i agree. hope dili nila butangan ug overpass, skywalk, etc.

but the bulua portion of that has one..

Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Ched mulls ordering refund of XU fees
By Lizanilla J. Amarga

THE regional office of the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) is now studying the petition to order Xavier University (XU)-Ateneo de Cagayan to make a "full refund" of the allegedly "illegal increase in tuition, matriculation, and other fees" imposed in academic year 2006-2007.

The XU students who are clamoring for a refund staged an activity dubbed as "Ateneans Light Candles of Hope for Accessible and Quality Education" at XU late afternoon Monday.

Ched-Northern Mindanao chief education program specialist Dr. Zenaida Gersana Tuesday said their office recently received the petition to order XU for a full refund.

"Our technical division is now studying their petition," she said, adding that they have 15 days to act on the matter.

Several XU students last Monday submitted to Ched a petition to order XU to immediately refund its students for increasing its tuition, matriculation, and other fees imposed for academic year 2006-2007 without consultation.

The students who organized themselves as Lihok Atenista! -- an alliance of Ateneans for accessible and quality education -- said XU justified the above increases without consultation by citing Ched Memorandum (CMO) 14.

They added that CMO 14 has been declared illegal by Congress last year as it is inconsistent with Section 10 of Republic Act 6728 that provides for proper parents and student consultation before an increase in school fees be imposed.

Gersana said they have received reports that last December 2006, there was a national conference of tuition fee coordinators that was attended by congressmen.

She said they were informed that the congressmen has reportedly asked Ched to come out with another CMO to revise CMO 14 and its implementing guidelines considering that it runs counter to Republic Act 6728.

"For now we are waiting on our Central Office," she said.

Nevertheless, Gersana said the petition filed by XU students no longer came as a surprise to them because of the December 2006 conference.

"Our Central office anticipated something like this," she said.

Lawyers, who requested anonymity, told Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro that Congress cannot just declare a valid memorandum order as illegal and thus, null and void.

They said the students needed to go to court to have CMO 14 declared illegal and petition that a full refund to the students must be made.

"Only the courts can declare a memorandum order as illegal, thus creating no right or obligation on the concern parties," one of the lawyers said.

"Besides, it is highly unlikely that Ched will come out with an order for Xavier to refund the students considering that this government agency will somehow be indirectly admitting that it was wrong," added the lawyer.

Wednesday, January 17, 2007
ABS-CBN expands network coverage

MORE in-depth stories and expanded coverage of Northern Mindanao are expected with the recent integration of TV Patrol Northern Mindanao that was launched at the station's Bulua office compound last Monday.

ABS-CBN news chief Adroel Alcober and the network's Mindanao cluster head Louis Benedict Bennett said the integration was initiated as early as last year but was only completed this year owing to technical preparations.

Local and national government officials along with representatives from the media, civil, and business sectors attended the launching.

Alcober explained that the integration means that the station's Northern Mindanao news program would be aired simultaneously in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan City from 6 to 6:30 p.m.

"With the integration, we can also expect reports from Butuan City and our correspondents from Caraga region, though Butuan has a separate news program. The move towards integration was based in part on cultural similarities between Cagayan de Oro and Iligan," Alcober said.

For his part, Bennett said the expansion only signifies that TV Patrol Network Northern Mindanao isn't merely confined to the communities it serves.

"The news program is not parochial or confined to (the local area) delivering community news...it is not competing locally but on an international level," Bennett said.

The two said an eventual integration with its Butuan station may be forthcoming but not in the near future.

The network covers the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan as well as the provinces of Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Bukidnon and Camiguin and some parts of Zamboanga del Norte and Zambaonga del Sur.

The integrated TV Patrol Northern Mindanao is anchored by veteran journalists Alden Bacal and Conchita May Tanate.

Its Cagayan de Oro-Iligan reporters consist of Lorenzo Luzon, Shiela Joy Labrador, Maricel Butardo together with Iligan Senior Reporter Ronnie Enderes and Reporter Roxanne Arevalo. (Stephen Capillas)

hehe..mao mao..

WORD OF THE DAY for me...."naikog"...

iresearch nako unsay meaning...hehe

Naikog = (same as naulaw/nakahiya)This word used most specifically when you owed someone and its precipitated action is to give him a gratitiude or favor him of his request or doing a counterpart.

e.g. taken from @Exile word: "naikog naman gud ko nimo nga ikaw ra ang tig kuha ug pix nya igo ra ko tig tan-aw/basa. hehe.."

Explanation: Nahiya si Exile kay Francis since si Francis lang ang palaging nakapuno sa thread ng mga pictures at na-enjoy niya ang panoorin ang posts therfore Exile in his own will gave not only to Francis but also to the CDO thread a gratitude by contributing something to this thread.

but the bulua portion of that has one..


Meron bang skywalk sa Bulua? or overpass lang...

over pass po.. malapit sa may Bulua highway- Macapagal drive junction..

Naikog = (same as naulaw/nakahiya)This word used most specifically when you owed someone and its precipitated action is to give him a gratitiude or favor him of his request or doing a counterpart.

e.g. taken from @Exile word: "naikog naman gud ko nimo nga ikaw ra ang tig kuha ug pix nya igo ra ko tig tan-aw/basa. hehe.."

Explanation: Nahiya si Exile kay Francis since si Francis lang ang palaging nakapuno sa thread ng mga pictures at na-enjoy niya ang panoorin ang posts therfore Exile in his own will gave not only to Francis but also to the CDO thread a gratitude by contributing something to this thread.

hehe..TnX! Gagamiton ba gihapon na nga word sa CDO bai?

Ginagamit yan sa mga original Kagay-anon, Cebu based word.

i see...anyway, have you read the post by Exile? So i must assume this closes the notion that SM wasnt able to buy the Florendo's property in front of Gaisano..:)

7 pages na dalia ra, mangutana unta ko kung naa kaha ma palitan spare parts sa suzuki every, minivan sa CDeO, duha2x ko og kuha sa unit basin wala baligya spare parts....mingaw nako CDeO hapit na gyud bakasyon....

naa'y suzuki showroom diri.. kana bitaw in front of Gaisano Mall.. Regarding sa spare parts, kung walay available, mu order man na sila upon your request.. mao man na ang gabuhaton sakong papa sa isuzu.

ILIGAN bai's...Butang sad nako diri ha...kay labot man sad mi ani..:D
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^^ walay kurat @lew. Northern Mindanao Component bitaw ni sa MRS

Ato ni Bai. No probs.

^^ walay kurat @lew. Northern Mindanao Component bitaw ni sa MRS

Ato ni Bai. No probs.

:okay:

kato kahang gi post sa inyo thread bout MRS, recent kaha to? unta ba.. aron mabuhi nasad akong hopes ani nga ambitious project..

unyag madayon ni, hastang right-of-way acquisition cguro ilang buhaton dari.. wa nay pwede agihan ang riles kay blocked na ug developments ang downtown..

MAKRO CDO

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source (http://www.freewebs.com/cdoshop/shoppingcenters.htm)

Park Cafe- Divisoria

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OIC (only in cagayan) - Corrales Ave.

http://www.freewebs.com/cdodine/cdooic013.jpg
Source (http://www.freewebs.com/cdodine/restaurants.htm)

meron bang online classified ads ang cagayan de oro?

not so sure about that.. Are you adverstising something or your looking up for something perhaps?

CdeO as seen from HighRidge

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@FrancisX where is High Ridge? notice the tables and chairs. murag restaurant ni or open-air bar?

Naikog = (same as naulaw/nakahiya)This word used most specifically when you owed someone and its precipitated action is to give him a gratitiude or favor him of his request or doing a counterpart.

e.g. taken from @Exile word: "naikog naman gud ko nimo nga ikaw ra ang tig kuha ug pix nya igo ra ko tig tan-aw/basa. hehe.."

Explanation: Nahiya si Exile kay Francis since si Francis lang ang palaging nakapuno sa thread ng mga pictures at na-enjoy niya ang panoorin ang posts therfore Exile in his own will gave not only to Francis but also to the CDO thread a gratitude by contributing something to this thread.

...refers to the little dog's tail between its legs when confronted by a BIG BAD DOG.

katuod kas macasandig bai? kanang bukid taas ana.. mao nay high ridge.. nice gihapon ang sunset view diha..

restaurant man na sa una pero gi pa close ni Mayor Emano. Kulang daw ang papeles.. Pero duda nako, samukan sya ug daghan taw pirmi kay duol man diha iyang balay.

anyway, open to the public ra gihapon sya. Naa man sad mapalitan ug pagkaon, duol ra sad diha..

katuod kas macasandig bai? kanang bukid taas ana.. mao nay high ridge.. nice gihapon ang sunset view diha..

restaurant man na sa una pero gi pa close ni Mayor Emano. Kulang daw ang papeles.. Pero duda nako, samukan sya ug daghan taw pirmi kay duol man diha iyang balay.

anyway, open to the public ra gihapon sya. Naa man sad mapalitan ug pagkaon, duol ra sad diha..

a ok. naa ko migo dha sa taas. cant recall the place but if one looks out their window, makit-an ang Xavier estates. abi nako those are pics from the restaurant just across Pryce Plaza entrance. i wonder if its still in business.

ey, basin member na dri sa SSC si Mayor E and kabalo sya imo kwa-an pics iya balay from HighRidge. :)

i see...anyway, have you read the post by Exile? So i must assume this closes the notion that SM wasnt able to buy the Florendo's property in front of Gaisano..:)

Nadeal na siguro kanang yuta atbang sa Gaisano sa mga Floriendos. Other proof is that I heard from the newss of Mike Baños that SM will put up hypermarket in downtown area.

Thursday, January 18, 2007
City earns P22 million from business renewal

THE continuing registration and renewal of business permits covering January 2 to 15 this year earned a total of P22,910,288.70.

In a press statement sent to Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro, City Treasurer Lino Daral said the figure is 15 percent higher compared to the same period last year with only P19,924,522.15 collected last year or a difference of P2,985,766.57.

The total collection was derived from 6,109 business establishments that renewed their business for the year. Daral said they are still expecting 10,000 more business establishments to renew before the deadline on Monday, January 22.

A total of 16,000 business establishments are expected to renew and open for the year, Daral added.

The city treasurer pointed out that the increasing number of businesses that registered this year is a clear indication of the continuing trust and confidence placed by the business community in the city government.

On the other hand, Daral urged those who have yet to renew their businesses to process their business permit applications until Monday, January 22, to avoid 25 percent surcharge and two percent penalty.

Daral said the one-stop-processing center is open on Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Monday, the City Finance Department will be open until 12 midnight.

The city treasurer also clarified that even if business permit applications are already received before the due date, the date of payment will still be the determining factor in the imposition of penalty and surcharge.

Daral said the processing of business permits is now very convenient with the assignment of priority numbers for the transacting public. Benches are also provided to ensure comfort of those who are waiting while the their permits are being processed. (CIO)

Sunstar

Cdeo takes centerstage in Nat’l Arts Month fete for Mindanao
by Sandra B. Tadeo/City Information Office
Date Published: 2007-01-17

Cagayan de Oro will take the centerstage in the up-coming celebration of the National Arts Month for Mindanao in February this year.

Imma Rae D. Gatuslao, acting city tourism officer disclosed that the month-long celebration entitled “Pasundayag…Alay Sa Inahang Yuta” will showcase the rich culture and arts not only of the people here in Cagayan de Oro but in other parts of Mindanao and the rest of the country. The celebration will open with an opening ritual called “Pagpupugay” on February 3, 8:00 a.m. at the Capitol University. But the formal opening will be held at 3:00 in the afternoon of the same day at the Atrium of the Limketkai Mall.

Along this, Gatuslao enjoined the public to witness the street dancing at the Limketkai Complex that will be performed by such performers as the Valencia City Kaamulan Dancers, Capitol University Dance Troupe, Xavier University Dance Troupe, Kagayan Performing Arts, and the Cagayan de Oro City High School. Also expected to perform during the opening program are the Sining Kambayoka, Integrated Performing Arts (IPAG), the City Central School Children’s Choir, Capitol University Glee Club and the Consolacion Street Band. Key figures from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts such as Dr. Alejandro Roces, a national artist for literature; Presidential Adviser on Cultural Affairs and NCCA Executive Director Cecile Guidote-Alvarez; and Director Carmencita Bernardo of the Outreach Division of the Cultural Center of the Philippines are expected to grace the opening program of the month-long celebration of Philippine Arts.

Dr. Roces will hold a lecture on Creative Writing at the Capitol University Conference Hall in the morning of Feb. 3. The registration is free but participants will be accommodated on a first-come-first-served basis. On Feb. 9, there will be a theater artists and cultural workers forum with a special performance by the Mebuyan from Davao City. This will also be held at the CU Conference Hall. Gatuslao likewise enjoined the Cagayanons to watch the Salidahan sa Night Café on Feb, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, and 24 which will showcase a series of film showing, visual arts presentation and cultural, ballet and contemporary dance presentations by the CU Dance zTroupe, XU Dance Troupe, Eugene School of Ballet, Kalambaguhan Theater Collective, Liceo de Cagayan Rondalla, Kagayan Performing Arts, Bukidnon Ethnic Music Ensemble, MOGCHS Rondalla and the City High School Dance Troupe. The public may also watch the Salidahan sa Limketkai on Feb. 11 & 17 which will feature a choral festival and contemporary dance festival by such performing artists as the CU Glee Club, XU Glee Club, MISA, BSC Choral, Luz L Major, CU Dance Troupe, First Fruits Christian Academy, Kung Hua High School and the Douglas Nierras Powerdance. On February 28, the Philippine Madrigal Singers will hold a concert entitled “Tara Na…Madztawanan Na!”. Venue of the concert will be announced soon.

For more details regarding the National Arts Month activities, please contact Alicia G. Sarmiento, head of the Cultural Office of the Capitol University at Tel. No. 72-61-36 local 278 or Joseph Espadilla, Project Coordinator of the NCCA 2007 Arts Month Celebration for Mindanao through Tel. No. 72-61-36 local 262. The celebration of the National Arts Month, now on its 17th year, begun in 1991 through Presidential Proclamation No. 683, with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) as the lead agency. This year, the month-long celebration of the National Arts Month has evolved from Manila-centered activities to a nation-wide event with key activities in Luzon, VIsayas and Mindanao and involves hundreds of artists from different arts disciplines.

Source (http://www.cagayandeoro.gov.ph/index.php?page=news&id=306)

CDO skyview

uKguKZ-BTOI

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CDO skyview2

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i agree. hope dili nila butangan ug overpass, skywalk, etc.

panira talaga ng view ang mga overpass, sana underpass nalang ang ipagawa

ILIGAN bai's...Butang sad nako diri ha...kay labot man sad mi ani..:D

Ay, sa mapa pala ng MRS aabot pala sa amin ang tren. Akala ko kasi dun din dadaan sa Quezon ang rail papuntang Davao.

MAKRO CDO

http://www.freewebs.com/cdoshop/makro%20004.jpg

source (http://www.freewebs.com/cdoshop/shoppingcenters.htm)


Parang Makro Novaliches ang Makro sa CDO.

Ay, sa mapa pala ng MRS aabot pala sa amin ang tren. Akala ko kasi dun din dadaan sa Quezon ang rail papuntang Davao.

asa makita ang mapa ana? anyway, dugay na man na diba? madayon ba na anytime soon?

;11353696']asa makita ang mapa ana? anyway, dugay na man na diba? madayon ba na anytime soon?

according to an article posted in ILIGAN thread, bidding starts in 4 months kuno..

anyway, mao ni map sa MRS Phase1.
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CDO skyview

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video courtesy from kamiguy001

cool.. anong plane to? i've tried both 5J and PR from MNL to CGY but di naman dito dumadaan yung plane.. Sa may bulua area..

a ok. naa ko migo dha sa taas. cant recall the place but if one looks out their window, makit-an ang Xavier estates. abi nako those are pics from the restaurant just across Pryce Plaza entrance. i wonder if its still in business.

ey, basin member na dri sa SSC si Mayor E and kabalo sya imo kwa-an pics iya balay from HighRidge. :)

That's "Lantaw Kagayan".. and yeah..it's still in business. Vibrant kaayo ang place especially at night..:)

:lol: i hope i open nila balik ang Restaurant sa HighRidge. Tsada pud if daghan tao diha pirmi.. Pag adto man gud namo gabii, maihap ra nimo..

Ay, sa mapa pala ng MRS aabot pala sa amin ang tren. Akala ko kasi dun din dadaan sa Quezon ang rail papuntang Davao.

Yup, and since pa Dangcagan ang riles, it shall pass by Cotabato first before Davao.. Ang layo huh! sana sa Quezon nlng idaan yung riles, para kuyaw pud bah, mag-latay latay ang train sa gilid ng matatarik na bundok.. Europe! :lol:

wala diay mi labot sa phase one..sayang, gusto ko pa naman sana mag train pa Cagayan :(

ang Phase 1 is ILIGAN-CDO(up to Phividec)

ang DAVAO-CDO last phase pa.. mas mauuna pa ang DAVAO-GES and DAVAO-Surigao.

now the question is, kelan yan sisimulan?????

^^ dugay na man nako na nadungog pero wala may action.

neway mauna ang Davao-Surigao/Gensan kaysa CDO..that doesnt make sense at all, mas daghan man makinabang sa davao-CDO connection

siguro kasi mao na ang pinaka lisud i construct.. imagine ang mga riles sa zigzags of bukidnon, iapil pa ang buda.. Pero bitaw, mas maayo untag dili i last ang DVO CDO kay mao nay pinaka dako ridership nga route tingali..

according to an article posted in ILIGAN thread, bidding starts in 4 months kuno..

anyway, mao ni map sa MRS Phase1.
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payts ni nga plano. murag grade school pako nakadungog ani and that was a loong time ago :ancient:
i like the plan as it is - through the heart of bukidnon para maapil pud and mga municipalities beyond maramag. if i win the lotto, ill join the bidding para masugdan na dayon!
zigzags of bukidnon + bullet train @ 200 km/h... yehaa! :horse:

haha.. i wudnt dare ride on that..:lol:


sakto ba akong understanding sa graphics? kanang naay circular na green, mao ra nay butangan ug station? :ohno:

Nadeal na siguro kanang yuta atbang sa Gaisano sa mga Floriendos. Other proof is that I heard from the newss of Mike Baños that SM will put up hypermarket in downtown area.

sorry but who's mike baños?

anyway, a stand alone Hypermarket? so most probably it's gonna look like Ororama's.. Bigger version perhaps.

^^It would probably be named a SuperCenter

SM SuperCenter CDO? hehehe.. but surely, it wud be more profitable than SM city.

sakto ba akong understanding sa graphics? kanang naay circular na green, mao ra nay butangan ug station? :ohno:

ah, bahala na wala pami station basta sugdan lang nila as soon as they can. anyway anad nami taga DC ambak sa jeep, bachelor, tricycle etc... kaya ghapon nang train.

COUNTRY COOKING
Mindanao then and now

By Micky Fenix
Inquirer
Last updated 07:03pm (Mla time) 01/17/2007

IT is said that the past may come back to haunt you. Well, it did on a trip to Cagayan de Oro last year, though not in the horrific way you may imagine.

While waiting to judge the next round of the culinary competition called Kumbira, an usher said a former student wanted to talk to me. And there she was, her face so familiar even if I could not recall her name at that moment. When she mentioned it, of course, I remembered.

Next day, she brought some more classmates, whose freshmen faces I used to look at each morning during the one year I taught at Xavier University.

All have children, some even have grandchildren. Some are engaged in business or have climbed way up the corporate ladder.

We lunched at Bigby’s, a restaurant set up by a couple, young entrepreneurs who are constant competitors (and winners) at the culinary contest. We moved to another venue owned by a young chef who trained abroad and who specialized in pastries and cakes.

All around, there were several eating places, some just being constructed.

The way it was

They are a far cry from the few restaurants that were there during my teaching year. I went out with a group of seniors (I myself had just graduated then) some evenings.

We frequented this pizza place and the owner knew when my friends’ allowances came and when I was paid my salary. We would order whole pizzas and the laughter in the place was decibels higher. Compare that to just one slice each and the subdued conversation during lean days and you get the difference.

I learned to take salad with my lunch in Cagayan de Oro. At the time, iceberg lettuce was difficult to get in Manila, but the farms were already growing greens in the cool climate of Bukidnon.

At last year’s Kumbira, growers met with the chef-judges from Manila to find out how they could market their goods during the stormy months when Baguio and Tagaytay couldn’t supply Manila restaurants.

Bukidnon is still a beautiful plateau of grazing lands. The Del Monte pineapple plantation that was, and still is, a too exclusive place is located here. My friends and I plotted to go there during the harvest season because we were told that after the choice pineapples were picked, anyone could get as much of the fruit that were left in the field.

Being culinary ignoramuses then, the thought of eating all that pineapple scratched that adventure from our must-do list.

Marawi was a must-visit place even then, an adventure certainly because it was the height of the Muslim separatist movement. And yet we rode a Xavier University bus into Muslim territory. The mayor sought to reassure us by saying, “When you are in Marawi you are safe.” Not welcome, just safe.

A taste of ‘marang’

I don’t remember what we ate at the Mindanao State University canteen but it was there that I had my first taste of marang, the aromatic fruit that looks like a smaller version of the jackfruit.

Because I was already in Mindanao, plans were made to visit other places there. We thought of going to Davao City by car. There was a chance to go to the Dole plantation in South Cotabato because a first cousin was married to the president.

Both involved complicated planning and the lack of good roads at the time wasn’t encouraging. But I think the plans were scratched because, by then, I was terribly homesick.

Mindanao was not really a strange place during that teaching stint. I had been there before during one college vacation. My sisters and I traveled to this southern island on an interisland boat.

On that trip I dared to taste my first durian in Davao City and, on board a Japanese ship loading cut logs, I tasted the best sukiyaki.

After that teaching stint, it would take several years before I would see Mindanao again on personal vacations and for work. By then, food was always the focus.

More than the volcanoes, Camiguin will always be an island of specialties such as the piñatos, pastel and barquillos.

In South Cotabato, I had the best imbao (big clams) at a roadside restaurant and bought dirt-cheap fruits.

T’boli delicacies

In Lake Sebu, tilapia was harvested from its waters and we ate every cooking version of it including one called nilagpang. That’s fish broiled then sautéed after which evaporated milk instead of coconut milk is added.

Falen, our T’boli guide, cooked binacol, their version of small fish (tabios or ayungin) cooked in a bamboo tube with lemon grass, tomatoes and a bit of salt. A visit to a T’boli home showed us not only the weaving area but also the kitchen, embers still hot from cooking breakfast.

In Zamboanga, I had my first taste of satti with its soupy tomato sauce. The best time I had was savoring durian and marang standing on the market sidewalk.

In Tawi-Tawi, I saw unfamiliar fish in the market and ate wild lanzones that were huge and sour. I regretted not tasting the cassava processed into cake, which was eaten there with seafood.

This year I hope there will be more Mindanao provinces to visit and food to taste. I look forward to eating the best lechon of Ozamis City, which one reader wrote about. And to having all the fruits I can eat in Makilala, Cotabato.

E-mail the author at pinoyfood04@yahoo.com.

Friday, January 19, 2007
Oro to be divided soon: execs

BEFORE PaDayon Pilipino members decide to get at each other's throats over Cagayan de Oro's lone congressional seat, Cagayan de Oro Representative Constantino Jaraula said there would be two House seats before the filing of local candidacies ends on March this year.

In a radio interview, Jaraula said the Senate will tackle this coming Monday the House Bill dividing Cagayan de Oro City into two congressional districts.

"I have talked with the senators and with Senate President Manuel Villar over the division of Cagayan de Oro and they all assured me they would pass the law sometime next week," he said.

Mayor Vicente Emano echoed this over his weekly radio program, saying that he was called up and assured by Villar that the division bill will be passed very soon.

"Once the bill will be passed it will then be forwarded to the President who I believe will immediately sign the Cagayan de Oro bill into law since it is, after all, an election season," Emano said.

Opposition figures voiced doubts that the Cagayan de Oro division bill would be passed in time for the elections, citing the budget deliberations as one reason.

The assurance comes even as the administration PaDayon Pilipino party preferred to keep its silence on its lineup of local candidates long after some opposition groups like the Pundok Mindanao already announced their lineups.

The local chapter of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) group headed by former governor Antonio Calingin also said they are completing their lineup sometime soon.

The so-called opposition coalition Sulog had yet to formally announce their lineup.

Among those in the PaDayon city slate eyeing a shot at Congress include Councilors Jose Benjamin Benaldo, Maryanne Enteria, and Edgar Cabanlas.

Some barangay officials have also voiced their intention to run for Congress.

The mayor said he told PaDayon Pilipino members to choose among themselves who the strongest candidates are or else he chooses the candidates. (Stephen Capillas)

Sunstar

sorry but who's mike baños?




Mike Banos is a free-lance journalist who contributes an opinion column "Hammer and Anvil" to the Mindanao Gold Star Daily newspaper Mondays and Fridays. He is a member of the Cagayan de Oro Press Club, Inc. Board of Directors and has been a journalist for over 20 years in the cities of Zamboanga and Cagayan de Oro, Philippines. He also writes for other national and regional publications like Business World, The Freeman and The Philippine Graphic. He is the content provider for Kagay-an.com, Online News from Cagayan de Oro. He was recently cited as the KAABAG Awards 2006 Tourism Writer of the Year by the Department of Tourism Region 10 office.

Yup, and since pa Dangcagan ang riles, it shall pass by Cotabato first before Davao.. Ang layo huh! sana sa Quezon nlng idaan yung riles, para kuyaw pud bah, mag-latay latay ang train sa gilid ng matatarik na bundok.. Europe! :lol:


Phase six pa yun sa plan no ang CDO-DVO line. Sana machange na ang klaseng train na ilagay, bullet train na dapat yun. Tama si @Pinamaloylaker na bullet train with the speed of 200 to 300 miles per hour. Kung pupunta ka ng Davao galing CDO para na sigurong pumunta ka lang ng Iligan.:)

haha.. i wudnt dare ride on that..:lol:


sakto ba akong understanding sa graphics? kanang naay circular na green, mao ra nay butangan ug station? :ohno:

Yung malaking bilog na green is major connecting point daw. But it doesn't mean na yun lang any may station, syempre meron ding minor connecting points yan at yan ang mga local train station. Yung major kasi such like CDO at Iligan na magkadulo. Halimbawa sa LRT1, major connecting points are Monumento, Central station, at Baclaran.

COUNTRY COOKING
Mindanao then and now

By Micky Fenix
Inquirer
Last updated 07:03pm (Mla time) 01/17/2007

IT is said that the past may come back to haunt you. Well, it did on a trip to Cagayan de Oro last year, though not in the horrific way you may imagine.

While waiting to judge the next round of the culinary competition called Kumbira, an usher said a former student wanted to talk to me. And there she was, her face so familiar even if I could not recall her name at that moment. When she mentioned it, of course, I remembered.

Next day, she brought some more classmates, whose freshmen faces I used to look at each morning during the one year I taught at Xavier University.

All have children, some even have grandchildren. Some are engaged in business or have climbed way up the corporate ladder.

We lunched at Bigby’s, a restaurant set up by a couple, young entrepreneurs who are constant competitors (and winners) at the culinary contest. We moved to another venue owned by a young chef who trained abroad and who specialized in pastries and cakes.

All around, there were several eating places, some just being constructed.

The way it was

They are a far cry from the few restaurants that were there during my teaching year. I went out with a group of seniors (I myself had just graduated then) some evenings.

We frequented this pizza place and the owner knew when my friends’ allowances came and when I was paid my salary. We would order whole pizzas and the laughter in the place was decibels higher. Compare that to just one slice each and the subdued conversation during lean days and you get the difference.

I learned to take salad with my lunch in Cagayan de Oro. At the time, iceberg lettuce was difficult to get in Manila, but the farms were already growing greens in the cool climate of Bukidnon.

At last year’s Kumbira, growers met with the chef-judges from Manila to find out how they could market their goods during the stormy months when Baguio and Tagaytay couldn’t supply Manila restaurants.

Bukidnon is still a beautiful plateau of grazing lands. The Del Monte pineapple plantation that was, and still is, a too exclusive place is located here. My friends and I plotted to go there during the harvest season because we were told that after the choice pineapples were picked, anyone could get as much of the fruit that were left in the field.

Being culinary ignoramuses then, the thought of eating all that pineapple scratched that adventure from our must-do list.


E-mail the author at pinoyfood04@yahoo.com.

Sikat na gyod ang Kumbira sa CDO, sana next level international exposure na.

Friday, January 19, 2007
Oro to be divided soon: execs

BEFORE PaDayon Pilipino members decide to get at each other's throats over Cagayan de Oro's lone congressional seat, Cagayan de Oro Representative Constantino Jaraula said there would be two House seats before the filing of local candidacies ends on March this year.

In a radio interview, Jaraula said the Senate will tackle this coming Monday the House Bill dividing Cagayan de Oro City into two congressional districts.

"I have talked with the senators and with Senate President Manuel Villar over the division of Cagayan de Oro and they all assured me they would pass the law sometime next week," he said.

Mayor Vicente Emano echoed this over his weekly radio program, saying that he was called up and assured by Villar that the division bill will be passed very soon.

"Once the bill will be passed it will then be forwarded to the President who I believe will immediately sign the Cagayan de Oro bill into law since it is, after all, an election season," Emano said.

Opposition figures voiced doubts that the Cagayan de Oro division bill would be passed in time for the elections, citing the budget deliberations as one reason.

The assurance comes even as the administration PaDayon Pilipino party preferred to keep its silence on its lineup of local candidates long after some opposition groups like the Pundok Mindanao already announced their lineups.

The local chapter of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) group headed by former governor Antonio Calingin also said they are completing their lineup sometime soon.

The so-called opposition coalition Sulog had yet to formally announce their lineup.

Among those in the PaDayon city slate eyeing a shot at Congress include Councilors Jose Benjamin Benaldo, Maryanne Enteria, and Edgar Cabanlas.

Some barangay officials have also voiced their intention to run for Congress.

The mayor said he told PaDayon Pilipino members to choose among themselves who the strongest candidates are or else he chooses the candidates. (Stephen Capillas)

Sunstar


cge! sasali ako sa congressional race for CDO's west district! Tutal, taga wast naman ako...:D

@Boju, dito ka ba nga register? boto mo ko ha?! @Burotski, boto mo rin ako! @Exile pud.. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Phase six pa yun sa plan no ang CDO-DVO line. Sana machange na ang klaseng train na ilagay, bullet train na dapat yun. Tama si @Pinamaloylaker na bullet train with the speed of 200 to 300 miles per hour. Kung pupunta ka ng Davao galing CDO para na sigurong pumunta ka lang ng Iligan.:)

Nah, i doubt if Minadao has a market for bullet train.. Kahit nga cguro ang Metro Luzon, wala gaano..:ohno:

Sikat na gyod ang Kumbira sa CDO, sana next level international exposure na.

yup...last year's kumbira was really impressive.. akalain mong simpleng kamatis naging ribbon..hehe..

di pa nga masyado ang exposure nya eh.. di kasi masyado kino-cover ng 2.. Sana this year, ABS make a TV special for Kumbira..apart from TsadaKagay-an tv special..:cheers:

Mike Banos is a free-lance journalist who contributes an opinion column "Hammer and Anvil" to the Mindanao Gold Star Daily newspaper Mondays and Fridays. He is a member of the Cagayan de Oro Press Club, Inc. Board of Directors and has been a journalist for over 20 years in the cities of Zamboanga and Cagayan de Oro, Philippines. He also writes for other national and regional publications like Business World, The Freeman and The Philippine Graphic. He is the content provider for Kagay-an.com, Online News from Cagayan de Oro. He was recently cited as the KAABAG Awards 2006 Tourism Writer of the Year by the Department of Tourism Region 10 office.

ah, i see..you think he's reliable enough? hehehe.. sana nga ituloy ng SM ang plan.. Kawawa nga lang ang SM city though..

Here's a picture of CUMC I took about 3 weeks ago...

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9011/capitoluniversitymedicamn2.jpg

I dropped by Lauremar last Tuesday... So, I took some pictures of the hotel...

Facade
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1589/lauremar4gs2.jpg

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/1105/lauremar5vd2.jpg

Pool Area
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/7139/lauremar1bs0.jpg

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/3355/lauremar2qz7.jpg

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1111/lauremar3tl5.jpg

This was taken last Christmas...

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/2950/image857001ac5.jpg

;11356716']^^ dugay na man nako na nadungog pero wala may action.

neway mauna ang Davao-Surigao/Gensan kaysa CDO..that doesnt make sense at all, mas daghan man makinabang sa davao-CDO connection

based on my readings from news articles. the second phase shall be from Gingoog to Butuan and Surigao then the 3rd phase will be Butuan to Davao and Gensan.

I think mas daghan makinabang sa Surigao-Butuan-Davao-Gensan line primarily due to the number of points/cities/provinces it will traverse.

it will be a major travelway also for extreme north provinces like Surigao Norte and extreme south Saranggani and landlocked Agusan del Sur, Davao del Norte and the not so easily accessible provinces of Surigao del Sur, Compostela Valley and Saranggani (I think thats the reason why they will favor these less favored areas) and for me is a lot of sense.

But then again, this contest on what line will be more 'makinabang' will be futile as this project was NEVER mentioned in the Supra Region Plan haaayy :gaah: :gaah: :gaah:

I dropped by Lauremar last Tuesday... So, I took some pictures of the hotel...

Facade
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1589/lauremar4gs2.jpg

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/1105/lauremar5vd2.jpg

Pool Area
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/7139/lauremar1bs0.jpg

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/3355/lauremar2qz7.jpg

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1111/lauremar3tl5.jpg

Nice one @Burotski!
I've never been here..

bai, didnt you take some shots of its beach?

This was taken last Christmas...

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/2950/image857001ac5.jpg

asa ni dapit bai?

Here's a picture of CUMC I took about 3 weeks ago...

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9011/capitoluniversitymedicamn2.jpg

almost done.. glass clad nlng for the curves.. I wonder if the inside is usable already..

based on my readings from news articles. the second phase shall be from Gingoog to Butuan and Surigao then the 3rd phase will be Butuan to Davao and Gensan.

I think mas daghan makinabang sa Surigao-Butuan-Davao-Gensan line primarily due to the number of points/cities/provinces it will traverse.

it will be a major travelway also for extreme north provinces like Surigao Norte and extreme south Saranggani and landlocked Agusan del Sur, Davao del Norte and the not so easily accessible provinces of Surigao del Sur, Compostela Valley and Saranggani (I think thats the reason why they will favor these less favored areas) and for me is a lot of sense.

But then again, this contest on what line will be more 'makinabang' will be futile as this project was NEVER mentioned in the Supra Region Plan haaayy :gaah: :gaah: :gaah:

correct! i hope this project gets built sooner than what I have in Mind..:(

Here's a picture of CUMC I took about 3 weeks ago...


mao na gyud nay official name bai? Capitol University Medical City?

Eastern Suburb
http://www.storyal.de/weblog2006/bilder/march/caganyan.jpg

http://www.islandsproperties.com/properties/commercial/misor-cag-cm-464/images/cm-464-02.JPG

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/irisparcon/bos.jpg

Limketkai Mall Interior
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/irisparcon/insideketkai.jpg

Exterior
http://www.estanli.net/blog/wp-photos/ketkai4.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/irisparcon/limketkai.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/irisparcon/insidebos.jpg

http://www.stvictor.org/pics/Phillipines%202003/pict0047.jpg

http://www.estanli.net/blog/wp-photos/altis.jpg

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2005/12/26/article_157887_12-24-2005.jpg

http://www.lakbaypilipinas.com/adventure_travel/images/cdo_Macajalar_Bay.jpg

http://www.lakbaypilipinas.com/adventure_travel/images/cdo_Malasag.jpg

Saturday, January 20, 2007
City Hall upbeat over Oro division

CITY Hall officials Friday sought to reinforce reports that Cagayan de Oro will soon have two congressional districts by disclosing that some of them will go to the Senate to join a hearing for this purpose.


Councilor and Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) president Alexander Dacer said Vice Mayor Michelle Spiers and 20 barangay officials will go to Manila to attend a Senate hearing on the division of Cagayan de Oro into two districts.

The Senate hearing will be chaired by Senator Alfredo Lim, chairman of the Senate committee on local governments and a supporter of the bill.

Dacer said the chances of the bill being approved by the Senate this week are good owing to the political season.

Upon approval by the Senate the bill will be forwarded to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo who is expected to sign it into law.

Dacer, who voiced his intentions of running for the city's mayoralty post, said the bill would prove beneficial to the city in terms of representation and fund allocations.

The bill would supposedly cite the Cagayan de Oro River as the delineation point for the two congressional districts.

Under the measure, the city would have two more lawmakers and six more councilors.

Mayor Vicente Emano and Cagayan de Oro Representative Constantino Jaraula, both of whom are on their last terms, assured that the law would be passed before the deadline for the filing of certificates of candidacy for local officials sometime on March.

^^That's a really positive development. Outside Manila I know that only Cebu and Davao have two or more congressional disticts. Do you know of other cities with multiple representatives?

SM SuperCenter CDO? hehehe.. but surely, it wud be more profitable than SM city.

That would be very Ironic:lol:

I dropped by Lauremar last Tuesday... So, I took some pictures of the hotel...

Facade
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1589/lauremar4gs2.jpg

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/1105/lauremar5vd2.jpg

Pool Area
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/7139/lauremar1bs0.jpg

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/3355/lauremar2qz7.jpg

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1111/lauremar3tl5.jpg

Tsada bai, kahit low rise hotel siya pero maipagmamalaki. In the other hand, kung magcheck-in man sakali ako rito piliin ko yung north wing or eastwing rooms. Ayoko sa gitna lalo na facing to west-southwest. Alam n'yo kung bakit? sementeryo ang katabi nyan. Andyan ang father ko nakalibing.

This was taken last Christmas...

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/2950/image857001ac5.jpg


@Francis: This is the parish church of Camaman-an, I could not be wrong. Diba @burotski?

cge! sasali ako sa congressional race for CDO's west district! Tutal, taga wast naman ako...:D

@Boju, dito ka ba nga register? boto mo ko ha?! @Burotski, boto mo rin ako! @Exile pud.. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

How old are you @francisX? I doubt if below 21 yo could be run for public office for higher positons. But anyway, it is your right to file before the COMELEC. AT ITO ANG TANDAAN MO, NANDITO LANG KAMI SA LIKURAN MO!!! GO FRANCISX, GO! :cheer: :cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:

Saturday, January 20, 2007
APO Hiking Society to perform live in CDO

IN KEEPING wth Cagayan de Oro's initiatives on local tourism development through culture and the arts, the APO will perform live here in Cagayan de Oro on February 23, 2007 at 8 p.m. at the Atrium of Limketkai Center.

According to Vince Abad Santos, the executive producer of Full Swing Events Manila, the project is dubbed as the biggest revival kick-off concert event of the year.

The show is a full band complement featuring the versatile trio and total performers Boboy Garovillo, Danny Javier and Jim Paredes, the headmaster of Pinoy Dream Academy (PDA), a popular interactive TV musical on national network ABS-CBN.

Abad Santos added that since the 70s until the present the group has continued to impress audiences with their unique style of music and stage showmanship.

Even today, the APO has become a symbol of superb music with their ballads and songs adopted and emulated by many new generation singers and musicians. Their song "Pumapatak Na Naman Ang Ulan", for example, has continuously appealed to a cross-mix of generations since it was launched 30 years ago.

Tickets (P250, P400, P600 and P800) are available twenty-four hours a day at The Park Cafe and other select hotels, restaurants and establishments around the city.

For inquiries, please call the ticket hotlines 854-888, 71-8888 or 0917 718-9888.

Sunstar

How old are you @francisX? I doubt if below 21 yo could be run for public office for higher positons. But anyway, it is your right to file before the COMELEC. AT ITO ANG TANDAAN MO, NANDITO LANG KAMI SA LIKURAN MO!!! GO FRANCISX, GO! :cheer: :cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:

:lol: just kidding...hehehehe

^^That's a really positive development. Outside Manila I know that only Cebu and Davao have two or more congressional disticts. Do you know of other cities with multiple representatives?

Not sure with Zamboanga city.. With Iloilo and Bacolod, i guess only one each.

Insider news from Watsons

^^Confirmed!

SM is building another store in Oro, which shall rise at the 6 hectar property in front of Gaisano Mall along CM Recto Ave.

This will be a stand alone Hypermarket. It shall also have a Watsons. The 4th store in Oro.
Construction is expected to begin middle of this year at the erliest possible.. Or not later than December 2007.. :)

that would be nice.. Gaisano's supermarket is highly congested..

Insider news from Watsons

^^Confirmed!

SM is building another store in Oro, which shall rise at the 6 hectar property in front of Gaisano Mall along CM Recto Ave.

This will be a stand alone Hypermarket. It shall also have a Watsons. The 4th store in Oro.
Construction is expected to begin middle of this year at the erliest possible.. Or not later than December 2007.. :)

SM plans to build more malls in Cebu

By Irene R. Sino-Cruz
Inquirer
Last updated 07:06pm (Mla time) 01/20/2007

CEBU CITY -- Cebu could look forward to more investments in its retail sector as SM Prime Holdings bared plans to build one or two more shopping malls here.

"We are bullish about Cebu," SM Prime president Hans T. Sy said in an interview.

If this plan pushes through, SM Prime would be putting in at least P1 billion to build just one shopping center, Sy said.

Sy was in Cebu on Friday to attend the inauguration of the five streets around SM City Cebu, which were repaired and improved out of the taxes advanced by the mall to the Cebu City government, and the unveiling of a huge billboard depicting the mall expansion called The North Wing.

"Definitely, we're looking into a second and third location for a shopping center here in Cebu. We believe that Cebu is an area where we could still expand," Sy said.

While the company is interested in the South Road Properties (SRP), Cebu City's south reclamation project, SM Prime is also looking at other areas, he pointed out.

"It's still early (to say) but if the numbers are right we definitely will go into (putting up a shopping center in the SRP)," Sy said.

The price of the land and the Cebu City government's development plan would be among the criteria for choosing the SRP as a shopping center site, he explained. "But we're interested (in the SRP)," Sy added.

He said the additional malls would be in the 60,000-sq.m. to 75,000-sq.m. size range -- similar to the SM Supercenters.

However, he said, SM Prime is looking for lots ranging from five to ten hectares to provide the new malls being planned with room for expansion.

He said the P1-billion investment in the The North Wing underscores SM Prime's confidence in Cebu.

"We saw the success of the existing mall and we saw the potential growth," Sy said.

He said the first two floors would be commercial centers while the upper levels would serve as parking areas.

Upon the completion of The North Wing in the third quarter, Sy said SM Prime plans to develop the parking area at the back of the hotel property.

He said the company has to complete The North Wing, which has three levels of parking area, so that there would be no problem with parking when the new development starts.

The concept would be patterned after the Mall of Asia but it has yet to be approved by the board, Sy said.

SM Prime is also eyeing at least two shopping centers in Mindanao, one in Davao and another in Cagayan de Oro, Sy said.

The company also sees Bohol as a potential location for an SM Supercenter but not in the immediate future, he added.

According to Sy, Bohol's infrastructure is not ready yet for this type of investment. "It may take some time. We may go into Bohol, putting in a 35,000 sq.m. size shopping center like the Supercenter," he added.

Sy noted that the Mall of Asia in SM BayCity has been performing beyond expectations.

"The Mall of Asia is now doing very well. We're 50 percent over our projection," he said.

The mall traffic ranges from 300,000 people on weekdays to 500,000 on weekends, Sy said. He disclosed that the company plans to build an aquarium, similar to that in Singapore.

The ongoing construction projects at the 60-hectare SM BayCity include the 5,000-sq.m. Discovery Center, a science museum costing P300 million, a 100,000-sq.m. call center building, and a 50,000-sq.m. international convention center.
:okay:

that would be nice.. Gaisano's supermarket is highly congested..

Sakto! Not only the supermarket, but the entire Mall.. From basement parking, up to the quasi 5th floor, crowded kaayo..

Similar to the one posted previously. Gipulihan lang nila'g(SunStar) title.:lol:




Sunday, January 21, 2007
City Hall upbeat over Oro division

CITY Hall officials Friday sought to reinforce reports that Cagayan de Oro will soon have two congressional districts by disclosing that some of them will go to the Senate to join a hearing for this purpose.

Councilor and Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) president Alexander Dacer said Vice Mayor Michelle Spiers and 20 barangay officials will go to Manila to attend a Senate hearing on the division of Cagayan de Oro into two districts.

The Senate hearing will be chaired by Senator Alfredo Lim, chairman of the Senate committee on local governments and a supporter of the bill.

Dacer said the chances of the bill being approved by the Senate this week are good owing to the political season.

Upon approval by the Senate the bill will be forwarded to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo who is expected to sign it into law.

Dacer, who voiced his intentions of running for the city's mayoralty post, said the bill would prove beneficial to the city in terms of representation and fund allocations.

The bill would supposedly cite the Cagayan de Oro River as the delineation point for the two congressional districts.

Under the measure, the city would have two more lawmakers and six more councilors.

Mayor Vicente Emano and Cagayan de Oro Representative Constantino Jaraula, both of whom are on their last terms, assured that the law would be passed before the deadline for the filing of certificates of candidacy for local officials sometime on March.

whatever happened to the plans to buidl SM Malls in Zamboanga and Butuan? bat Davao and CdO ulit?

I dunno.. SM has not been utilizing the CdO market. That could probably answer why they're building a new one in here.

During the construction of Mindanao International Container Terminal

http://cagayan.************/Infrastructure/mindanao_container_port3_g.jpg


And now...

http://www.phividecauthority.com.ph/mctp/images/overall2.jpg

the homegrown P.Joe's Diner, Limketkai Center

http://cagayan.************/Intro/limketkai.jpg

Pryce Plaza Hotel

http://cagayan.************/Amenities/pryce_hotel2_sat_450_nazca.jpg

Cagayan de Oro Domestic Airport

http://cagayan.************/Infrastructure/airport_fc1.jpg

SLERS Industries, Inc.

http://www.slers.com/ham_r1_c1.jpghttp://www.slers.com/ham_r1_c2_v2.jpghttp://www.slers.com/ham_r1_c3.jpg
http://www.slers.com/ham_r2_c1.jpghttp://www.slers.com/ham_r2_c2.jpghttp://www.slers.com/ham_r2_c3.jpg

During the construction of Mindanao International Container Terminal

http://cagayan.************/Infrastructure/mindanao_container_port3_g.jpg


And now...

http://www.phividecauthority.com.ph/mctp/images/overall2.jpg

nabuksan na ba yan? nung anyan ako nung 2004, sabi nung barkada ko na tiga PPA di daw pwedeng buksan kasi within a certain distnace daw from the port of Cdo, may law daw laban dun..:ohno:

bukas na yan.. Nakita ko from Puerto Heights, may naka "park" na dalwang malaking barko..

During the construction of Mindanao International Container Terminal

http://cagayan.************/Infrastructure/mindanao_container_port3_g.jpg


And now...

http://www.phividecauthority.com.ph/mctp/images/overall2.jpg

wow nice....parang airport may tower din:)

Monday, January 22, 2007
Agency ready for first release of road fund

FIFTY-percent of the city's five-percent share from the Road Use Fund for 2005 is ready for release, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

During the meeting of the City Council committee on public works chaired by acting Vice Mayor Juan Sia, Anavilla Labiano of the DPWH-Northern Mindanao said that only a resolution from the City Government for the Memorandum of Agreement between City Hall and the DPWH-Northern Mindanao is needed to facilitate the release.

She said the remaining fifty-percent will be released upon liquidation by the City Government and the submission of needed reports.

The city is expected to receive over P3 million for its 2005 share and another P3 million for 2006.

The DPWH representative said that the 2006 allocation will be processed when necessary documents shall have been submitted.

The amount represents five percent of the amount collected from the Motor Vehicles Users Charge by the Land Transportation Office, which will be used for the improvement of city and barangay roads.

In a press statement sent to Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro, the basis for the city's share in the road use fund is equitable sharing, vehicle population and the size of road network.

The implementation of the projects under the Special Local Road Fund (SLRF) in the city is in line with RA 8794, also known as the Motor User's Charge (MVUC) on motor vehicles, which shall be collected from and paid by the owner of the motor vehicle.

From this, 80 percent is allotted for maintenance of national roads, 7.5 percent for road safety.

As this developed, the committee endorsed the resolution to the committee on laws and rules chaired by Councilor Maryanne Enteria for its inclusion in the agenda for the next plenary session. (Press release)

Sunstar

SEC-registered investments total P12.424 million


The government is facing a strong ending for the economy in 2006 and an even stronger start in 2007 as the strong peso hit a six-year high of 49.195 against the US dollar.

“This is actually some kind of good news for Filipino entrepreneurs who are building on the courage, perseverance and skills of our people to bring about the economic stability of the country,” regional director Casimira V. Balandra of the National Economic and Development Authority Region 10 (Neda 10) said.

Per data gathered by Neda 10, a paid-up capital investment of P12.424 million has been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Region 10, during the 2nd quarter, this year.

These investments have been generated from a total of 53 newly registered firms, 43 of which worth P10.42 million are located in Misamis Oriental and Cagayan de Oro City, five firms worth P1.225 million in Bukidnon and another five worth P872,500 in Lanao del Norte.

Incidentally, no business expansions were recorded for the period and as the data show, majority of the investments are in Misamis Oriental where Cagayan de Oro City is located making these areas the consistent preferred investment locations in the region, she said.

On the other hand, the Second Quarter Regional Economic Situation Report of Neda 10 showed a total new investment of P14.98 billion was monitored by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Northern Mindanao during the period.

“Getting the bulk of these new investments was the chemical-based sector with P9.4 billion or 62.74 percent share of the regional total, followed by the agri-based sector with P3.5 billion or 23.45 percent,” Balandra said.

The trading sector came next with P607 million or 4.05 percent, service sector with P362 million or 2.42 percent, forest-based sector with P89 million or 0.59%, consumer-manufacturer sector with P64 million or 0.43%, metal sector with P12 million or 0.08 percent and other sectors with P1.166 billion or 6.24 percent.

Among the provinces, Misamis Oriental got the biggest share of the total investments with P10.46 billion or 70 percent mainly from the expansion activities in the chemical-based, trading, infrastructure and services sectors.

This was followed by Bukidnon with P4.19 billion or 28 percent from the agri-based investments in the region which includes the expansion projects of Crystal Sugar Milling Corp. and a number of banana growers like Dole South Skyland, JIKKA Fruits Corp. and Pangantucan Banana Growers Association, she added.

Source (http://www.freewebs.com/g1chronicle/economy.htm)

Mayor Emano approves more public school, barangay projects
by Rubelyn B. Yap/City Information Office

Considering education as one of the priority thrusts of his governance, City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano yesterday approved more projects and requests of various public schools in the city.

In yesterday’s People to People Program in barangay Bayanga, Mayor Emano approved several requests made by the Bayanga National High School for a DVD player, TV set, electrical materials and plywood for a makeshift room the school is building. Mayor Emano also approved the P1.5 million fencing project of the Calaanan Elementary School and the P645 thousand fencing project of Calaanan High School. All projects will be funded by the Local School Board fund which has for this year, an allocation of P90 million. The mayor likewise approved the P604 thousand budget for the progressive construction of Brgy. 24 mini-gym and the P500 thousand construction of Brgy. 22’s pathway and drainage. The implementation of the barangay projects will be funded under the city’s 20% development fund. Mayor Emano hoped that the implementation of these projects will improve the living condition of the people in the barangay.

Source (http://www.cagayandeoro.gov.ph/index.php?page=news&id=310)

Insider news from Watsons

^^Confirmed!

SM is building another store in Oro, which shall rise at the 6 hectar property in front of Gaisano Mall along CM Recto Ave.

This will be a stand alone Hypermarket. It shall also have a Watsons. The 4th store in Oro.
Construction is expected to begin middle of this year at the erliest possible.. Or not later than December 2007.. :)

Yeahhh!!!! May expansion na dito, may itatayo pa!!! Ang galing naman.... 6 hectares pala yung vacant lot dyan so mas malaki pa yan kaysa sa SM city sa Pueblo na 5.2 hectares lang. Sana hindi lang hypermarket ang itayo meron ding sana high rise office building good for BPO/call center industry.

Yeahhh!!!! May expansion na dito, may itatayo pa!!! Ang galing naman.... 6 hectares pala yung vacant lot dyan so mas malaki pa yan kaysa sa SM city sa Pueblo na 5.2 hectares lang. Sana hindi lang hypermarket ang itayo meron ding sana high rise office building good for BPO/call center industry.

Yup, 6 hectars daw according to my source in watsons..:)

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Macahambus Adventure Park

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http://k47.pbase.com/v3/43/389743/2/50728389.CagayandeOro.jpg

Very refreshing to the eye!!!

WOW! CAGAYAN DE ORO
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CAGAYAN DE ORO Sunset

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Rio del Reyna Floating Reastaurant

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Chali Beach Resort

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Yup, 6 hectars daw according to my source in watsons..:)

Maybe SM will first test the waters in the place by initially building a Hypermarket then further expand the mall if traffic volume is adequate. Parang SM Supercenter Sucat, initially it was just a Hypermarket then it was converted to SM City Sucat because the profit warranted them to expand the mall.:banana:

If ever CDeO will trully be a Shopping Mecca!

Maybe SM will first test the waters int he place by initially building a Hypermarket then further expand the mall if traffic volume is adequate. Parang SM Supercenter Sucat, initially it was just a Hypermarket then it was converted to SM City Sucat because the profit warranted them to expand the mall.:banana:

diba supercenter yung Sucat? anyway..

yeah, SM has not been utilizing CdO market.. Wala sa kalingkingan ng Limketkai, Gaisano, Robinsons, at Ororama ang pedestrian volume ng SM City.. Except during weekends ofcourse.

diba supercenter yung Sucat? anyway..

yeah, SM has not been utilizing CdO market.. Wala sa kalingkingan ng Limketkai, Gaisano, Robinsons, at Ororama ang pedestrian volume ng SM City.. Except during weekends ofcourse.

It's now upgraded & expanded to SM City Sucat:)

Laguindingan International Airport Site..

White line maybe boundary wall

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Let me try it..


Laguindingan International Airport Site
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Lumbia Airport runway (2,800m)

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:lol: i can see my house..:lol:

I also heard that Robinson's will also expand its mall there bec. it has purchased the lot of the Cockfighting arena...Is there construction activities now on that site?

200m na lang pala kulang ng Lumbia at pang international na...:D

^^Dahil lang yun sa land constraint pero I'm sure Laguindingan will have a lot of room for expansion...Nasa hills kasi Lumbia

I also heard that Robinson's will also expand its mall there bec. it has purchased the lot of the Cockfighting arena...Is there construction activities now on that site?

Yeaahh, I heard also that Robinson will expand but a stand alone mall but I don't know if they'd already purchased the land beside their store the cockfighting arena (Gold City Colleseum). Wow, if it is materialized, mosamot na kalapad ang shopping area dihang dapita. Tapos meron na namang bridge dugtong nila sa old store to its new mall. Uso gyod sa CDeO ang mall bridge, first the Gaisano mall bridge then Limketkai-Robinson bridge. Pangtatlo n kung matuloy itong new Robinson mall.

^^Pero di na ata sila gagawa ng new mall in CDeO, siguro i-expand lang nila ang current mall nila with that rumored lot where the Gold City Coliseum stands. Di naman kasi ata kalakihan yung area ng Gold City...

Lumbia Airport runway (2,800m)

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:lol: i can see my house..:lol:

Kuyaw man diay sa inyo @lew, basig masipyat pagtugpa ang eroplano, patay kang bata ka....!

Set for take-of na talaga ang Greater CDeO

Laguindingan- Int'l Airport (2011?)
Tagoloan- MCT Seaport
Villanueva- Phividec Estate: Mindanao Coal Plant etc. (soon:Harbin Shipbuilding/ Korean Smelting Plant?)
Mindanao Railway Project (soon?)

Magiging Industrial Hub of the South na talaga ang Cagayan de Oro-Iligan Corridor once these are realized. The good side will be better infrastructrure & more job opportunities but I reckon CDeO will have a beating in terms of Environmental conditions.

Lumbia Airport runway (2,800m)

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:lol: i can see my house..:lol:


sorry but the length of the runway at the lumbia airport is only 2454m x 36m it is not 2800 meters...you can check the data at worldaerodata.com (click airports, then philippines, then look for the airport you are interested in). that site gives all the current important info of the airports world wide. the bacolod and iloilo airports are still not yet updated because those two airports still hasent opened.

;11422661']200m na lang pala kulang ng Lumbia at pang international na...:D

sorry but its not only the length of the runway that dictates it to be an international airport. there are alot of things to consider for an airport to be international. the current standard of a runway being international is:

the runway should be atleast 3000 meters in length;
the runway should be atleast 45 meters in width;
in addition to the 45 meters, there should be a furthur 7.5 meters(on both sides of the runway) wide of concrete or asphalt.
there should be blast pads at both ends of the runway;
there should be modern nagivations, like the ils.
and many more....

i believe that new airport that is going to be built in CdO will only have a 2500mX45m runway(which means it will fall short of the required minimum runway length of being international). but this airport will be built to international standards. meaning aalmost all requirements of being an international airport will be met.

the runway at the old CdO airport can accomodate the a330 lengthwise(but it will be full flaps and hard braking;ganun din dito sa davao noon nung 2500meters pa ang runway). but it cannot accomodate the a330 with the present width of the runway. that is why pal is only using the a319 and a320 at the CdO airport.

sorry but the length of the runway at the lumbia airport is only 2454m x 36m it is not 2800 meters...you can check the data at worldaerodata.com (click airports, then philippines, then look for the airport you are interested in). that site gives all the current important info of the airports world wide. the bacolod and iloilo airports are still not yet updated because those two airports still hasent opened.

Hmmm..can you see the other end of thew runway? that has recently been extended..:)

I also heard that Robinson's will also expand its mall there bec. it has purchased the lot of the Cockfighting arena...Is there construction activities now on that site?

Robinsons ba ang nakabili? i heard parang Limketkai yata.. Oh well, kung sino man, surelly, robinsons din ang gagamit.. unless ketkai is building something there, like office building perhaps..:)

^^Pero di na ata sila gagawa ng new mall in CDeO, siguro i-expand lang nila ang current mall nila with that rumored lot where the Gold City Coliseum stands. Di naman kasi ata kalakihan yung area ng Gold City...

actually malaki po sya.. mas malaki kesa sa footprint ng Robinsons.. Kasi it includes the vacant lot along Osmeña Highway.. Yung tapat ng GoodYear..:)

Kuyaw man diay sa inyo @lew, basig masipyat pagtugpa ang eroplano, patay kang bata ka....!

Actually last year, nung zero visibility sa area na yan, yung plane sa taas ng bahay namin dumaan.. Nisipyat gyud.. maayo nlng nakalupad sya balik..:lol:

Rio del Reyna Floating Reastaurant

http://www.storyal.de/weblog2006/bilder/april/cagayan06.jpg

Ang linaw ng tubig.

Sana ang floating restaurant may pagkabarko ang porma at meron ding native motiff such like colorful vintas.

Let me try it..


Laguindingan International Airport Site
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This area consists of 400 plus hectares but lately the LADP decided to develop only 200 plus hectares and sell the remaining lots to lessen the expenses. Sana ireserved nalang nila ang matitirang area for the future expansion.

Set for take-of na talaga ang Greater CDeO

Laguindingan- Int'l Airport (2011?)
Tagoloan- MCT Seaport
Villanueva- Phividec Estate: Mindanao Coal Plant etc. (soon:Harbin Shipbuilding/ Korean Smelting Plant?)
Mindanao Railway Project (soon?)

Magiging Industrial Hub of the South na talaga ang Cagayan de Oro-Iligan Corridor once these are realized. The good side will be better infrastructrure & more job opportunities but I reckon CDeO will have a beating in terms of Environmental conditions.

Hindi pa ba?:)

Yeaahh, I heard also that Robinson will expand but a stand alone mall but I don't know if they'd already purchased the land beside their store the cockfighting arena (Gold City Colleseum). Wow, if it is materialized, mosamot na kalapad ang shopping area dihang dapita. Tapos meron na namang bridge dugtong nila sa old store to its new mall. Uso gyod sa CDeO ang mall bridge, first the Gaisano mall bridge then Limketkai-Robinson bridge. Pangtatlo n kung matuloy itong new Robinson mall.

i dugang pa ang Limketkai Mall- Rosario Strip Bridge..:)

sorry but the length of the runway at the lumbia airport is only 2454m x 36m it is not 2800 meters...you can check the data at worldaerodata.com (click airports, then philippines, then look for the airport you are interested in). that site gives all the current important info of the airports world wide. the bacolod and iloilo airports are still not yet updated because those two airports still hasent opened.

Well, hindi updated ang reference na tiningnan mo kaya old info pa rin ang nakadisplay sa lumbia. To be able to land huge aircraft while waiting LIA to be finish, the lumbia runway had undergone expansion and facelift of the terminal.

i dugang pa ang Limketkai Mall- Rosario Strip Bridge..:)

OO nga, pinakamahabang bridge yan outside MM. Parang walkway mg Makati connecting to and from several offices then Greenbelt and Glorietta.

Well, hindi updated ang reference na tiningnan mo kaya old info pa rin ang nakadisplay sa lumbia. To be able to land huge aircraft while waiting LIA to be finish, the lumbia runway had undergone expansion and facelift of the terminal.

and i've read somewhere that the government is alocating another 150 million for Lumbia Airport this year to be able to accomodate A330 and B747.. If im not mistaken, Manila Standard Today yun or Business World..:)

Ang linaw ng tubig.

Sana ang floating restaurant may pagkabarko ang porma at meron ding native motiff such like colorful vintas.

LOL...trademark ng Zambo yan..hehe.. yung river cruise nipa ang roofing.. kagaya nung nasa bohol..

OO nga, pinakamahabang bridge yan outside MM. Parang walkway mg Makati connecting to and from several offices then Greenbelt and Glorietta.

yup! sana eventually i extend up to the proposed SM and Gaisano through CM Recto Ave..hehe.. Ayos na walkathon yun!:banana:

LOL...trademark ng Zambo yan..hehe.. yung river cruise nipa ang roofing.. kagaya nung nasa bohol..

Mindanao motiff man gud ang vinta, hindi naman siguro pinapatent ng Zambo ang vinta, hehehe...

Sumo man gud ang nipa parang dilikado tan-awon. Sana makainnovate pa sila ng unique design, yung "catchy" on the eyes.

This area consists of 400 plus hectares but lately the LADP decided to develop only 200 plus hectares and sell the remaining lots to lessen the expenses. Sana ireserved nalang nila ang matitirang area for the future expansion.

Yeah, the government is purchasing the 400 hectars.. but 200 lang ang idedevelop.. a proposed warf is included on that 400++ hectars..

Mindanao motiff man gud ang vinta, hindi naman siguro pinapatent ng Zambo ang vinta, hehehe...

Sumo man gud ang nipa parang dilikado tan-awon. Sana makainnovate pa sila ng unique design, yung "catchy" on the eyes.

bitaw pud.. murag anytime pwede mapalid sa hangin ang iyang roof..hehe.. but that;s good enough..

btw, i have finally seen the river taxis diay.. nice kaayo.. murag yatch..maayo untag makasakay pud ko didto..hehe..

nice siguro didto i suroy suroy..nice man gyud ang view.. green man gud kaayo ang river banks..:)

yup! sana eventually i extend up to the proposed SM and Gaisano through CM Recto Ave..hehe.. Ayos na walkathon yun!:banana:

IMHObservation, in the near future, mag-abot na ang Gaisano-Robinson-Ketkai-Ororama-SM hypermart via walkway. Marami pang mga vacant lot within this vicinity and it means "expansion opportunities".

IMHObservation, in the near future, mag-abot na ang Gaisano-Robinson-Ketkai-Ororama-SM hypermart via walkway. Marami pang mga vacant lot within this vicinity and it means "expansion opportunities".

yup! yung vacant huge lot in between Nazareno Church and MPSC, sana Mall na rin ang itayu dun..Hmmm.. Sinong mall developer kaya ang possible prospect?:lol:

NCCC? ORORAMA? LANDCO? :lol:

yup! yung vacant huge lot in between Nazareno Church and MPSC, sana Mall na rin ang itayu dun..Hmmm.. Sinong mall developer kaya ang possible prospect?:lol:



Sana ang Gaisano ang mag-expand dyan dahil palaging crowded ang mall nila para naman makahinga ang mga mamimili, tapos ang i-name na dayon sa Gaisano is: "GAISANO MEGACITYMALL". Kasi dati Gaisano city lang. Then nagdagdag naging Gaisano Citymall. Now kung mag-expand pa sila mas tsada paminawon kung megacitymall na ang name, related to her history.

Sana ang Gaisano ang mag-expand dyan dahil palaging crowded ang mall nila para naman makahinga ang mga mamimili, tapos ang i-name na dayon sa Gaisano is: "GAISANO MEGACITYMALL". Kasi dati Gaisano city lang. Then nagdagdag naging Gaisano Citymall. Now kung mag-expand pa sila mas tsada paminawon kung megacitymall na ang name, related to her history.

haha..nice idea, but i would rather see another brand.. para mas humaba na yung listahan ko..:lol:

Yung Coca Cola Plant dyan sana ilipat na yan kasi pangbusiness address lang ang dapat sa CBD hindi plant address. At kung malipat na yan another soon will rise. Kung matuloy na rin ang Kapitolyo sa paglipat, naaahhhhhhhhhhh... mas mulapad pa ng opportunities diha...


OT, GTG MUNA

Yung Coca Cola Plant dyan sana ilipat na yan kasi pangbusiness address lang ang dapat sa CBD hindi plant address. At kung malipat na yan another soon will rise. Kung matuloy na rin ang Kapitolyo sa paglipat, naaahhhhhhhhhhh... mas mulapad pa ng opportunities diha...


OT, GTG MUNA

naa bay plan i balhin ang Kapitolyo? Mao ba na tong rumor nga Tagoloan na daw ang ma capital sa MisOr?

Hmmm..can you see the other end of thew runway? that has recently been extended..:)

extended na yan....orig ay only 2000 mtr...extended to the now present 2400 mts++...

i confirmed that from my uncle who is a pal a330 captain...

Well, hindi updated ang reference na tiningnan mo kaya old info pa rin ang nakadisplay sa lumbia. To be able to land huge aircraft while waiting LIA to be finish, the lumbia runway had undergone expansion and facelift of the terminal.

as i have comfirmed from my uncle..the present runway length of the lumbia airport is only 2400++ mtrs...that is why pal only uses the a319 and a320 aircraft to your airport.

http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=RP08307

http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?runway=RP0830719

click on the link...other international airlines use this as reference...so this is as updated as you can get...

oh...another alter ego.. To ruin stuff here perhaps..

Are you from CDO? Why dont you check it yourself huh mr.____.. I live just less than 200 meters beside the runway.. And i frequent that place.. Nag tetrespass kami jan..:D And clearly, that picture seems before the extension.. As you can see, end of the runway here is up to the terminal area only..

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o157/francisxavier9501/Lumbia.jpg


it's so funny how you and Mr. someone play/s with your words.. Hahaha..Very obvious dude! You dont even have to create a new account for this... We wouldnt mind.. Since i guess stuff like this is what satisfies your ego.. Thanks for the effort anyways...:)

Highly appreciated...:)

http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=RP08307

http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?runway=RP0830719

click on the link...other international airlines use this as reference...so this is as updated as you can get...

Oh really? WOW!

You must be owning one of the biggest airlines in this Globe mr.. Pengeng discount ha.. If ever matuloy ang plano namin anytime this year.. :)

Senate OKs Bill Dividing Oro

relax lew..ang puso mo :)

delete

uy..unsa man ni..gubot? hahahahaha...upakan na natin yan....:bash:

Well.. i reviewed CDO's 3rd and 4th threads..


Hmmmm...

Same person...Same reasons...Same insecurities..

who are u talking about?

pare matutuloy na ang 2nd sm dyan sa inyo..mukhang mauuna kayo dyan kesa amin dito sa davao... tapos na daw ang plans eh...parang hypermart ang gagawin with leasable spaces in front..:banana:

Chevrolet - Velez

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Repost: Divisoria Kiosk

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Plymedic General Hospital

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VIP Hotel

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TTK Tower

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Robinsons

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Countryside Steak House

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McDonald's Limketkai

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^^ If there's Metro Manila in Luzon, Cebu in the Visayas, then CdO/Region10 is for Mindanao. :)

oh...another alter ego.. To ruin stuff here perhaps..

Are you from CDO? Why dont you check it yourself huh mr.____.. I live just less than 200 meters beside the runway.. And i frequent that place.. Nag tetrespass kami jan..:D And clearly, that picture seems before the extension.. As you can see, end of the runway here is up to the terminal area only..


it's so funny how you and Mr. someone play/s with your words.. Hahaha..Very obvious dude! You dont even have to create a new account for this... We wouldnt mind.. Since i guess stuff like this is what satisfies your ego.. Thanks for the effort anyways...:)

Highly appreciated...:)

naka landing nako Lumbia last December gikan ko Manila. na fully booked na man ako MNL-BXU na flight kay duha ra man ka plane service bet Manila and Butuan.

Dili man short ang runway kay dugay man nag brake ang eroplano. The southern end ends near the tarmac. while the northern tip heads on to those residential areas below it.

the runway seems fine but the CR at the terminal needs attention though.

Street scenes! Downtown still..

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Lumbia Airport Google View....

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k171/mzb_14/LumbiaAirport1.jpg

baka old shot yan ng google earth, look to the south, makikita mo na may clearing sa dulo ng runway and if you add the length of that clearing, 3000m nga ang runway, the only problem now is the runway width and the extra asphalt for blast pads etc

Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Oro division seen next month, execs say
By Stephen Capillas

CITY Hall officials said they are optimistic that Cagayan de Oro City would be divided into two congressional districts sometime on or before February 24 this year.

City Mayor Vicente Emano said this following report that the Senate committee on local governments approved the creation of a second congressional district for Cagayan de Oro.

The news was welcomed by opposition groups who are also planning to field their own candidates for the extra positions to be made available once the city is split into two districts.

A public hearing was held last Monday by the Senate Committee on Local Government chaired by Senator Alfredo Lim that was attended by members of the City Council and 20 barangay officials.

The attendance of majority of the city councilors had deferred the City Council session for Wednesday afternoon.

The creation of the second congressional district was contained in House Bill No. HB05658 filed by Cagayan de Oro Representative Constantino Jaraula, which pushed for the creation of a second congressional district in the city by splitting the present lone district.

Emano said the creation of a second congressional district in the city will mean more representation for city residents before the Lower House.

"I am glad that it was finally approved because it will mean better and improved services for the growing population of the city," Emano pointed out.

The mayor said the creation of a second congressional district is very timely as the city experiences an enormous socio-economic progress, securing its position as a bustling metropolis in this part of Mindanao.

Lim's committee is now bringing the approved bill in plenary for approval before February 10, after which, it is scheduled for signing by the President.

The creation of the city's second district will pave the way for the election of two House representatives for the city in Congress and 16 city councilors at the local legislative branch.

Emano likewise thanked all the officials and the people of Cagayan de Oro who supported the creation of the city's second district.

This development is being anticipated by both the ruling administration Padayon Pilipino group, which has a slew of members all wanting to run for Congress and the various local posts.

At least four officials -- Councilors Jose Benjamin Benaldo, Maryanne Enteria, Edgar Cabanlas, and Carmen Barangay Chairman Rolando Uy -- are said to be eyeing a congressional seat in this year's elections.

For their part, opposition figure former governor Antonio Calingin voiced support for the bill, saying this would result in further expansion of services to the city.

Former vice-mayor Antonio Soriano also welcomed the move, admitting that this would boost his chances of running for the city's congressional posts.

Soriano is said to be mired in some political infighting within the PDP-Laban ranks with some old party guards following reports that recently inducted PDP-Laban member Councilor Alvin Calingin wanted to run for Congress.

Source (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2007/01/24/news/oro.division.seen.next.month.execs.say.html)

^^ If there's Metro Manila in Luzon, Cebu in the Visayas, then CdO/Region10 is for Mindanao. :)

Hopefully that will happen with the fast dev't of the peripheral towns of Misamis Oriental like Laguindingan, Villanueva and Tagoloan.

cant we just have ONE PROGRESSIV MINDANAO instead of a few progressive cities? :) just a thought..why aim to be like the visayas and luzon?

^Hotel Koresco isnt even there w/c had it's construction started late 2004.. So CDO's google earth images must have been earlier.

Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Oro division seen next month, execs say
By Stephen Capillas

CITY Hall officials said they are optimistic that Cagayan de Oro City would be divided into two congressional districts sometime on or before February 24 this year.

City Mayor Vicente Emano said this following report that the Senate committee on local governments approved the creation of a second congressional district for Cagayan de Oro.

The news was welcomed by opposition groups who are also planning to field their own candidates for the extra positions to be made available once the city is split into two districts.

A public hearing was held last Monday by the Senate Committee on Local Government chaired by Senator Alfredo Lim that was attended by members of the City Council and 20 barangay officials.

The attendance of majority of the city councilors had deferred the City Council session for Wednesday afternoon.

The creation of the second congressional district was contained in House Bill No. HB05658 filed by Cagayan de Oro Representative Constantino Jaraula, which pushed for the creation of a second congressional district in the city by splitting the present lone district.

Emano said the creation of a second congressional district in the city will mean more representation for city residents before the Lower House.

"I am glad that it was finally approved because it will mean better and improved services for the growing population of the city," Emano pointed out.

The mayor said the creation of a second congressional district is very timely as the city experiences an enormous socio-economic progress, securing its position as a bustling metropolis in this part of Mindanao.

Lim's committee is now bringing the approved bill in plenary for approval before February 10, after which, it is scheduled for signing by the President.

The creation of the city's second district will pave the way for the election of two House representatives for the city in Congress and 16 city councilors at the local legislative branch.

Emano likewise thanked all the officials and the people of Cagayan de Oro who supported the creation of the city's second district.

This development is being anticipated by both the ruling administration Padayon Pilipino group, which has a slew of members all wanting to run for Congress and the various local posts.

At least four officials -- Councilors Jose Benjamin Benaldo, Maryanne Enteria, Edgar Cabanlas, and Carmen Barangay Chairman Rolando Uy -- are said to be eyeing a congressional seat in this year's elections.

For their part, opposition figure former governor Antonio Calingin voiced support for the bill, saying this would result in further expansion of services to the city.

Former vice-mayor Antonio Soriano also welcomed the move, admitting that this would boost his chances of running for the city's congressional posts.

Soriano is said to be mired in some political infighting within the PDP-Laban ranks with some old party guards following reports that recently inducted PDP-Laban member Councilor Alvin Calingin wanted to run for Congress.

Source (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2007/01/24/news/oro.division.seen.next.month.execs.say.html)

Very good news... Go CdO!!! :-)

^Hotel Koresco isnt even there w/c had it's construction started late 2004.. So CDO's google earth images must have been earlier.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Why don't you invite them to your house and have an ocular inspection in the nearby runway..?

Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Gomez, Golez to play in Rodelsa Hall concert

JOSCEPHINE Gomez, one for the Philippines' finest sopranos, and Rudolf Pelaez Golez, rated as one of the country's best pianists today, are set to delight the public with a fusion of their talents in a concert on January 26 at 8 p.m. at the Rodelsa Hall of Liceo de Cagayan University in Cagayan de Oro City.

Dubbed "All About Love," the concert coincides with the end of Mozart's 250th year. The program is highlighted by two exquisite concert arias---"Vado ma dove" and "Chi sa, chi sa qual sia"---and two delightful opera arias---"Voi, che sapete" (from Le Nozze di Figaro) and "Una donna quindici anni" (from Don Giovanni) by the composer.

Gomez will also interpret German lieder: "She Never Told Her Love" by F.J. Haydn, "Ich liebe dich" by L. van Beethoven, and "Liebestraum" by F. Lizst, as well as "Ave Maria" by Bach-Gounod.

She will end the first part of the program with "Un bel di vedremo" (from Madame Butterfly) by G. Puccini.

The program's second half features four Andrew Lloyd Weber compositions: "Memory" (from "Cats"), "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" (from "Phantom of the the Opera"), "Unexpected Song" (from "Song and Dance"), and "Love Changes Everything" (from "Aspects of Love"), plus two ballads popularized by Josh Groban: "Se" (from "Cinema Paradiso") and "Gira con me."

This is the first musical collaboration between Joscephine Gomez, recipient of the 1997 Parangal ng Bayan Award, and Rudolf Golez, recently named Best Male Classical Pianist in the 2006 Year-ended Excellence Awards.

Gomez's foreign training includes studies in Israel under Russian voice coach Anna Rodeselskaya. She was enrolled at the Dr. Hocha's Conservatorium in Frankfurt, Germany for Masters in Vocal Performance. She represented the Philippines in the 1st International Music Festival in Krasnoyarsk, Russia in 1992, and is the first Filipino soprano to be presented in solo concerts in Israel and in Brunei Darussalam.

Golez trained at the Juilliard School of Music in New York and finished his Masters in Music, major in Piano, at the University of the Philippines. He won a major prize at the Chopin International Competition in Malaysia.

"She is very secure with her music aside from being a seasoned artist. I am very confident working with her," says the pianist of the soprano.

About him, the soprano says, "I trust his high level of musicianship and am impressed by his sight-reading and piano-playing skills."

The concert is for the benefit of the House of Hope Foundation. For tickets, call (088) 858-6593 and 858-4093 to 95 Local 150.

Sunstar (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2007/01/24/feat/gomez.golez.to.play.in.rodelsa.hall.concert..html)

Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Kagay-anon's evening with the Lettermen
By Abigail Chee Kee-Malalis

"SIMPLY Amazing." "Making Great Things Possible." By word of SMART and GLOBE, respectively, aptly describes the brief encounter of the Kagay-anons with the Lettermen kind.

January 16, 2007 was just like any other evening. It was just one of those evenings. But for those Kagay-anon who witnessed the Lettermen performed live at the Atrium of Limketkai, experienced one of the memorable night of their lives. Like an enchanted evening.

The Lettermen's brand of music, after 47 years, has not lost its soothing spell to anyone and everyone who listen to their songs. Yes, as Tony Butala declared, this year is their 47th anniversary. Donovan Tea joined in 1984 while Mark Preston is the latest member of the group. Individually, when each of them sang their solo that night, each had a great baritone voice. Impressive. But when they sang in trio as the Lettermen, you will be wondering how they blend to give that soft mellow touch of a music. Your heart will be touched and moved by the wondrous gentleness of their voices. Your thoughts will be drifted away in that not too distant past down the memory lane of yesteryears. In some of their love songs that night, there was a stirring in your heart. Somehow, their blend of songs draw out the good and the god-like in you. It has a refreshing feeling deep down in your soul. Like a soothing balm, it eases the pressures of work and the problems of life, each of us are confronting today, and the hulabaloo or sarsuela of the political and economic situation unfolding in our country today.

On a more personal note, I was deeply touched when they sang "Warm." Instantly, memories flashed back to the time when my father was still courting my mother. As my father recounted how he serenaded my mother who was staying with the RVM sister's convent (by the way, my mother was not a nun, she was a working student in her high school then). There were also three of them, like the Lettermen, and "Warm" was one of their "pambato" song that time (I just can't imagine how the nuns react that time). I was misty-eyed. The songs of the Lettermen were passed to us, their children, as we also learned to love and appreciate their music.

Towards the end of the live performance, Donovan Tea said, "If somehow our songs has helped you forget even for a while the problems and trouble of the world outside, then we have done our job." Yes, he's right, because I agree and I think some, if not most, of us Kagay-anons who spent an evening with the Lettermen, somehow has the feeling of unruffled and relaxed mood and demeanor.

The Lettermen's last two songs, "You'll Never Walk Alone" and "I Believe", gave us the hope and inspiration to go on and to move on despite all the complexities of life.

Truly, "music is the language of the soul," in a blend that make the Lettermen's brand.


Sunstar

;11438785']cant we just have ONE PROGRESSIV MINDANAO instead of a few progressive cities? :) just a thought..why aim to be like the visayas and luzon?

oonga noh. daghan naman sad progressive cities ang mindanao....

^^ Yes. Every city is claiming nga progressibo kaayo ang ilang siyudad. Base lang sa ako obserbasyon, mas kusog gyud ang progress sa CdO/Region10 sa Mindano compared to the rest. Maybe tungod kay hub man siya sa Mindanao. Mas accessible siya sa halos tanang destinasyon sa Pilipinas (sea, land, ug air). In fact, ang phase 1 sa MRS sa Northern Mindanao man gani i-implement ug una. Again, opinion lang nako na. :)

^^ ive heard some feedbacks like that from my workmates and friends here in cebu, cdo tops it in mindanao daw. mas vibrant daw. i have been to other cities in mindanao, but unfortunately, wala ko ka adto sa cdo. :) but scanning this thread (and the previous cdo threads) murag vibrant gyud tuod. investment climate is very healthy.

Pag-IBIG CDO releases over P7 M for 1st GLAD project

by Therese Carmelite M. Abejo

Cagayan de Oro City (23 January) -- Pag-IBIG Fund recently released P7.467 Million representing the land acquisition of the Medina Homeowners Association (MHA) for the Cagayan de Oro Branch's first Group Land Acquisition and Development (GLAD) project.

The 300 square meter project located in North Poblacion, Medina, Misamis Oriental will benefit the 126 members of the said association.

MHA was granted a total loan amounting to P9.039 Million, of which the remaining amount will be used for the site development, for release on a staggered basis.

The OIC/Branch Manager Fermin A. Sta. Teresa, Jr. handed the check to the MHA president and landowner last January 2, 2007, in a simple turnover ceremony held at the Cagayan de Oro Branch. Present during the occasion were the OIC/Chief of the Mortgage Loans Division, Mr. Floyd Zapanta and some Marketing Staff.

GLAD aims to provide financial assistance to organized groups of formally employed Fund members for the acquisition and development of raw land or partially developed land, which shall serve as the site of their housing units.

Land development and unitization of beneficiaries' titles shall be completed in 2 years. (PAG-IBIG Fund) [top]

KSA hiring 2,000 female nurses

Cagayan de Oro City (23 January) -- The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) Regional Extension Unit (POEA-REU-10) has announced that The Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is in urgent need of 1,500 female Christian nurses and 500 female Muslim nurses.

In a statement released by Ann Apasra S. Abas, POEA-REU-10 Officer-in-Charge, interested applicants must be a BSN Graduate with Board License (except for Muslim applicants). Work experience is not required.

Further, the applicants must submit the following requirements: 6 pieces of 2x2" pictures; a photocopy of their College Diploma; photocopies of Board Certificate, Rating and Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) ID; and a photocopy of Employment Certificate if applicable.

Applicants should submit the requirements along with a detailed resume with job description at the POEA-REU-10 office, ground floor Trinidad Bldg., Corrales-Yacapin St., Cagayan de Oro City. Deadline for submission is on February 2, 2007.

Meanwhile, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo recently said that the boom year of 2007, as projected by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), is "social payback" time that will benefit the Filipino people as a result of the effective implementation of economic reforms by her administration.

The President added that among the biggest contributors to the economic growth are the increasing remittances of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) whose investments in housing and condominiums have driven the real estate industry to a 25-year high.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Why don't you invite them to your house and have an ocular inspection in the nearby runway..?

:lol: :lol: jokera pud nimo..hehehe.. nahadlok na man gali kog balik didto kay gilakag na mi once sa baka didto.. bilin gud akong tsenelas...:lol: :lol: :lol:

bitaw, na migo na namo ang usa ka roaving airport security didto.. hehe.. :)

Pag-IBIG CDO releases over P7 M for 1st GLAD project

by Therese Carmelite M. Abejo

Cagayan de Oro City (23 January) -- Pag-IBIG Fund recently released P7.467 Million representing the land acquisition of the Medina Homeowners Association (MHA) for the Cagayan de Oro Branch's first Group Land Acquisition and Development (GLAD) project.

The 300 square meter project located in North Poblacion, Medina, Misamis Oriental will benefit the 126 members of the said association.

MHA was granted a total loan amounting to P9.039 Million, of which the remaining amount will be used for the site development, for release on a staggered basis.

The OIC/Branch Manager Fermin A. Sta. Teresa, Jr. handed the check to the MHA president and landowner last January 2, 2007, in a simple turnover ceremony held at the Cagayan de Oro Branch. Present during the occasion were the OIC/Chief of the Mortgage Loans Division, Mr. Floyd Zapanta and some Marketing Staff.

GLAD aims to provide financial assistance to organized groups of formally employed Fund members for the acquisition and development of raw land or partially developed land, which shall serve as the site of their housing units.

Land development and unitization of beneficiaries' titles shall be completed in 2 years. (PAG-IBIG Fund) [top]


Speaking of PAG IBIG, their new R10 headquarters at J.R. Borja is nearing its completion.. Tsada na kaayo ang exterior. Kulang nalang tangtangon ang mga "label" sa aluminum cladding..

:lol: :lol: jokera pud nimo..hehehe.. nahadlok na man gali kog balik didto kay gilakag na mi once sa baka didto.. bilin gud akong tsenelas...:lol: :lol: :lol:

bitaw, na migo na namo ang usa ka roaving airport security didto.. hehe.. :)

Dili pa gyud updated ang google kay gamay pa kaayo amo silingan sa Portico...

Dili pa gyud updated ang google kay gamay pa kaayo amo silingan sa Portico...

taga Portico diay ka? hehehe..silingan ra man diay ta..:)

Projects to anticipate in Oro this 2007

Opening of 4th bridge(Puntod-Kauswagan Bridge and roads component)
Opening of 5th Bridge(Kagay-an Bridge and roads component)
South Diversion Road pavement completion
South City Bulk Water system inauguration
Macabalan Port expansion(press release)
Laguindingan International Airport horizontal works(press release)
Agora multi-level Market Redevelopment(press release)
Puerto multi-level Market Redevelopment(press release)
Mindanao Railway System Phase1 feasibility study(press release)
Lumbia Domestic Airport expansion(press release)

CAGAYAN DE ORO 2nd congressional district

Hotel Koresco expansion completion
Robinsons CDO expansion(press release)
Super SM Hypermarket construction
Ayala Land High-end residential project
A. Brown company super High-end residential project(press release)
Sta Lucia residential project(press release)
Robinsons Land 2nd Residential project(Richmond Hills)
Limketkai Center skywalk copletion
Completion of 3 storey Comm'l building at Limketkai Center

http://k43.pbase.com/u40/timonera/upload/25979775.kagayhaan2.jpg

Xavier University - Science Center

http://heritage.************/history/xu_monument_fc23_380.jpg

Oro Gardens - Pryce

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o157/francisxavier9501/orog.jpg

Gaston Park

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o157/francisxavier9501/gaston.jpg

Camp Evangelista Golf course

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o157/francisxavier9501/camp.jpg

didnt know there's one..:)

Oro Gardens - Pryce

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o157/francisxavier9501/orog.jpg

naa ba nay fence @lew? delikado naay mahulog...taas ra ba kaayo diretso sa river

naa ba nay fence @lew? delikado naay mahulog...taas ra ba kaayo diretso sa river

LOLS..of course.. wa man sad problema ug mahulog.. kuuhaon dayon, ibalik sa taas, ilubong dayon diretso...:D :lol: :lol: :lol:

Pueblo de Oro Golf Estates

http://www.cagayan-de-oro.com/Pueblo_de_Oro_Golfers1.JPG

Pueblo de Oro Urban Forest

http://www.dipolognon.com/cagayandeoro/Macahambus_Cave26.JPG

LOLS..of course.. wa man sad problema ug mahulog.. kuuhaon dayon, ibalik sa taas, ilubong dayon diretso...:D :lol: :lol: :lol:

:lol: :lol:. sakto sad noh...

Oro Gardens - Pryce

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o157/francisxavier9501/orog.jpg


muy patok jud ni nga lubnganan..daghan ug extra attractions

example

1. sa adlaw sa minatay, kung ma bore ang mga tao ug bantay sa puntod, pwede sila mag rappelling sa bakilid

2. kung mag hysterical nga namatyan unya magisnyagit syagit ug "isama mo ako!" sayon ra kaayo..pwede ituklod sa bakilid

lols

;11449417']muy patok jud ni nga lubnganan..daghan ug extra attractions

example

1. sa adlaw sa minatay, kung ma bore ang mga tao ug bantay sa puntod, pwede sila mag rappelling sa bakilid

2. kung mag hysterical nga namatyan unya magisnyagit syagit ug "isama mo ako!" sayon ra kaayo..pwede ituklod sa bakilid

lols

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

repost: Macabalan Port

http://www.freewebs.com/visitcdo/cdoport@.jpg

Repost again:


Thursday, January 04, 2007
Oro sees great opportunity in 2007

AS THE city of Cagayan de Oro ends 2006 with a big bang, it is expected to start 2007 with more opportunities for prosperity and growth.

This after Mayor Vicente Y. Emano announces the coming of five giant investments in the city and Misamis Oriental.

Emano disclosed that Ayala Land Corporation, Robinson's Development Corporation, A. Brown Corporation, Sta. Lucia Realty Inc., and Hanjin International will all be starting their enormous investments in the city.

Ayala Land Corporation will start its development of the 350 hectares of land in Indahag while Robinson's Development Corporation will pour in new investments in malls and realty and A. Brown will be starting their biggest subdivision in the island, which will be located in the hills of Barangays Balulang and Agusan.

Another giant real estate company, the Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Inc., will finally push through with its real estate project in Gusa while Hanjin International is already set to relocate its US$1.2 Billion shipyard investment at the Phividec Industrial Estates in nearby Misamis Oriental.

Emano said that with these developments, the city's economy is expected to soar high despite the predictions that 2007 is a hard year for everybody.

"As long as we continue to unite and maintain our stable peace and order we can put these things into greater heights," the mayor pointed out.

He expressed his gratitude to the Cagayanons for their cooperation that translated into economic growth and continued stability of peace and order in the city.

He is hoping that 2007, the year of the fire pig, will be the greatest year in the history of Cagayan de Oro as it will usher in incessant influx of investment.

naay bahaw??!! :lol: pagkamingaw sa payag!!

bahaw? kan-on? hehe.. ayaw kay pang fried rice ugma...:D

taga Portico diay ka? hehehe..silingan ra man diay ta..:)

taga portico pod diay ka bai? usahay ra pod ko ka tambay diha kung bakasyon usahay tungnan wala tubig paita...

taga portico pod diay ka bai? usahay ra pod ko ka tambay diha kung bakasyon usahay tungnan wala tubig paita...

La Buena ra ko..Hehe.. The whole summer of 2004 walay tubig..:) pero timing pud tua kos manila that time..

pero diri pud ka based sa CDO bai?

CDO Guys! Since 8 pages more to go nalang before our 10th thread, mag huna huna na tag title..:D

mu ni akua:

CAGAYAN DE ORO: Dakbayan sa Mabulawanong Paghinigalaay - Episode 10


Wag na muna natin gamitin yung "TSADA" kaya..mejo gasgas na eh.. kawawa naman yung word.. pagpahingahin muna natin ng mga 4 threads siguro...:D

Suggest kayo!

La Buena ra ko..Hehe.. The whole summer of 2004 walay tubig..:) pero timing pud tua kos manila that time..

pero diri pud ka based sa CDO bai?

nabantayan nako sa La Buena daghan unit wala nag occupy, ngano na bai?

whole family naa naka base sa cdeo...

bitaw..daghan kaayo balay nga wa pay gapuyo.. daghan daghan pud lots nga wa pay balay...pero sold out na man daw ang la buena.. busa gali naa na silay Portico ug La Mirande..

CDO Guys! Since 8 pages more to go nalang before our 10th thread, mag huna huna na tag title..:D

mu ni akua:

CAGAYAN DE ORO: Dakbayan sa Mabulawanong Paghinigalaay - Episode 10


Wag na muna natin gamitin yung "TSADA" kaya..mejo gasgas na eh.. kawawa naman yung word.. pagpahingahin muna natin ng mga 4 threads siguro...:D

Suggest kayo!

I only understand the word "Dakbayan" there, it means City right?

YUP! That's actually "City of Golden Friendship"

ah, ganun pala ibig sabihin nun, pero medyo toungue twister :laugh:

ah, ganun pala ibig sabihin nun, pero medyo toungue twister :laugh:

Oonga eh..Hehehe, hindi ko rin dati ma pronounce pronounce yang "mabulawanon" na yan.. Well, 7 years ko nang sinasalita ang cebuano.. Payts na..:D

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may nag tatantrum sa kabila..bigyan mo nga ng candy Sera..:lol:

:lol: :lol: jokera pud nimo..hehehe.. nahadlok na man gali kog balik didto kay gilakag na mi once sa baka didto.. bilin gud akong tsenelas...:lol: :lol: :lol:

bitaw, na migo na namo ang usa ka roaving airport security didto.. hehe.. :)

Siguro dugay na kadtong higayon na gilakag mo ug baka kay as far as the news na gihigpitan na raw ng airport securities na wala nang makapasok na baka o kambing. Ngayon ang problema nalang nila yung mga ibon na lumilipad kasi nababangga ng eroplano. Delikado din daw yun.

CDO Guys! Since 8 pages more to go nalang before our 10th thread, mag huna huna na tag title..:D

mu ni akua:

CAGAYAN DE ORO: Dakbayan sa Mabulawanong Paghinigalaay - Episode 10


Wag na muna natin gamitin yung "TSADA" kaya..mejo gasgas na eh.. kawawa naman yung word.. pagpahingahin muna natin ng mga 4 threads siguro...:D

Suggest kayo!


Tsada nga title, kunting edit lang sa "Panghinigalaay" change it to "Panaghigalaay". Kasi sa English ng "paghinigalaay" ay "befriend or befriendly" whereas "Panaghigalaay" is "Friendship".

Ok, so magiging "CAGAYAN DE ORO: Dakbayan sa Mabulawanong Panaghigalaay - Episode 10"

Aw...:D Ehehehe..Sorry..Cge cge..

Thanks for correcting my Cebuano...:)

Is that from BW's today's issue?

Mayor Emano approves more infra projects

Cagayanons has nothing else to ask for in terms of infrastructure development as City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano recently approved various infrastructure projects in the city.

One of the three projects include the construction of an overpass which will be built across Capitol University Medical City, one of the accident-prone areas along the national highway.

Mayor Emano also gave the go-signal for the installation of the P1.5 million water system project at the Phase 3 of Cala-anan Resettlement Site in barangay Canitoan. The said project, duly approved by the Cagayan de Oro Water District board, is part of the P6 million funding for the project in the area.

Another infrastructure project is the rehabilitation and concreting of the 75-meter road in Purok 5, barangay Gusa. Program of works for the purpose is already prepared, the mayor said.

The three projects are among the various infrastructure projects worth P23 million, excluding additional P4.54 million funding, ordered released by Mayor Emano for barangay infrastructure development.

Mayor Emano hoped that with these projects, quality of life of the city?s poor residents will improve.

taken from business world.

Big players’ entry seen to boost Cagayan de Oro property market

Cagayan de Oro City — The entry of Ayala Corp. and other Manila-based property developers into this city is expected to create a more exciting and challenging property market.

"We welcome national property players here. That means Cagayan de Oro must be doing well because Ayala is coming," said Marlon B. Escalicas, manager of property developer Crown Communities Cagayan, Inc.

Officials of the city’s local planning and development office told BusinessWorld earlier that Cagayan de Oro’s blueprint through 2010 calls for the development of the uptown portion of the city anchored largely on major investments from private developers.

The city’s strategic plan is divided into two parts: west up-town and east uptown, with the Cagayan de Oro River as the reference point.

The Pueblo de Oro Township, owned by Manila-based Regatta Properties and Beacon Property Ventures, leads the west uptown’s development while the east up-town’s plan has close to 700 hectares of land for development by Ayala Corp. and Fil-Estate Land.

The city’s planning office said the infrastructure systems in these areas are already in place. Construction is ongoing for support facilities.

In 2005, Ayala executives informed city Mayor Vicente Emano of a planned P4-billion mixed-use complex targeted for development in barangay Indahag, east of the city. Under the plan, an initial investment of P2 billion will increase to P4 billion by 2010, the mayor said.

The planned complex will include a shopping mall, high-rise structures, recreation facilities, and other upscale community amenities.

"[Ayala] already submitted its locational clearance, and after processing their documents such as development permit and others, it will start to develop the area," said Estrella F. Sagaral, acting city planning and development coordinator.

Attractive market

Cagayan de Oro, with a population of over 600,000 growing annually by 3.12%, strategically links Mindanao’s cities to major ports in the Visayas.

The local property market covers not only local residents and institutions and those in the province of Misamis Oriental, but also includes establishments and workers in the 50-mile Cagayan-Iligan industrial corridor.

Estimates showed that a major chunk of this market has a monthly income of P14,000 to P75,000 per household, figures that could qualify under economic and open-market housing.

"Overseas workers provide a major impact on our sales since they have high purchasing power," said Remy Alejandrino, senior manager for corporate affairs of Pueblo de Oro Development Corp.

Aside from overseas workers, affluent families from nearby Bukidnon, Lanao del Norte — especially Iligan City — and the Caraga Region also buy local housing packages offered in the city.

Although the market is generally biased towards low-cost housing, or units priced up to P600,000, the industry is currently looking at medium-cost projects, or those priced up to P1 million, and up-scale packages of up to P5 million per unit.

Crown Communities, Pueblo de Oro, A. Brown Co., Johndorf Ventures Corp. and Robinsons Land are a few of the major property firms operating in the city. Crown Communities is developing its 150-hectare European-style subdivision called Gran Europa.

With projects in the Lumbia area going to the city’s airport, the company aims to accommodate all segments of the market.

"We would like to articulate to the buyers that they can have a taste of Europe but don’t have to spend much," said Mr. Escalicas.

The expansion of the subdivision also indicates the direction is towards high-end packages. It is currently developing another enclave with a French-Italian concept which has house-and-lot packages costing P5 million to P6 million.

Pueblo de Oro has also been developing its township project composed of residential subdivisions, a commercial center, business and information technology park and a golf and country club.

"We are developing the building blocks for the buyers to be secured when they live here," Ms. Alejandrino said.

The firm has partnered with Johndorf Ventures Corp. and Robinsons Hillsborough in the development of economic, medium-cost and high-end packages that are priced from P300,000 to P4 million.

It is also developing a 360-hectare property in Lumbia into a subdivision called Forest View Town-homes.

Another major Cagayan de Oro player is A. Brown Co. which is developing a project within the Xavier Estates at the Lumbia area, with the Xavier Sports and Country Club as one of its amenities.

It also has a new subdivision in Agusan district located at the west uptown part of the city. It also owns Teak Wood Hills, an upscale development.

Ms. Sagaral said Ayala’s entry comes at a good time since the city has been bullish in developing its infrastructure system.

"We welcome [major property firms here]. They are important to the growth of the city," she said.

Ayala’s entry also adds to the city government’s income and provides economic opportunities to local residents, she said.

"Ayala will hire local people and thus would boost local employment," she added.


Web link (http://www.bworldonline.com/BW012507/content.php?id=101)

Thursday, January 25, 2007
Cybercafe owners plan to operate call centers

INTERNET café operators are now entertaining the idea of converting their shops into call center facilities at nighttime.

This was proposed by Internet café owners during the first Internet Café Owners’ Association Summit, which was facilitated by Microsoft Philippines, Intel, Innove and Level Up.

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The summit held last Jan. 19 at the Microsoft Southern Philippines office at the Skyrise building in Asiatown IT Park gathered café operators from Bacolod, Bohol, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Dumaguete, Iloilo, Tacloban and Cebu to discuss related issues faced by the industry, share best practices, and ways to increase profitability.

Magtanggol Bawal, Microsoft Southern Philippines sales operations director, said Microsoft will bridge Internet café operators and a Filipino company named Biometrix Philippines Corp., which is willing to invest in converting Internet cafes into call center facilities at night.

Bawal said Biometrix will provide café operators software solutions and training modules for Internet cafes to operate as a legitimate call center or outsourcing facility at nighttime.

Revenue

“This will mean a good additional revenue for Internet café owners since Biometrix will rent the PCs (personal computers) for P5,000 a month,” he said.

While some Internet cafés in Luzon have already explored the possibility, Bawal said Biometrix is now showing interest in penetrating the Visayas and Mindanao markets.

“They ran the pilot program in Palawan and proved it was successful,” he said.

Biometrix has been servicing clients in the United Kingdom, United States and Australia.

He said Biometrix is willing to help Internet café owners who want to maximize their existing technologies and plan to operate their own call centers, either for medical or legal transcription.

Microsoft and Biometrix will be holding a roadshow in the first quarter of this year to present opportunities to Internet café owners in Visayas and Mindanao.

“This is our way of supporting the industry and revenue reinforcement is one of the most important tool to save this struggling industry,” Bawal said.

Bawal said industry players still face the problem of “price war,” in which some café owners drop hourly charges for Internet and gaming use to P5 to lure more customers.

During the summit, he said Internet café operators have agreed to a P20 per hour average charge.

Legislation

He said café owners are hoping all industry players will abide by the agreement.

“We are working with the LGUs (local government units) to work on a legislation regarding this,” he added.

Bawal said Microsoft is also working on cleaning up the piracy problem, especially among Internet café outlets.

He said, though, that he understands that café owners face financial restrictions when purchasing licensed software.

“We cannot force them to get licensed software,” he said.

But he said Internet cafes owners who wish to turn their shops as call centers at night, will have to get licensed software due to international clients’ requirements. (MMM)

Entrepreneurs for fruit wine technologies sought: Guyabano Wine, anyone?

The Food Technology Department of Xavier University (Ateneo de Cagayan) College of Agriculture (XUCA) has successfully conducted a pilot batch processing of some common fruits into sweet wines which are now available for commercial or village-level production to interested parties.

“We have conducted pilot trials for guyabano, pineapple and Bengal currants, more commonly known as Karanda,” said food technologist Sylvia T. Aguhob, department chairperson of the XUCA Food Tech Department. “We have also conducted public taste tests for our products and received positive responses from the tasters.”

Guyabano, or soursop ( Annona muricata) is better known to Cebuano-speaking Mindanaoans as the abana, virtually the same name by which it’s known in its sister Spanish colony of Mexico as the huanaba.

Although cultivated commercially in some countries of Central and South America, West Africa, Asia and South Florida in the United States, Filipinos have generally taken abana for granted despite its deliciously tart, white edible pulp and high carbohydrate content and significant amounts of Vitamin C, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Potassium and dietary fiber (but low in cholesterol, saturated fat and sodium).

Mix together the abana pulp, kalamansi juice and sugar in a blender with some ice or cold water and process till smooth and voila! A beverage cooler that’s not only delicious but healthy as well.

Besides being eaten raw as a fruit and health food, abana is also processed into candies, tarts, shakes, ice cream, sherbets and other beverages. It is also used in many rural areas as a medicinal plant as a antispasmodic, sudorific and emetic and its juice as a herbal remedy for urethritis, haematuria and liver ailments.

However, it’s so commonplace in Northern Mindanao that it’s not even monitored as a commercial fruit by the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) since it is not utilized commercially except for powdered Guyabano juice which was developed and marketed by some Luzon based companies some time ago.

But Ms. Aguhob hopes to change that perception, at least in Cagayan de Oro and later maybe the entire Northern Mindanao with her “Sweet Guyabano Wine.” Response to the demo batch displayed at the Aggies booth during the Xavier Days last December was positive and she is confident it is ready for technology transfer. The pencil-pushing for its commercial production is now being undertaken by the XU Economics Department under Vennie Laroza.

Another fruit which the XUCA Food Lab has developed into a “sweet wine” is the pineapple. Although it has had more success as a commercial fruit than the abana, the pineapple is more popularly known hereabouts as fillers/extenders for various “Del Monte products” processed at its cannery in Bgy. Bugo rather than as wines.

Fresh and processed pineapple products by Del Monte have traditionally been one of the region’s top ten exports, although it is also extensively planted for the table in backyards and private farms of Northern Mindanao. The Department of Trade and Industry Region 10 office reports fresh and canned pineapples from the Del Monte plantation in Bukidnon and its cannery in Bugo, Cagayan de Oro was Nothern Mindanao’s fifth largest export for the (latest available data) third quarter last year in terms of value (US$ 22,602,179) after crude coconut oil, oleochemicals, cochin coconut oil and dessicated coconut.

In fact, pineapple as a fruit wine has already been developed and marketed in Hawaii by a private company as “Maui Blanc”. The Hawaiian pineapple wine is a non-vintage wine made from the juice of pineapples, produced and fermented in a similar manner as grape wines. The result is a soft, dry, fruity wine with an unmistakable pineapple bouquet.

Developed by Ms. Aguhob some three years ago, XUCA Food Dept.’s “Sweet Pineapple” wine has yet to be taken up for commercial production by a private investor, although the Jesuit community of XU has been enjoying it as a table wine for some time now.

More recently, Ms. Aguhob undertook the development of a sweet wine from the Bengal Currant, more popularly known hereabouts as the Karanda, or caramba, caranda, caraunda or perunkila in other places around the country.

Ms. Aguhob was constrained to develop the Karanda wine after their German consultant Mr. Lewke planted some 300 shrubs of the plant in the slopes of Manresa, the sprawling campus of the Xavier University College of Agriculture (XUCA) in Upper Carmen began to bear fruit.

The karanda is a small fruit resembling a purple grape, with a berry-like flavor which can usually be harvested from May to October. It is a rank-growing, straggly, woody, climbing shrub, usually growing to 10 or 15 ft (3-5 m) high, sometimes ascending to the tops of tall trees; and rich in white, gummy latex. It may have great potential as an intercrop in the Philippines since it has been observed to climb and thrive on fruit trees like mango and avocado.

The karanda is native and common throughout much of India, Myanmar and Malacca and dry areas of Sri Lanka and has been growing in Java and around Jakarta, Indonesia. The karanda first fruited in the Philippines in 1915 from seeds sent by the Middle Egypt Botanic Garden in 1912 and P.J. Wester (who sent the second and third batches of seeds) described it in 1918 as “one of the best small fruits introduced into the Philippines within recent years.”

Analyses made in India and the Philippines show ripe karanda has the following nutritional values: calories, 338-342/lb (745-753/kg); moisture, 83.17-83.24%; protein, 0.39-0.66%; fat, 2.57-4.63%; carbohydrate, 0.51-0.94%; sugar, 7.35-11.58%; fiber, 0.62-1.81%; ash, 0.66-0.78 %. Ascorbic acid content has been reported as 9-11 mg per 100 g. The karanda fruit and its leaves, roots, and bark also have many applications in herbal folkloric medicine.

Although initially developed by Ms. Aguhob as a jam, it did not pass the “taste test” among the XUCA’s resident club of tasters who found it rather flat. However, when Ms.Aguhob developed it as one of her sweet wines instead, it instantly found praise with the department’s resident connoisseurs who found its taste and color at par, if not better than ‘sweet red wines’ sold in groceries and supermarkets.

Entrepreneurs who are interested to undertake the commercial production of guyabano, pinapple or Karanda sweet wines may contact Ms. Sylvia T. Aguhob through her email address staguhob@yahoo.com.

Thursday, January 25, 2007
Cybercafe owners plan to operate call centers

INTERNET café operators are now entertaining the idea of converting their shops into call center facilities at nighttime.

This was proposed by Internet café owners during the first Internet Café Owners’ Association Summit, which was facilitated by Microsoft Philippines, Intel, Innove and Level Up.

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The summit held last Jan. 19 at the Microsoft Southern Philippines office at the Skyrise building in Asiatown IT Park gathered café operators from Bacolod, Bohol, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Dumaguete, Iloilo, Tacloban and Cebu to discuss related issues faced by the industry, share best practices, and ways to increase profitability.

Magtanggol Bawal, Microsoft Southern Philippines sales operations director, said Microsoft will bridge Internet café operators and a Filipino company named Biometrix Philippines Corp., which is willing to invest in converting Internet cafes into call center facilities at night.

Bawal said Biometrix will provide café operators software solutions and training modules for Internet cafes to operate as a legitimate call center or outsourcing facility at nighttime.

Revenue

“This will mean a good additional revenue for Internet café owners since Biometrix will rent the PCs (personal computers) for P5,000 a month,” he said.

While some Internet cafés in Luzon have already explored the possibility, Bawal said Biometrix is now showing interest in penetrating the Visayas and Mindanao markets.

“They ran the pilot program in Palawan and proved it was successful,” he said.

Biometrix has been servicing clients in the United Kingdom, United States and Australia.

He said Biometrix is willing to help Internet café owners who want to maximize their existing technologies and plan to operate their own call centers, either for medical or legal transcription.

Microsoft and Biometrix will be holding a roadshow in the first quarter of this year to present opportunities to Internet café owners in Visayas and Mindanao.

“This is our way of supporting the industry and revenue reinforcement is one of the most important tool to save this struggling industry,” Bawal said.

Bawal said industry players still face the problem of “price war,” in which some café owners drop hourly charges for Internet and gaming use to P5 to lure more customers.

During the summit, he said Internet café operators have agreed to a P20 per hour average charge.

Legislation

He said café owners are hoping all industry players will abide by the agreement.

“We are working with the LGUs (local government units) to work on a legislation regarding this,” he added.

Bawal said Microsoft is also working on cleaning up the piracy problem, especially among Internet café outlets.

He said, though, that he understands that café owners face financial restrictions when purchasing licensed software.

“We cannot force them to get licensed software,” he said.

But he said Internet cafes owners who wish to turn their shops as call centers at night, will have to get licensed software due to international clients’ requirements. (MMM)

Considering nga dili jud kaayo profitable and internet cafe on a 20 peso per hour basis, it's very good. Plus, you could tweak your computers.

Thursday, January 25, 2007
Cybercafe owners plan to operate call centers

INTERNET café operators are now entertaining the idea of converting their shops into call center facilities at nighttime.

This was proposed by Internet café owners during the first Internet Café Owners’ Association Summit, which was facilitated by Microsoft Philippines, Intel, Innove and Level Up.

Sun.Star Network Online's Sinulog Festival Coverage
Post your Sinulog greetings

The summit held last Jan. 19 at the Microsoft Southern Philippines office at the Skyrise building in Asiatown IT Park gathered café operators from Bacolod, Bohol, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Dumaguete, Iloilo, Tacloban and Cebu to discuss related issues faced by the industry, share best practices, and ways to increase profitability.

Magtanggol Bawal, Microsoft Southern Philippines sales operations director, said Microsoft will bridge Internet café operators and a Filipino company named Biometrix Philippines Corp., which is willing to invest in converting Internet cafes into call center facilities at night.

Bawal said Biometrix will provide café operators software solutions and training modules for Internet cafes to operate as a legitimate call center or outsourcing facility at nighttime.

Revenue

“This will mean a good additional revenue for Internet café owners since Biometrix will rent the PCs (personal computers) for P5,000 a month,” he said.

While some Internet cafés in Luzon have already explored the possibility, Bawal said Biometrix is now showing interest in penetrating the Visayas and Mindanao markets.

“They ran the pilot program in Palawan and proved it was successful,” he said.

Biometrix has been servicing clients in the United Kingdom, United States and Australia.

He said Biometrix is willing to help Internet café owners who want to maximize their existing technologies and plan to operate their own call centers, either for medical or legal transcription.

Microsoft and Biometrix will be holding a roadshow in the first quarter of this year to present opportunities to Internet café owners in Visayas and Mindanao.

“This is our way of supporting the industry and revenue reinforcement is one of the most important tool to save this struggling industry,” Bawal said.

Bawal said industry players still face the problem of “price war,” in which some café owners drop hourly charges for Internet and gaming use to P5 to lure more customers.

During the summit, he said Internet café operators have agreed to a P20 per hour average charge.

Legislation

He said café owners are hoping all industry players will abide by the agreement.

“We are working with the LGUs (local government units) to work on a legislation regarding this,” he added.

Bawal said Microsoft is also working on cleaning up the piracy problem, especially among Internet café outlets.

He said, though, that he understands that café owners face financial restrictions when purchasing licensed software.

“We cannot force them to get licensed software,” he said.

But he said Internet cafes owners who wish to turn their shops as call centers at night, will have to get licensed software due to international clients’ requirements. (MMM)

this is good news. para makabawi naman yung cafe owners s investment nila.:okay: :okay:

Maayo untag maka part time ko diha...:D

^^ kaw ha hehehe :D

While you surf, you speak... Good Morning Ma'am... "How may I help you? Oy! WaWay[625] what are you doing?" hehehe :D

pero maayo gyud na..That'd be thousands of call centers in the entire philippines.. :)

I guess...

I'm gonna out now, but just one question...

how many call centers are there in the land of Golden Friendship?

taken from business world.

Big players’ entry seen to boost Cagayan de Oro property market

Cagayan de Oro City — The entry of Ayala Corp. and other Manila-based property developers into this city is expected to create a more exciting and challenging property market.

"We welcome national property players here. That means Cagayan de Oro must be doing well because Ayala is coming," said Marlon B. Escalicas, manager of property developer Crown Communities Cagayan, Inc.

Officials of the city’s local planning and development office told BusinessWorld earlier that Cagayan de Oro’s blueprint through 2010 calls for the development of the uptown portion of the city anchored largely on major investments from private developers.

The city’s strategic plan is divided into two parts: west up-town and east uptown, with the Cagayan de Oro River as the reference point.

The Pueblo de Oro Township, owned by Manila-based Regatta Properties and Beacon Property Ventures, leads the west uptown’s development while the east up-town’s plan has close to 700 hectares of land for development by Ayala Corp. and Fil-Estate Land.

The city’s planning office said the infrastructure systems in these areas are already in place. Construction is ongoing for support facilities.

In 2005, Ayala executives informed city Mayor Vicente Emano of a planned P4-billion mixed-use complex targeted for development in barangay Indahag, east of the city. Under the plan, an initial investment of P2 billion will increase to P4 billion by 2010, the mayor said.

The planned complex will include a shopping mall, high-rise structures, recreation facilities, and other upscale community amenities.

"[Ayala] already submitted its locational clearance, and after processing their documents such as development permit and others, it will start to develop the area," said Estrella F. Sagaral, acting city planning and development coordinator.

Attractive market

Cagayan de Oro, with a population of over 600,000 growing annually by 3.12%, strategically links Mindanao’s cities to major ports in the Visayas.

The local property market covers not only local residents and institutions and those in the province of Misamis Oriental, but also includes establishments and workers in the 50-mile Cagayan-Iligan industrial corridor.

Estimates showed that a major chunk of this market has a monthly income of P14,000 to P75,000 per household, figures that could qualify under economic and open-market housing.

"Overseas workers provide a major impact on our sales since they have high purchasing power," said Remy Alejandrino, senior manager for corporate affairs of Pueblo de Oro Development Corp.

Aside from overseas workers, affluent families from nearby Bukidnon, Lanao del Norte — especially Iligan City — and the Caraga Region also buy local housing packages offered in the city.

Although the market is generally biased towards low-cost housing, or units priced up to P600,000, the industry is currently looking at medium-cost projects, or those priced up to P1 million, and up-scale packages of up to P5 million per unit.

Crown Communities, Pueblo de Oro, A. Brown Co., Johndorf Ventures Corp. and Robinsons Land are a few of the major property firms operating in the city. Crown Communities is developing its 150-hectare European-style subdivision called Gran Europa.

With projects in the Lumbia area going to the city’s airport, the company aims to accommodate all segments of the market.

"We would like to articulate to the buyers that they can have a taste of Europe but don’t have to spend much," said Mr. Escalicas.

The expansion of the subdivision also indicates the direction is towards high-end packages. It is currently developing another enclave with a French-Italian concept which has house-and-lot packages costing P5 million to P6 million.

Pueblo de Oro has also been developing its township project composed of residential subdivisions, a commercial center, business and information technology park and a golf and country club.

"We are developing the building blocks for the buyers to be secured when they live here," Ms. Alejandrino said.

The firm has partnered with Johndorf Ventures Corp. and Robinsons Hillsborough in the development of economic, medium-cost and high-end packages that are priced from P300,000 to P4 million.

It is also developing a 360-hectare property in Lumbia into a subdivision called Forest View Town-homes.

Another major Cagayan de Oro player is A. Brown Co. which is developing a project within the Xavier Estates at the Lumbia area, with the Xavier Sports and Country Club as one of its amenities.

It also has a new subdivision in Agusan district located at the west uptown part of the city. It also owns Teak Wood Hills, an upscale development.

Ms. Sagaral said Ayala’s entry comes at a good time since the city has been bullish in developing its infrastructure system.

"We welcome [major property firms here]. They are important to the growth of the city," she said.

Ayala’s entry also adds to the city government’s income and provides economic opportunities to local residents, she said.

"Ayala will hire local people and thus would boost local employment," she added.


so this means a new CBD IN CDO... GALING:applause: :applause:

so this means a new CBD IN CDO... GALING:applause: :applause:

Wish ko lang( to the tune of wishkolangGMA7)....:D

I guess...

I'm gonna out now, but just one question...

how many call centers are there in the land of Golden Friendship?

There are 3.. Link2Support, Arriba Telecontact, and the other one i forgot..:D

Wish ko lang( to the tune of wishkolangGMA7)....:D

haha hindi b nagmamahal kapamilya ng abs-cdn.:) :)

yung malalaking investment nyo diyan hindi n ba dumaan sa city council for approval???

haha hindi b nagmamahal kapamilya ng abs-cdn.:) :)

yung malalaking investment nyo diyan hindi n ba dumaan sa city council for approval???

pinag uusapan, but doesnt make sense man siguro..kasi pag nakausap na ni Mayor Emano ang investor, binibigyan nya na ng Go signal.. Kahit wala pang papers.. Just like SM and Robinsons.. Pinrocess ang papers nila during construction na..

Anyway, speaking of projects..

I watched the telecast of 129th regular session of the city council. They discussed the ordinance which should give benefits to the people in Kauswagan and Bonbon as they shall be relocated soon to give way for the Coastal Road and Reclamation project on such coastal barangays.. This project shall be implemented in 2008 under BOT scheme..

pinag uusapan, but doesnt make sense man siguro..kasi pag nakausap na ni Mayor Emano ang investor, binibigyan nya na ng Go signal.. Kahit wala pang papers.. Just like SM and Robinsons.. Pinrocess ang papers nila during construction na..

sa style ng pamumuno ni mayor emano and the support of the city council it appears that the future of CDO is very bright....:cheers: :cheers:

Murag he's joining vice mayoralty race this coming may elections.. To be qualified for another 9 year mayoralty term perhaps..

FrancisXavier,

taga cdo diay ka? hala ka, nagkagubot na didto sa colleges & universities thread tungod nimo? hehehehe.... advice nako ayaw nalang ug patul bai. actually, kaila ko kay bakekang, client namo ang companya nila. pero joker natawo na si bakekang bai, puros binuang sa actual. nabag-ohan pud ko sa iya dinhi...murag seryos kuno ba pero naa siyay point bai. pero basin gabinuang lang pod siya ug gibinuangan ra diay ta niya.

lahing topic: tinuod ba na magtukod daw ang ayala mall sa cdo? maayo unta kung matinood para samot ma bibo ang cdo.

kumusta ng airport sa cdo bai, matuloy ba tong sa laguindingan?

tanong ko lang. bakit cagayan de oro is the city of golden friendship? oro is gold, right? so cagayan means friendship? hehe

LOL.. It has nothing to do with the "cagayan de oro" actually.. :lol: i dunno why friendship..:) why, do you find it sarcastic?:lol: :lol: ako i do..especially when those trolls are around.. just like what happened 2 days ago...:D hehe

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Floating Restaurant Cagayan de oro river

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Downtown

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u/c Pag-Ibig HeadQuarters
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Friday, January 26, 2007
City earns P141M from biz renewal

REGISTRATION and renewal of business permits from January 2 to 22 amounted to P141,826,121, according to the City Finance Department.

Lino Daral, city treasurer, disclosed this as the City Government ended on January 23, the two-week business processing period for old and new business establishments in the city.

Daral said a total of 12,615 business establishments have registered and renewed their permits this month posting a 79 percent achievement out of the 16,000 business establishments, which are expected to secure permits during the registration period.

The city treasurer pointed out that this year's achievement in business registration marked a big difference to last year's turnout where the City Government collected only P132 million from a total of 11,000 business establishments, which secured business permits.

He added that because of the positive turnout of business registration during the past two weeks, there will no longer be an extension of the registration period.

This means that those who will renew their business permits will now pay a 25 percent surcharge and a 2 percent penalty.

Daral said the heavy turnout of business registration this month only proved of the local business community's confidence in the local government administration knowing that the tax they are paying are effectively utilized for the much need social services for the people of Cagayan de Oro. (CIO)

^^

POSCO technical team to visit Oro
by Rubelyn B. Yap/City Information Office
Date Published: 2007-01-25
The technical team from Korea’s largest steel company, Pohang Steel Corporation (POSCO) will visit the city on February 14, 2007 for final evaluation of the prospective site of its Nickel Smelting Plant in Phividec Estate, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.

City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano disclosed this as Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Misamis Oriental director Eliza Pabillore reported to him that the technical team composed of engineers and other officials of the company will be in the city on the said date. Mayor Emano said that the investment would reach up to $1 billion with an initial investment of $750 million once they will decide to put-up their investment at Phividec. The city mayor is hoping that the said company will finally decide to invest here since it is very conducive and friendly to international investors. Its cheap labor costs, quality manpower and complete facilities with full support from the local government are also advantageous to foreign investors. If the Nickel Smelting Plant will be realized, this will contribute greatly to the economy of Northern Mindanao as well as to the island of Mindanao. POSCO, a 30-year old company is the 2nd largest steel manufacturer in the world that produces 28 million tons of crude steel per annum.

Oro cabs required to bear posters of tourist spots
by Lorebeth C. Requiroso/City Council
Date Published: 2007-01-25
TAXICABS operating in the city will soon take part in the campaign to advertise the city’s tourist spots. This developed after the City Council during its regular session yesterday presided over by Vice Mayor Michelle Spiers enacted an ordinance requiring owners or operators of taxicabs to paste or attach plastic stickers printed with the name or drawing of any of the tourist spots in the city on both the rear side doors of their units and for other purposes.

The ordinance provides that posting of such posters will be a prerequisite in the issuance of business permits to the operators. It authorizes the City Tourism Office to accredit and designate a single supplier to come up with the best design and specification for the purpose. Taxi operators will be granted tax rebates equivalent to the cost of the required stickers. The City Council also passed a corollary resolution requesting the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to make this a requirement in the issuance of franchises for taxicabs. Councilor Edgar Cabanlas, chair of the committee on tourism and Councilor Reynaldo Advincula, jointly authored the ordinance, in an effort to maximize information drive to promote the city’s tourism industry.