Isa rito ay ilalagay natin sa Sibutu. Hiling ito ni Nur Jaafar.

Para sa buong bansa naglaan tayo ng P3 billion para sa tatlong libong kilometro ng farm to market roads. Sanlibong kilometro sa Mindanao. Gawa na ang tatlong daan.

The road and RORO network has cut the cost of bringing agribusiness products from Mindanao to Luzon. A 10-wheeler used to pay P32 thousand from Dapitan to Batangas. Now it pays P11 thousand.

Fresh fish that cost P20 thousand a ton to move, now travels at P14 thousand.

Construction is criss-crossing Mindanao: Dapitan-Dakak to bring Cely Carreon's paradise closer to civilization; Sibuco-Siraway-Siocon-Baliguian; Dinagat Island Network, a baptismal gift for Glenda Ecleo's new province; the 66-kilometer Manay-Mati section of Davao-Surigao; and Maguindanao-Lebak, Sim Datumanong's brainchild when he headed DPWH.

We want better airports, new bridges and ample energy for Mindanao's rising economy.

The Dipolog and Pagadian airports will be improved by year's end. Also the Cotabato airport. No doubt eagerly awaited by Au Cerilles, Rolando Yebes, Digs Dilangalen, Ros Labadlabad and Victor Yu, and Mayors Evelyn Uy and Sammy Co.

Last July 10 we inaugurated the P1.7 billion, 900 meter bridge in Butuan, built on the initiative of Mayor Boy Daku Plaza, near the P4 billion second-generation flood control project that we also built. The first was built by my father after the great Butuan flood of the 1960's. Kailangan ipagtanggol ang kapaligiran at mamamayan sa sakuna.


In Agusan del Norte, I hope Edel Amante will be happy with our plans to pilot micro agribusiness in Jabonga.


On July 8, Ozamis Airport opened, bankrolled partly by Leo Ocampos, Aldo Parojinog and Hermie Ramiro's congressional fund. Now, that's the kind of pork that has good cholesterol.


At that occasion the MOU was signed for the Panguil Bay Bridge that will connect Ozamis to Lanao del Norte and Iligan. As urged by Bobby Dimaporo, I declared Mt. Inayawan Range a protected nature park. On Mayor Lawrence Cruz's recommendation, I instruct DPWH to build the Iligan Circumferential Road.

In 2001, we opened a solar plant in Cagayan de Oro. Still, Mindanao faced a 100-megawatt gap by 2009 out now a 210-megawatt clean coal plant in Phividec will fill that gap. We count on Oca Moreno and Tinex Jaraula to continue providing a good investment climate.

We thank Miriam Defensor-Santiago and Migz Zubiri for sponsoring the Biofuels Law in the last Congress. We now have 160 thousand hectares of jatropha nurseries in Bukidnon and 30,000 in General Santos. Jatropha is a 100% substitute for diesel, with only 5% of its emission.

Mindanao's energy challenge lies not in generating power but in power lines. Terrorists target transmission towers. We must resolutely apply the Human Security Act. This act was first filed by Johnny Enrile in 1996, 3 years after the first World Trade Center bombing, 4 years before the Rizal Day bombing and 5 years before 9/11. He ably crafted the final Senate version with Senate President Manny Villar and Nene Pimentel.


Let's now go to Central Philippines, our tourism super region:

* We protect its natural wonders and provide the means to travel to those wonders.

* For Boracay, the leading overall destination, the Kalibo Airport is now international with an instrument landing system as we said last year. Next is an P80 million terminal on request of Joben Miraflores.

* The Aklan-Libertad-Pandan Road, waiting for Japan to approve the contractors, will connect Boracay to the nature park we declared in Northwest Panay Peninsula. We are improving other Panay roads and building the road from the Iloilo Airport which we inaugurated in Santa Barbara to Iloilo and the Metro Radial Road that Mayor Jerry Trenas asked for when we inaugurated the airport, Art Defensor conceived the airport when he was governor, Governor Neil Tupaz midwifed its delivery when we inaugurated the airport, I said …

* Iloilo connects to Guimaras via Jordan Wharf. We thank Congress for the P900 million oil spill calamity fund to save the environment of Guimaras. I thank once again the previous Congress. It is back on its feet. The other side of the island will connect to Bacolod soon because we started building the Sibunag RORO Port last May on ecommendation of Governor, now Congressman, Rahman Nava.


* Bacolod-Silay Airport, near the nature park we declared in Northern Negros, is completed and just awaiting the access road requested by Monico Puentevella.

* We awarded the contract for upgrading the Dumaguete airport as I reported to George Arnaiz last week.

* Boracay investors are expanding in Palawan, whose Tubbataha Reefs we declared a nature park. After the Puerto Princesa-Roxas Road last year, we opened Taytay-El Nido in March. The P1 billion Taytay-Roxas section is ongoing. San Vicente airstrip and Busuanga Airport are under construction. And Mayor Hagedorn is reminding us to work on the Puerto Princesa terminal.

* Under construction are airport aprons of the surfing edens: Governor Ben Evardone's pet project in Guiuan and Lalo Matugas's home town in Siargao.


* A 100-megawatt energy gap looms in the Visayas in 2009. The Korea Electric plant in Cebu will plug in 200 megawatts only in 2010 so there’s a one year gap. Meantime three power barges will supply 100 megawatts and the Panay diesel power plant will increase its run from 70 megawatts to 100.

* In Central Cebu, we proclaimed a nature park. From Cebu, the top destination for foreign tourists, they can easily radiate to other destinations. Optimism is infectious, and opportunity irresistible. Progress follows progress. Someone, even government, just has to get it started.

* Going south, Cebu connects to Tubigon and on to Ubay, Jagna and Panglao through the Bohol Circumferential Road that we inaugurated last May 9. The local government has acquired 85 percent of the land for the international airport on Panglao Island, now a tourism destination of its own.

* Ubay links to Maasin RORO Port which was completed last October. Now I hope there will be more divers for Mian Mercado.

* Jagna RORO Port opened last May 9. It will connect to Loloy Romualdo's Mambajao in November, and on to Guinsiliban, the gateway to Mindanao.

* Going north from Cebu City, we take the North Coastal Road to Daanbantayan which was recommended to us by Gwen Garcia. Heavy traffic will ease when the P1.2 billion Mandaue-Consolacion Bridge opens. This will be good not only for Malapascua tourism but also for Nitoy Durano's industrial city of Danao.

* Daanbantayan, Benhur Salimbangon's home port, connects to Naval, Maripipi, or Esperanza, which started construction last May. We aim to finish all three RORO Ports next year.

* Esperanza will link by road to Aroroy in 2009. I'll be there with Lina Seachon and Tony Kho for the inauguration. Please invite me.

* Last May, I switched on the lights of Masbate in a Palace ceremony. But the long-term solution will come next year when a new power plant will serve half a million customers on the beautiful but isolated island of Masbate.

* From Aroroy we can go to Claveria, whose RORO ramp is under construction. On to Pasacao where RORO operations started in 2002. That’s Bong Bravo of Claveria. This brings us to Bicol, including Mt Isarog Park.

* Mt. Isarog feeds the Bicol River. For the next three years we are funding the Bicol River Basin and Watershed with the World Bank at $15 million for irrigation, flood control and water conservation. For Bicol, we have given P7 billion for the Bicol Calamity and Rehabilitation

Effort, that is the biggest one-time calamity fund release in our history. At last, Bicol is getting its rightful share.

And, so is the North Luzon Agribusiness Quadrangle:

* We are building 1,000 kilometers of farm-to-market roads; 200 are done. Ngayong tapos na ang election ban, pinapaspasan ang trabaho para sa nalalabing target.

* Halsema Highway from Mount Data to Bontoc and the Tabuk-Tinglayan Road are being built. If you look the chart, there is something incomplete in between.

* So that the Cordillera LGUs can build more of their much-needed roads, I ask Congress to require companies to pay directly to the LGUs their share of the natural

wealth. I hope, Governor Dalog hears that.

* Nagtatayo tayo ng mga paliparan para sa mga produkto ng agribusiness.

* Noong 2005 nagka-airport sa Baler. Sunod ang airport sa Casiguran. At kalsada sa pagitan.

* There were no takers in the bidding for to upgrade the Batanes runways so ATO will get it done before the end of the year with the support of DPWH and Governor Telesforo Castillejos.

* Joe de Venecia and Mayor Nani Braganza are asking for an airport in Alaminos. Will do.

* The Cagayan Economic Zone Authority and the private sector expanded the San Vicente naval airstrip, so we don't have need to build Lallo.

* Sa Lallo naman mayroon tayong inaprobahan na agribusiness ecozone. Ang mga agribusiness ecozone ay payo ni Pangulong Ramos.

Chief Justice Puno, I am happy to see you here. It is the first time that a Chief Justice attended.

* The Tarlac-La Union Toll Road will be advertised for private sector BOT bidding this August.

* Poro Point's international terminal started construction early this year. The Bagabag airport is being lengthened. We are spreading the cheer across the political spectrum from Vic Ortega to Caloy Padilla. Inuuna ang bansa, at itinatabi ang politika.

* Some towns in Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, and Isabela are included in the geo-hazard mapping we have done for 700 cities and towns all over the country to protect the environment.

* The Bangui Bay Wind Power Project which was put up when Bongbong Marcos was governor, is now expanding. Sa paggamit ng hangin, nababawasan ang kailangang langis sa enerhiya.

And now the Luzon Urban Beltway, our top magnet for industry and investment:

* This quarter we start the P5 billion Mt. Pinatubo Hazard Urgent Mitigation Project that will protect San Fernando City, Sasmuan, Guagua and my home town Lubao from flooding.

* The Subic-Clark-Tarlac Express Road is in its final stages. This first-world road will cut travel time between Clark and Subic from two hours to 30 minutes. Gagawa tayo ng interchange sa Porac, bayan ni Lito Lapid.

* Last Thursday with Dick Gordon we inaugurated the container port that will make Subic together with Clark one of the best international service and logistics centers in the region.

* Clark airport got its approach control radar in April. It now has 50 international flights and 50 cargo flights a week, the second busiest after NAIA. We want more airline service centers there.

Now, speaking of NAIA, I'm sure everyone wants to know about NAIA Terminal 3. The ceiling that fell wasn't the only thing in danger of falling. There are more serious dangers from construction and structural defects. We cannot risk the grim consequences of a major earthquake.

But NAIA is accelerating the remediation, completion and opening of the terminal. Public safety comes first.


* Since public safety comes first, I ask Congress to create the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines.

* Last year, I said we would connect North and South Expressways through C-5. Ginagawa na ang C-5 bandang Katipunan. Kausap na ang UP para sa bagong daan patungong Commonwealth, na kasulukuyang pinapalapad at North Avenue. Sa kabilang dulo ng Mindanao Avenue, binibili na ang lupa para sa bagong daan mula Barangay Talipapa hanggang Malinta at tuloy sa NLEX.

Sana bumawas ang trapik pa-North Manila.

* We just broke ground to continue the Skyway up to Alabang. In a year the fast train from Caloocan to Alabang will be serving thousands daily. From Alabang to Santo Tomas the South Luzon Expressway is currently being widened. And by March, Ricky Reyes SLEX will reach Batangas Port.

* The Coastal Road to Bong Revilla's province is finally under construction.

* Our investment in vital infrastructure is already bearing fruit, such as the $1-billion Hanjin shipbuilding facility, said to be the largest in the world, and the $1-billion Texas Instruments microchip plant in Clark. Maging ex-OFW at ex-tambay kapwang nakahanap ng trabaho sa mga malalaking puhunan na ito.

* As we build industry, we must ensure people have clean air to breathe. We have closed 88 firms for polluting the environment. Gaya ng sabi ko, una ang kaligatasan ng publiko.

* We proclaimed a critical habitat within the coastal lagoon of Las Piñas and Parañaque.

* Maynilad's new owners have invested P7 billion to bring clean and, at last, running water to Parañaque, Parola and elsewhere. Manila Water did a similar P2 billion project for Antipolo.

* Gumagawa tayo ng septage tank sa Antipolo sa halagang P600 million na maglilinis ng sewage bagoito dumaloy sa mga estero, gaya ng tinayo ng Manila Water sa Taguig at sa San Mateo.


* Matapos ang maraming taong usapan, ang ating administrasyon ang nakapagsimula ng Flood Control Project sa Kalookan, Malabon, Navotas at Valenzuela (CAMANAVA).

* On energy, Luzon needs 150 megawatts more by 2010. This is covered by the 350-megawatt, $350 million expansion of the Pagbilao plant by Marubeni and Tokyo Electric, part of their $4 billion that constitutes the biggest Japanese investment in Philippine history.

* We count on the Governor Raffy Nantes and the people of Quezon to somehow to reduce the cost of electricity. I ask Congress to amend the Electric Power Industry Reform Act for open access and more competition.

The Cyber Corridor encompasses centers of technology and learning running the length of all the super regions, from Baguio to Clark to Metro Manila to Cebu to Davao and neighboring areas.

The Philippines ranks among top off-shoring hubs in the world because of cost competitiveness and more importantly our highly trainable, English proficient, IT-enabled management and manpower.

IT ability won for Warren Ambat of Baguio City High the most innovative teacher and leadership award in Cambodia last February, topping contestants from 70 countries, congratulations to our contestants, women.

Information technology will help the BIR bring in more taxes in the coming months. Its Revenue Watch Dashboard will monitor revenue collections in real time from the national level down to the examiners. The LGU Revenue Assurance shares information between the BIR and the LGUs to uncover fraud and non-payment, before heads would roll per Danny Suarez's Attrition Law.

While our strength in contact centers is well-established, we are now focused on growing the higher value-added services, including accounting, legal, human resources and administrative services.

And, so that no Taiwan tremor can cut off our cyber services from their global clients, PLDT and Globe are investing P47 billion in new international broadband links through other regional hubs for redundancy in our cyber space.

The business services sector has become the fastest growing in the economy providing 400,000 jobs compared to 8,000 in 2000. By 2010 the forecast is one million jobs earning $12 billion, the same amount remitted by our overseas Filipinos today.

On Safety Net and Education

Last year I said that in today's global economy, knowledge is the greatest creator of wealth.

Mahusay na edukasyon ang pinakamabuting pamana natin sa ating mga anak. Yun din ang tanging pamana na ayon sa batas kailangang ibigay sa bawat mamamayan.

This year, we are investing more for education: P150 billion, P29 billion more than last year.

And, last year government and private sector built 15,000 classrooms instead of the usual 6,000.


Noon, isang libro bawat limang mag-aaral. Ngayon, tig-isang aklat na bawat grade schooler.

One third of our public high schools now have Internet access, with private sector support.

We have a scarcity of public high schools but a surplus of private high schools. So instead of building more high schools, we give more high school scholarships - 600,000 scholars this year.


For College, we launched a P4 billion fund for college loans, to increase beneficiaries from 40,000 to 200,000.

And for teachers, we have created more than 50,000 teaching positions.

But we have to improve their training.

Benefits, too. Salamat, dating Senador Tessie Oreta at dating Congressman Dodong Gullas, na di na kailangan ng mga guro maghabol sa Maynila ng sweldo at pension.

Pinoproseso na sa rehiyon sa regionalization ng payroll.

Teachers and all other national government employees get a raise effective end of this month.


Sa TESDA, bukod sa mga sariling kurso nagbibigay ito ng mga scholarship sa vocational schools:

P600 million noong isang taon, P1 billion ngayon. May P1 bilyon pa ang DOLE.


We are investing P3 billion in science and engineering research and development technology, including scholarships for masters and doctoral degrees programs in engineering in seven universities. Upgrade know-how and learning, and Filipino talent is unbeatable.

Proof is biochemist Baldomero Olivera of the University of Utah who was named Scientist of the Year by the Harvard Foundation.

In the International Math and Science Olympiad 2006 in Jakarta, Robert Buendia of Cavite Central School and Wilson Alba of San Beda Alabang won the gold. Congratulations, guys. Six Filipinos bagged the awards at the Intel Young Scientists Competition in New Mexico last May: Ivy Ventura, Mara Villaverde, Hester Mana Umayam and Janine Santiago of Philippine Science High; Melvin Barroa of Capiz National High, congratulations, Melvin; and Luigi John Suarez of Benedicto National High. Congratulations naman. Last week Filipino students topbilled by Amiel Sy of the Philippine Science High dominated the Mathematics World Contest in Hong Kong. Congratulations, Amiel. Congratulations Philippine Science High School. Earlier this month Diona Aquino of the Presidential Management Staff won with her team from UP the Youth Innovation Competition on Global Governance in Shanghai.

Ito ay malaking kunsuwelo sa atin. We have spent more on human capital formation than ever in the past. Why? Because if government of the people and by the people is not for them as well, it is a mockery of democracy.

May malaking pag-angat ang kalagayan ng maralita, gaya ng trabaho, pag-aaral at pagamot. Look at the chart on new poor fare.

Sa unang pagkakataon, gumastos ang Philhealth ng higit P3 bilyon sa paospital ng maralita.


Noong 2001 sinabi kong hahatiin natin ang presyo ng gamot na madalas bilhin ng madla. Ngayon sampung libong Botika ng Barangay ang nagtitinda ng murang gamot. Ang paracetamol na tatlong piso sa labas ay piso lamang sa Botika ng Barangay. Ang antibiotic na binibenta ng mga pangunahing parmasya sa P20 ay P2 lamang.

Kaya sa isang survey, halos kalahati ang nagsabing abot-kaya ang gamot, kumpara sa 11% noong 1999.

So we can spread this even more, I ask Congress to pass the Cheaper Medicines Bill that was almost enacted in June. Almost is not good enough. Let's help Mar Roxas, Ferge Biron and Teddy Boy Locsin give our people meaningful, affordable choices, from abroad and here in the Philippines.

I also ask Congress to pass legislation that brings improved long term care for our senior citizens. Asahan natin si Ed Angara.

Si Noli de Castro na isa pang kampeon ng senior citizens ay namumuno ng ating programa sa pabahay. Congratulations, Noli. The low interest rates for housing are unprecedented. Naglaan ang Pag-IBIG ng P25 billion na pautang, six times the amount when we started it in 2001. P50 billion pa ang ilalaan hanggang 2010.

On Terrorism and Human Rights

We fight terrorism. It threatens our sovereign, democratic, compassionate and decent way of life.

Therefore, in the fight against lawless violence, we must uphold these values. It is never right and always wrong to fight terror with terror.

I ask Congress...I urge you to enact laws to transform state response to political violence:

First, laws to protect witnesses from lawbreakers and law enforcers.

Second, laws to guarantee swift justice from more empowered special courts. Third, laws to impose harsher penalties for political killings. Fourth, laws reserving the harshest penalties for the rogue elements in the uniformed services who betray public trust and bring shame to the greater number of their colleagues who are patriotic.

We must wipe this stain from our democratic record.

Ngunit pangunahin pakikibaka pa rin para sa karapatan ang pagpapalaya ng masa sa gutom at kahirapan.

Together with economic prosperity is the need to strengthen our institutions of government. Let's start with election reform. We have long provided funds for computerization. We look forward to the modernization of voting, counting and canvassing.

We can disagree on political goals but never on the conduct of democratic elections. I ask Congress to fund poll watchdogs. And to enact a stronger law against election-related violence.

We must weed out corruption and build a strong system of justice that the people can trust. We have provided unprecedented billions for anti-graft efforts. Thus the Ombudsman's conviction rate hit 77% this year, from 6% in 2002. We implemented lifestyle checks, dormant for half a century.

Taun-taon dose-dosenang opisyal ang nasususpinde, napapatalsik o kinakasuhan dahil labis-labis sa suweldo ang gastos at ari-arian nila.

Firms who were asked for bribes in taxes, permits and licenses dropped from one-third to one-half.

Contract bribes are also down. Graft won't be eliminated overnight but we are making progress.


In Conclusion

What I have outlined today is just a sampler of our P1.7 trillion Medium Term Public Investment Program. How will we fund all these? P1 trillion from state revenues, with tax reforms and firm orders to BIR and Customs to hit their targets. P300 billion from state corporations. The balance from government financial institutions, private sector investments, local government equity and our bilateral and multilateral partners.

Our new confidence and momentum for progress have imbued our foreign relations, with the ASEAN Summit last year and the coming ASEAN Regional Forum, with increased assistance from our allies and with continued support for our peace and security efforts in Mindanao.

We were able to strengthen our economy because of the fiscal reforms that we adopted at such great cost to me in public disapproval. But I would rather be right than

popular.

Our fundamentals are paying off in huge leaps in investment. Anim na milyong trabaho ang nalikha sa anim na taon, most in sustainable enterprises. Sa lakas ng piso,

bumagal ang pagtaas ng bilihin.

It is my ardent wish that most of the vision I have outlined will be fully achieved when I step down. It is my unshakeable resolve that the fundamentals of this vision will by then be permanently rooted, its progress well advanced and its direction firmly fixed with our reforms already bearing fruit. All that will remain for my successor is to gather the harvest. He or she will have an easier time of it than I did.

They say the campaign for the next election started on May 15, the day after the last. Fine.

I stand in the way of no one's ambition. I only ask that no one stand in the way of the people's well being and the nation's progress.

The time for facing off is over. The time is here for facing forward to a better future our people so desperately want and richly deserve.

Uulitin ko: Hindi ako sagabal sa ambisyon ninuman.

But make no mistake. I will not stand idly when anyone gets in the way of the national interest and tries to block the national vision. From where I sit, I can tell you, a President is always as strong as she wants to be.

Pagpalain tayo ng Diyos at ang dakilang gawaing hinaharap natin. The state of the nation is strong. Inyong lingkod, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Pangulo ng Republika ng Pilipinas.

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Tomas L. Cabili
He was the only delegate to the Constitutional Convention who did not sign the 1935 Constitution, which was formally ratified on February 8, 1935.

this got me intrigued. why did he not sign the 1935 constitution?

202 delegates were elected on 10 July 1934. Only 6 came from Mindanao, 4 Moros and 2 Christians. The Moros were Datu Blah Sinsuat, Minandang Piang, Arolaw Tulawie, and Alauya Alonto. The Christians were Tomas Cabili and Jose Montano. Claro M. Recto presided as Head of Convention on 30 July 1934. The delegates participated in the deliberation but unheard because of their number. The Moro delegates signed the draft but Tomas Cabili objected with the reasons that the draft did not provide election of Representatives for Lanao, Cotabato, and Sulu and no special provision was given to Non Christian and Lumad population of Mindanao. The Moros oppossed the draft for it did not recognize the distinct and different Muslim traditions, customs and laws which is based on Islam. However the draft was ratified.

Transparency Information Bureau

SWS Survey Finds Cagayan de Oro-Iligan Business Enthusiastic About A Transparency Information Bureau

Social Weather Stations

Filipino managers in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan (CDO-I), even more than others around the country, are enthusiastic about the idea of establishing a Transparency Information Bureau (TIB), according to the 2007 SWS Business Survey on Corruption, reported in Cagayan de Oro recently.

The SWS Business Survey introduced the TIB concept as “like a Credit Information Bureau, except that, instead of Credit Ratings, it will make Transparency Ratings on the reputation of individuals, companies, and agencies regarding honesty and ethics in business.”

The SWS survey found 83% of CDO-I managers saying that their company would find the services of a TIB useful. This is above the average of 76% for the total of the five areas of the country (Metro Manila, Metro Cebu, Metro Davao, Cagayan de Oro-Iligan, and Cavite-Laguna-Batangas) that were surveyed.

Furthermore, 92% in CDO-I said that their company would be willing, if asked by a TIB, to give information about other people or companies regarding honesty and ethics in business. This is above the average of 82% for the five areas.

Eighty-eight percent in CDO-I (82% in the five areas) said that getting a good Transparency Rating would be valuable for their company, and 96% in CDO-I (87% in the five areas) said that getting one would be valuable for their industry.

The new idea of establishing a Transparency Information Bureau had come up in one of the project’s focus groups of business people, after which it was decided to test the idea in the next SWS Business Survey.

Other general findings of the 2007 SWS Business Survey are as follows:

1. The scale of public sector corruption remains high. Discouragement on whether government can be run without corruption is up.

2. Seventeen of twenty-nine government agencies have negative ratings on sincerity in fighting corruption. However, compared to 2006, the ratings are nearly all either better or not as bad.

3. Three of every five managers were asked for a bribe during 2006 on at least index transaction. On each index transaction, bribe solicitation was higher than in 2006 or 2005.

4. One out of four said that a typical company in their sector would donate to the 2007 election campaign. The average estimated donation per company was P245,000 in the five areas, and P131,000 in CDO-I in particular.

5. Only a minority of companies always follow the basic honest business practices of demanding receipts, issuing receipts, keeping only one set of books, and paying taxes honestly.

6. Managers’ stated capacity to pay into an anti-corruption fund is 2% (median) of Net Income, down from 5% in 2006. In CDO-I, however, the capacity only went down to 4%, from 5% in both 2006 and 2005. In the last two years, two out of five spent an average of P292,000 (in CDO-I, P174,000) to fight fraud or corruption in their own firms, and one out of five donated an average of P136,000 (in CDO-I, P69,000) to an anti-corruption fund. One out of two say they will spend and donate for these purposes in the next two years.

7. Sixty-one percent see good or excellent business weather over the next two years – up from 46% in 2006 and 2005. In CDO-I, the figure is 58% in 2007 compared to 45% in 2006. One-half are satisfied with the National Government, and two-thirds are satisfied with the Local Government, on their promotion of a good business climate. Among CDO-I businesspersons, 56% are satisfied with the National Government, and 72% are satisfied with the Local Government.

Survey background

The 2007 SWS Business Survey on Corruption was the seventh in an annual series done, in partnership with the Makati Business Club, for the Transparency and Accountable Governance (TAG) project sponsored by The Asia Foundation (TAF) with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The findings are those of the SWS research team and do not necessarily reflect the views of TAF or USAID.

The 2007 Survey respondents were managers of 705 Filipino companies from Metro Manila, Metro Cebu, Metro Davao, Cagayan de Oro-Iligan, and Cavite-Laguna-Batangas, randomly drawn from public lists and other lists furnished by cooperating business associations in the study areas, and interviewed by SWS field staff from March 4 to May 11, 2007. Two-thirds of the companies are Small or Medium Enterprises (SMEs) while one-third are Large Enterprises.

The presentation of the 7th TAG Business Survey on Corruption with emphasis on findings for CDO-I, was given to a business sector and civil society audience at a forum in Cagayan de Oro City

Source: The Mindanao Current

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Oo nga, ang pangit naman dyan nilagay. Btw, kapansin pansin din ang mga "eyesores" wires.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007
DTI cracks down on banned Sino foods

THE Local Price Coordinating Council-Iligan City conducted the monitoring activity on major establishments on BFAD prohibited Chinese food products last July 20.

In a press statement, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Northern Mindanao said the inspection was spearheaded by its Lanao del Norte Provincial Office in coordination with the Local Government Unit through the City Mayor's Office and the City Health Office.
Among the seven major establishments monitored, two establishments were found to be selling White Rabbit Creamy Candy manufactured by Guan Sheng Yuan Food General Factory and Milk Candy distributed by Fujian.

These food products were immediately pulled out from the selling area and sealed until evidences would prove otherwise.

Among the 22 stores monitored inside the Pala-o Supermarket, no stores were caught selling the products.

Assistant Regional Director/Provincial Director-Lanao del Norte OIC Linda O. Boniao said they are advising the consumers to refrain from buying and consuming the Chinese products, which are positive on formaldehyde as advised by the Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD).

"We are calling the importers/distributors and the establishments offering the sale of these products to withdraw these from the market until the safety of these products are assured and are already fit for human consumption," she said.

In addition, Boniao said the monitoring team found out a minimal presence of BFAD prohibited Chinese food products in Iligan City due to the efforts of the sales agent of United Caraga Corp., distributor of White Rabbit candy in Mindanao who already advised stores owners to refrain from selling the products.

Other Chinese food products that registered positive results on formaldehyde are the following: Bairong Grape Biscuits manufactured by Gongguan Bairong Foodstuff Co.,Ltd and distributed by Goodway International Trading Corp.; Yong Kang Foods Grape Biscuit manufactured by Dongguan Yongkang Food Co., Ltd, Gongguan City, Guangdong.

According to the US National Cancer Institute, formaldehyde is a colorless, flammable, strong-smelling gas and is considered as an important industrial chemical used to manufacture building materials and to produce many household products.

It is mostly used in pressed wood products such as particleboard, plywood, and fiberboard, glues and adhesives, permanent press fabrics, paper product coatings, and certain insulation materials.

In addition, formaldehyde is commonly used as an industrial fungicide, germicide, and disinfectant, and as a preservative in mortuaries and medical laboratories.

Source (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2007/07/25/bus/dti.cracks.down.on.banned.sino.foods.html)

Ateneo tops ICT Quiz show
Wednesday, July 25, 2007


THREE schools proved themselves as top of the heap among fifteen teams participating in the IT Quiz Tournament, the 2nd Tertiary Schools ICT Quiz Show that was recently conducted here.

Emerging as Champion was Ateneo de Zamboanga University (Zamboanga City) represented by Ronald A. Magcamig, Jerome K. Locson and Mark Jason T. Hariin.

Aside from their individual cash prizes, they also won for their school one unit of HP personal computer set and a trophy from the Office of the Presidential Assistant of Northern Mindanao.

The 1st runner up was Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (Iligan City), represented by Charlie Louie E. Luna, Malikey M. Maulana and Mark Oliver L. Ouana. They also received cash prizes, and for their school, a trophy and a HP scanner.

The only all-girls team from the University of Immaculate Conception (Davao City) bagged the 2nd runner up trophy and an HP printer for school and cash prizes for representatives Mechelle A. Dimas, Mary Grace B. Ignacio and Katherine F. Dacanay. All three teams came along with their coaches Geoffrey M. Tablan of Ateneo de Zamboanga, Dante D. Dinawanao of MSU-IIT and Exander T. Barrios of UIC.

During the main round of easy, moderate and difficult levels, the fifteen teams were head to head with each other with almost all of them getting the questions correctly. An automated score board was continuously shuffling according to the school's standing keeping both contestants and the audience updated.

Five schools went from the main round to the final round - Ateneo de Zamboanga, Liceo de Cagayan University of Cagayan de Oro, MSU-IIT of Iligan, Northern Mindanao Institute of Science and Technology of Butuan, University of Immaculate Conception of Davao. These 5 teams had to go through another 3 grueling rounds to get bragging rights of being the best in their field. The final round, which was a right-minus-wrong match, was especially exciting as teams get deductions from their score if they gave an incorrect answer thus making it any school's game.

Hosted by the Cagayan de Oro Chamber last July 14, 2007 at the SM Event Center, the 2nd ICT Quiz Show was conducted together with Sticky Media Solutions, Inc. and STI College Cagayan de Oro.

The event was also in partnership with SM Cagayan de Oro, Accenture Phils., Global Chips Technologies, JobsDB and Mobile Philippines. BayanTel, Mindanao Goldstar Daily, MVP Digital Video and Samrey Printing Press also gave their support for the event.

Because of the responses from the various schools, the Cagayan de Oro Chamber has recently decided to make the ICT Quiz Show an annual event to be celebrated every ICT month of June, back to back with the Northern Mindanao Business Summit on ICT. As the contest showed the extent of just how capable and well-educated our college students are in the field of information technology, it is aimed to further propel the bid of Mindanao as an ICT hub of the Philippines.

Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2007/07/25/life/ateneo.tops.ict.quiz.show.html)

Global Steel to hurdle Vietnam challenge
Wednesday, July 25, 2007


THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) in Iligan City said Global Steel Philippines could prove to Vietnamese authorities that it is already commercially operational.

Samson R. Pacasum, BOC port collector, told The Manila Times that inspection of the company’s facility in Iligan City would prove to Vietnam authorities that the steelmaker has begun commercial operations.

“Global Steel has always been following all the processes that would lead them to commercial operation,” Pacasum said.

Trade Senior Undersecretary Thomas G. Aquino, co-chairman of the Committee on Tariffs and Related Matters (CTRM) technical subcommittee, said the interagency body deemed the company as operating commercially with regard to cold-rolled coils and hot-rolled coils, allowing the firm to qualify for tariff protection under Executive Order 375.

The CTRM-technical committee has endorsed the company’s commercial status to Malaca*nang, in preparation for the Cabinet-level TRM’s certification that the BOC should slap seven percent duties on imported steel that competes with Global Steel’s products. The import tariff at present stands at 3 percent.

The Philippines has sought proof from Vietnam with regard to Hanoi ‘s allegations that Global Steel had been transshipping raw materials from India .

Vietnam has slapped a 7-percent tariff against the company as a consequence.

Pacasum said the Iligan unit is awaiting Customs Commissioner Napoleon Morales’ directive once the Vietnamese officials agree to conduct a joint inspection at the Global Steel plant.

“We will just wait for the directives from the BOC Manila, but we are confident as we perceived, Global Steel is now commercially operational,” he said.
-- Katrina Mennen A. Valdez

The Manila Times (http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/july/25/yehey/business/20070725bus11.html)

Checkmated in hunt for coffee
By JOE BENNETT - The Dominion Post | Wednesday, 25 July 2007


It may be possible to find good coffee in Iligan City but I haven't managed to do so. It's easy, however, to find a pig. Just head for the central market, an acre or more of hot dark alleys and tumble-down shacks selling everything except good coffee.


Here are piles of used clothing, fat tropical fruit – durian, mangos, papaya – fish, cellphones, flowers, noodles, rices, spices and livestock. Livestock means chickens, goats, fighting cocks and pigs.

The Philippines consists of 7107 islands. At high tide. At low tide it's 7807. Iligan City is on the island of Mindanao, about 36 hours' ferry ride south of Manila. If you're planning to take that ferry, don't buy a pig. According to a dusty poster in a travel agent's window, the only livestock permitted aboard the ferry are fighting cocks.

But if you're staying in Iligan City you can have anything from a foot-long piglet to a yard-long porker. The vendor will congratulate you on your choice, haul the beast from the cage, slit its throat and carefully drain the blood. While he guts it he'll ask if you are going to make lechon baboy, which is a whole pig spit-roasted. You'll say yes because that's what they do with whole pigs here. When cooked, the pig turns the colour of teak.

The vendor will sling the dead pig over your shoulder for you, and hand you the guts in a bag. The liver is considered the very best bit.

I don't buy a pig. Instead I wander round central Iligan, slowly. This place is just three degrees north of the equator. The heat is murderous, draining. In the central plaza 20 men of all ages, including a policeman with gold teeth, sit in the shade of the coconut trees and argue about politics with theatrical ferocity. In the manner of men arguing politics anywhere, they neither resolve anything nor expect to. The scene is more South American than Asian. Indeed the dominant qualities of Iligan City – the wilting heat, the dust, the ants in the taxi, the poverty, the stray dogs, the pervasive Catholicism, the teeming children and, above all, the sense of lassitude, of fatalism, of one hot day just following another, suggest a Graham Greene novel. Read the first page of The Power and The Glory and you'll get a whiff of Iligan City.

Iligan's City Hall stands on a small hill, offering a panorama of Iligan Bay, as blue as veins under skin, and the feathery coconut palms that shade almost every building. At the entrance to City Hall a framed notice is written with the politeness that befiits a civic amenity. "This is a safe place," it says, "please deposit ALL firearms at the door."

Nearby is the main cemetery. The tombs are shaded by little roofs of corrugated iron, and riddled with ants. Few people make it past 65 here. And every epitaph gives thanks to Jesus.

But it's too hot to climb to City Hall or the cemetery. I stay in the square to listen to the men argue in Vasayan, a dialect barely understood in Manila. The policeman stops arguing to ask me where I'm from.

One of the tables is marked out as a chess board. I ask if anyone plays. The policeman sends a boy for a bag of pieces and Ninoy. Ninoy has a face like a walnut and few teeth. He insists that I play white, moves his pieces without apparent pause for reflection and traps my queen within minutes. The men say I was unlucky and now I must play Cherubin and would I like to take something to drink. I say I'd like a coffee.

Cherubin is younger than Ninoy and he beats me more slowly. Twenty men watch him do so.

My coffee consists of a cup of hottish water accompanied by three sachets – one of sugar, one of powdered creamer and the third, inevitably, of Nescafe. I don't think I have been anywhere in the world that Nescafe hasn't reached.

If you need to drink coffee, Nescafe is better than nothing. But not by much. And yet here in hot and listless Iligan City, Nescafe and coffee are synonyms. It's one of the very few things I dislike about this place.

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^^ @iliganon Boy, ok ba food nila?

Congressional Candidate Vicente "VARF" Belmonte Jr. tomorrows proclamation, has been postpone again, due to Restraining Order given by the RTC-Manila.

"This is another strategy of the Dimaporo's to delay Varf's proclamation." -(Text msg. by: Mrs. Belmonte.)

^^ @iliganon Boy, ok ba food nila?

SARAP!!! And So, Affordable Pa!

Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Ledesma: DAR in Mindanao and all those jazz
By Jn Lesma
Sunbursts

I HEARD that again. The Department of Agrarian Reform to be transferred to Mindanao, specifically in Davao City. It's a promise of every administration that never comes to a fruition.

The Central Bank of the Philippines in Davao was built that big because the Marcos government wants to bring Malacañang closer to Mindanao. To add condiment to the pronouncement they called it "Malacañang of the South."

When Cory Aquino took over Malacañang Palace, she added a little icing on the cake and appointed Roly Marcial as Undersecretary of something as her point man in Mindanao with office at the sprawling CB complex.

What would have sufficed was Mindanao Development Authority, a carefully crafted concept that could have addressed the problems that beset Mindanao and rev up the economic and development potentials of the region. But Cory had her way. It was to be Medco. Beggars cannot be choosy and with Paul Dominguez on the helm we made do with what we have.

Fidel Ramos continued with Medco and re-energize it with BIMP-Eaga. There were some changes during the short term of Erap like renaming Opamin to Pareco, but nothing there was that can really steer the development of Mindanao.

The transfer of vital government departments to Mindanao is an old song. I therefore am inclined to consign the promise of Arroyo in her Sona to have DAR among others transferred to Mindanao as another refrain.

However, I am placing more hope in her statement that Mindanao will get 30% of the development budget. Presently our share is only 19 percent, this according to figures released by Confed Mindanao during their forum in Koronadal last week where governors Dolfo del Rosario, Dodo Cagas and Arthur Uy were in attendance.

According to Governor del Rosario, the heads of local government units of Mindanao will mount a strong lobby for a 30 percent share of the budget. Maybe somebody close to Malacañang heard because in her Sona President Arroyo specifically mentioned the same figure.

The leadership of the country finally has come to terms with reality that the key to the country's adequate food supply is the development of Mindanao agricultural potential. In short, President Arroyo wants us to believe that in the last three years of her term, she will be building roads and bridges for the easy transport of products from the farms' gate to the markets.

Personally, I will give President Arroyo my trust and confidence in fulfilling that plan of more farms to market roads. On the average, I travel around Mindanao once every month and I have seen the progress of construction of various infrastructures all over.

I am prepared to defend my thesis that outside of President Marcos, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo did better than the rest of her predecessors combined.

She finished the long delayed Malmar irrigation project in Carmen, North Cotabato, the graft-ridden Davao International Airport, the Davao-Valencia highway, the Davao-Butuan bridges and concrete highway, the restoration and completion of concreting of Iligan-Pagadian highway, the completion and opening of Ozamiz airport, the on-going construction of the concrete highway and bridges from Pagadian to Zamboanga City and the construction of a massive approach concrete road and bridge in Butuan City, just to name a few.

Other administrations before Arroyo would claim that they started some of these projects but planning and implementation to completion are two different things.

I found it myopic for the likes of Leonore Briones and Benjamin Diokno to claim that Arroyo has done very little during her stay. Briones graded her 25 percent. By her methodology, I would grade Briones 05 percent.

Of course, I am with some of the critics of Arroyo that the bonanza that the president had claimed had not trickled to the poor and therefore it is currently irrelevant. But the poor that we picture here is the same poor community during and after the Marcos era.

And maybe this can date back to the time of Jose Rizal otherwise he will not lecture on the indolence of Filipinos. Nevertheless she is still on the right track in addressing the problem of poverty. She is more focused now on putting more investments on education and I think she has a non-partisan support of congress and the senate on this primordial concern.

Of course I have my misgivings about this administration. It's very parochial actually. Like four months had elapsed after Bankerohan bridge collapsed and not a pile of concrete has been driven amidst guarantees and promises that Malacañang has released P320-million for the span. Now I am beginning to believe that all the pronouncements are nothing but promises. I will equate the Sona of the president to that promise. Eh kung sa katiting walang maibigay, yon pa kayang bilyones na pangako?

Source (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2007/07/25/oped/jn.lesma.sunbursts.html)

SARAP!!! And So, Affordable Pa! gusto mo listing sa prices mga food nila?

I will probably go there late this afternoon

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Asa ni dapita? Any pix of this place's exterior / facade?

^^ This is beside Chowking at Gen. Aguinaldo St. :)

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Who's among the 12 ladies will be chosen as the next White Castle Girl? The search will battle in a series of special Challenges. Finals Night is on July 28 2007.



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White Castle Girl 12 Finalists:


Mindanao:
Star Judges - Ms. Peachy Veneracion & Ms. Ma. Isabel Lopez

Contestants:
1. Dina Soreño - Iligan City
2. Jeorge Peñanueva - Davao City


Visayas:
Star Judge - Ms. Glydel Mercado

Contestants:
3. Nikki Taylor - Cebu City
4. Lovelle Cañal - Ilo-ilo City
5. Vanessa Durano - Cebu City

Luzon:
Star Judge - Ms. Evangeline Pascual

Contestants:
6. Katrina Angeles - Angeles, Pampanga
7. Jemima Sevilla - Baguio City
8. Gemma Gatdula - San Fernanado, Pampanga

Metro Manila:
Star Judge - Ms. Carmi Martin

Contestants:
9. RR Enriquez - San Juan
10. Jacq Yu - Quezon City
11. Karen Gonzaga - Dasmariñas, Cavite
12. Cj Jaravata - Makati City

e-Channel (http://e-channel.blogspot.com/2007/07/white-castle-girl-12-finalist.html)

GARBAGE TURNED INTO NOVELTY ITEMS: Finding money in garbage!!!


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Finding money in garbage:
GARBAGE TURNED INTO NOVELTY ITEMS!


Barangay Maria Cristina, Iligan City- Located along the national highway, Maria Cristina hosts about one thousand five hundred households. Not far from the village is a hydroelectric power plant, whose waters from the famous Maria Cristina Falls and Agus River supplied the electricity requirement of Iligan City’s neighboring provinces.

Daily human activities always generate wastes, and Maria Cristina is not an exception. “It takes political will to change people’s attitude towards garbage” Efren Nanaman- the Barangay Chairman says. Like any other places, Barangay Maria Cristina also has its own share of the headache whenever garbage issue is being discussed. “1/2 kilograms per head per day”, says Mrs. Teresita Silud when asked how much garbage is being generated by households in the barangay.

With about 1,500 households, Maria Cristina easily generates 750 kilograms of wastes everyday. What complicates the problem even more are people’s attitudes. “ Ang uban gapataka lang ug labay sa ilang basura, walay segregation (some people discard their wastes randomly, no segregation)”, says Christopher Vasquez- one of the Eco-Aide in-charge of collecting garbage from households.

Managing wastes through corporate- community partnership

Garbage problem is never easy to handle in the beginning. ‘I clean clogged canals myself to encourage villagers to do the same’, Mr. Nanaman said. Garbage could be seen in almost all corners of sidewalks in the purok. Waste collection is being done by the city government using its dump trucks, however; Iligan city has 44 barangays, and this makes the task even more daunting.

Some concerned villagers together with the Maria Cristina Barangay Council decided to remedy the situation. Together with representatives from the Mabuhay Vinyl Corporation; a company operating in the village, they met and sought each other’s ideas on how to effectively address the garbage problem, thus; the Barangay Solid Waste Management Council (BSWMC) was born.

Barangay clean-up day was launched. Village-wide cleanliness drive was set every 2nd Saturdays of the month. ‘But we found out its lacking and wanting. The barangay is still not clean as we want it to be,’ says Barangay chairman Nanaman. ‘So we decided that every Saturday would be barangay clean-up day,” he added.

Aside from actual clean-up drive, BSWMC members also launched series of environment-related trainings, ecological fora, consultations and dialogues among residents, giving emphasis on the essential provisions of Republic Act 9003, otherwise known as the Philippine Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. “Uswag Maria Cristina! (Onwards Maria Cristina)”, is their battle cry.

With grants provided by the German Development Service (DED) through the Strategic Corporate-Community Partnership for Local Development Program (SCOPE), MVC got a boost in its corporate social involvement in Barangay Maria Cristina. The solid waste management project had been infused with essential funding support.

DED and MVC; with technical support from the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), played a vital role in the realization of the endeavor. From conceptualization to the making of project proposal until the eventual approval of the grant, the stakeholders to include the Barangay Council, poured not only money but time and energy to ensure its success.

Six hundred thousand pesos (PhP600,000) had been set aside by DED to finance the first year of its 2-year project implementation, while MVC’s counterpart would support the second year’s activities.

“In June 2006, MVC through its corporate arm, the JGB Guevara Foundation, Inc., funded the construction of the Material Recovery Facility (MRF),” says Chaus E. Aballe- its technical officer. A start up capital of P10,000 was also provided by the company so that the council would be able to finance the buying of household garbage in the village.

MRF would be the repository of recyclable wastes bought and collected by eco-aides from the households. Garbage are bought at following prizes: cardboard boxes- P1.00/kilo, papers- P.50/kilo, plastic products- P10.00/kilo, GI sheets- P5.00/kilo, metal products- P10.00/kilo, tin cans- P2.00/kilo, bottles- P.50 apiece.

From the MRF, valuable garbage will be sorted out again and sold to junk shops while the rest will go to the garbage products showroom where trained residents will remake them into decorative/souvenir items and sold it to visitors and residents alike.

To make garbage collection easier, the Department of Energy (DOE) and National Power Corporation through its Environment Enhancement Fund- provided at least 3,000 plastic trash bins. Each household will be provided with 2 trash bins each; one for biodegradable and another one for non-biodegradable wastes.

“Bawal ang paglabay ug patay nga mga hayop (dumping of dead animals are strictly prohibited)”, says Santos Gerongay- an eco-aide who also acts as sanitary technician. Biodegradable wastes are brought to the BCF (Barangay composting facility) where earthworms turn them into vermicompost.

From a pestering problem, Maria Cristina residents are turning garbage into economic opportunity. Candy wrappers, juice tetrapacks, cardboards and other plastic products are made into bags, wall curtains and decors.

Maria Cristina became so attractive to other local government units (LGUs) that they often hosted visitors from other places, coming over to observe how they were able to manage their garbage and turn it into an economic enterprise.



“In 2005, the village was adjudged as the Cleanest Barangay in Iligan City, this year 2007; we are one of the entry to the national search for cleanest Barangay nationwide”, Chairman Nanaman said. If Maria Cristina and MVC can do it, other LGUs and companies can do the same or even more.

Like Mabuhay Vinyl Corporation, your business or company can set a difference in peoples’ lives in the communities where you are. In partnership with PBSP, DED developed the SCOPE program to assist companies and business groups in implementing local development projects that are beneficial to both the company and community alike.

SCOPE offers the following services: 1) assistance in identifying projects that are mutually beneficial for your business and the community, 2) access to best practice methods related to your industry, 3) technical assistance for project implementation through deployment of skilled specialist, 4) financial assistance for selected projects and 5) assistance in identifying suitable project partners through DED’s broad network.

The Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) undertakes the SCOPE program as a mechanism to strengthen member companies’ (MCs) corporate social involvement in the communities where they operate.

Projects identified by proponents must satisfy the following criteria; should address a social or environmental development issue of the community, should be related to your company’s business, should have clear, quantifiable & sustainable impacts and implemented in the Visayas or Mindanao.

For information, interested companies or business groups may get in touch with Mr. Matthias Niggel, Consultant Public-Private Partnerships, German Development Service, PSDC Building, Magallanes corner Real streets, 1002 Intramuros, Manila with telefax # (02) 527-3747 and E-mail address at: mniggel@web.de . (danny escabarte/PBSP)
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BIR-16 collects P882.24 million in 1Q of 2007
by Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob


Cagayan de Oro City (25 July) -- Taxes derived from income and profit remain the biggest source of revenue in Northern Mindanao, during the first quarter, this year, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said.

"We actually collected over Php884.24 million in revenue taxes from five (5) revenue district offices (RDO) of the region during the period, thereby posting an increase of 15.7% compared to Php763.970 million in the same quarter, last year," Regional Director Mustapha Gandarosa of BIR, region 16, said.

Of this amount, taxes derived from income and profits amounted to over Php540.496 million making it the biggest revenue contributor of the region posting a share of 61.12% in the total regional collection (TRC) for the period, he said.

This was followed by the Value Added Taxes (VAT) which amounted to over Php219.446 million or 24.74% and "Other Taxes" which amounted to over Php77.046 million or 8.47% derived from penalties, fines, surcharges, as well as documentary stamps, real estate, capital gains and transfer taxes.

Percentage taxes amounting to over Php47.193 million or 5.31% came next and Excise Taxes, the lowest share with over Php60,013 or 0.006%.

In terms of increase in the collections compared to the TRC in the same period of 2006, however, the highest increase was posted by "Other taxes," with 49.7% followed by the VAT at 31.1%, Percentage Taxes at 24.9% and Income Taxes by 6.6%. But those on Excise Taxes dropped to a negative 52%.

Meanwhile, on a per RDO performance, Gndarosa said RD 98-Cagayan de Oro City posted the biggest collection of over Php475.018 million or 53.72 % of the TRC, followed by RD 101-Iligan City with over Php169.924 million or 19.21%.

Next was RD 99-Malaybalay City with over Php120.553 million or 13.63%, RD 100-Ozamiz City with over Php83.659 million or 9.44% and RD 97-Gingoog City with over Php35.087 million or 3.83 %.

As to the rate of increase per RDO, Ozamiz City posted the highest increase of 25.8%, followed by Cagayan de Oro City with 25.8%, and Iligan City, 13.5%.

Malaybalay City's collections also increased by 8.5% but that of Gingoog City went down by a negative 11.9%, Gandarosa added. (PIA 10)

PIA (http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p070725.htm&no=56)

CIC-DTI hosts roadshow on Philippine Quality Award

The Center for Industrial Competitiveness (CIC), an attached agency of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will conduct a Roadshow on Philippine Quality Award (PQA) cum Symposium on Pro-Active Programs for Competitiveness on July 26, 2007 at the Maria Cristina Hotel, Iligan City.

Assistant Regional Director Linda O. Boniao of DTI-10 said that the one-day activity aims to promote quality and productivity improvement programs that are essential to our country's economy and competitiveness in the global market.

The PQA is a national quality award program established through EO 448 in 1997 and institutionalized through RA 9013 in February 28, 2001. It was created to help stimulate local companies improve quality and productivity as a means of becoming globally competitive and more profitable, said Boniao.

She further said that the CIC will introduce their Pro-active Programs for Competitiveness which includes an array of training programs developed and designed to cater to the needs of organizations aiming to further develop its human capital.

We will be expecting representatives from the industries, the academe, the small and medium enterprises and the service institutions to attend the symposium, Boniao added. (PIA-Iligan/DTI)

Source (http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p070725.htm&no=61)

Thursday, July 26, 2007
Iligan vs. Iloilo in semis today

ILIGAN CITY: Toyota’s Iloilo Warriors try to stretch their amazing playoff run when they face second-seeded Firefly-Iligan Crusaders today in Game one of the best-of-three semifinals in the Spring Cooking Oil-NBC National Cup basketball tournament at the MSU-IIT gym.

The Warriors will rely on veteran Eugene Tan and local stars Ruel Balgos and Eldrin Senieres. These three sizzled in their 88-86 overtime win over Tagaytay Spring last Sunday.

The other semifinal playoff is being disputed by defending champion Ozamiz Cotta and Pagadian.

Source (http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/july/26/yehey/sports/20070726spo3.html)

Hey guys this is what you see in the city gov't official website:

Advisory! to our valued visitors. Iligan will be re-launching its website. The new website is under construction.

:banana:

I really hope it's worth the wait.

Thursday, July 26, 2007
N. Mindanao economy seen as 2nd fastest: board
By Ben Serrano
Caraga Correspondent

Figures released recently by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) show Northern Mindanao as the second fastest growing economy in the country in 2006.

Previously Northern Mindanao is said to have failed to break the top 10 regions in terms of growth rates in 2005, its 3.8 percent only good for 11th place behind the 3.9 percent of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm).

Cagayan Valley's economy was similarly on the rebound from a 4.3 percent contraction in 2005, buoyed by the strong performance of its agriculture, fishery and forestry (AFF) sector, which made up over than half of its economy.

Bottom line indicators monitored by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Northern Mindanao office had previously indicated Northern Mindanao was on track to retain its stature as having the highest per capita GRDP in the Visayas and Mindanao, as well as having the biggest regional economy in Mindanao.

Northern Mindanao exceeded its P20.698-billion investment target for 2006 in only the 10th month of the year with P24.933 billion for a 120.46 percent accomplishment.

The bulk of this figure was accounted for by one big-ticket project, representing the P13.5-billion balance of the P18-billion expansion project of the Pilipinas Kao, Inc. (PKI) oleo chemical plant in Luz Banzon, Jasaan, Misamis Oriental.

Northern Mindanao had already exceeded the DTI-Northern Mindanao target of 34,798 jobs generated, with 36,771 new workers as of October 2006 for a 105.67 percent accomplishment.

However, since this figure only covers DTI-monitored enterprises may not be representative of the actual employment profile of the region.

Exports from Northern Mindanao in 2006 topped an unprecedented US$674.7-million, jumping 25 percent over the previous year's figure thanks to a strong showing from Iligan City and Lanao del Norte and exceeding the export target for 2006 by five percent.

Source (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2007/07/26/bus/n..mindanao.economy.seen.as.2nd.fastest.board.html)

^^ That's nice. I’m expecting new features in the re-launching of the new website. ;)

^^ Yup. It really should be well made.

White Castle Girl Finalists’ Profile


Here are the finalists of the Search for the Next White Castle Girl.


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Dina Soreno
22 years old
Iligan City
BS Commerce - St. Michael’s College
Interests: Music, Dance, and Entertainment
Dream Date: Zanjoe Marudo

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Gemma Gatdula
25 years old
San Fernando, Pampanga
BS Tourism - Holy Angel University
Hobbies: Hanging out with friends, Playing Badminton
Dream Date: Brad Pitt

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Jacq Yu
24 years old
Quezon City
Communication Arts - College of the Holy Spirit
Interests: Extreme Sports, Wakeboarding, Shopping, and Travel
Dream Date: Orlando Bloom

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Jemima Sevilla
22 years old
Baguio City
BS Nursing - Pines City College
Hobbies: Reading Medical Books and Exercise
Dream Date: John Prats

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Jeorge Peñanuevo
19 years old
Davao City
Mass Communication - Holy Cross of Davao College
Interests: Literature, Mass Media and Public Speaking
Dream Date: Jay Manalo

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Karen Gonzaga
19 years old
Cavite
Hotel and Restaurant Management - National College of Science and Technology
Interests: Suspense-Thriller Movies, Music and Cooking
Dream Date: Tom Cruise

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Lovelle Cañal
18 years old
Iloilo City
BS Nursing - University of San Agustin
Hobbies: Playing Volleyball, Swimming, and Singing
Dream Date: John Lloyd Cruz

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Nikki Taylor
18 years old
Cebu City
Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Sciences - Cebu Doctors University
Interests: Reading, Going to the Gym, Singing, Acting
Dream Job: Forensic Scientist

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RR Enriquez
21 years old
San Juan, Manila
BS Business Management - Southern Luzon College
Hobbies: Clubbing, Malling, Playing Badminton and Billiards
Dream Date: Luis Manzano

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Vanessa Durano
18 years old
Cebu City
Associate in Hotel and Restaurant Management - University of Cebu
Hobbies: Dancing, Singing, Modelling and Eating
Dream Date: Piolo Pascual

Mukamo Philippines (http://www.mukamo.com/white-castle-girl-finalists-profile/)

^^ Dina Sorreno won Php20T yesterday at Game KNB show.

^^ Dina Sorreno won Php20T yesterday at Game KNB show.

Dina? sino sya?

Dina? sino sya?
here,
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=14444546&postcount=613

^^Why not erect another post for the cam if they don't want to make use of the existing posts around? It's more proper rather than being offensive.

That cam on the obelisk was one of the supposed-to-be COVERT cams. Not for any other reason, but simply because nobody notices the structure but only the rotunda and the traffic around it. :lol:

Hey guys this is what you see in the city gov't official website:

Advisory! to our valued visitors. Iligan will be re-launching its website. The new website is under construction.

:banana:

I really hope it's worth the wait.

>>>don't worry pipz it'll surely worth the wait. for now we're currently gathering and updating all data. we're also waiting for the server which will hopefully be transferred to the ICTC-web division control next week.

guys the ICTC-web content section is looking for a WEB ARTIST who's also an ADOBE and CMS pro. for interested applicants just submit ur personal data sheet and other docs to Mrs. Chona P. Aquino @ the City Admiistrator's Office.

hope to see you pipz sa relaunching sa city web by the last week of sept. :)

^^ so that'll be two months from now.

That cam on the obelisk was one of the supposed-to-be COVERT cams. Not for any other reason, but simply because nobody notices the structure but only the rotunda and the traffic around it. :lol:

:lol: kaya pala

@djLeX how many employees are there at the ICTC-web division?

Wow, Iligan ang banner ngayon sa www.mybesthomes.net.

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NBC: Iloilo battles Iligan
Game Today (MSU-IIT gym) 6 p.m. – Iligan vs Iloilo

ILIGAN CITY – Toyota-Iloilo’s Warriors try to stretch their amazing playoff run when they face second-seed Firefly-Iligan Crusaders today in game 1 of the best-of-three semifinals in the Spring Cooking Oil-NBC National Cup basketball tournament at the MSU-IIT gym here.

Anything can happen in the 6 p.m. contest since the Warriors, who had ousted two favored teams so far, have tremendously improved in the playoffs after finishing last in the tourney supported by Sulpicio Lines, Spring Cooking Oil, Yahoo Phils., San Miguel Beer, Caltex, Sun Cellular, Firefly Lightings, Trans Asia Shipping Lines, Molten, Nature’s Spring, BasketballTV and Viva Prime Channel.

The Warriors of businessman Robert Uy and strong supporter Mayor Jerry Trenas, who draw their strength from veteran Eugene Tan and local stars Ruel Balgos and Eldrin Senieres. These three sizzled when the Warriors knocked out third-rated Tagaytay Spring in overtime, 88-86, last Sunday.

Floyd Dedicatoria and Paul Guerrero are also helping Tan provide stability to the Warriors, who beat Iligan in extra time, 84-76, in their second classification round meeting after dropping a 90-95 decision the first time.

No less than Iligan coach Eric Samson acknowledged the tough assignment his boys face. "They’re playing their best basketball in the conference. We have to be ready to go for the kill right after the tip-off."

Mayor Lawrence Cruz’s Crusaders are equally tough. They boast a powerful lineup bannered by Bong Marata, Harold Sta. Cruz, Nat Cruz and whingmen Ferdie Go and Ian Saladaga.

The other semifinal playoff is being disputed by defending champion Ozamiz Cotta and Pagadian.

Source (http://www.tempo.com.ph/news.php?aid=31880)

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All time favorite: Bar-B-Q-Inn

^^ Nice, Bar-B-Q-Inn is newly painted. :okay:

Thanks to Coca-Cola. :)

BTW, the plant boxes, the mini pool/fountain, and the kiosk at the city public plaza are also newly painted. Thanks to the City General Services Office (CGSO) for making the plaza looks like a plaza again. :)

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Thanks to the City General Services Office. Hope they'll be able to maintain it. Anyway, is there a plan to put bricks in the city plaza? I like it better than plain concrete or pebbles.

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All time favorite: Bar-B-Q-Inn

nice hut... parang 50s ang dating

^^Bar-B-Q Inn has been there for more than 5 decades already and stood as a silent witness to the glorious past of Iligan.

From then to now, Bar-B-Q Inn still serves the best barbeque in town. :)

Thanks to the City General Services Office. Hope they'll be able to maintain it. Anyway, is there a plan to put bricks in the city plaza? I like it better than plain concrete or pebbles.

Yes, there is. Unfortunately, until this time no one is interested to supply the materials needed (bricks, tiles, etc) for the rehab of the plaza.

^^ Looking forward to a new and better city plaza in the coming months. I'm sure there are interested parties willing to suppply the materials needed for the rehab soon.

One of the reasons why suppliers are not interested to bid is the approved budget. According to some of them (suppliers), the budget is not enough.

BTW, katatapos lang po ng "mass wedding" at the City Public Plaza.

Mabuhay ang mga bagong kasal!!!:)

^^ Yes. I passed there this morning.

pls. visit www.mybesthomes.net

One of the reasons why suppliers are not interested to bid is the approved budget. According to some of them (suppliers), the budget is not enough.

if thats the case...i guess they need to reevaluate the approved budget ASAP if they are keen on enticing more bidders to join. IMO now is the best time for the city plaza to undergo rehabilitation.

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All time favorite: Bar-B-Q-Inn

daghan kaayo ko memorable moments dinhi sa BBQ Inn I. glad to see it has acquired a new and vibrant facade :) as i recall, there were 3 branches of BBQ Inn at the time I was in Iligan. Are all 3 still open for business @Alingatong?

^^Among the three branches, BBQ Inn I is the lone survivor. :)

if thats the case...i guess they need to reevaluate the approved budget ASAP if they are keen on enticing more bidders to join. IMO now is the best time for the city plaza to undergo rehabilitation.

That's correct. City Engineer's Office was tasked to prepare the costing of the materials needed. That was some months ago. Unfortunately, the prices of the materials went up and are no longer applicable this time. :ohno:

^^Among the three branches, BBQ Inn I is the lone survivor. :)
sad for the other 2 branches... but then, BBQ Inn 1 man jud amo favorite. adto lang mi sa other branch if type magkantahay (coz naa sila videoke before) OR kung puno na ang 1 :)

MAGINGAT KAYO SA MGA BUDOL-BUDOL GANG LAGANAP NA SILA DITO SA ILIGAN, MAY 2 BABAE NA BIKTIMA SA KANILANG MGA MUDOS, YUNG PINAKA-ULI AY NAGAPAN MISMO SA LOOB NG CAFETERIA NG MINDANAO SANITARIUM HOSPITAL.

sabi ng biktima, may lumapit sa kanya 1 lalake at kinausap sya, na kung pwede ba ewan ko ito sobre may lamang pero 500,000 sa kanya.. at naka alis na yung lalake tangay ang mamahaling cellphone ng babae, pero pagcheck ng babae laman ng sobre puro newspaper...

Source: "Liza" victim (NOT HER REAL NAME)

^^How sad. When will we ever learn? :ohno:

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New kid on the block - Rivson

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New kid on the block - Rivson


parang copy and paste ang itsura doon s harap niya n bldg:lol: :lol: at saka parang walang parking area....

^^It's located in the downtown area where commercial space is getting more expensive. Maybe the owner of the building is just making the most out of the space leaving with less for parking.

Iligan raps Iloilo in NBC
07/28/2007

ILIGAN City — The Firefly-Iligan Crusaders used a balanced scoring attack to stop Toyota-Iloilo’s amazing playoff run, 83-77, Thursday night in Game 1 of their best-of-three semifinal series in the 2007 Spring Cooking Oil-NBC National Cup basketball tournament at the packed MSU-IIT Gym here.

Rookies RB Mangahas and Ian Saladaga played like veterans as they led Mayor Lawrence Cruz’s Crusaders with a combined offensive output of 35 points.

Mangahas, a former FEU Tamaraw, shot 6-for-10 from the field to register his personal high of 18 points while former USJ-Recoletos player Saladaga missed only three of his 11 attempts to wind up with 17.

Harold Sta. Cruz also played big for Iligan, grabbing 19 rebounds and finishing with 10 points, four assists and three blocks.

“It was a total team effort. But this series is far from over. I know they (the Warriors) will come back in the next game,” Iligan coach Eric Samson said.

The Warriors of businessman Robert Uy and strong supporter Mayor Jerry Trenas, who knocked our Montana-Davao and Tagaytay Spring to reach the semifinals, failed to get enough support from their veterans with Eugene Tan going scoreless and Floyd Dedicatoria scoring only six points.

Eldrin Senieres and Ruel Balgos were the only Warriors who finished in the double figures with 23 and 17 markers, respectively.

Game 2 moves to Iloilo on Aug. 3 with the Warriors seeking to stay alive in the tourney supported by Sulpicio Lines, Spring Cooking Oil, Yahoo Philippines, San Miguel Beer, Caltex, Sun Cellular, Firefly Lightings, Trans Asia Shipping Lines, Molten, Nature’s Spring, Basketball TV and Viva Prime Channel.

Source (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=14479615)

parang copy and paste ang itsura doon s harap niya n bldg:lol: :lol: at saka parang walang parking area....

^^It's located in the downtown area where commercial space is getting more expensive. Maybe the owner of the building is just making the most out of the space leaving with less for parking.

pwede na siguro for parking yung side ng rivson bldg. fronting banco pilipino total kukunti lang naman sasakyan dumadaan dyan.

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Cabili Avenue

1. One of the oldest streets in Iligan :)

2. One 0f the oldest parking areas in Iligan :nuts:

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Market Area

1. Heavy traffic overloaded the streets

2. They call it heavy traffic, I call it chaos

But still I love the hustle and bustle of this wonderful city.

Iligan raps Iloilo in NBC
07/28/2007

ILIGAN City — The Firefly-Iligan Crusaders used a balanced scoring attack to stop Toyota-Iloilo’s amazing playoff run, 83-77, Thursday night in Game 1 of their best-of-three semifinal series in the 2007 Spring Cooking Oil-NBC National Cup basketball tournament at the packed MSU-IIT Gym here.

Rookies RB Mangahas and Ian Saladaga played like veterans as they led Mayor Lawrence Cruz’s Crusaders with a combined offensive output of 35 points.

Mangahas, a former FEU Tamaraw, shot 6-for-10 from the field to register his personal high of 18 points while former USJ-Recoletos player Saladaga missed only three of his 11 attempts to wind up with 17.

Harold Sta. Cruz also played big for Iligan, grabbing 19 rebounds and finishing with 10 points, four assists and three blocks.

“It was a total team effort. But this series is far from over. I know they (the Warriors) will come back in the next game,” Iligan coach Eric Samson said.

The Warriors of businessman Robert Uy and strong supporter Mayor Jerry Trenas, who knocked our Montana-Davao and Tagaytay Spring to reach the semifinals, failed to get enough support from their veterans with Eugene Tan going scoreless and Floyd Dedicatoria scoring only six points.

Eldrin Senieres and Ruel Balgos were the only Warriors who finished in the double figures with 23 and 17 markers, respectively.

Game 2 moves to Iloilo on Aug. 3 with the Warriors seeking to stay alive in the tourney supported by Sulpicio Lines, Spring Cooking Oil, Yahoo Philippines, San Miguel Beer, Caltex, Sun Cellular, Firefly Lightings, Trans Asia Shipping Lines, Molten, Nature’s Spring, Basketball TV and Viva Prime Channel.

Source (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=14479615)


The scores:

ILIGAN 83—Mangahas 18, Saladaga 17, Marata 12, Sta. Cruz 10, Go 6, Hardin 6, Kalaw 4, Matias 4, Cruz 4, Guiyab 2, Gatchalian 0, Cabili 0.

ILOILO 77—Senieres 23, Balgos 17, Guerrero 8, Dedicatoria 6, Tizon 6, Laborte 5, Leonida 4, Pelopero 3, Guanco 3, Cortel 2, Sencil 0, Tan 0.

Quarters: 22-18, 46-38, 50-69, 83-77

INQUIRER.net (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/sports/view_article.php?article_id=79159)

^^ Go Iligan Team :banana2:

^^It's located in the downtown area where commercial space is getting more expensive. Maybe the owner of the building is just making the most out of the space leaving with less for parking.

d ba required yan to put ample parking space. why it was approved by the city engineers office?:ohno: :ohno:

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Cabili Avenue

^^ Hey guys, what will happen to the old Gaisano Dept. Store when Gmall opens? Who owns Ludo Bldg.(red bldg)?

^^ Hey guys, what will happen to the old Gaisano Dept. Store when Gmall opens? Who owns Ludo Bldg.(red bldg)?

OLD GAISANO SUPERSTORE WILL BE CLOSE!!! and the bldg. will be for rent again or depende na yan ni Mr. Ludo kung anong gawin nya sa kanya bldg..

Mr. Ludo from Cebu city owns ludo bldg. I think he owns a highrise bldg in cebu.. if i not mistaken. but he has plan on his 2 bldgs. as what he said to my father, when he visit us here in iligan last x'mas 06, he is just waiting for the gaisano mall to open, and the old gaisano to close..

I Really enjoy watching this videos of the CPDRC inmates of cebu city so, im sharing this to guys. for those who havent seen it yet.. ENJOY! just click this sites: thnx!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fptZ3FY-AwY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjMd2Vabcv8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnk7lh9M3o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muP6Xb5jlmo

I Really enjoy watching this videos of the CPDRC inmates of cebu city so, im sharing this to guys. for those who havent seen it yet.. ENJOY! just click this sites: thnx!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fptZ3FY-AwY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjMd2Vabcv8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnk7lh9M3o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muP6Xb5jlmo


The CPDRC managers deserve a world-wide applause and recognition for such a novel idea. The effects of this project are not just physical wellness but morale boosting and very constructive, as well. This is what all our Philippine jails should become. Places where people can find themselves and put their broken lives together again. :grouphug:
MABUHAY, CPDRC! SSC CITIZENS SALUTE YOU! :dance:

^^ thanks for the link. makalingaw.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p64/iliganon_boy/lovekoto2.png AIM BIG! AIM HIGH!

Mcdonald's Philippines (ILIGAN) is now accepting applicants for Mangers, Supervisors, and crews.

Submit your Resume (Bio-Data, 1x1 Id Pictures) to PBCOM Bldg. Iligan City (Beside City Public Plaza)



Note: all applicants are subject for interview and training.

about time for iligan mcdo... asa man sila dapit mag butang ug fast food nila???

about time for iligan mcdo... asa man sila dapit mag butang ug fast food nila???

@ the new GMALL

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Rene's Diner and Pension House

:applause: I noticed that most buildings in Iligan are newly painted, this is great.

:dance: