^^Soft opening paba yan ng mall? Giga Go Iligan :cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

I was at Gaisano this afternoon, and as much as I'm happy that Iligan finally has a mall, I'm a bit disappointed at the hasty opening of Gaisano. The ground floor isn't even finished yet and there was just so much dust that you could see it stick on the grocery items. XD

But nevertheless I'm still happy for Iligan. :cheers:

it's Chinese tradition...you have to put life to the mall before it's completed (or before the bad spirits enter)...the same with Gaisano Mall in CDO. First to open was the grocery in the ground floor even if the upper floors aren't finished.
:cheers:

how is the mall inside.. is it huge?

^^Para sa kin, it's huge. :cheers:

the mall is huge and every hallway of the supermarket section and department store as well as that of the corridor of the mall is spacious. You dont have to get pinned by anyone if its full during peak hours.

dont worry guys, ill post my pics which i took yesterday.

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^^WoW! :cheers:

^^wow na wow, malapit na rin matapos:cheers:

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^^WoW! :cheers:

wow na wow na wow..tama talaga yung graphs na pinakita mo sa kabilang thread parekoy :D

wow na wow na wow, naghahanap na naman ng gulo si parekoy :lol:

gulo? sino? kung ako tinutukoy mo, eh inappreciate ko lang naman ang developments sa iligan ah? masama ba yun?

Huh, gulat ka noh? biro lang yun, ikaw naman hindi mabiro...:):):)

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;23334478']wow na wow na wow..tama talaga yung graphs na pinakita mo sa kabilang thread parekoy :D

Bakit? May duda ka ba sa graph? Di ko gawa-gawa yon ha. Kaw talaga parekoy. :)

wala naman duda parekoy, sabi ko nga eh na nakikita na ang ibig sabihin ng graphs based on the pic na pinost mo ;)

Huh, gulat ka noh? biro lang yun, ikaw naman hindi mabiro...:):):)

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nakakatuwa ka talagan mag joke bogu este boju hehe :)

;23335270']nakakatuwa ka talagan mag joke bogu este boju hehe :)

:lol::lol:sino kaya sa ating dalawa ang bugo:lol::lol::lol::lol:

OT: We need this kind of intellectual intercourse para masaya ang mga threads natin. Pero sana wag lang tayo mapipikon ha?! :okay:

:lol::lol:sino kaya sa ating dalawa ang bugo:lol::lol::lol::lol:


Oh ano na yan? Personalan na ba ang bangayan na ang boju naging BOGU? TOINK!

OT: We need this kind of intellectual intercourse para masaya ang mga threads natin. Pero sana wag lang tayo mapipikon ha?! :okay:


Haaay! May tao talagang di maiiwasan na ang manner ay ganyan. But anyway, congrats to Iligan City for having a new mall. :cheers:

^^That's a member of "below the belt.org". Sana man lang manalamin siya bago pumuna sa dumi ng kanyang kapwa. A very OT and "OA" discussion. Back to topic na...

BOC Iligan exceeds collection 2nd quarter this year

Iligan City (29 July) -- Samson R. Pacasum, port collector of customs, Bureau of Customs, Sub-port of Iligan, this City, revealed that they overshoot a collection of P33.403.110million versus its target of P24.290million for the month of July 2008.

Despite economic situation on the price movement of fuel and basic commodities, we were able to surmount our collection beyond its target. Said amount we collected is from July 1 to 21, 2008 yet, and hopefully it still increases as we collect customs' duties and taxes from the industries- the PILMICO FOODS Corporation, Petronas Energy Phils.,Inc., Global Steel Phils., Inc., Iligan Cement Corporation, and Mabuhay Vinyl Corporation, Pacasum said.

PILMICO, the outstanding payor, takes its lead in our collection ever since, and it received commendation from the Bureau of Customs Port District of Cagayan de Oro, a Plaque of Recognition as one of the Top 4 Awardees in paying its duties, said Pacasum. The firm which primarily engaged in the manufacture of wheat flour and its related products, specialty products, feeds and feed ingredients, yeast, powdered sugar and baking power, is located in Barangay Kiwalan, this city.

For 2008 annual target of P287million, we already collected 37.81 percent amounting P220.814.627million from January 2008 to July 21, 2008.

We are extremely happy of what we achieved at this moment, and that we look forward to other industries to increase their payments, said Pacasum. (PIA Iligan)

Guys have you read about this?

Bill seeks underground laying of electricity, phone lines (http://www.gmanews.tv/story/108465/Bill-seeks-underground-laying-of-electricity-phone-lines)

MANILA, Philippines - Instead of unsightly and potentially hazardous "spaghetti-type" aerial wires, utility firms will have to lay their wires and cables underground if a pending bill in the House of Representatives is passed into law.

House Bill 4529 filed by Caloocan Rep. Oscar Malapitan seeks to require utility firms to install wire and cable connections underground, saying electric and telephone posts can be easily be toppled during strong typhoons, earthquakes and other catastrophes, and pose a great hazard to life and property.

"The massive damage to power and telephone lines brought about by super typhoons like 'Cosme' and 'Frank' are enough reasons to install these lines underground," Malapitan said in a statement on the House of Representatives website.

In most instances, it takes utility firms about a month to fully restore their services after their lines are damaged by storms, he added.

Malapitan said the bill proposes that utility firms that have already been awarded their respective franchise will have five years to comply from the date of effectivity of the proposed law.

New franchise applicants shall be required to implement underground connections once granted their franchises.

It will also be the job of the franchise grantee to repair at his expense, and without delay, any pavement destroyed and such other property affected by the construction, installation, connection or repair of wires and cables underground.

The bill also imposes a fine of not less than P2,000 per day until compliance is completed. - GMANews.TV

^^:okay: Sana maipasa yang bill na yan.

Iligan health office launches 4S campaign on dengue prevention

Iligan City (29 July) -- The school opening of classes in June falls also with the start of our country's tropical condition, the rainy season.

The City Health Office (CHO) of Iligan has intensified its barangay-to-barangay campaign using the Information, Education & Communication materials to prevent the onset of Dengue Fever cases in our City, said Evan Lagura, officer-in-charge on Environmental Health and Sanitation of the Iligan City Health Office.

Lagura said, 'we encourage community participation in the application of the 4S on Dengue Prevention of the Department of Health (DOH)' which explains:

Firstly, the 'Search and Destroy' which looks for the possible breeding places of the Aedes Egypti and Albufictus mosquitoes, like that in stagnant canals, water containers without cover, used tires, flower vases, and these indoor and outdoor mosquitoes shall be destroyed.

'Self Protection Measures' require children and adults to wear long sleeves when exposed to places/areas with mosquitoes, or putting up of screen to windows and doors to prevent mosquitoes from entering, and applying anti-mosquito off-lotion.

Thirdly, 'Seek Early Consultation', which requires immediate medical check-up to proper authorities by having symptoms that manifest dengue- 2 to 3 days fever and nose bleeding.

Lastly, 'Say No to Indiscriminate Fogging'; this is costly and not effective solution to kill mosquitoes because it can only kill adult mosquito but not the larvae.

Our larvae survey on mosquitoes is continuing, all throughout the year, we visited barangays with swampy areas and early month of June before the regular classes start, we conducted inspection to schools and impart to school administrators the 4S, Lagura meted out.

The long and lasting solution to prevent the spread of these mosquitoes which cause dengue fever out of their bites to the person's body parts is of course everybody's concern on 'environmental health and sanitation', Lagura disclosed. (PIA Iligan)

it's Chinese tradition...you have to put life to the mall before it's completed (or before the bad spirits enter)...the same with Gaisano Mall in CDO. First to open was the grocery in the ground floor even if the upper floors aren't finished.
:cheers:

Ahhh.. I see, didn't know that until now. Thanks for the FYI GearX!:master:

^^:okay: Sana maipasa yang bill na yan.

It's definitely the solution for spaghetti wires but the question is "Can the public afford to pay the cost of underground electric cables?" Underground cabling is good if you're still plannng a community. Problem is it's very difficult to implement if the community already exists plus the system demands large tunnels that major infrastructure will be destroyed first and not just mere excavation (like drainage). So far, only a few subdivisions (mostly high end) in the country use this system. I think the Bonifacio Global City also uses it... and these are for the people in the upper echelons of society who can afford it....usually the costs are included in the lease or lot price.
:cheers:

Opening on August 1

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:banana: :cheers:

Gaisano Super City Mall

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Pumunta na ako sa mall kanina. Malaki pala ang department store. Ground floor and 2nd floor lang ang open pero pwede na.

Malaki rin ang supermarket nila. :cheers:

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:cheers:

It's definitely the solution for spaghetti wires but the question is "Can the public afford to pay the cost of underground electric cables?" Underground cabling is good if you're still plannng a community. Problem is it's very difficult to implement if the community already exists plus the system demands large tunnels that major infrastructure will be destroyed first and not just mere excavation (like drainage). So far, only a few subdivisions (mostly high end) in the country use this system. I think the Bonifacio Global City also uses it... and these are for the people in the upper echelons of society who can afford it....usually the costs are included in the lease or lot price.
:cheers:

Ok na kahit costly long-term naman ang solution. In the case of Iligan, pwede pa siguro gawin ito since di pa gaano ka built up ang city.

malamig ba ang aircon ng mall?

stunning Great!

the best Gaisano ever.....:master::master::master:

malamig ba ang aircon ng mall?

not so. hehehe. di pa kasi open ang 3rd and 4th floor.

stunning Great!

the best Gaisano ever.....:master::master::master:

Thanks @qwert_guy. Tanong ko lang, me karapatan na ba siyang tawaging Gaisano Super City Mall?

Thanks @qwert_guy. Tanong ko lang, me karapatan na ba siyang tawaging Gaisano Super City Mall?

the super mall of all the Gaisanos... nice ang ceiling...love it...:)

Thanks @qwert_guy. Tanong ko lang, me karapatan na ba siyang tawaging Gaisano Super City Mall?

nice kaayo, congrats Iligan and Gaisano, super city mall indeed! i like the banner DAYON KAMO, very local yet exotic. :cheers:

gi tulis ko bago lang gyud... twice na ni nahitabo sa ako diri... ka lagot...

Nya wala ka girape? Next time ayaw sugot dapat apil rape. Jowk. Pagbantay pirmi ayaw lakaw kung isa lang ka esp alas dos sa kaadlawon.

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August 8 daw ang opening ng Mister Donut. :)

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WOW jud! pagka-anindot sa new gmall...
It looks like many of the malls we see here in US. I'm impressed of the flooring, looks really nice! Good job to the gaisano mgmt.

Makes me feel like flying home to Iligan to Shop! And of course EAT! Sigurado Lami na diha sa new Mall ang pagkaon!
That Mang Inasal looks good too! that pic of the menu, looks good enough to eat.... yummmm.

@Alingatong, thanks for all the pics! great job bro !!!!! and Please keep them coming!

Congrats to all Iliganons! both near and far! We can finally say We now have a Mall to compare to any in the World! Go Go Go Iligan!

Congradulations Iligan City on the opening of your First shopping mall. Thanks for the pics so I can have a view from a long distance ! I will look forward to visiting the Gaisano Mall on my next visit to Iligan. I wonder if there will be any stores in the mall selling Stereo components such as Amplifiers, Tuners, Recievers, Speakers, CD Decks etc ? Obviously I will also look forward to visiting Jollibee at the new Mall. McDo ? Plenty of those right here where I live but such is not the case for a Jollibee, at least not yet. That is something I have to look forward to when visiting Iligan City.

See ya At The Mall !

:banana::banana:whoa! love it. hehehe....
do you have any pics of the malls exterior??.... claddings diba gamit nila?

^^ Yes but the exterior of the mall is not done yet.

nursing demand abroad


http://www.asianjournal.com/?c=187&a=29248

Gaisano Super City Mall

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:applause::applause::applause::applause::applause: Wow, Super talaga! Excellent ang tiles at ceilings :okay: The color combination is cool :cheers:The best Gaisano I ever saw. :cheers::cheers::cheers:

Thanks @qwert_guy. Tanong ko lang, me karapatan na ba siyang tawaging Gaisano Super City Mall?

how big is it? how many shops ba ang meron?

in fairness, they did a clever way of making the exposed ducts look nice :)

Gaisano Super City Mall

:applause::applause::applause::applause::applause: Wow, Super talaga! Excellent ang tiles at ceilings :okay: The color combination is cool :cheers:The best Gaisano I ever saw. :cheers::cheers::cheers:

The ceiling designs are similar to that of Limketkai Mall...nice photos @alingatong :okay:

^^@Way, supermarket at part ng department store pa lang ang open. Yong ibang tenants hindi pa tapos except for McDo and Mang Inasal.

Wala pa rin masyadong interior decors kaya very plain and simple pa ang kabuuan. :)

:cheers::cheers::cheers:

cheers sa inyo jan!! excited na tuloy akong umuwi....!!!

^^@Way, supermarket at part ng department store pa lang ang open. Yong ibang tenants hindi pa tapos except for McDo and Mang Inasal.

Wala pa rin masyadong interior decors kaya very plain and simple pa ang kabuuan. :)

im interested how big is the mall area (w/o the supermarket and department store) the interiors are okay so im curious how big is the mall area

^^More or less, 30,000 sq. m. (excluding supermarket/dept. store) Hindi po masyadong malaki. :ohno:

mga more or less jud na siya.

Ok na yan. If I remember it right, sabi ni @MaCkY gagawa pa ng ibang mall ang Gaisano in the southwestern side ng city kaya siguro di sya gaano kalaki.

as big as Gmall of CDO ba to or bigger?

^^in fairness hindi lang masusukat sa kalakihan ang isang bagay (mall) bago mo siya matawag na "Super" kundi sa quality din at kagandahan :cheers: :cheers: pareha sa isang tao, kung naagdako lang siya pero way buot,:down::down::down::down:

Gaisano Super City Mall... all I can say is... wow! The best Gaisano ever!

Finally, our city has now a decent mall. :) Congratulations to Gaisano Group!

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So, how will the jeepney passengers say when they drop to Gaisano Super City Mall? Gaisano Super? :D

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^^in fairness hindi lang masusukat sa kalakihan ang isang bagay (mall) bago mo siya matawag na "Super" kundi sa quality din at kagandahan :cheers: :cheers:

I agree. :)

pareha sa isang tao, kung kadako lang siya pero way buot,:down::down::down::down:

Hahaha... I know who are you referring to. :D

as big as Gmall of CDO ba to or bigger?

mas bigger ang Gmall CDO.

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/394/dsc00644om7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

^^in fairness hindi lang masusukat sa kalakihan ang isang bagay (mall) bago mo siya matawag na "Super" kundi sa quality din at kagandahan :cheers: :cheers: pareha sa isang tao, kung kadako lang siya pero way buot,:down::down::down::down:

Tumpak! may tama ka :)

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:banana: :cheers:

the interior design of mang inasal pareho lang sa ibang branch nila.. :)

Wow pagbalik nako Iligan naa nay mall na masuruyan after magtampisaw sa Tinago og Timoga.

^^in fairness hindi lang masusukat sa kalakihan ang isang bagay (mall) bago mo siya matawag na "Super" kundi sa quality din at kagandahan :cheers: :cheers: pareha sa isang tao, kung kadako lang siya pero way buot,:down::down::down::down:

Pero mas naa pay sense ang way buot kaysa feeling bright nya bugo diay. No offense meant.

More Gaisano Super City Mall pics taken last July 26, 2008:

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:applause: :applause:

nice design. nag-soft opening na diay sila.

^^Yes Sir Paul. Soft opening last July 29. Very dusty pa yong loob pero kailangan na siguro nilang mag-open ng supermarket at portion ng department store. Sayang din naman ang perang kikitain. :)

Pero mas naa pay sense ang way buot kaysa feeling bright nya bugo diay. No offense meant.

sakto, plus feeling din na superior siya ug feeling invulnerable ug usa pa feeling infallible wala gyod siya'y sense na tao.

More Gaisano Super City Mall pics taken last July 26, 2008:

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:cheers: may pagka CDO Gmall din ang design ng stairways, atrium at hallway na maluwang pero mas tsada gyod ni :cheers::cheers::cheers:

SILVER MEDALIST SA 4TH INTERNATIONAL MATH CONTEST, MIKORTESIYA SA BUHATAN SA MAYOR
07/31/08

Mikortesiya sa buhatan ni Mayor Lawrence Lluch Cruz kagahapon sa hapon si Johanne (“Yohan” kung basahon) Michael Bergado Flores, usa ka Iliganon kinsa nahimong silver medalist sa 4th IMC International Math Contest, nga gipahigayon didto sa nasud sa Singapore niadtong Hulyo 19 ngadto sa 22 ning tuiga.

Usa si Flores sa 82 ka mga sakop sa Mathematics Trainers Guild sa Pilipinas kinsa nakigtigi sa 450 ka mga partisipante gikan sa mga nasud sa Singapore, Indonesia, Hongkong, China, India ug Thailand.

Nagtungha karon si Flores isip first year student sa Integrated Developmental School (IDS), MSU-IIT. Nanimuyo kini karon sa White Plains Subdivision sa Barangay San Miguel ning siyudad.

Sa pagpakighinabi sa mga sakop sa City Information Office kang Johanne Flores, gisaysay niini nga aduna pa’y usa ka Iliganon nga nakasakmit og gold medal sa susamang kompetisyon niining bag-o, nga si Sarji Sukarno Tanggol kinsa atua na karon nagtungha sa Philippine Science High School sa kaulohan. (mta)

City Web (http://www.iligan.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1239&Itemid=368)

sa tingin ko ang opening September talga ang 100% complete operation ng Gaisano and as what i see for now, September is a good month for completion as the City Fiesta is coming and visitors outside of Iligan City will be able to get a good experience of the mall.

SOFT OPENING SA GAISANO SUPER CITY MALL, GITAMBUNGAN SA MGA OPISYAL SA SIYUDAD
07/31/08

Gitambungan sa opisyal sa siyudad, sa pagpangulo nila ni Mayor Lawrence Lluch Cruz ug Vice Mayor Henry Dy, ang nahitabo kagahapong sa buntag nga Soft Opening sa Gaisano Super City Mall-Iligan.
Kauban sa duha ka mga haligi sa siyudad ang pito sa dose ka mga sakop sa Sangguniang Panlungsod nga gilangkuban nila ni Konsehal Orlando Maglinao, Moisés Dalisay, Ariel Anghay, Alfredo Busico, Joe Zalsos, Bayani Areola ug Simplicio Larrazabal III.
Personal nga gipahalipayan ug gipasalamatan sa nasangpit nga mga opisyal si Stephen Gaisano ug mga sakop sa iyang banay tungod sa pagpabarog sa maong shopping mall sa dakbayan.
Gani, miduyog usab ang mga department heads sa kagamhanang lokal gikan sa Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony ug Blessing hangtud na sa usa ka salo-salo nianang pagka-udto.
Angay’ng masayran nga mipadangat og memorandum si Atty. Ranulfo Cenas, Chief of Staff sa buhatan sa Mayor, aron pag-awhag sa mga hepe sa nagkalain-laing departamento sa city hall sa pagtambong sa soft opening sa Gaisano Mall aron ipakita ang mainitong pagdawat sa maong gikahinamang tindahan sa atong dapit.
Nangulo sa pagbendisyon sa Gaisano Super City Mall-Iligan mao si Bishop Elenito Galido sa Diocese of Iligan. (mta)

^^Yes Sir Paul. Soft opening last July 29. Very dusty pa yong loob pero kailangan na siguro nilang mag-open ng supermarket at portion ng department store. Sayang din naman ang perang kikitain. :)

congrats sa mga taga iligan, hopefully, it gives more choice and convenience to the consumers.:banana:

sa tingin ko ang opening September talga ang 100% complete operation ng Gaisano and as what i see for now, September is a good month for completion as the City Fiesta is coming and visitors outside of Iligan City will be able to get a good experience of the mall.

Aside from the new mall, marami ring establishments ang nag-open na at mag-oopen pa:

Club Zinc
Michaela's Arcade
Chowking Tibanga
Mr. Donut
Squareland Shopping Center
:cheers:

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Aside from the new mall, marami ring establishments ang nag-open na at mag-oopen pa:

Club Zinc
Michaela's Arcade
Chowking Tibanga
Mr. Donut
Squareland Shopping Center
:cheers:

yes, and hope hopefully within three to five years, new establishments would be following Gaisano Mall.

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Wi-Fi na rin pala ang Iliganon Bar. :applause:

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sakto, plus feeling din na superior siya ug feeling invulnerable ug usa pa feeling infallible wala gyod siya'y sense na tao.

murag grabe dumot nimo sa tawhana to bai ha nga..nag kirig kirig pa tingali kag type mao murag way klaro na hinoon pag type :lol:

bitaw, congrats iligan sa inyohang new mall :) the interiors look nice and refreshing :okay:

^^Thanks parekoy. :okay:

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City Hall complex

Kids excited with 1st McDonald's in Iligan


CHILDREN in Iligan City only knew McDonald's on TV.

After months of waiting, they finally satisfied their desire to taste McDonald's all-time favorite treats as the food chain opened its first outlet in the city on Saturday.

"We'll be coming back again, and again, and again," declared Don Mark Legaspi, 12, a sixth grader from Iligan City Central School.

Don Mark and his brother Dale, 6, a first grader from the same school, patiently followed and waited in line to the counter at noon on opening day with their mother Venus and aunt Maricel.

"They have been very curious about McDonald's. They got excited that McDonald's would finally come (to our city)," said their mother.

While Venus and Maricel had once eaten at McDonald's during a quick land trip to Cagayan de Oro City, the capital of Northern Mindanao some 85 kilometers northeast from here, they said it was meaningful for them to line up with the children.

"It's the first day. It's meaningful for us, especially the kids," said Maricel. "It's worth lining up, naa ang thrilling (there's a thrill)," added Venus.

Asked what he could say about the first Burger McDo he ate and while savoring his first McFlurry, the shy younger sibling almost whispered "lami" (delicious) and smiled.

McDonald's opened on July 26 its first restaurant in this city, serving Iliganons at the main entrance of the yet to be completed New Gaisano Mall along the national highway.

It is near the Cathedral and chancery of the Diocese of Iligan.

With the family of the franchise owner-operator, McDonald's treated on Friday night the VIPs from the city government led by Mayor Lawrence Lluch Cruz and Vice Mayor Henry Dy, the province of Lanao del Norte and the local business community during the traditional Good Neighbors Night that immediately followed the inauguration of the new store.

"It was bongga! There were plenty of people and the activities were well-organized," noted Nora Soriño, Iligan bureau chief of Mindanao Goldstar Daily, a newspaper based in Cagayan de Oro City.

"Congratulations and welcome to Iligan," quipped Gorgonio Loable, editor of Iligan-based weekly Mindanao Scoop.

Halal

Like the Legaspi siblings, other children similarly braved the lines to the counter and eventually relished the unique and satisfying array of food McDonald's offers.

Mark, 12, a sixth grader from Mary Infant Grade School, and his younger sister Precious, 7, a second grader, patiently waited in line, excited of the thought that they would be the first among their classmates to savor the popular Chicken McDo and McSpaghetti Happy Meal.

"They were so excited, and very insistent that we should come early this (Saturday) morning, and we had to commute about 12 kilometers from home," shared their mother whose family lives in Linamon town, this city's western gateway from Lanao del Norte. "I'm glad they're happy. You could see them enjoying their meals."

Alex Palo, 36, a Muslim who works at this city's port, went home early to his hometown in Boloi, about 18 kilometers southwest from here, to bring to McDonald's his young wife, 5-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son. "It's meaningful for us to be here in McDonald's together for the first time on McDonald's first day," he said.

"And the food here is certified Halal (permissible according to Islamic law)," he added.


http://www.sunstar.com.ph/ (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2008/08/01/life/kids.excited.with.1st.mcdonald.s.in.iligan.html)

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First batch pala? How lucky and blessed they are.... Viva San Miguel!!!^^

wow galing. pila ka % ang passing rate sa skul?

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Wi-Fi na rin pala ang Iliganon Bar. :applause:

:cheers: yung punongkahoy na nasa harap ng bar maganda tingnan, hindi karaniwan ang kulay ng mga dahon. Maganda siya kung itatanim sa mga parke.

;23393842']murag grabe dumot nimo sa tawhana to bai ha nga..nag kirig kirig pa tingali kag type mao murag way klaro na hinoon pag type :lol:



:lol::lol:dili man sab sa ingon niana bai. Wala man koy gipunto na tawo. Gisulti ko lang kadto nga sama lamang sa pagshare sa hunahuna sa simple nga conversation. Sorry kung nakarelate ka. :)

:lol::lol:dili man sab sa ingon niana bai. Wala man koy gipunto na tawo. Gisulti ko lang kadto nga sama lamang sa pagshare sa hunahuna sa simple nga conversation. Sorry kung nakarelate ka. :)


wa man hinoon, pero maimagine ra nako ka nga gigil kaayo mag type ba basta maremember nimo tong tawhana to :lol: gigil jud tingali kay naglisud kag compose ug tarong nga statement sa kalagot :lol:

;23426474']wa man hinoon, pero maimagine ra nako ka nga gigil kaayo mag type ba basta maremember nimo tong tawhana to :lol: gigil jud tingali kay naglisud kag compose ug tarong nga statement sa kalagot :lol:

kinsa gud ng tawhana gud oi...hehehe

^^Hoy Waway, what do you think of me thinking of you?:lol::lol::lol:

^^@qwer, si waway lang makasagot sa tanong mo kung sinong tao. Nakarelate gyod na siya kay moinsist ma gyod.

As far as I remember, yung tao na sinabi ko in the previous pages ginawa ko lang halimbawa sa "mall topic". Yung issue na tama bang tawagin ang Gmall Iligan na Super City Mall. Kaya sabi ko hindi lang sa kalakihan masusukat ang pagka super sa isang bagay kundi sa quality at kagandahan nito. Katulad din sa sa isang "tao" kung super laki siya pero wala namang modo ay bagsak din ang rating sa kanya. :):):)

^^Hoy Waway, what do you think of me thinking of you?:lol::lol::lol:

^^@qwer, si waway lang makasagot sa tanong mo kung sinong tao. Nakarelate gyod na siya kay moinsist ma gyod.

As far as I remember, yung tao na sinabi ko in the previous pages ginawa ko lang halimbawa sa "mall topic". Yung issue na tama bang tawagin ang Gmall Iligan na Super City Mall. Kaya sabi ko hindi lang sa kalakihan masusukat ang pagka super sa isang bagay kundi sa quality at kagandahan nito. Katulad din sa sa isang "tao" kung super laki siya pero wala namang modo ay bagsak din ang rating sa kanya. :):):)

aw hinuon di man pud ko maka relate ana. calling for MR. waway, can i ask sino po tong taong to?hehehe

^^ipaPM nalang kay medyo OT na... hahaa

ambot nya, sya ray hisgut hisgut ana, ang ako lang man ingon nga tingali grabe kalagot nya sa tao kay murag gigil kaayo sya sa pag post..haay boju talaga :lol:

;23428404']ambot nya, sya ray hisgut hisgut ana, ang ako lang man ingon nga tingali grabe kalagot nya sa tao kay murag gigil kaayo sya sa pag post..haay boju talaga :lol:

basin si Miss X an tawo nga gi mean ani... ayaw pud intawon oi kay idol raba nko na si miss X..hehehe

OT na kaayo mo. :nuts:

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Wi-Fi na rin pala ang Iliganon Bar. :applause:

Wi-Fi hotspots are growing like bacterias in mindanao! hehe.

Opening on August 1

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huwaw.
congrats iligan.... 2loy-2loy na sana ang progress nyo at ng buong mindanao,
pra na rin nde na tayo maging poorest island. hehe

the interior design of mang inasal pareho lang sa ibang branch nila.. :)

kaya nga, naexcite cguro mag bukas kaya di na nakapagicp ng new design. hehe.

^^Buenas Noches @under_superior. :cheers:

buenas tambien, sorry for the really late rep. hehehe:)

Hi @under_superior :hi: Welcome to SSC Iligan

hehe, elow

SEARCH FOR ILIGAN STAR-SEASON 2, ILUSAD
08/01/08

Gisugdan na pagplano kagahapong adlawa, sa Iligan Star Committee, ang paglusad sa Search for Iligan Star-Season 2, karong umaabot nga bulan sa Septembre ning tuiga, pahaum sa tinuig nga kasaulogan sa pista.

Sa natigayong panagtigum sa nasangpit nga komitiba, nauyonan nga ipahigayon ang audition o screening sa mga aspirants karong umaabot nga Agosto 16 ug 17 didto sa Session Hall sa Sangguniang Panlungsod.

Susama sa miaging tuig, gikinahanglan nga ang buot moapil niini adunay talagsaong talento sa pag-awit, nagbaton og kalidad sa usa ka idolo, nagpangedaron og 15 ngadto sa 25 anyos nga panuigon. Labing mahinungdanon usab nga ang aspirant makapresentar og kamatuoran nga siya nagpuyo sa Iligan.

Niadtong buot makakuha og dugang kasayuran kalabot niini, mamahimong matawagan ang Event Chairman nga si Mr. Ray Clavano sa City General Services Offices sa telepono numero 221-4341.

City Web (http://www.iligan.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1244&Itemid=368)

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Update:
The whole GMall 2nd floor facing the highway are for bars and restos na open beyond mall hours.

^^Woah! That's great news for night owls. :okay:

Gazpacho's Bar & Restaurant

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Update:
The whole GMall 2nd floor facing the highway will be bars and restos na open beyond mall hours.

That is definitely cool! perfect spot, especially dahil mayroon siyang balcony. :dance:

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Sabayle Street - one of the oldest streets in Iligan
(Flickr Photo by 3 Musketeers' Corner)

Zoey Cafe will undergo renovation tapos magbubukas din sila ng branch sa GMall

gaisano mall is big enough for Iligan's needs. The size will ensure financial viability and consistent tenant occupancy. Of what use is a gigantic mall if the stalls are mostly not rented.

true, but doesn't just limit itself to iligan. it becomes a mall of choice for shoppers from other towns/cities as well.

^^ that's true, Gaisano Super City Mall will cater to Mis Or, Lanao Norte and Mis Occ shoppers too... I guess in a month or two matatapos din ang third and fourth floors.

^^Baka nga kunti nalang na mga tagaMarawi shoppers na pupunta sa CDO dahil sa Gmall Iligan nalang sila.

btw, joker kaayo sa kabilang planeta. Tinira pala ang Super Gmall Iligan. Nakowww pow! Mahirap pala pag uunlad tayo, tiba-tiba ang batikos :ohno::ohno: punta-punta pa dito akala mo kung sinsero sa mga postings yun pala "namulikat lang sa mata" :lol::lol::lol: Hay nakow, manglingo-lingo nalang ta ani.:ohno:

That is definitely cool! perfect spot, especially dahil mayroon siyang balcony. :dance:

wow! a double wow! what's the name of the bar and resto? do you know? yes! my other place na naman for my gimiks :dance: haha

Zoey Cafe will undergo renovation tapos magbubukas din sila ng branch sa GMall

kelan mo mag start ang renovation nila and when sila magbukas sa gmall?

gaisano mall is big enough for Iligan's needs. The size will ensure financial viability and consistent tenant occupancy. Of what use is a gigantic mall if the stalls are mostly not rented.

dadami din ang mga tenant ng Gmall all we have to do is wait! pareho lng yun sa Gmall-cdo ang grocery lang nag bukas and a part of the dept. store then after a month dumami na ang mga tenant!

And its a Chinese tradition na kahit hindi pa tapos they will have to open na!

^^Baka nga kunti nalang na mga tagaMarawi shoppers na pupunta sa CDO dahil sa Gmall Iligan nalang sila.

btw, joker kaayo sa kabilang planeta. Tinira pala ang Super Gmall Iligan. Nakowww pow! Mahirap pala pag uunlad tayo, tiba-tiba ang batikos :ohno::ohno: punta-punta pa dito akala mo kung sinsero sa mga postings yun pala "namulikat lang sa mata" :lol::lol::lol: Hay nakow, manglingo-lingo nalang ta ani.:ohno:

Kulang lang ang mga yan sa pansin @boju2. Mga threads kasi natin, binibisita ng mga taga ibat-ibang lugar eh ang planeta nila, sila-sila lang ang nag-pre-praise at puro self-serving. Sinusuka na nga ang mga iyan sa ibang lugar. Kaya pabayaan mo na lang ang mga iyan. :lol:

kelan mo mag start ang renovation nila and when sila magbukas sa gmall?

No specific dates yet. Ongoing pa kasi negotiation nila for their mall branch. I'll post it in the thread once I get the info from them.

@gORs, kasama ba ang exterior ng building sa gagawing renovation ng Zoey Cafe?

wow! i miss zoey sobra! one of my staple food... as my friends would say.. i hope the magic is still there when i get back to iligan..

there's a magic inside at zoey cafe! =)

@gORs, kasama ba ang exterior ng building sa gagawing renovation ng Zoey Cafe?

AFAIK they'll be occupying the whole ground floor of the building. I'll have to ask the owner if the exterior will also be renovated.

wow! i miss zoey sobra! one of my staple food... as my friends would say.. i hope the magic is still there when i get back to iligan..

there's a magic inside at zoey cafe! =)

Kaya nga nasa logo nila. "We Create Experience" :)

ebay find: maria christina falls postcard

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caption says: MARIA CHRISTINA FALLS ABOVE CAMP OVERTON, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES.

^^Sir Paul, thanks for that rare shot of Maria Cristina Falls. Mga anong year po kaya ang postcard, if you don't mind?

it's ebay item no 270259610501, circa early 1900s. i placed a bid on the item already. thanks for the info

there's a second item at www.ebay.com, search 270260172346. taken in the 50`s

^^Sir Paul, thanks for that rare shot of Maria Cristina Falls. Mga anong year po kaya ang postcard, if you don't mind?

bai as per ebay early 1900. looks like it is hand-tinted, popular during that time.

here's another ebay find:

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caption says: MARIA CRISTINA FALLS. ILIGAN, LANAO". PHILIPPINE TOURIST & TRAVEL ASSOCIATION. IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. MID- 1900".

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^^Nice. :applause:

Who owns Brews Almighty?

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Zambo, Iligan ask SC to stop GRP-MILF deal
By Roel Pareño (Philstar.com August 3, 2008)
Sunday, August 3, 2008

ZAMBOANGA CITY – With only two days to go before the government signs a Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Iligan and Zamboanga cities have joined North Cotabato in filing a petition before the Supreme Court, this time for a temporary restraining order (TRO) to stop both parties from forging the accord.

Various sectors in both cities described the agreement as tantamount to the Philippine government acceding to the MILF’s declaration of independence as contained in the draft of the MOA-AD, a copy of which was obtained by The STAR.

Local officials, residents, businessmen, non-government organizations, religious and village leaders here backed Zamboanga City Mayor Celso Lobregat in filing the petition for TRO to stop the signing of the agreement.

They maintained that they do not want the city and any of its boundaries included in the Bangsa-moro Juridical Entity (BJE), warning of protest actions in the coming days.

The MOA-AD includes 737 villages in the area of ancestral domain.

The affected areas claimed under ancestral domain which has raised concern among Mindanao leaders are the present geographic state of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and the towns of Baloi, Munai, Nunungan, Pantar, Tagoloan and Tangcal in Lanao del Norte.

Also being claimed are (Region 9) Isabela City, Basilan with all of its 45 barangays; Zamboanga City (eight barangays, including the villages of Zone III and IV where the seat of the city government is located, the commercial district, Metropolitan Immaculate Cathedral, and the residence of Mayor Lobregat); Dinas, Zamboanga del Sur (eight barangays); Zamboanga Sibugay Mabuhay (five barangays); (Region 10) Lanao del Norte – Bacolod town (four), Iligan City (eight), Kauswagan (12), Kolambugan (six), Linamon town (eight), Magsaysay (24), Maigo (one), Tubod (one) and the whole of Matungao, Pantao Ragat, Poona Piagapo, Salvador, Sapad and Sultan Naga Dimaporo towns.
Others are Kalilangan, Bukidnon (one barangay); (Region 12) all areas of Cotabato City; North Cotabato – Alamada town (six), Aleosan (seven), Banisilan (18), Carmen (17), whole of Kabacan, M’lang (three), Matalam (12), Midsayap (19), Pigkawayan (20), all of Pikit, President Roxas (one), Tulunan (7); Sultan Kudarat – Bagumbayan (all), Columbio (all), Esperanza (all), Isulan (three), Kalamansig (all), Lambayong (all), Lebak (all), Lutayan (all), Palimbang (all), Pres. Quirino (all), Sen. Ninoy Aquino (all); Palawan – Balabac (all), and Bataraza (all).

The MOA also stipulates that the MILF’s BJE shall have jurisdiction over the management, conservation, development and protection of all natural resources, living, and non-living, within the internal waters extending to the 14-kilometer radius within the coastlines of the BJE.

It also included territorial waters which shall stretch beyond the internal waters of the Republic of the Philippines’ baseline, southeast and southwest of mainland Mindanao.

“This is one of the scary things. This has been a thorny issue for the last two years. What is the breakthrough that has been achieved? The government panel just gave in to all the demands of the MILF,” Lobregat said.

The government panel has committed to conduct and “deliver” a plebiscite within six months following the signing of the MOA.

The groups claimed that even members of Congress were not provided with copies of the MOA-AD by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process.

Lobregat said the GRP panel has not properly represented the people of Mindanao and were only forced to visit their city after documents on ancestral domain agreed upon on Nov. 25, 2005 leaked out.

The worst part, according to Lobregat, is when the government does not listen to their position despite their obvious opposition to the agreement.

Iligan City Mayor Lawrence Cruz, for his part, said an emergency meeting was called Friday night in his city and similar action was urged to stop the signing of the MOA-AD between the GRP and MILF panels on Aug. 5-6 in Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Business leaders said they will shut down all business establishments, while church leaders led by Archbishop Romulo Valles will lead huge crowds and ring church bells, and people will wear red t-shirts and armbands as part of their mass protest.

“Let us not look at ourselves alone. This is a fight for the whole of Mindanao and the country. Let’s stop them from signing that,” Lobregat said, citing the constitutionality of the MOA-AD.

“Once this is signed, they will have all the reason and elements for the declaration of independence even without the plebiscite,” Lobregat said.

Lobregat even cited former government peace panel member Fr. Eliseo Mercado as reportedly saying, “This is the first time I have seen such a document. You have all the elements of a state. That entitles the Bangsamoro to self-declaration of independence because it is all there. You have been recognized, you have territory, you have self-determination, your ancestral domain is birthright, it’s not part of the public domain.”

Congresswoman Ma. Isabel Climaco also expressed dismay, saying they were deprived by the government panel of the opportunity to scrutinize the accord.

Church leaders, however, fear reprisal from the rebels who might terrorize those who oppose the inclusion of the cities and the signing of the MOA-AD.

Meanwhile, Mindanao leaders asked the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) last Friday to intervene and stop Malacañang from pushing through with the agreement.

The CBCPNews said multisectoral Mindanao leaders met with CBCP officials and requested them to stop President Arroyo from signing the MOA on ancestral domain with the MILF.

North Cotabato officials led by Gov. Jesus Sacdalan and Vice Gov. Manny Piñol earlier filed a petition before the SC, asking the tribunal to compel the government to reveal the contents of the MOA before it is formalized.

They also asked the SC to issue a restraining order against the government to ensure that the agreement is thoroughly reviewed and studied before it is signed. - With Evelyn Macairan

^^

ISYU SA ANCESTRAL DOMAIN, LINGKORAN SA MGA MINDANAO MAYORS
08/01/08

Gilaraw karon sa mga mayor nga taga-Mindanao nga magtagbo pipila ka adlaw gikan karon aron hisgutan ang isyu sa Ancestral Domain nga gituki sa Peace Panel tali sa Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) ug Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Iya kining gibutyag atol sa usa ka radio interview dili pa lamang dugay.
Hinoon, sumala pa sa amahan sa siyudad, wala pa matino ning pagbalita ang tukmang petsa ug dapit alang sa maong panagtigum.
Gisiguro lamang ni Mayor Cruz nga buot gayud niyang susihon ang kalabot sa iyang nasagap nga impormasyon, nga kuno adunay pipila ka mga barangay sa Iligan, ang gisugyot nga ipasakop sa gitawag sa giangkon karon sa mga Moro nga ancestral domain.
Giklaro ni Mayor Cruz nga dili una siya makapagula og reaksiyon pabor o kontra ba kaha sa maong hisgutan tungod kay buot pa man niyang makuha ang kinatibuk-ang detalye kalabot sa isyu. (mta)

Kudos kang Mayor Lawrence Cruz for making a stand !!!

Iligan and Zambo are one of our important cities... at all cost we should not allow these cities to be "lost" to that celluloid Bangsamoro territory

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Iligan nixes inclusion of 8 villages in 'new' ARMM
08/03/2008 | 11:42 AM


ILIGAN CITY, Philippines - Iliganons will wear red and flock the streets Monday to protest the signing of a deal between the government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) regarding additional areas that will be included in the expanded Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

The protest was hatched after Mayor Lawrence Cruz informed the Sangguniang Panlungsod that eight upland villages in their city will be included in the final draft of the ancestral domain aspect.

Cruz said he learned this after he was able to obtain a copy of the supposedly confidential memorandum of agreement that is set for signing on Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The eight affected villages – Rogongon, the biggest barangay in terms of land area; Panoroganan; Mainit; Dulag; Lanipao; Kalilangan; Hindang; and Diigkilaan – comprised about 66,502.1464 hectares or 82 percent of the city’s total land land area, which is 81335 hectares.

Cruz said these villages are lead communities responsible in agricultural food production and beholder of sustainable forest development protection and management of rainforest in the city.

"Why should we be included again in another referendum when Iligan City have proven twice before as we rejected the move to include Iligan City in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao(ARMM)," Cruz said.

Statistical records show that on November 19, 1989 ARMM referendum, Iliganons decided and voted "NO" to ARMM with a total of 61,983 votes (96.8 percent) and "YES" votes garnered only 2,044 votes (3.1 percent).

The second plebiscite on expanded ARMM, Iliganons overwhelmingly voted "NO " with a total votes of 61,472 (97.4 percent) while "YES" votes got only 1,604 (2.5 percent).

"We are not against the peace process nor we are against the expansion of ARMM, however we can not allow that the harmonious relationship between Muslim, Christian and lumads will be divided," Cruz said. - GMANews.TV

gmanews.tv (http://www.gmanews.tv/story/111145/Iligan-nixes-inclusion-of-8-villages-in-new-ARMM)

^^ OMG :eek2:


We can't let this happen to our city!

^^ ^^ :ohno: :bash: :down:

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Banco De Oro - Quezon Branch

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San Miguel Rotunda in Pala-o

^^ OMG :eek2:


We can't let this happen to our city!

:eek2::ohno::ohno::ohno::ohno::ohno::down::down:
Your right @ gors! Our city is doing well under R-10. "NO" parin ako! ^^

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Guys, tiningnan ko po ang loob ng shop na nasa dulo next to the stairway. nakita ko na ang motif sa loob ay stripe na red and yellow. Is Shakey's Pizza opening an outlet again in Iligan?

If the government really does go ahead with the deal it just shows how ignorant they are towards us down here in the south. Haaaay, as ive said in another thread if we truly want peace and integration then drawing a fine line between whats ours and whats yours isnt going to help in fact it will od the exact opposite. We MUST NEVER give in to terrorist demands, cuz those guys dont have welfare in mind... its only greed, power, territory, that they all care for.

Anyway its been a long time since i've checked this thread, im loving the new Gmall! Cant wait when they open up the cinema.

Iligan City to protest inclusion of 8 villages in expanded ARMM

GMANews.TV - Sunday, August 3ILIGAN CITY, Philippines

- Iliganons will wear red and flock the streets Monday to protest the signing of a deal between the government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) regarding additional areas that will be included in the expanded Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

The protest was hatched after Mayor Lawrence Cruz informed the Sangguniang Panlungsod that eight upland villages in their city will be included in the final draft of the ancestral domain aspect.

Cruz said he learned this after he was able to obtain a copy of the supposedly confidential memorandum of agreement that is set for signing on Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The eight affected villages – Rogongon, the biggest barangay in terms of land area; Panoroganan; Mainit; Dulag; Lanipao; Kalilangan; Hindang; and Diigkilaan – comprised about 66,502.1464 hectares or 82 percent of the city’s total land land area, which is 81335 hectares.

Cruz said these villages are lead communities responsible in agricultural food production and beholder of sustainable forest development protection and management of rainforest in the city. "Why should we be included again in another referendum when Iligan City have proven twice before as we rejected the move to include Iligan City in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao(ARMM)," Cruz said. Statistical records show that on November 19, 1989 ARMM referendum, Iliganons decided and voted "NO" to ARMM with a total of 61,983 votes (96.8 percent) and "YES" votes garnered only 2,044 votes (3.1 percent). The second plebiscite on expanded ARMM, Iliganons overwhelmingly voted "NO " with a total votes of 61,472 (97.4 percent) while "YES" votes got only 1,604 (2.5 percent). "We are not against the peace process nor we are against the expansion of ARMM, however we can not allow that the harmonious relationship between Muslim, Christian and lumads will be divided,” Cruz said. - GMANews.TV

The eight affected villages – Rogongon, the biggest barangay in terms of land area; Panoroganan; Mainit; Dulag; Lanipao; Kalilangan; Hindang; and Diigkilaan – comprised about 66,502.1464 hectares or 82 percent of the city’s total land land area, which is 81335 hectares.

82%? are they kidding? looks like only the coastal strip will be left for the city. :ohno:

82%? are they kidding? looks like only the coastal strip will be left for the city. :ohno:

OT:

Diba ang di kasali sa new proposed Bangsamoro now ay ang Caraga, Misamis Oriental, Camiguin, Bukidnon and down to Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental in the south? Am I right?

All Iliganons are encouraged to wear red shirts tomorrow (Monday) August 4, 2008 as a sign of protest against the inclusion of the 8 Iligan barangays in the Bangsamoro Ancestral Domain. A rally will be held at the Post Office.

I know Iliganons can do it...it has been done before when road blocks were made by Iliganons in the hi-way from Marawi to protest the unlawfulness of a few subjects in Lanao... it can be done again tommorow...

Iligan belongs to Iliganons...and NOT to Bangsamoro

true. no matter how others want to dictate the situation, it all boils down to the locals who should have a say.

All Iliganons are encouraged to wear red shirts tomorrow (Monday) August 4, 2008 as a sign of protest against the inclusion of the 8 Iligan barangays in the Bangsamoro Ancestral Domain. A rally will be held at the Post Office headed by the City Government and the Iligan Diocese.

so @gors are you going to wear red tomorrow?

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Guys, tiningnan ko po ang loob ng shop na nasa dulo next to the stairway. nakita ko na ang motif sa loob ay stripe na red and yellow. Is Shakey's Pizza opening an outlet again in Iligan?

Talaga? sir A san banda yun ng mall? Diba ang jollibee is yellow and red also?

I know Iliganons can do it...it has been done before when road blocks were made by Iliganons in the hi-way from Marawi to protest the unlawfulness of a few subjects in Lanao... it can be done again tommorow...

Iligan belongs to Iliganons...and NOT to Bangsamoro

That's True! we Iliganons can do it! Kaya NO to Bangsamoro everrrr!....

so @gors are you going to wear red tomorrow?

definitely yes

definitely yes

same with me!

Guys, tiningnan ko po ang loob ng shop na nasa dulo next to the stairway. nakita ko na ang motif sa loob ay stripe na red and yellow. Is Shakey's Pizza opening an outlet again in Iligan?

Talaga? sir A san banda yun ng mall? Diba ang jollibee is yellow and red also?

Di ko lang matandaan kung kasali yan sa mga outlets mentioned by @MaCkY na magbubukas sa mall.


same with me!

kami lahat sa family

mabuhay ang iligan! Latin....

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di ba meron pang plebiscite? what if manalo (which I'm pretty sure) ang "No" ? So the MOA won't be implemented?

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nice pic... i miss my alma mater soooo much! the area around the rotunda is a good site for more development... only widen the road first to accomodate future increase in traffic...

FELLOW MINDANAOANS AND FELLOW FILIPINOS, PLEASE PRAY NA HINDI MATUTULOY ANG GRP-MILF ANCESTRAL DOMAIN AGREEMENT... THIS IS THE TIME THAT WE ZAMBONGUENOS NEED YOUR HELP, SANA YOU'LL SUPPORT US AT THIS DIFFICULT TIME. THANK YOU, AND MAY GOD BLESS US ALL

^^May plebesito pa po next year kung papayag ba o hindi ang mga apektadong lugar. Vote lang tayo ng malaking "NO".

ok ra ba mo laag?

ok ra ba mo laag?

ok ra. provided naa kay escort.

Iligan City residents protest vs MOA with MILF
08/04/2008 | 04:04 PM

ILIGAN CITY, Philippines - More than 10,000 residents of Iligan City marched Monday to protest the memorandum of agreement between government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front regarding the Bangasamoro Juridical Entity.

The focus of the protest was the proposed inclusion of eight Iligan City barangays - which is more than 80 percent of the city - in the entity.

Those barangays were identified as Digkilaan, Hindang, Rogongon, Panoroganan, Lanipao, Dulag, Mainit and Lanipao.

In Lanao del Norte, the municipality of Linamon, the smallest town in the province with eight barangays was also included in the so called ancestral domain of the BJE.

Iligan City Mayor Lawrence Cruz, who addressed the protesters carrying banners and streamers calling on government not to divide the city, said Iliganon were deceived and betrayed by the government peace negotiating panel whose members kept the deal secret.

Mayor Cruz said that the eight barangays covered about 65,500 hectares or 82 percent of the total land area of Iligan city.

These barangays are source of major producers of agricultural products because of its fertile land, rainforests and mineral deposits.

The eight barangay captains of the villages are strongly opposed to the inclusion of their areas in the entity.

Iligan City in past two Autonomous Regions in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) plebiscites overwhelmingly voted "NO" with 97 percent rejection.

"Why are we still included that we have already made our stand before hand?" Mayor Cruz said.

Cruz expressed fears that future plebiscites might be marred by intimidation and vote-buying to produce "YES" in selected areas included in the BJE.

The rally ended peacefully several hours later. - GMANews.TV

Zach and Zara Restobar
(A fine dining restaurant and a Christian bar)

invites you to:

Plate All You Can Eat @ P 50.00 Only

Lunch time: 11:00am - 01:00pm
Dinner time: 05:00pm - 07:00pm
August 4, 2008

Location: Badelles St. near Tambacan Bridge

Another 4-storey glassy building will soon rise near Iligan Surgical Village, Quezon Ave. Ext. , Pala-o. A perspective drawing (rendering) is already displayed in the area. :cheers:

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SAME HERE

Zach and Zara Restobar
(A fine dining restaurant and a Christian bar)

invites you to:

Plate All You Can Eat @ P 50.00 Only

Lunch time: 11:00am - 01:00pm
Dinner time: 05:00pm - 07:00pm
August 4, 2008

Location: Badelles St. near Tambacan Bridge

50 lang bai? barataoha ba.

Karon ra sab nang adlawa Sir Paul kay opening man. :)

Iligan City execs express relief over SC decision on MOA
08/04/2008 | 05:50 PM

ILIGAN CITY, Philippines - Iligan City officials on Monday felt relieved Monday upon learning that the Supreme Court had already issued a temporary Restraining Order against the memorandum of agreement which would be signed by government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front representatives on Tuesday.

Mayor Lawrence Cruz said that although the struggle is not yet over at least Iligan City has been given ample time to let the Moro Islamic Liberation Front understand that Iligan City is not against the GRP-MILF Bangsamoro Juridical Entity.

"We only want that the will of our people will be respected", Mayor Cruz, who was informed of the SC decision by Congressman Vicente Belmonte Jr., added.

Rogongon Barangay chairman Dimapinggon Comonog, the barangay chief of one of the villages which would be included in the entity said he was relieved by the decision.

"Nagpasalamt ako nga na postponed ang pag perma sa MOA sa GRP-MILF. Akong paningkamutan nga sa akong barangay malinawon ang katawhan bisan kung may MILF. (I am very glad that the signing was postponed. In my barangay, I will see to it that there will be a harmonious co-existence and peace even with the presence of MILF),"he said.

Barangay Panoroganan chair Basir Comonog, for his part, thanked Cruz and Belmonte for providing moral support to their struggle.

Digkilaan chairman Aurelio Magaro said that the struggle for peace in Iligan must go on by strengthening the harmonious relationship among Christians and Muslims.

Vice Mayor Procopio Chang of Linamon, Lanao del Norte also expressed relief after learning that the Supreme Court made the rightful decision of signing the Temporary Restraining Order.

"The (Iligan City) executive and the legislative body approved a resolution requesting President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to delete the eight barangays from being included in Bangasamoro Juridical Entity. The municipality of Linamon voted "NO" in two previous ARMM plebiscite," Chang said. - GMANews.TV

www.gmanews.tv (http://www.gmanews.tv/story/111331/Iligan-City-execs-express-relief-over-SC-decision-on-MOA)

Karon ra sab nang adlawa Sir Paul kay opening man. :)

ic, anyway, congrats sa tag-iya.

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this grp- milf MOA should be rejected decisively. This has the potential of turning into a situation similar to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. we don't want a repeat of the atmosphere of enmity that occured in the 70's.

Same here! No to Bangsamoro! Iligan belongs to Iliganons!

NO way to Bangsamoro....

@Windshear

oi bro.. taga iligan ka pala... hehe... member rin ka pala sa PFSG.... what a small world indeed... :)

MSU-IIT coop will build their new office... near Siam Bank/ infront of China Bank.... i forgot to take the pics of rendering poster... hehe

NO way to Bangsamoro....

@Windshear

oi bro.. taga iligan ka pala... hehe... member rin ka pala sa PFSG.... what a small world indeed... :)

Yep! It's a small world indeed (with the today's technology, of course :D).

MSU-IIT coop will build their new office... near Siam Bank/ infront of China Bank.... i forgot to take the pics of rendering poster... hehe

really? unsaon man nila ang old coop building?

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asa ni dapit gi butang? wala lagi ko ka bantay ani... murag u/c lagi na nga building...

asa ni dapit gi butang? wala lagi ko ka bantay ani... murag u/c lagi na nga building...

sa US of A man tingali na madame. ;)

Iligan will lose gold, copper, 8 barangays in BJE - mayor
08/05/2008 | 03:56 PM

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines – The proposed pact between government and the Moro Islamic Liberaton Front would mean that Iligan City would lose 82 percent of its land, the city mayor said Tuesday.

In addition, the city would also lose rights to possible gold and copper deposits.

Iligan City has 44 barangays, Mayor Lawrence Cruz said, and it would seem that taking the eight barangays would be harmless.

But the mayor pointed out that barangay Rogongon alone has 35,500 hectares out of the entire Iligan City land area of 81,337 hectares.

“Everything would be taken from us and leave us with only 18% of the land area. So I am glad that a TRO has been issued so that the rights of the people in Iligan City could be heard," Cruz said.

The mayor was referring to the portion of the memorandum of agreement between government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front that would mean an expanded Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao - called the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity (BJE).

The expanded entity would include villages carved out from different provinces and cities in Mindanao.

On Monday, about 10,000 Iligan City residents participated in the protest against the inclusion of the eight barangays - Mainit and Hindang which he claimed are populated with 100% Christians, Rogongon and Bigkilaan about 95% Christian, Panuruganan which is home to Higaonon tribal group in Iligan, while the predominantly Muslim barangays Lanipao, Dulag and Kalilangan are the farthest.

Aside from the Iligan protest, other rallies were held in different places in Mindanao.

Cruz said during the previous plebiscites - held November 1989 and August 2001 - Iligan City voted overwhelming 'no' to the proposal that it be included in the ARMM.

He said that no votes were pegged at 96.8% and 97.4% respectively.

Cruz claimed that the two election results were already clear manifestations that Iligan should be excluded.

“I can’t find any other city with such overwhelming result as compared to Davao and Zamboanga at those times,"he said.

Despite this, Cruz said he has nothing against the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity.

“It is probably the right time but at the wrong place. There is a peaceful co-existence between the Muslims and Christians here. We just want that friendly walls create good neighbors. We want to express what we want and we want it respected," Cruz clarified.

Cruz said that barangay Rogongon has the copper ore and some big mining companies have already filed their applications to operate in the area.

Barangay Mainit, he also said, has gold but only individual gold panners are operating there while there are pending applications as well.

“We don’t want to act on these hastily. Mining is a sensitive issue that is why all applications are on hold especially that the Catholic church expressed its legitimate interference," Cruz clarified.

While the TRO is in effect, Cruz said the city won’t letup with what it has started. It would continue to sustain its strong opposition against the inclusion of the eight barangays.

“We would continue the ways and means to show that Iligan City does not want to be included in the ARMM, we will have human chain one of these days in all barangays here from Buru-on to Dalipuga. We will hang streamers to all the houses and establishments so that the MILF and GRP would know our collective decision that we want to remain an independent city," he said. - GMANews.TV

Iligan mayor leads mass action vs proposed MOA signing on BJE ancestral domain

Iligan City (5 August) -- In a resolution passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of Iligan duly signed by the presiding officer-Vice Mayor Henry Dy, with concurrence of Mayor Lawrence Ll. Cruz of Iligan, urging the people of Iligan to engage in mass action in support to the suspension on further discussions and negotiations on the issue of Ancestral Domain between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to be signed August 5, 2008 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Around 5,000 people composed of city hall employees, barangay officials and its constituents, church emissary, non-government organizations, students and administrators from the different private schools in the tertiary level joined the indignation rally staged yesterday morning at the intersection of the Post Office, closing the city's national highway for traffic.

Mayor Cruz together with some of the SP members led the march from the city hall down to its converging area, two other starting points led by the nuns-RVM of St. Michael's College. Cruz and other officials, all who joined the protest are wearing red shirts showing their opposition to the said MOA. A recorida and noise barrage along the city's thoroughfare took place.

In his speech, Mayor Cruz expressed his concern and was alarmed of the report that the GRP and the MILF will sign the Memorandum of Agreement on Bangsamoro Juridical Entity (BJE) ancestral domain, which is the expanded Autonomous region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

Cruz denounced that there was no consultation with all the inhabitants in the affected areas, particularly Iligan City, that eight (8) hinterland barangays of Iligan namely: Barangays Rogongon, Mainit, Digkilaan, Panoroganan, Kalilangan, Lanipao, Dulag, and Hindang will be included in the proposed BJE.

He further said that Iligan City strongly opposes the inclusion of its eight (8) barangays in the said MOA since actually and historically the same are inhabited by Higaonons, Christians and Maranaos. The agricultural barangays of the city comprised more than 80% of the city's land area.

A Resolution was then forwarded, per Resolution No. 08-503, done on its Regular Session held on August 1, 2008, urging Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to suspend further discussions and negotiations on the issue of Ancestral Domain between the GRP and the MILF slated to be signed on August 5, 2008 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, without prior consultation with all the inhabitants in the affected areas, particularly Iligan City, which is directly affected in the proposed MOA, and to urge Her Excellency that should there be a MOA on the areas designated as ancestral domain, the entire Local Government Units (LGUs) shall participate in the plebiscite to be held by virtue of an organic act to be adopted by Philippine Congress, as a matter of policy enunciated in the Local Government Code.

It has also resolved furthermore, to urge the Hon. Congressman Vicente F. Belmonte, Jr., 1st District of Lanao del Norte and Iligan City, to deliver a privilege speech in Congress embodying the views and opinions expressed by the Members of the body with the views of incumbent Mayor Lawrence Ll. Cruz and former Mayor Camilo P. Cabili.

PIA Iligan (http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p080805.htm&no=28)

No movement yet on flour price hike, says DTI Iligan

Iligan City (5 August) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Iligan City/Lanao del Norte Provincial Office, through the active participation of the Local Price Coordinating Council of Iligan City (LPCC), has given advisory on the price of flour (for June & July 2008)- the prevailing price of hard flour ranges from P915.00 (Sun-Moon & General brands) and P900.00 (Kutitap), as compared to its price three months ago of P939.00 and P925, respectively.

While the prevailing price of soft flour is P815.00 (Goldstar brand) and P805.00 (Isla brand), as compared to P840.00 and P830.00 three months ago.

Annabelle B. Encabo, chief, Business Regulations & Consumer Welfare Division of DTI Iligan said that both parties- the supplier and the consumers are not affected because if we consider the trend, it has gone down to its price in June and July of this year.

Our weekly monitoring, through the LPCC, has increased awareness of the consumers as to movement of prices in all commodities, we take hold of the broadcast media in giving advisory to the consuming public, said Encabo.

PIA Iligan (http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p080805.htm&no=29)

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sa US of A man tingali na madame. ;)

correct! sa US po yan.. walang u/c na bldg. dito sa iligan ganyan ka laki. :)

10TH NATIONAL MANGO CONGRESS, MAGSUGOD KARONG ADLAWA
08/05/08

Magsugod na karong adlawa ang pagpahigayong sa 10th National Mango Congress dinhi sa Dakbayan sa Iligan. Pagahimoon ang mga kalihukan alayon niini didto sa Elena Tower Inn sa Barangay Tibanga nga molungtad sa petsa 7 ning bulana.

Gitakdang mamahimong pinasidunggang dinapit sa pambukas nga programa karong buntag si Secretary Arthur Yap sa Department of Agriculture.

Sigun sa nasayran gikan Acting City Agriculturist Octavius Molo, gibana-banang moabot sa duolan usa ka libo ka mga mango growers gikan sa Luzon, Visayas ug Mindanao ang motambong niini nga nasudnong kalihukan.

Modumala sa maong congress ang mga sakop sa asosasyon sa mga mango growers sa Iligan ug Lanao del Norte sa pagpangulo ni Ms. Linda Halibas, ubos usab sa pagpaluyo sa kagamhanan sa siyudad pinanguluhan ni Mayor Lawrence Lluch Cruz.

Dugang nasayran gikan ni Molo nga ang ipahigayong Mango Congress adunay registration fee nga 1,800 pesos sa matag mango grower sa dakbayan ug 2,000 pesos niadtong magagikan sa uban dapit gawas sa Iligan . (boy decena)

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War is coming

MR. EXPOSE (http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20080806com4.html)
Amb. Ernesto Maceda

08/06/2008

Finally, the public read the terms of the MILF-GRP agreement on ancestral domain to be signed in Malaysia Monday morning when the Philippine Daily Inquirer published the agreement in full. Fortunately, the Supreme Court issued a TRO to stop the signing.

It became quite clear that GMA and her officials kept the negotiations secret and refused to give copies of the draft agreement to interested leaders and stakeholders of Mindanao because it was patently unconstitutional, extremely generous to the MILF and highly objectionable to any rational thinking Filipino.

As analyzed by many experts, it means the creation of a separate Bangsamoro state with the Philippine “central government” ceding territory and territorial waters, surrendering control of natural resources with the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity (BJE) getting 75 percent of all proceeds from oil, mines, forest, fisheries and other rich natural resources, including air rights. That’s in stark contrast to her obstinate refusal to give up P70 billion in VAT revenues on oil to benefit the whole country.

It means gerrymandering six towns and 700 barangays including those in traditional Christian areas like Zamboanga City and Iligan, not to mention Cotabato City.

Fast track the situation to five years after the agreement comes into force. You will have a Bangsamoro state with a well equipped armed force of at least 30,000 funded by the 75 percent share of income from natural resources and from assistance from the United States and oil rich Middle East states that have given it recognition.

Will the Bangsamoro civilian and military leaders be satisfied with their present territory? Consider the fact that under the Tripoli agreement, they claim the whole of Mindanao as their ancestral lands. Definitely, they will move aggressively toward expanding their territory. To begin with, pity the Christians of Basilan, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Sulu and especially Cotabato City which they insist on keeping as their capital even if it is not part of ARMM. Simply put, they will run them out of town. Kidnapping of businessmen, teachers and priests will escalate.

And the 700 barangays now included in ARMM which certainly would have a Bangsamoro armed detachment, would it be improbable if they will start to encroach and control neighboring barangays? No, it will most likely happen. Even now when a peace agreement is agreed upon, MILF rebels are raiding and killing Christians in Midsayap, Aleosan and Libungan in North Cotabato, and in Basilan.

The MILF-GRP agreement will mean the 90 percent of the Christian population will go to war to protect their hard earned land, houses and businesses.

The MILF-GRP agreement will not result in peace. On the contrary, it will mean war all over Mindanao with the unhappy circumstance that you will have Prime Minister Gloria Arroyo backing the Bangsamoro forces against her friends and relatives in Iligan, Davao and Cotabato.

You will have the 90 percent of Christian population in Mindanao planning to declare themselves as a separate Republic too, under President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Vicente “Donkoy” Emano. You will have the people of the “Central government” suffering more food shortages and food prices going up because you have to import food from rich Mindanao. Local industries will close because everything will be smuggled into the Bangsamoro territory worse than Subic or Port Irene.

GMA has committed not only treason but certainly a gross violation of her oath to do justice to every man.

By doing justice to 5 million Muslims she is committing an injustice to 85 million Filipinos.

Sad, but that is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Let’s hope and pray that the Supreme Court will side with the people over that of its patron, GMA. And make the TRO permanent.

More implications. Former Senate President Franklin Drilon and Makati Mayor Jojo Binay argued with much logic that if the Bangsamoro independent state is allowed to come into being, other ethnic minorities in the country can agitate for the same. The Igorots of Benguet can claim that Baguio is their ancestral domain, the Kalingas, the Apayaonons, the Ibanags and Hilogots can claim the whole of Region II or the Cagayan Valley. The Itnegs of Abra can claim the Cordillera Region.

And how about the Aetas of Zambales and the Mangyans of Mindoro? They too, would have a right to claim several towns including mountains in their traditional areas.

And yes, the Cebuano can claim Republic of Cebu too!

^^ Nice article there by Former Senator Ernesto Maceda. I hope all of us will be able to understand the implications with the GRP-MILF agreement. What he said in his article is a possibility. Drafting such agreement will result more chaos to other ethnic communities in the PHilippines. That's why, this time is the time for us to start rebuilding our country free from corruption. Rebuild our country free from bureaucratic red tape, abuse of power, incessant manipulation of rules in governance and bending of constitutional conventions. All of these are present in this administration. I hope everybody wakes up now to prevent our country from breaking into separate pieces of different countries.

Another 4-storey glassy building will soon rise near Iligan Surgical Village, Quezon Ave. Ext. , Pala-o. A perspective drawing (rendering) is already displayed in the area. :cheers:

I just want to correct the above info. The soon-to-rise 4-storey building is the MSU-IIT Coop Bldg. located in front of China Bank in Quezon Ave. Ext., Pala-o. I'll post the rendering soon. :cheers:

UG PIPILA KA PERSONALIDAD SA GRP PANEL, GIDEKLARA SA SP NGA ‘PERSONA NON-GRATA’
08/06/08

Gideklarar sa Sangguniang Panlungsod sa Iligan nga ‘persona non-grata’ sila si Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, Press Secretary Jesús Dureza, Presidential Adviser on Peace Process Hermogenes Esperon, ug mga negosyador sa panig sa gobyerno nga sila si Gen. Rodolfo Garcia, Atty. Lea Armamento,Atty. Segfrey Candelaria ug Director Mark Ryan Sullivan.

Unod kini sa resolusyon nga napasar sa konseho atol sa labing ulahing regular session niadtong nakalabay’ng adlaw.

Girepresentahan sa mga magbabalaod sa maong resolusyon ang halos tanan nga mga katawhan sa Iligan kinsa wala mahimuot sa pagtugyan sa GRP Panel sa walo ka mga barangay sa siyudad nga wala moagi sa tukmang konsultasyon.

Nakasulat usab sa resolusyon ang pag-isip sa nasangpit nga mga personalidad nga traydor sa pagsalig sa katawhan tungod sa paghikaw niini sa batakang katungod nga masayud sa mga kalihukan sa gobyerno.

Wala malakip si Prof. Rudy Rodil sa deklarasyon tungod kay dili man kini apil nga mopirma sa Memorandum of Agreement alang sa Ancestral Domain Aspect (MOA-AD). (mta)

www.iligan.gov.ph (http://www.iligan.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1278&Itemid=368)

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UNANG ADLAW SA 10TH NATIONAL MANGO CONGRESS, NAGMALAMPUSON
08/06/08

Nagmalampuson ang unang adlaw sa gipahigayong 10th National Mango Congress dinhi sa Dakbayan sa Iligan kanus-a gipahigayon ang pambukas nga seremonya ug mga unang hisgutanan kalabot sa dugang pagpalambo sa industriya sa mangga dinhi sa atong nasud.

Luyo kini sa pagkapakyas ni Secretary Arthur Yap sa Department of Agriculture nga makatambong sa maong dakong kalihukan didto sa Elena Tower sa Tibanga ning siyudad, tungod sa nahauna niining mga commitments sa kaulohan. Gipadala sa kalihim isip iyang representante mao si Dr. Rene Rafael Espino, usa sa mga opisyal sa DA alang sa pagpalambo sa high-value crops.

Miabi-abi kang Dr. Espino, mga resource speakers ug sa duolan sa usa ka libo ka mga partisipante gikan sa mga dapit sa Luzon, Visayas ug Mindanao mao sila si Mayor Lawrence Lluch Cruz ug Konsehal Simplicio “Pisyong” Larrazabal III sa Committee on Agriculture and Food sa konseho.

Unang gipanag-ambitan ang kabahin sa Mango Nutrition and Management pinaagi ni Dr. Severino Magat, gisundan kini sa Mango Tree Management pinaagi ni Dr. Ariston Calvo, Integrated Pest Management ni Dr. Conception Bravo, Mango Fungal Disease ni Dr. Noemi Tangonan, Anthracnose and Fruit Fly ni Walter Lituan nga usa ka mango grower sa Iligan, ug kabahin sa Research on Anthracnose and Fruit Fly ni Dr. Oscar Opima gikan sa University of the Philippines (UP) Los Baños, Laguna.

Aduna usa’y nahitabo nga open forum diin nagkabinaylo-ay og mga huna-huna ang mga mango growers ug ang mga bisitang eksperto.

Ang pagpahigayon sa 10th National Mango Congress nagsubay sa temang “Proficiency on Mango Productivity Quality and Profitability in the Global Market”. (boy decena)

correct! sa US po yan.. walang u/c na bldg. dito sa iligan ganyan ka laki. :)

bantog ra wala ko ka bantay... unsa new store ang mag open sa mall?

^^to name a few: Penshoppe, Bench, Rose Pharmacy, Loy's Pharmacy, Jollibee, Chowking. I heard Zoey Cafe is also opening an outlet and Interpace Computer too at the 3rd level. :cheers:

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hope mindanao will unite on this matter, hindi lang un mga affected area kasi d tatagal ma aapectahan din sila^^ D ba^^

Iligan will lose gold, copper, 8 barangays in BJE - mayor
08/05/2008 | 03:56 PM

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines – The proposed pact between government and the Moro Islamic Liberaton Front would mean that Iligan City would lose 82 percent of its land, the city mayor said Tuesday.

In addition, the city would also lose rights to possible gold and copper deposits.

Iligan City has 44 barangays, Mayor Lawrence Cruz said, and it would seem that taking the eight barangays would be harmless.

But the mayor pointed out that barangay Rogongon alone has 35,500 hectares out of the entire Iligan City land area of 81,337 hectares.

“Everything would be taken from us and leave us with only 18% of the land area. So I am glad that a TRO has been issued so that the rights of the people in Iligan City could be heard," Cruz said.

The mayor was referring to the portion of the memorandum of agreement between government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front that would mean an expanded Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao - called the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity (BJE).

The expanded entity would include villages carved out from different provinces and cities in Mindanao.

On Monday, about 10,000 Iligan City residents participated in the protest against the inclusion of the eight barangays - Mainit and Hindang which he claimed are populated with 100% Christians, Rogongon and Bigkilaan about 95% Christian, Panuruganan which is home to Higaonon tribal group in Iligan, while the predominantly Muslim barangays Lanipao, Dulag and Kalilangan are the farthest.

Aside from the Iligan protest, other rallies were held in different places in Mindanao.

Cruz said during the previous plebiscites - held November 1989 and August 2001 - Iligan City voted overwhelming 'no' to the proposal that it be included in the ARMM.

He said that no votes were pegged at 96.8% and 97.4% respectively.

Cruz claimed that the two election results were already clear manifestations that Iligan should be excluded.

“I can’t find any other city with such overwhelming result as compared to Davao and Zamboanga at those times,"he said.

Despite this, Cruz said he has nothing against the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity.

“It is probably the right time but at the wrong place. There is a peaceful co-existence between the Muslims and Christians here. We just want that friendly walls create good neighbors. We want to express what we want and we want it respected," Cruz clarified.

Cruz said that barangay Rogongon has the copper ore and some big mining companies have already filed their applications to operate in the area.

Barangay Mainit, he also said, has gold but only individual gold panners are operating there while there are pending applications as well.

“We don’t want to act on these hastily. Mining is a sensitive issue that is why all applications are on hold especially that the Catholic church expressed its legitimate interference," Cruz clarified.

While the TRO is in effect, Cruz said the city won’t letup with what it has started. It would continue to sustain its strong opposition against the inclusion of the eight barangays.

“We would continue the ways and means to show that Iligan City does not want to be included in the ARMM, we will have human chain one of these days in all barangays here from Buru-on to Dalipuga. We will hang streamers to all the houses and establishments so that the MILF and GRP would know our collective decision that we want to remain an independent city," he said. - GMANews.TV

not only gold, copper and land Iligan will lose...it will also lose its luster as an investment site in the CIC :ohno:

^^...and we don't want this to happen. No to Bangsamoro and it's not negotiable.

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^^Ngayon ko lang napansin. Hindi pala 4 storeys lang ang building na to. :)

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hi... ask ko lang ko naa pay EDMARK Phils diha sa Iligan?

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Banana here, banana there, banana everywhere :cheers:

hi... ask ko lang ko naa pay EDMARK Phils diha sa Iligan?

Kato ba nang appliance center? Duha man gud EDMARK diri, appliance center ug katong namaligya ug motorcycle ug parts. :)

Katong namaligya ug microwaveable plastic wares... sis co. nila ng namaligya sa mga SM Stores.

I was once employed by that company and the ILIGAN branch always tops the MINDANAO ranking sa SALES. thats why im wondering if it still existent?

^^My bad! DESMARK man diay ning appliance center diri di man diay EDMARK.

Sakto tuod, EDMARK, katong containers nga murag ceramics nga kakompetensya sa tupperware. Naa pa may mga dealers pero wa ko kabalo kung asa diri ang ilang office. :)

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Ang batang yagit. Bow!

^^Sakto tuod kato diayng containers nga murag ceramics nga kakompetensya sa tupperware. Naa pa may mga dealers pero wa ko kabalo kung asa diri ang ilang office. :)


wow... galing... anyways brings back memories from that company. niresearch ko sa web at eto yung address nila.

Door No. 7 Ground Flr. Padilla Bldg., A. Bonifacio Ave., Saray, Iligan City

Tel. (063) 492-2167 Fax. (063) 492-2084

edmarkiligan@globelines.com.ph

Edmark Intl na sila ngaun.

Sayang lang nagclose na sila sa Dvo. and cdo. because they have penetrated na lugar na malakas, which of course including ILIGAN.

how's the crowd in gaisano mall? i hope it is not being affected by this rumor regarding the BJE.

wow... galing... anyways brings back memories from that company. niresearch ko sa web at eto yung address nila.

Door No. 7 Ground Flr. Padilla Bldg., A. Bonifacio Ave., Saray, Iligan City

Tel. (063) 492-2167 Fax. (063) 492-2084

edmarkiligan@globelines.com.ph

Edmark Intl na sila ngaun.

Sayang lang nagclose na sila sa Dvo. and cdo. because they have penetrated na lugar na malakas, which of course including ILIGAN.


Thanks for the info @henji. :) Maganda ring pang-regalo yong product ng EDMARK. :banana:

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Ito pala yong office address ng EDMARK. Kita rin ang Display Center nila dito (right side, Ground Flr).


how's the crowd in gaisano mall? i hope it is not being affected by this rumor regarding the BJE.

Ganoon pa rin. Pinuputakti ng tao ang mall kahit hindi pa tapos. Business as usual ang attitude ng mga tao dito sa kabila ng mga pangyayari. :)

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Is Marawi City and Lanao del Sur better off now than 10 years ago?

this is my one cent worth answer to the Bangsamoro claims. And I guess every Mindanaoan would agree with me.

If the ARMM government could proved to me that during the last 15 years of its existence as an independent entity, it managed to uplift the life of its people, improved the economy of its controlled territory, and provided sufficient infrastructure project and development comparable to other regions in Mindanao, then I would declare openly that its worth joining their cause. After all, they received more money per capita than other regions in Mindanao, aside from the fact that they also received foreign grants from Middle East countries.

SHOW ME THIS AND I WILL JOIN YOUR CAUSE!

If you are from Mindanao as I am and have been living inside the ARMM territories, tell me that you are better off now than your neighboring provinces. If not, tell me where the money went? In Misuari's time the government gave him 40 Billion Pesos during his tenure, including foreign grants. COA reports liquidation of only 5% of the total amount. A report was made to the Saudi Government that a mosque was build out of its foreign grant and that highways were build from that money. When a representative of King Faad visited the region, he was awed on the four standing structure that is worth $30 million dollars. Its not even worthy to be called a monument much more a mosque. And Misuari's dream of 6 lane highway for Jolo was nowhere in sight. I would be happy to see a circumferential road instead. But that too is laid on thin air. Now tell me where are the rest of the money supposed to be for uplifting the life of the bangsamoro people. If all of them were given a share, they could have been all millionaires by now. So tell me?

^^How I wish I could answer your question. But I prefer not to for some reasons.

- I have friends who claim themselves as Bangsamoro people. What's most essential to them is the cultural and political identity and pride. I respect them.

Best of luck to the People of Iligan in Saving Your City.

I am grateful that I was able to visit and see Iligan as it was now that there are so many uncertainties in its future.

Hey guys, I saw a National BookStore vehicle parked at GMall yesterday. Are they negotiating for a space again?

Global Steel plans $ 1.6-B expansion



By MELODY M. AGUIBA

Global Steel Philippines (GSP), the country’s largest steel maker-exporter, eyes substantial coal and iron reserves as it positions for a $ 1.6 billion expansion that will triple its plant capacity from 1.2 million metric tons (MT) to 3.6 million.

GSP, formerly state-owned National Steel Corp., is in talks with various groups for an integration of raw material supply sourcing from its present steel-making business.

"We will have 3.6 million tons once we’re able to put up an integrated steel operation. But we’re still planning it. We’re looking for all opportunities," said Sangram Mohanty, GSP vice president for corporate communications, in an interview at a mining forum.

GSP is hoping to displace huge importation of raw materials for the steel plant in order to save on cost and enable the Philippines to become more globally competitive. The country, Mohanty said, imports all of its 70,000 MT raw material steel plate for manufacturing a steel product meant to be used for making cranes and other industrial equipment.

It is expanding in order to meet growing markets.

"There’s a shipping industry that’s taking a boom in the Philippines," he said. "Iligan will be the steel capital of the Philippines once we’re able to do this."

The reported a gross revenue of $ 195 million in 2007, up by 27 percent from the previous year.

Despite planned expansion, GSP is concerned that the Philippines has not yet comprehensively mapped its iron and coal resources which are essential to a steel industry which in turn is critical to a country’s economic development.

Another concern is technical smuggling which is stripping Philippine government of a big potential income from missed taxes. The company is coordinating with the Bureau of Customers, Federation of Philippine Industries and Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry on this concern.

GSP is affiliated in some way with Arcelor Mittal, world’s largest steelmaker in terms of turnover and second largest in steel output as of 2004 with E30.2 billion, as Arcelor Mittal Chairman Laksmi Mittal is brother of the chairman of Global Steel.

The company is a supplier of flat steel products for the local market and other South East Asian countries. Its products include hot rolled coils, hot rolled plates, cold rolled coils, and tinplates. Hot rolled products have applications for pipe and tube makers, shipbuilding, general engineering, fabrication, and construction.

Cold rolled products have applications in automotive, white goods appliance, galvanizing, roofing, fabrication, and drumstock.

Tin products have application in oil and food cans like infant dietetics, milk cans, sanitary cans, crown and screw caps, batteries, decorative and other novelty items.

GSP is run by the Global Ispat Holdings Ltd., one of world’s pioneer in steel production, and has facilities in Bulgaria, Nigeria, India, Bosnia, Libya and Zimbabwe.



manilabulletin (http://www.mb.com.ph/BSNS20080807131802.html)

Hey guys, I saw a National BookStore vehicle parked at GMall yesterday. Are they negotiating for a space again?

Sana makapasok ang NBS. Ang daming nagtatanong sa kin kung me NBS ang GMall. Maraming matutuwa kung matutuloy sila dito sa Iligan. :)

Here is a statement from a true blooded Mindanaoan himself.

On Target
Christian Mindanao up in arms

By Ramon Tulfo
Philippine Daily Inquirer (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20080807-153134/Christian-Mindanao-up-in-arms)
First Posted 00:54:00 08/07/2008


Is the government in Manila driving Mindanao to a civil war between Christians and Muslims?

This seems to be the drift after Presidential Peace Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. allegedly told North Cotabato Vice Gov. Manny Piñol that if the pact with the Moros to create a separate state does not push through, the military would not be able to protect Christian Mindanao from Moro attacks.

If he was quoted right, then he’s driving the Mindanao Christians to arm themselves!

That was the most irresponsible statement a top government official – and a peace adviser at that – could make!

As a former military officer who spent most of his years in the service in Mindanao, he should have known that without government intervention, there would have been carnage in the second biggest island a long time ago with the Christian majority having the upper hand.

What the Muslims are capable of doing, the Mindanao Christians can do eight times better or worse since Muslims comprise only 20 percent of the population in the island.

The silent Christian majority has been holding its peace and leaving it to the government to control the seemingly intractable Moro minority.

But if the government in Manila leaves the Christians to fend for themselves, all hell would break loose. It’s frightening to imagine the amount of blood that would be spilled in the island paradise.

Being from Mindanao, this writer knows the bad blood between the Christians and Muslims in the region, despite pronouncements by the government in Imperial Manila that the war in the south is political and not cultural in nature.

So please, Mr. Esperon, don’t add gasoline to the smoldering mutual hatred with irresponsible statements such as the one you allegedly made to Vice Governor Piñol!

Since you’re from Luzon, you don’t care about Mindanao. All you care about is finishing your job of negotiating with the Muslims for a lasting peace.

Mr. Esperon, you’re wrong to believe the Christian majority will swallow bitter medicine rammed down their throats by the government in Manila.

If you force the “medicine” on Christian Mindanao, you’re driving them to declare their own independence from the Republic of the Philippines.

Already, many local government officials have expressed their interest to join the Movement for Federal Republic of Mindanao of former Davao del Norte Congressman and Transportation and Communications Secretary Pantaleon Alvarez.

You’ll be surprised at the personalities who support the movement by Christian Mindanao to secede from the Republic.

I should know. I saw prominent Mindanaoans at a conference of the movement that I attended as a guest last year at the Eden Farm in Davao City.

The participants agreed in principle to quietly bring their independence aspiration before the United Nations.

A few wanted to discuss the possibility of forming a “Mindanao self defense force,” but the majority voted it down, fearing charges of sedition from the government.

But with Esperon’s thoughtless statement, things might change and the self-defense force could be formed.

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I rest my case.

I hope the $1.5 Billion investment will materialize. This will boost Iligan's local economy && encourage this kinds of investments.

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^^Ngayon ko lang napansin. Hindi pala 4 storeys lang ang building na to. :)

and also the car...^^

"Text Messages were circulating now, warning Muslims to refrain in going to Gaisano Mall Iligan starting today because the Mujahidins are scheduling to bomb the said mall, because they were angry at Mayor Cruz, pronouncement condemning the inclusion of 8 barangays into BJE..."


I just hope that this Text msg. is not true, but it is alarming! Totoo man yan o Hindi Much better kung mag iingat tayo.

that wouldn't help in their cause either...:ohno:

"Text Messages were circulating now, warning Muslims to refrain in going to Gaisano Mall Iligan starting today because the Mujahidins are scheduling to bomb the said mall, because they were angry at Mayor Cruz, pronouncement condemning the inclusion of 8 barangays into BJE..."


I just hope that this Text msg. is not true, but it is alarming! Totoo man yan o Hindi Much better kung mag iingat tayo.

It happens all the time lalo na pag me mga ganitong issues. I just hope it's not true. Me mga tao lang talaga na sumasakay sa panahon. :ohno:

It happens all the time lalo na pag me mga ganitong issues. I just hope it's not true. Me mga tao lang talaga na sumasakay sa panahon. :ohno:

Your Right but still mag iingat parin tayo! :ohno:

Sir A, kumusta na yun nakita mo sa dulo ng Gmall? yung parang shakeys.

"Text Messages were circulating now, warning Muslims to refrain in going to Gaisano Mall Iligan starting today because the Mujahidins are scheduling to bomb the said mall, because they were angry at Mayor Cruz, pronouncement condemning the inclusion of 8 barangays into BJE..."


I just hope that this Text msg. is not true, but it is alarming! Totoo man yan o Hindi Much better kung mag iingat tayo.

Lets stop calling them mujahidins baka ma religious nasad ni ila cause... :ohno: Bombers are terrorists...

Skin Diseases Among Iligan Villagers Not Caused By Chemical Plant - Doctors
08/06/2008 | 11:07 PM

ILIGAN CITY, Philippines – A group of medical specialists has conducted an investigation on the reported spread of skin diseases among residents of three villages here due to the presence of a nearby chemical plant.

The team was headed by Dr. Livey J Villarin, the city’s health officer, and had a dermatologist, two internists and two pediatricians as members.

Villarin said they set up three clinics in the area following reports of an epidemic of cancer-causing skin diseases here being blamed for the allegedly carcinogenic substances being emitted by a plant owned by MCCI Corporation.

The report prompted the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to order the temporary closure of the plant last June 18 pending investigation.

Villarin however said they did not find evidence that the diseases were caused by emission from the plant.

She said the results of the tests pointed to poor hygiene, congested homes and climatic changes as the main factors behind most of the cases of 672 patients who showed up in the clinics, which were conducted on June 21, July 5 and August 2 at Buruun village.

Aside from Villarin, the other doctors who examined patients were Dr. Alaric Navarro, dermatologist; Dr. Glenn Manarpaac, internist who works with Villarin at the City Health Office; Dr. Mohamad Minanga, internist; and Dr. Elisa Taranza and Dr. Arbeen Laurito, both pediatricians.

Villarin’s assessment, based on the medical team’s report, prompted Mayor Lawrence Lluch Cruz to request Environment Secretary Jose L. Atienza Jr to reopen the MCCI plant because medical findings do not “conclusively show that the company caused the diseases” as mentioned in previous published reports.

“The shutdown of the plant … has affected many of the City’s constituents, their families, our local business sector, including nearby towns which were also benefited in terms of supplying local raw materials,” Cruz said in his letter dated July 22.

The common medical cases noted were respiratory tract infection and hypertension.

For skin diseases, Navarro, a dermatologist, cited boils, contact dermatitis and scabies as the common complaints.

“At present, the skin malady that these patients have been experiencing cannot be attributed to the presence of the factory,” he said in his report. - GMANews.TV

Iligan City hosts 10th National Mango Congress

Iligan City (August 6) -- The mango industry is a rising star in the agricultural and economic development of Mindanao and the country, thus, it deserves the full support of the government and non-government organizations, said Mayor Lawrence Ll. Cruz.

The mango industry involves difficult and complicated processes, from site selection and planting of seedlings, up to the time the product reaches consumers. Technical knowledge and industry updates are thus most essential for each industry players. We aimed at developing our agricultural potential, one of which is the growing of mangoes, and being the co-host with the Mango Growers Association of Iligan City (MGAIC), in the 10th National Mango Congress held in our City, we would contribute in some way towards "Proficiency on Mango Productivity, Quality and Profitability in the Global Market," said Cruz.

In her opening statement Erlinda N. Halibas, MGAIC president and Congress Manager, said that the 3-day National Mango Congress at the Elena Tower Inn, Iligan City, is looking forward to convene to share their successes and failures, that some of their concerns will be addressed, more support from the government will be tapped, and more linkages will be developed for the success of this industry and the mango growers alike.

The presence of the delegates especially coming from Luzon and Visayas manifests that there is nothing to fear in going to Iligan. "We have a beautiful and peaceful place to live in, and I am encouraging the participants never to leave Iligan without seeing that majestic waterfalls-the Maria Cristina Falls and other tourist destinations in the city," said Halibas.

She added that as of the morning of the opening day, there already are more than 200 participants and the number is expected to grow over the following days. Participants coming from the six regions of Mindanao made up the bulk of the attendance.

Meanwhile, Virginia I. De la Fuente, President of Philippine Mango Industry Foundation, Inc. (PMIFI), revealed that until three years ago since she hosted the Congress on its 5th National Mango Congress held in Cebu, it seemed that there was nothing much done to address the major issues and concerns besetting the mango industry. However, starting last year we made some achievements. She said that the government and the private sector, through the National Mango Action Team and the members of the PMIFI, have recognized that the five basic parameters to attain more productions are: soft credit access, insurance, technology, logistics, and industrial harmony and teamwork.

She further said that within this Congress' sessions, it would present again the credit program of the Land Bank of the Philippines on their collateral-free 180-day term fruit production financing program through mango cooperatives or associations as many mango producers in Mindanao in particular are not still aware of the said program. "We have also negotiated with the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) thru its Region 7 Office to cover fruit production risks and no less than its president shall present their insurance program. We have also the father of mango flower induction technology, Dr. Ramon Barba who shall give an update on his invention," de la Fuente further said. However, our ultimate goal of mango production proficiency and profitabilty shall be in vain if our mango stakeholders will not strengthen their industry sub-groups- mango growers/producers/contractors, exporters, processors, and even the suppliers. As one strategy, the mango growers shall form municipal or cluster associations to avail the credit program of the LBP and to market t heir produce efficiently, added de la Fuente.

De la Fuente disclosed that they have acknowledged the fact that there is a staggering demand of our Philippine carabao mango for exports and the demand is growing very fast. Therefore, they request the government through DA to give mango industry their serious attention and they, in the private sector, shall put upon themselves the challenge of producing two million metric tons by year 2013 to generate more export revenues, added de la Fuente. (PIA Iligan)

PIA (http://www.pia.gov.ph/default.asp?m=12&r=&y=&mo=&fi=p080806.htm&no=72)

Sana makapasok ang NBS. Ang daming nagtatanong sa kin kung me NBS ang GMall. Maraming matutuwa kung matutuloy sila dito sa Iligan. :)

sana nga makapasok ang NBS, sayang ang LNC ko hindi magamit dito sa iligan.

NBS is one of my favorite tambayan. :)

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Welcome nga pala kay @traderganon at @kumakoy. Hope you enjoy your stay here at SSC-Iligan. :cheers:

hello @Alingnats! Thanks! btw, others may have not noticed but a new camera for public viewing is now up at the Roxas-Agunaldo crossing while construction is going on para magkugi ang mga workers, they're being watched worldwide. :applause:

'Heaven' in Iligan
By Renelaine Bontol Pfister
Philippine Daily Inquirer

TURON is my favorite Filipino snack. it takes me back to my high school days in MSU-IIT, Iligan City. I had one of the best times of my life in that school. There I received an excellent education, met teachers who became role models and classmates who became lifelong friends. And whenever I think of it, it evokes images of "Heaven."

That was what we called the place where we bought turon. It consisted of a high wall, on top of which was an opening similar to those in sari-sari stores, except that this one displayed only turon. When you peeked inside, you would see the turon-maker's house, with its wooden floors and a huge pot full of turon being cooked. You had to climb four steps in order to get to the small opening. That is why it was called "Heaven."

By 9:15 every school day, the place was crowded with hungry students. When I was in high school in the late 1990s, two pieces of turon on a barbecue stick cost P2. We always got it fresh and hot.

I still remember how it tasted. On the outside it was crispy and smothered with sugar, while inside the banana and jackfruit were soft and juicy. I always craved for it, even before our second class for the day was over. Later in the afternoon, if we felt like taking snacks, turon was still the popular choice.

Mrs. Flores was our favorite teacher. But more than a teacher, she was a friend and a great inspiration to us all. On Teachers' Day we surprised her with a huge canvass where we had painted our heartfelt messages for her. No one in the room was dry-eyed, not even the muscle-bound bully. She bought us turon and juice contained in little transparent plastic bags.

It's been a while since I last tasted the tasty turon from "Heaven." I now live in New Jersey, where I am working as a physical therapist. Instead of turon, we usually have apple pie, cheese cake, strawberry shortcake, and the like.

There's a Filipino restaurant nearby where I can buy the foods I miss: crispy pata, kare-kare, and, of course, turon. One time, I saw the waiter take something from the glass display case. The waiter tripped and some white things tumbled on the carpeted floor. He hastily put them back on the plate. I realized it was turon.

But the turon they have here cannot compare to the ones I loved when I was in high school. All our kababayans do is wrap the banana and jackfruit with lumpia wrapper, and fry it. There is no sugar coating, which adds a special flavor to the snack. Still it's a lot more expensive. It could cost you 50 cents, a dollar, or more. But I buy it just the same, because there are worse ways to waste your money. With turon, my stomach and my soul are satisfied.

It's a pity that I couldn't go home for our class' 10th anniversary reunion. I have been left wondering if "Heaven" is still there.

Inquirer.net (http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20080807-153113/Heaven-in-Iligan)

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LAMIIIII BITAW ANG TURON SA HEAVEN! I remember this place during my high school days at MSU-IIT IDS. Pag snack break na, me and my classmates go here instead sa canteen. Mrs. Flores is also my fave teacher :)

^^Thanks for the info @traderganon. Kaya pala medyo mabilis than usual ang kanilang trabaho. Sana lahat ng mga projects ng gobyerno me nakatutok na surveillance cam. :lol:

Pasok na rin pala ang Rusty Lopez sa Gaisano Mall. Magiging dalawa na ang shops nila dito sa Iligan. :)

BTW, napadaan ako kanina sa bagong outlet ng Mr Donuts. Read-ing ready na po sila for their opening tomorrow. :cheers:

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Sana makapasok ang NBS. Ang daming nagtatanong sa kin kung me NBS ang GMall. Maraming matutuwa kung matutuloy sila dito sa Iligan. :)

I sure hope there will be. A lot of Iliganons would travel to other cities just to look for books in National Bookstore. An Iligan branch of National Bookstore is a huge help. :-)

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Thanks for sharing these photos sir. It gives me that good chance to see the city once more.

May I ask if you have photos of Jollibee, the Post Office, and Chowking? I hope its alright to ask in this forum.

Thanks.

'Heaven' in Iligan
By Renelaine Bontol Pfister
Philippine Daily Inquirer

TURON is my favorite Filipino snack. it takes me back to my high school days in MSU-IIT, Iligan City. I had one of the best times of my life in that school. There I received an excellent education, met teachers who became role models and classmates who became lifelong friends. And whenever I think of it, it evokes images of "Heaven."

That was what we called the place where we bought turon. It consisted of a high wall, on top of which was an opening similar to those in sari-sari stores, except that this one displayed only turon. When you peeked inside, you would see the turon-maker's house, with its wooden floors and a huge pot full of turon being cooked. You had to climb four steps in order to get to the small opening. That is why it was called "Heaven."

By 9:15 every school day, the place was crowded with hungry students. When I was in high school in the late 1990s, two pieces of turon on a barbecue stick cost P2. We always got it fresh and hot.

I still remember how it tasted. On the outside it was crispy and smothered with sugar, while inside the banana and jackfruit were soft and juicy. I always craved for it, even before our second class for the day was over. Later in the afternoon, if we felt like taking snacks, turon was still the popular choice.

Mrs. Flores was our favorite teacher. But more than a teacher, she was a friend and a great inspiration to us all. On Teachers' Day we surprised her with a huge canvass where we had painted our heartfelt messages for her. No one in the room was dry-eyed, not even the muscle-bound bully. She bought us turon and juice contained in little transparent plastic bags.

It's been a while since I last tasted the tasty turon from "Heaven." I now live in New Jersey, where I am working as a physical therapist. Instead of turon, we usually have apple pie, cheese cake, strawberry shortcake, and the like.

There's a Filipino restaurant nearby where I can buy the foods I miss: crispy pata, kare-kare, and, of course, turon. One time, I saw the waiter take something from the glass display case. The waiter tripped and some white things tumbled on the carpeted floor. He hastily put them back on the plate. I realized it was turon.

But the turon they have here cannot compare to the ones I loved when I was in high school. All our kababayans do is wrap the banana and jackfruit with lumpia wrapper, and fry it. There is no sugar coating, which adds a special flavor to the snack. Still it's a lot more expensive. It could cost you 50 cents, a dollar, or more. But I buy it just the same, because there are worse ways to waste your money. With turon, my stomach and my soul are satisfied.

It's a pity that I couldn't go home for our class' 10th anniversary reunion. I have been left wondering if "Heaven" is still there.

Inquirer.net (http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20080807-153113/Heaven-in-Iligan)

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LAMIIIII BITAW ANG TURON SA HEAVEN! I remember this place during my high school days at MSU-IIT IDS. Pag snack break na, me and my classmates go here instead sa canteen. Mrs. Flores is also my fave teacher :)


I was once a student of IDS also. :-) Yes, Heaven is a favorite place. And the Turon, it is simply delicious. :-)

Odat is my fave teacher. Hehehehe. Just Kidding.

Welcome to SSC-Iligan @Octavarium :cheers:

BTW, were you a member of Octava? :)

Welcome to SSC-Iligan @Octavarium :cheers:

BTW, were you a member of Octava? :)

Thank you for the welcome sir!

No, I'm not a member of Octava. Some of my highschool batchmates in IDS were members of the said group. As for me, my voice is just good for my little bathroom. Hehe. :-)

Octavarium is the name of the seventh album of the progressive rock band, Dream Theater. I just like the name and when it came to register here, it immediately came top-of-mind. :-)

Iligan City execs express relief over SC decision on MOA
08/04/2008 | 05:50 PM

ILIGAN CITY, Philippines - Iligan City officials on Monday felt relieved Monday upon learning that the Supreme Court had already issued a temporary Restraining Order against the memorandum of agreement which would be signed by government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front representatives on Tuesday.

Mayor Lawrence Cruz said that although the struggle is not yet over at least Iligan City has been given ample time to let the Moro Islamic Liberation Front understand that Iligan City is not against the GRP-MILF Bangsamoro Juridical Entity.

"We only want that the will of our people will be respected", Mayor Cruz, who was informed of the SC decision by Congressman Vicente Belmonte Jr., added.

Rogongon Barangay chairman Dimapinggon Comonog, the barangay chief of one of the villages which would be included in the entity said he was relieved by the decision.

"Nagpasalamt ako nga na postponed ang pag perma sa MOA sa GRP-MILF. Akong paningkamutan nga sa akong barangay malinawon ang katawhan bisan kung may MILF. (I am very glad that the signing was postponed. In my barangay, I will see to it that there will be a harmonious co-existence and peace even with the presence of MILF),"he said.

Barangay Panoroganan chair Basir Comonog, for his part, thanked Cruz and Belmonte for providing moral support to their struggle.

Digkilaan chairman Aurelio Magaro said that the struggle for peace in Iligan must go on by strengthening the harmonious relationship among Christians and Muslims.

Vice Mayor Procopio Chang of Linamon, Lanao del Norte also expressed relief after learning that the Supreme Court made the rightful decision of signing the Temporary Restraining Order.

"The (Iligan City) executive and the legislative body approved a resolution requesting President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to delete the eight barangays from being included in Bangasamoro Juridical Entity. The municipality of Linamon voted "NO" in two previous ARMM plebiscite," Chang said. - GMANews.TV

www.gmanews.tv (http://www.gmanews.tv/story/111331/Iligan-City-execs-express-relief-over-SC-decision-on-MOA)


Seems like this has been the talk of the town and I think I have something to share.

First, why did it come to pass that our "honorable" lawmakers are not in agreement about it? Even more disturbing, the TRO issued by the Supreme Court all the more illustrates the defective, if not unconstitutional, nature of the BJE.

Second, how come the MILF were saying that it already was a done deal? Now, they are saying that they are giving the government an ultimatum.

I would readily say that I don't have concrete facts. But the way the pro-BJE and the MILF are handling the entire affair from birth to suspended abortion makes me think that there must be treachery involved here.

As they say, if there's smoke, there's fire.

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Jollibee Tibanga

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Jollibee Aguinaldo

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Chowking Aguinaldo

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Post Office

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Jollibee Tibanga

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Jollibee Aguinaldo

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Chowking Aguinaldo

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Post Office

Many many thanks sir! :-)

You made my day! :-)

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^^Ngayon ko lang napansin. Hindi pala 4 storeys lang ang building na to. :)

Wow! The Coop has gone a long, long way. I remember then, their office was just a single room with eight to ten staff. I opened my first ever savings account there. P100. Hehehe.

Thank you for the welcome sir!

No, I'm not a member of Octava. Some of my highschool batchmates in IDS were members of the said group. As for me, my voice is just good for my little bathroom. Hehe. :-)

Octavarium is the name of the seventh album of the progressive rock band, Dream Theater. I just like the name and when it came to register here, it immediately came top-of-mind. :-)

Ah. Ok. Nice name. :okay:

When was the last time you've been to Iligan, if you don't mind? :)

Ah. Ok. Nice name. :okay:

When was the last time you've to Iligan, if you don't mind? :)

June 2008 sir. :-) I really miss the place. That's one of the reasons why I'm very thankful you posted photos of the city.

June 2008 sir. :-) I really miss the place. That's one of the reasons why I'm very thankful you posted photos of the city.

Nice to hear that. We're just happy bringing back the memories. :cheers: