Cagayan de Oro City and Misamis Oriental Province - Compiled Threads [Archive] - Page 189

mottymot_007

March 13th, 2010, 02:56 AM

Cepalco exec expects no brownout during Pacquiao fight if...
Updated March 13-14, 2010 12:00 AM
Mindanao Goldstar Daily

THERE’S a good chance the fight between boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and tough Ghanian Joshua Clottey will be aired sans brownouts here.

“We expect no brownouts in Cepalco’s franchise area this Sunday so you can all watch the Pacquiao-Clottey fight in comfort,” said Engr. David Tauli, senior vice president for engineering of Cepalco.

In fact, Tauli clarified that in general, there should be no brownouts Sunday within Cepalco’s franchise area provided the curtailment level imposed by the National Power Corp. (Napocor) is not greater than the maximum loads on Sunday, which is generally the case; and none of the non-hydro power plants shuts down during that particular day for one reason or the other.

Cepalco’s franchise area covers most of the city and neighboring municipalities of Jasaan, Villanueva and Tagoloan in Misamis Oriental.

Although Napocor through the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) has only been supplying about 35 percent of Cepalco’s contracted power daily power demand of 120 megawatts mw, Tauli said there is usually more power available to residential and commercial establishments during Sundays since industries which consume a substantial portion of the total demand usually don’t operate Sundays.

Cepalco figures for 2009 show commercial/industrial and bulk consumers comprised 73 percent of the facility’s average monthly sales of 54,355,315 kilowatt hours (kwh) for that year. Of this, some 20 percent or 8,049,047 kwh was accounted for by industries.
(mike baños)

Grabe na jud kaayo ang impluwensya ni Pacquiao :lol: bisan ang power supply iya nang ma-'alleviate' bisan pila ra ka oras! Unsa kahag kada-adlaw naay bout si Pacquiao? Di, wa mahitabong brownout! :nuts:

mottymot_007

March 13th, 2010, 03:04 AM

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/puretuts/26100_359111282217_662737217_380512.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/puretuts/26100_357973052217_662737217_380367.jpg
kuha nako ganina kadlawon. Sunog ang Labis Surveying near Gold Theater and Beama Shoes

By the way, this is the Graphics Fire and Rescue Brigade

Bai Pure, dool ra ka sa ana nga lugar ga puyo? kay ako dool ra gyud ang amo anang nasunog nga establishment. lusap lusapan pud mi. joss ko! :ohno:

unggoyan

March 13th, 2010, 03:17 AM

Aside of Galam bai, try The Venue at Max Sunniel Street, Carmen and Whatever! at Corrales Street.

Asa man na dapit nang Galam bai?

Salamat kaayo sa inyong mga information.

Now I know where to go.

sakamoto

March 13th, 2010, 05:24 AM

Asa man na dapit nang Galam bai?

Salamat kaayo sa inyong mga information.

Now I know where to go.

Galam is beside City Hospital sa Carmen

sakamoto

March 13th, 2010, 05:26 AM

hoist! unsa ng construction karon likod sa mga movie billboard sa ketkai atbang sa MUST?
:banana::banana::banana:

dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 05:26 AM

Asa man na dapit nang Galam bai?

Salamat kaayo sa inyong mga information.

Now I know where to go.

galam is located near Golden Village Subd. in carmen. kung naa mi ana, malaag ka namo

dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 05:27 AM

hoist! unsa ng construction karon likod sa mga movie billboard sa ketkai atbang sa MUST?
:banana::banana::banana:

naa diay gitokod karon? wala man gyud kos cdeo karon bai

sakamoto

March 13th, 2010, 05:27 AM

naa diay gitokod karon? wala man gyud kos cdeo karon bai

murag commercial stalls siguro pero early pa man kay mga kalot2x pa ug steel bars, hollow blocks ug uban pa...:lol:

ang electronic billboard wala function karon kay brownout. :lol:

naruto79

March 13th, 2010, 05:27 AM

You can find your answer here.. hehehe.. doul rah jud sa ketkai.
nako clue http://www.phil-islands.com/club-ult...od-life-begins
CLUB U.

dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 05:28 AM

Here's another one for CDO

:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj75/abudominic/PCPMidyear2010.jpg

:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

youre effort is most appreciated

dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 05:32 AM

You can find your answer here.. hehehe.. doul rah jud sa ketkai.
nako clue http://www.phil-islands.com/club-ult...od-life-begins
CLUB U.

unsa diay na imo pasabot bai? ang club ultima ba imo pasabot?

naruto79

March 13th, 2010, 05:34 AM

Korek! Ang galing2x mo..

naruto79

March 13th, 2010, 05:37 AM

Luyo anang Electronic Billboard is the site of CLUB ULTIMA.....
Check this link http://www.phil-islands.com/club-ult...od-life-begins
Compare to the
http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/mustcomplex1.jpg?w=468&h=419
Specially Bldg. #18
Hehehehehe

dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 05:39 AM

murag commercial stalls siguro pero early pa man kay mga kalot2x pa ug steel bars, hollow blocks ug uban pa...:lol:

ang electronic billboard wala function karon kay brownout. :lol:

dili kaha na club ultima ang itokod diha? curious na hinoon ko dah!

naruto79

March 13th, 2010, 05:40 AM

Try to look at the similarities..

dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 05:41 AM

sakamoto

March 13th, 2010, 05:46 AM

Try to look at the similarities..

bai, mao man ni akong makita sa link

"The page you are looking for no longer exists." :ohno:

sakamoto

March 13th, 2010, 05:47 AM

murag gyud bai. asa man ka nakakuha nga luyo sa electronic billboard ang club ultima?

ang electronic billboard luyo naa man atbang no. 2 :bash:

dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 05:50 AM

CDOICC as of 03/11/10

Y0nfEoFtZg8

naruto79

March 13th, 2010, 05:50 AM

Sorry.. never seen the Electronic Billboard exact location... minor error.. hehehe.. atbang sa GATEWAY ANG CLUB ULTIMA... THE BEST BET...

dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 05:50 AM

CDOICC as of 03/11/10

jEbLXO5LLQg

dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 05:52 AM

bai, mao man ni akong makita sa link

"The page you are looking for no longer exists." :ohno:

basin mao ni ya pasabot. try this one http://www.phil-islands.com/club-ultima-where-the-good-life-begins

naruto79

March 13th, 2010, 05:54 AM

ang electronic billboard luyo naa man atbang no. 2 :bash:

cdo bai.. answer to nako sa kang sakamoto.

dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 05:55 AM

Sorry.. never seen the Electronic Billboard exact location... minor error.. hehehe.. atbang sa GATEWAY ANG CLUB ULTIMA... THE BEST BET...

out of topic (OT): taga asa ka bai?

naruto79

March 13th, 2010, 05:55 AM

Sakamoto.. check mo ito..
http://www.phil-islands.com/club-ultima-where-the-good-life-begins

dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 06:09 AM

PROJECT WATCH: Agora Complex is now Market City (http://cagayandeorodev.wordpress.com/2010/03/13/project-watch-agora-complex-is-now-market-city/)
Posted on March 13, 2010 by damarre

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/img_2145.jpg

The New Agora Complex being developed by Mr. Hong See is now called Market City based on the newly installed tarpaulin onsite. Its official name is Market City and Eastbound Bus Terminal.

Roof frames for the bus terminal building can now be seen in the pictures below.

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/img_2151.jpg

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/img_2151-copy.jpg

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/img_2152.jpg

Below is the new tarp. Funny that the design already has Mang Inasal, Jollibee and Greenwich — sure locators? With these fastfood stores, Market City may just be a Mall afterall.

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/img_2144-copy.jpg

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More photo updates below.

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Heavy traffic in the vicinity of Market City.

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Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)

* PROGRESS WATCH: New Agora Complex latest updates
* PROJECT WATCH: New Agora Complex Project updates
* PROJECT WATCH: Agora Complex Redevelopment updates
* Agora at Jerash

dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 06:14 AM

choy man diay kaayo ang market city. i love the design btw

sakamoto

March 13th, 2010, 06:18 AM

Sakamoto.. check mo ito..
http://www.phil-islands.com/club-ultima-where-the-good-life-begins

mao ni sya?
http://www.phil-islands.com/pics/club9.jpg
naay similarity bai pero MUST is government property man. sugot kaha si Mr. King sa Club Ultima mu-partner sa government?:cheers:

burotski

March 13th, 2010, 08:06 AM

murag gyud bai. asa man ka nakakuha nga luyo sa electronic billboard ang club ultima?

Pwede pud, Bai... Pero, di pa kaayo ko sold sa idea... :-)

WawaY[625]

March 13th, 2010, 09:26 AM

mao ni sya?
http://www.phil-islands.com/pics/club9.jpg
naay similarity bai pero MUST is government property man. sugot kaha si Mr. King sa Club Ultima mu-partner sa government?:cheers:

this is club ultima 1 in cebu

bisayadako

March 13th, 2010, 10:15 AM

@Bai bemz: as always thank you for the update pics and vids. giadto ko ketkai gabii pero wala ko nakadalikyat atbang sa MUST. But gotta see this first Cdeo's LED screen soon!

@Bisayadako: dunno if XU's Filipino Department has some info re: Alibata... And if my memory serves me right, there was a display of an ancient boat (made of a trunk of a tree) at the Museo de Oro, murag isa na ka dekada ko wala kasulod sa Museo haha, maybe just maybe it had something to do with the Balanghai... And again, maybe our fellow SSC peeps who are presently connected to XU could help you with this regards. Jaysan?

bai, salamat...basin maka-agi ra ko diha sa Museo de Oro next year...wala pa gyud ko ka solud diha.

puretuts

March 13th, 2010, 12:33 PM

Bai Pure, dool ra ka sa ana nga lugar ga puyo? kay ako dool ra gyud ang amo anang nasunog nga establishment. lusap lusapan pud mi. joss ko! :ohno:

open pa ang shop nako sa pabayo cruz taal. nag brownout nag usyuso dayon dala kuha ug pictures. classmate pud nako si Richard Turno sa Ruby Marketing. Thats why we also went there. Naa pud mga brod na Labis.

dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 12:39 PM

we should be thread 45 already. ill start the thread pwede?

dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 12:41 PM

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/3839/collage1n.jpg

dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 12:44 PM

Light – CDO’s newest bar now open (http://cagayandeorodev.wordpress.com/2010/03/13/light-cdos-newest-bar-now-open/)
Posted on March 13, 2010 by damarre

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/img_2140-copy2.jpg

Light, Cagayan de Oro’s newest bar had their soft opening a couple of weeks ago. Located along Limketkai Drive, just a stone’s throw from Pearlmont Inn, the venue is believed to have private rooms for videoke – a growing demand in the city.

As seen in the logo, a microphone for the “i”…obviously, you have to sing when you enter. The only downside of this venue is its location…you know what I mean…but still, hopefully this investment meets what it desires…

dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 12:52 PM

ill try to make a collage for the banner. kindly bear with me. sorry i get confused sometimes.

WawaY[625]

March 13th, 2010, 01:35 PM

bear bai dili bare hehe :)

Wadaboy

March 13th, 2010, 01:42 PM

;53366175']bear bai dili bare hehe :)

Hehe.....

Kinsay gusto mu-apil ug hubu-ay diha? Joke...

Sorry guys.... sapag inom nakug coke, nigawas intawon sa akong ilong ang akung na inom kay nakatawa ko sa comment ni Waway.

boju2

March 13th, 2010, 01:55 PM

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/cdo5/CBD01.jpg

dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 02:04 PM

PROJECT WATCH: Agora Complex is now Market City
Posted on March 13, 2010 by damarre

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/img_2145.jpg

The New Agora Complex being developed by Mr. Hong See is now called Market City based on the newly installed tarpaulin onsite. Its official name is Market City and Eastbound Bus Terminal.

Roof frames for the bus terminal building can now be seen in the pictures below.

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/img_2151.jpg

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/img_2151-copy.jpg

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/img_2152.jpg

more pictures in this link: http://cagayandeorodev.wordpress.com/2010/03/13/project-watch-agora-complex-is-now-market-city/

aquaticpanda

March 13th, 2010, 02:09 PM

Guys, my brother and I are looking for a parkour community in CDO. If anyone knows someone who is in one, please post some info. Thanks so much.

dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 02:10 PM

Security Bank and Limketkai Hotel & Resort Corp. ("http://cagayandeorodev.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/security-bank-and-limketkai-hotel-resort-corp/')
Posted on March 9, 2010 by damarre

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/national_newspaper_20sbc-limketkai_dsc_0226.jpg

Security Bank Corporation (SBC) and Cagayan de Oro-based Limketkai Hotel & Resort Corporation (LHRC) recently signed a Php 750-M term loan partnership to fund the construction of an 18-storey, 224-room hotel and resort development project within the company’s 30-hectare commercial complex in Cagayan de Oro City. Limketkai Hotel & Resort Corp. will start construction this year and is expected to be operational by late 2011 or early 2012. Upon completion, the hotel will dominate the cityscape as the tallest structure in Mindanao.

Photo shows senior executives from both parties during the recent signing ceremonies held at the Security Bank corporate headquarters in Makati City. From left are: SBC senior bank officials - Jeanette S. Keh, FVP – Banking Center Group Head, Patricia May T. Siy, EVP – Commercial & Retail Banking Segment Head; and President & CEO Alberto S. Villarosa; with LHRC Alfonso U. Lim – President & CEO, Albino U. Limketkai- EVP & COO, and Lorenzo U. Limketkai, VP & General Manager.

source

Filed under: construction, investments | Tagged: Cagayan de Oro, Limketkai Hotel

dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 02:11 PM

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dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 02:14 PM

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd111/caragafreelancer/PACE.jpg

dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 02:15 PM

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/bwm.jpg?w=468&h=404

Wadaboy

March 13th, 2010, 02:17 PM

^^
Dami proposed highrise sa CDO.... congratz.

dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 02:19 PM

CDO International Convention and Civic Center as of 03/11/10

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Inside the Convention Center

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dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 02:19 PM

More pictures

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dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 02:20 PM

CDOICC as of 03/11/10

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CDOICC as of 03/11/10

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dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 02:21 PM

LKK hotel site updates as of 03/11/10

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dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 02:22 PM

LKK hotel site as of 03/11/10

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dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 02:23 PM

dark_knight_detectve

March 13th, 2010, 02:24 PM

unsa gyud kaha ng gitokod luyo sa billboard sa LKK?

unggoyan

March 13th, 2010, 02:29 PM

read in the news. Pachada daw ang pinakbet sa Kagay-anon restaurant. Naa nay nakatilaw ani?

boju2

March 13th, 2010, 03:21 PM

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boju2

March 13th, 2010, 03:35 PM

burotski

March 13th, 2010, 03:48 PM

Light CDOs newest bar now open (http://cagayandeorodev.wordpress.com/2010/03/13/light-cdos-newest-bar-now-open/)
Posted on March 13, 2010 by damarre

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/img_2140-copy2.jpg

Light, Cagayan de Oros newest bar had their soft opening a couple of weeks ago. Located along Limketkai Drive, just a stones throw from Pearlmont Inn, the venue is believed to have private rooms for videoke a growing demand in the city.

As seen in the logo, a microphone for the iobviously, you have to sing when you enter. The only downside of this venue is its locationyou know what I meanbut still, hopefully this investment meets what it desires

2 days after Light's soft opening (about 3 or 4 weeks ago man tingali to), I went there to see the place... It was nice... Really unique design sa ila tables, chairs and labaw na ang ila lights... They had private rooms for videoke... Pero, 4 ra kabuok... :-)

burotski

March 13th, 2010, 04:02 PM

Taegon

March 13th, 2010, 09:18 PM

Only 16% of labor force to benefit from wage hike
Written by Bong D. Fabe / Correspondent
Sunday, 14 March 2010 18:44

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Only 16 percent of the country’s total labor force will benefit from any legislated wage increases, Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr., chairman of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), claimed on Thursday.

Ortiz-Luis said that the 16 percent belongs to the “formal” sector while the rest, or 84 percent, are in the “informal” sector.

“The formal sector of our labor force is the only one that is affected by any legislated increase in salary. The rest, or 84 percent, is always left behind,” he said.

Ortiz-Luis said only those who are in the formal labor sector are covered by the Labor Code and other labor laws. The greater majority who compose the informal sector are not covered by the laws because they are mostly small self-employed entrepreneurs and workers in the so-called“underground economy.”

The informal sector is comprised of casual, contingent, contractual, seasonal, temporary and non-regular employees who are really “the unsung heroes” who have contributed to the growth of business and industry progress and yet are taken for granted.

Recent statistics from 2008 of the Department of Labor and Employment (2008) showed that the informal labor sector in the country comprises 20 million workers while the formal sector is just 5 million.

But the Employers’ Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) said the formal sector is composed of 5.067 million out of a total labor force of 34.5 million.

Ortiz-Luis said that while the P75 across-the-board increase in salary is a “populist idea,” it will really benefit only a few workers and not those who are in the informal sector.

“You’re not doing the working class a favor by increasing the wage,” he said, warning that if this happens in light of the power crisis that is spawning a host of other problems, particularly in the business sector, many businesses will be forced to retrench workers or shut down operations to cope with the rising cost of doing business.

“It is not really a question of how can we cope, but how productive we will be,” said Jaime Ralph Paguio, president of the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation Inc. (Oro Chamber).

Paguio said while most businesses in Cagayan de Oro which are members of Oro Chamber have not yet thought of laying off workers, some “may be forced” to move toward that direction if the power crisis persists and no mitigating measures are instituted in the short term.

He stressed, however, that they are also thinking of using “flexi-time” to cope with the power crisis. “It really is a judgment call for businesses,” he said.

Ruben Vegafria, president of the Promote CDO Foundation and chairman of the Regional Small and Medium Enterprise Development Council in Northern Mindanao, said the business sector is “now suffering” because of the power curtailment imposed by the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines because of limited power supply produced by the National Power Corp.

Vegafria said the petition for a P75 across-the-board wage increase filed by the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) will further the suffering of the sector and eventually result in the suffering of the labor force. “The TUCP petition is bordering on being heartless. The business sector is suffering already,” he said.

He and other business leaders fear that many politicians running for various elective positions will milk the petition to boost their chances of victory at the polls.

“We hope the politicians will not ride on the TUCP request,” he said.

Taegon

March 13th, 2010, 09:26 PM

Ceplaco actively seeking local solutions to brownouts
Mike Banos
Sunday, March 14, 2010 4:47:26 AM
American Chronicle

http://www.americanchronicle.com/img/galleries/714/0/200_minergy_200.jpg

A senior officer of the local power distribution utility in Cagayan de Oro said last week they are actively seeking "local solutions" within their franchise area to address the worsening power crisis but warned these would be much more expensive.

"Implementation of a Mindanao-wide solution by the National Power Corporation (Napocor)-and Power Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) can be done faster and at much lower cost to end-use customers than local solutions by individual DU´s, " said Engr. David A. Tauli, senior vice president of the Cagayan Electric Power and Light Co. (Cepalco). "But if Napocor does not expeditiously carry out the identified solutions to end the power crisis, then the DUs have no choice but to contract added generation to supply shortages in their respective service areas."

This will result in a steep rise in end-user rates because DU-contracted generation will be two to three times more expensive than NPC-contracted generation for the Mindanao-wide shortage. Moreover, the higher rates will continue beyond the power crisis if DU solutions are carried out, he added.

Tauli said a set of solutions exist that could end the Mindanao-wide power crisis in a couple of months and these are immediately "doable" by the NPC and PSALM, he added.

Among these are the following:

Rehabilitation and operation of the NPC-owned Iligan Diesel Power Plants 1 and 2 to their full capability of around 100 megawatts (MW).

Operation of the Power Barges 117 and 118 as baseload power plants, rather than as supplier of ancillary services to the NGCP, to enable them to supply maximum generation to the Grid, without excessive costs.

Dredging of the forebay of the Pulangi 4 Hydroelectric Power Plant to raise its peaking capability to 255 MW from the current 85 MW or less.

Rehabilitation of various hydroelectric power plants on the Agus River to restore the power plants to their full dependable capability.

Dredging of the Balo-i Plains to enable operation of the Agus 2 HEPP to the full rated capability of 180 MW from its current dependable capability of only 60 MW.

Make available additional power supply (around 400 MW) for the Mindanao Grid from other generating plants not yet connected to the grid (such as embedded generators, generators from Luzon or the Visayas, and generators imported from abroad) to enable the NPC-PSALM to supply the power demand and energy contracted from them by their power customers in Mindanao totaling around 1,300 MW.

During the open forum following Tauli´s presentation to the Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro (Mother Club), some members asked him why Cepalco and other DUs and power cooperatives did not anticipate the problem of the present power crisis.

"No one was able to anticipate the power shortage precisely because it was not due to El Nino but was man-made, and we were not given advanced information by NPC as to the onset of the power shortage," Tauli replied. "In past power curtailments in Mindanao due to El Nino, Napocor usually gave advanced warning of about six months as to future occurrence of power shortages."

However, in this case, Tauli said Napocor warned DUs and power coops only on Feb. 14, 2010 and one week later the curtailments already started so no one was ready and everyone was caught flat-footed.

Rotarian Antonio Soriano, a former city vice mayor and congressman, insisted that Cepalco should not concern itself with Napocor and PSALM but rather focus on providing the mandated supply it contracted for with its consumers.

Cepalco has over 100,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers within its franchise area covering Cagayan de Oro City and the Municipalities of Tagoloan, Villanueva and Jasaan, all in the Province of Misamis Oriental, including the 3,000-hectare PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate. It is the third largest electric distribution company in the Philippines, outside of Meralco. The company´s growth in energy consumption has consistently been among the highest in the country.

On top of a breach of contract lawsuit Cepalco and other DUs and power cooperatives are now mulling against Napocor for its failure to deliver on their respective contract demand, Tauli said Cepalco itself is also negotiating with some thermal power plants to immediately boost available power supply within the Cepalco franchise area.

Although Cepalco has been a pioneer of "distributed generation" (which allows local utilies and power coops to produce their own power under the EPIRA) and maintains its own generating plants such as the Minergy 18-MW thermal plant in Bgy. Cugman, Bubunawan mini-hydro with 7 MW in Baingon, Bukidnon and the 1 MW solar plant in Bgy. Indahag, the total power (26MW) these generate can only provide at best around 21 percent of Cepalco´s average daily demand of 120MW.

These embedded generators, especially Minergy, have also aroused spirited opposition from local consumers since they were also included in the Return of Rate Base (RORB) that Cepalco uses to compute its rates.

"If consumers are willing to live with rates of at least three times the previous ones which carried a substantial percentage of hydro-electric generated power, then Cepalco and other DUs and power coops can put more power online faster rather than wait for Napocor-PSALM solutions which will be much more affordable," Tauli said.

Many of the Rotarians present during Tauli´s presentation said they could live with more expensive electricity and would prefer it rather than have no electricity at all and continue suffering losses to their respective businesses and enterprises.

Taegon

March 13th, 2010, 09:30 PM

DFA extends e-passports services to provinces
By MADEL R. SABATER
March 13, 2010, 4:36pm
Manila Bulletin

Following the full-blast operation of its new Office of Consular Affairs (OCA) head office in Parañaque City earlier this week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced Saturday that it is ready to issue e-passports in the provinces through its 10 Regional Consular Offices (RCOs) starting this Monday.

The e-passport has security features, including a tamper-proof electronic microchip, which stores the passport holder's photograph and personal information; an Automated Fingerprint Identification System, which guards against identity theft and fraud; overt and hidden security features such as invisible personal information, letter-screen, microprinting, and UV reactive ink; and enhanced machine readable features using biometric technology.

The DFA said out of the 10 RCOs, four will implement the e-passport services in Luzon while three RCOs each will implement the e-passport services in the Visayas and Mindanao.

In Luzon, passport applicants may apply for the e-passport starting Monday in DFA’s regional consular offices in San Fernando, Pampanga; Lucena, Quezon; Tuguegarao, Cagayan; and San Fernando, Pampanga.

Visayas RCOs namely in Cebu City, Iloilo City and Tacloban City, Leyte will begin to offer e-passport services on Monday. RCOs in Mindanao – those in Davao City, Cagayan de Oro City, and Zamboanga City – will do the same on Monday.

The DFA currently has a total of 18 regional consular offices. It said the remaining eight RCOs will implement its e-passport services later this year.

“The remaining eight out of the 18 RCOs and all Philippine embassies and consulates-general will be issuing e-passports later this year,” the DFA said Saturday.

The DFA said with this development, passport applicants in the regions need not travel to Manila to get a passport.

The DFA opened to the public last March 8 its new Office of Consular Affairs Building, located near the Mall of Asia, decongesting its main office on Roxas Blvd. in Pasay City. However, only those with confirmed appointments will be accommodated. The appointment system is done online (www.passport.com.ph) or by calling the DFA hotline: (02) 737-1000. They may also call the DFA helplines at telephone numbers (02) 831-8971, (02) 551-4437, (02) 551-4402, (02) 834-4855, and (02) 834-4424.

Taegon

March 13th, 2010, 09:41 PM

Taegon

March 13th, 2010, 09:52 PM

If ever See Hong has a plan to rebuild his OroMega Center, hope the design will be beautiful and spacious to compete with big retail shops along CM Recto Highway. ^^

Taegon

March 13th, 2010, 10:20 PM

What Women Want… at SM City
Wednesday, March 10, 2010

THERE’S a chic and inexpensive way of creating different looks.

The key is to accessorize. Change your ensemble from morning to night or from work to weekend by just putting on different accessories. You can also extend your wardrobe without spending so much on clothes but by just simply putting on accessories.

WWW (What Women Want), the ladies accessories line exclusive in SM Department Store is your go-to brand when it comes to fashion accessories. It offers a complete range of accessories from necklaces, bangles, earrings, choices are endless. Designs are also unique and styles vary a big degree. Definitely suitable for the style-lover's insatiable need to change her look.

So whether you are looking for that statement accessory or you just need a quick fashion fix to your drab outfit, WWW is the brand to check out.

WWW is exclusively available at the ladies accessories section of SM Department Store Cagayan de Oro. (Press release)

Published in the Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro newspaper on March 10, 2010.

What Women Want now in Cagayan
Updated March 13-14, 2010 12:00 AM
Mindanao Goldstar Daily

THERE’s a chic and inexpensive way of creating different looks. The key is to accessorize. Change your ensemble from morning to night or from work to weekend by just putting on different accessories. You can also extend your wardrobe without spending so much on clothes but by just simply putting on accessories.

WWW (What Women Want), the ladies accessories line exclusive in SM Department Store is your go-to brand when it comes to fashion accessories. It offers a complete range of accessories from necklaces, bangles, earrings, choices are endless. Designs are also unique and styles vary a big degree. Definitely suitable for the style-lover’s insatiable need to change her look.

So whether you are looking for that statement accessory or you just need a quick fashion fix to your drab outfit, WWW is the brand to check out.

WWW (What Women Want) exclusively available at the ladies accessories section of SM Department Store Cagayan de Oro. (pr)

Taegon

March 13th, 2010, 10:22 PM

SM male fashion show
Updated March 13-14, 2010 12:00 AM
Mindanao Goldstar Daily

SM City Cagayan de Oro brings you this season’s sizzling event, the Hot Hunks Fashion Show featuring the half Brazilian & half Japanese model, Akihiro Sato today, 5 p.m. at the Atrium, Ground Floor.

Akihiro Sato, along with Cagayan de Oro’s hot hunks will showcase the newest fashion collection of Maldita, Penshoppe, Bossini, Folded & Hung and Mint.

Everyone is invited to this exciting fashion event happening only at SM City Cagayan de Oro, your premier shopping, dining and leisure destination this side of town. (pr)

hakz2007

March 13th, 2010, 11:12 PM

hakz2007

March 13th, 2010, 11:14 PM

Welcome to Thread3!

Keep posting dudes :okay:

Link to Thread 2. (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=543713&page=101&highlight=shop+dine+cagayan+oro+city+compiled+threads)

hakz2007

March 13th, 2010, 11:14 PM

New Thread here. (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=53391031#post53391031)

boju2

March 14th, 2010, 01:48 AM

^^Dapat lang i-rebuild niya ang Ororama Mega pero kung sa tan-aw niya di siya makacompete sa existing ug coming malls makipagtie up nalang siya sa ubang iladong national mall operators.

boju2

March 14th, 2010, 01:56 AM

dark_knight_detectve

March 14th, 2010, 04:29 AM

FrancisXavier

March 14th, 2010, 06:56 AM

nice presentation bai Boju..

*Suggestion lang mga bai, if we are to correct somebody's grammar or spelling, it would be more courteous if we do it thru PM since others wont care about your corrections. Unless we purposely do it to look intelligent or embarrass the subject. :)

deevex75

March 14th, 2010, 07:22 AM

FrancisXavier

March 14th, 2010, 07:30 AM

IMO lang ha,it's illogical to put up a SaveMore sa tabing palengke.. Mas ok yata kung sa Bulua, Gusa, or Puerto area..

boju2

March 14th, 2010, 09:13 AM

^^Pero ang Agora Market man @FX dili man siya pareho sa Cogon ug Carmen nga focus on retail. Bulk sale man ang Agora kay bagsakan baya na ug mga vegetables, fruits, fish and meat. Ang napansin ko lang sa una diha daghang painitan(coffee stalls) ug mga retail nga pagkaon alang sa mga travellers. So kung may supermarket man diha ibutang, ang mamahimong suki niana kadtong mga residents palibot sa Agora ug mga travellers sa Bukidnon ug East side ng Misamis Oriental ug dili niya mamahimong kakumpetensya ang public market.

boju2

March 14th, 2010, 11:51 AM

CDO prepares for earth hour 2010 (http://themindanaocurrent.blogspot.com/2010/03/earth-hour.html)

Cagayan de Oro City is gearing up for another symbolic act of inspiring people to take their part in mitigating climate change through observance of earth hour.
The local organizer chaired by Xavier University is planning to conduct a week long caravan to drum up earth hour observance and encourage others to join the cause.

Other cities and towns in Misamis Oriental, homes and businesses are also encouraged to turn their lights off for one (1) hour starting 8:30 p.m. on March 27.
Earth hour observance is done simultaneously across the world.
In Cagayan de Oro, the event will be will be highlighted with a ceremonial switching of lights, 8:30p.m. at the Divisoria Grandstand.
Series of performances will be showcased during the 1 hour switch off, which includes band renditions and dances participated by students from various schools and universities in the city.
CDO local artists like Ross Zerrudo and Xtatic dancers are also expected to perform.

There will be a ‘tambulan’ with the Grupong Laya, rendition of poetry and performances of the Integrated Performing Arts Guild (IPAG).
The earth hour observance is expected to whip up unity against global warming as Cagayan de Oro together with other towns of Misamis Oriental show their solidarity with the rest of the world.

In the Philippines, Earth Hour organizers hope to win support from 15 million people in at least 1,000 cities and towns. (Jorie C. Valcorza / PIA10)

zhock2001

March 14th, 2010, 12:38 PM

great developments.... i noticed cdo markets are modern... if they could build the new mid and highrises in one area, that would be a great new addition to the ever-growing philippine skylines! can't wait to see more buildings in this city... when i was there last year, i was amazed with the new buildings especially the hospital along the highway going to bulua terminal...

bisayadako

March 14th, 2010, 02:55 PM

Kagay Water Rafting in Cagayan de Oro City

ocnhs77
March 05, 2010

http://ocnhs77.wordpress.com - Here's my very first water rafting experience in Cagayan de Oro during my recent Pinas vacations of Feb 2010. I was with CyberDJRon, Angel, Elvin and myself. What an experience.

v/wzfTtcu2yI8

bisayadako

March 14th, 2010, 03:06 PM

White Water Rafting Part 1 - Team Heineken

carylmYco
March 12, 2010

First part of Team Heiniken's exiciting adventures duirng their water rafting in Cagayan de Ore Ciry.

v/umq8KH_yOos

bisayadako

March 14th, 2010, 03:13 PM

Guys, my brother and I are looking for a parkour community in CDO. If anyone knows someone who is in one, please post some info. Thanks so much.

so how high is the building that you want to do parkour?

i don't think you can find a place (like public housing in Paris, France or similar) in CDO for that....Bulunsiri Cemetery would be ok, just parkour between concrete lubnganan. :)

dark_knight_detectve

March 14th, 2010, 03:25 PM

IMO lang ha,it's illogical to put up a SaveMore sa tabing palengke.. Mas ok yata kung sa Bulua, Gusa, or Puerto area..

ok man gihapon tingali sa bulua or gusa or puerto pero nakita tingali sa SM management sa ilang feasibility study nga mas dako og market ang agora. nasa center man gyud ang agora og, as we all know, mas daghan tao sa center. from my point of view, after they put up an SM savemore in agora, they will also put up another one in puerto or bulua. as for gusa terminal, doul ra man na siya sa agora so bali apil na gihapon na sa agora feasibility study.

bisayadako

March 14th, 2010, 03:28 PM

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if you look at the 1757 map naa gyud creek going East.....mao nga kung mag Flood ang Cagayan river karon mo overflow gyud sa Old creek (somewhere in Macasandig) ...mao na didto sumpay sa Bitan-ag creek.....kay kanang KetKai sa una basakan, kumpayan, ug tangkungan man na sa una....

So kang solution nila karon nga drainage excavation along Yacapin, JR Broja, etc wa guyd kaayo na effect kung naa na pud Flash Floods kay ang overflow didto man gyud agi sa Macasandig unya padalong na dayon na sa Bitan-ag creek...

IMO, the best solution of the problem is to make Bitan-ag Creek bigger and wider....

bisayadako

March 14th, 2010, 03:29 PM

dark_knight_detectve

March 14th, 2010, 03:34 PM

ill get more pictures of the legislative building this coming weekend.

bisayadako

March 14th, 2010, 03:35 PM

White Water Rafting Part 2 - Team Heineken

carylmYco
March 12, 2010

this is the very funniest part of the rafting because we are the only one who got stranded in that place...hahahaha^_^

v/uTQZCcGIDfk

bisayadako

March 14th, 2010, 03:37 PM

OT: Congtrats to PACQUIAO!!!

Brilliant Performance!!!... again

dark_knight_detectve

March 14th, 2010, 03:42 PM

so far, mao ni ang nag-commit moadto sa atong next meet namely:

burotski (birthday boy)
rage@cebu
michael_ray
taegon
jaihos
jaysan
mottymot
darky
francisxavier

sige kog text ni cribs88 pero wala man gabalos. ako i-try usab

dark_knight_detectve

March 14th, 2010, 04:03 PM

unsa gyud kaha tong gisulti ni sakamoto dah? wala paman gyud kos cdeo karon mao curious ko. most of the time, im more curious than cautious.

michael_ray

March 14th, 2010, 07:14 PM

I would like to remind you guys to remain cautious with your words. Please keep our threads clean. We've been enjoying peace for the past few months. Ituloy na natin....

Taegon

March 15th, 2010, 12:11 AM

Energy body to exec: Use calamity fund
By LITO RULONA and MIKE BAÑOS -
Correspondents Updated March 15, 2010 12:00 AM
Mindanao Goldstar Daily

THE city council’s energy committee has called on Mayor Constantino Jaraula to immediately convene the City Disaster Coordinating Council (CDCC) and use the local government’s five-percent calamity fund due to the power crisis.

Councilor President Elipe, chairperson of the council’s committee on energy, said Jaraula should immediately convene the coordinating council following President Arroyo’s move to place Mindanao under a state of calamity last Thursday.

Elipe did not say exactly how the five-percent calamity fund would be spent. Neither did he say exactly how such funds could cushion the impact of the power crisis here.

But in general terms, he said the funds could be used to help sectors adversely affected by the crisis. All sectors in the city, however, are affected by the crippling brownouts.

“In the business side, rank-and-file workers would become the victims especially those who are being paid on a daily basis. Mapugos ang kumpaniya sa pag-ubos sa oras sa panarbaho kung kini magpadayon,” Elipe said.

He warned of retrenchment, saying he was already told by a number of businessmen that this was being considered as an option especially if the power crisis in Mindanao worsens.

In a statement, Mayor Jaraula said city hall welcomed the declaration of a state of clamaity in Mindanao by Arroyo under her “reserved executive powers.”

But Jaraula said declaration can solve the power-shortage problem ‘‘only if good faith prevails in the implementation.’’

“The crisis has no political color, and let no politician play around,” said Jaraula without elaborating.

Late last week, Arroyo placed Mindanao under a state of calamity due to the receding water levels of Lake Lanao and Pulangui River, major sources of hydroelectric power in Mindanao..

According to Mindanao Development Authority (Minda) chair Jesus Dureza, Arroyo placed the entire island under a state of calamity on the recommendation of the National Disaster Coordinating Council.

The declaration would allow the use of calamity funds and other government resources to address the power supply problem.

Elipe said even if the rains come in May, the power-generation problem would likely be felt until November or December.

He said what Mindanao needs now are additional power generating facilities.

Mindanao, according to Elipe, was already placed under ‘‘red alert’’ in January but the problem was already evident six months earlier.

In an advisory sent to the city council, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines Mindanao would continue to suffer a severe power supply deficiency of up to 748 mw.

Lake Lanao’s seven Agus hydroelectric power plants, and Pulangi V plant in Bukidnon are also seen to shut down soon if the water levels continue to recede.

Lake Lanao’s water level reached 699.02 meters, way below the critical level of 699.15 meters, while Pulangi’s water elevation registered at 283.9 meters.

Local Solutions

Meanwile, an official of the Cagayan Electric Power and Light Co. (Cepalco) said the facility is actively seeking “local solutions” to address the worsening problem in the city. But he said the measures would be costly.

“Distribution utilities like Cepalco could also put in place solutions for their franchise areas, but the local solutions will be much more expensive compared with those which can be immediately implemented by the National Power Corp. (Napocor) and the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (Psalm),” said Cepalco senior vice president David Tauli.

“Nobody could have anticipated the problem considering that it was not due to El Nino, but was man made,” Tauli said, referring to the rule curve of Napocor’s management of the Agus power complex which led to the present power shortage.

“Previous to this, we were given a six-month advance warning by Napocor whenever a curtailment was imminent due to an approaching El Niño episode or similar event,” he said. “However, in this case, Napocor warned us only on Feb. 14, 2010 and one week after the curtailments already started so no one was ready and everyone was caught flat-footed.”

Former vice mayor Antonio Soriano, however, said Cepalco should not concern itself with Napocor and Psalm but rather focus on providing the mandated supply it contracted for with its consumers.

Cepalco has over 100 thousand residential, commercial and industrial customers within its franchise area covering Cagayan de Oro City and the towns of Tagoloan, Villanueva and Jasaan, Misamis Oriental. Its franchise area includes the three thousand-hectare-hectare Phividec Industrial Estate.

On top of a breach of contract lawsuit distribution utilities and power cooperatives are now mulling against Napocor for its failure to deliver on their respective contract demand, Tauli said Cepalco itself is also negotiating with some thermal power plants to immediately boost available power supply within the Cepalco franchise area.

Although Cepalco has been maintaining embedded generating plants, including the Minergy 18-mw thermal plant in Cugman, the seven-mw Bubunawan mini-hydro and the one-mw solar plant in Indahag, these can only provide at best around 21 percent of Cepalco’s average daily demand of 120 mw.

These embedded generators have aroused spirited opposition from local consumers since these were also included in the return of rate base (Rorb) that Cepalco uses to compute its rates.

“If consumers are willing to live with rates of at least three times the previous ones which carried a substantial percentage of hydro-electric generated power, then Cepalco and other distribution utilities and power cooperatives can put more power online faster rather than wait for the more affordable Napocor-Psalm solutions,” Tauli said.

Taegon

March 15th, 2010, 12:14 AM

AusAID-funded projects continue in Mindanao
By MIKE U. CRISMUNDO
March 14, 2010, 2:30pm
Manila Bulletin

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Community projects funded by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) continued in Mindanao in support for the government’s economic development program in the island.

In a statement sent to the Manila Bulletin, Undersecretary Virgilio Leyretana of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) said the government project funded by AusAID now focused on the airport and seaport in this city as well as the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) located at the Philippine Veterans Industrial Development Corporation (Phividec) in Tagoloan town, Misamis Oriental.

It was learned that the said projects already received a total of P750,000 worth of equipment and capability building support.

Leyretana said the allocation is part of the P3.75- million equipment and capability-building assistance to priority ports in Mindanao and Palawan such as Zamboanga, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, General Santos-Sarangani, Cotabato, and Puerto Princesa City in Palawan.

Dubbed the “Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines–East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) Support,” the project specifically donated P500,000 worth of equipment support to the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) and Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippine (CAAP) in this city and P50,000 to MTC to support its capability building activities.

Leyretana said that Mindanao and Palawan are gradually gaining momentum towards increasing trade, tourism and investment in the BIMP-EAGA by improving the delivery of services to the ports.

He added that a secured, coordinated and harmonized operations at the ports can attract more investors which plows back more income to the city and generate more job opportunities.

Port Manager Efren Bollozos said that the closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras they received is a big help that will help them monitor the entry and exit of passengers as well as cargo ships and goods in the seaport premises.

Bollozos said the installation of CCTV cameras came in time with the security audit of the port conducted by the Office for Transportation Security (OTS), the single authority responsible for the security of all modes of public transportation systems in the country.

Taegon

March 15th, 2010, 12:22 AM

Coast Guard beefs up security for Holy Week
03/14/2010 | 11:55 AM

Passengers going to the provinces by boat for the annual Holy Week break should be at seaports at least three hours before their departure, the Coast Guard has said.

Coast Guard commandant Admiral Wilfredo Tamayo issued the advice as he required ship owners and operators to submit their manifests an hour before departure.

“We do not want passengers to come late and in a rush to catch their trip. The three-hour period will allow the Coast Guard to inspect the passengers and their baggage," Tamayo said told dzRB radio in Filipino.

Passengers should also avoid bringing restricted cargo such as flammable liquids and solids, corrosive materials, toxic and infectious substances, compressed gasses, radioactive materials and explosives to avoid delays.

Gun owners bringing their firearms should present complete documents, including Commission on Elections (Comelec) exemption permits.

Tamayo earlier said he had ordered added personnel at ports, including Special Operations Group, K-9 units, and medical and auxiliary teams.

The Coast Guard is also working with the Maritime Industry Authority, Philippine Ports Authority, and Coast Guard volunteers to ensure safe trips.

Meanwhile, the Coast Guard said the Transportation department will set up help desks from March 30 to April 14.

More Coast Guard personnel will be deployed and conduct random checks on passengers and luggage in busy ports, including the ones in Calapan and Roxas in Oriental Mindoro; Abra de Ilog in Occidental Mindoro; Odiongan and Romblon; Dalahican in Lucena; Balanacan, Kawit and Sta. Cruz in Marinduque; Atimonan and Puerto Real in Quezon; Matnog in Sorsogon; Allen in Samar; Lipata in Surigao, Balingoan in Misamis Oriental; and Camiguin. — NPA, GMANews.TV

unggoyan

March 15th, 2010, 12:54 AM

unggoyan

March 15th, 2010, 12:59 AM

OT: BAR EXAMINATION RESULTS out this week (http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/top-stories/13387-2009-bar-examination-results-out-this-week)

neo.4386

March 15th, 2010, 03:07 AM

Get ready to be SPMmed on march 22. ;)

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bisayadako

March 15th, 2010, 03:27 AM

jaysan81286

March 15th, 2010, 04:25 AM

mga bai, may i ask for suggestions about CDeO pensione houses, guest houses nga affordable, safe and respectable amenities like aircon, cable tv, hot and cold bath and Wifi? Most of all kanang diha ra sa city.

Thanks a lot daan.

Casa Isabella
3rd Floor De Leon Square, Pabayo-Cruz Taal Sts., Cagayan de Oro City
Tel. # (088) 856-4065, 852-4139, 310-0309
hotelisabella@yahoo.com

ROOM RATE

Economy Room - Php 550.00
(Double Occupancy)

Business Room - Php 680.00
(Double Occupancy with 14" TV)

Deluxe Room - Php 800.00
(Double Occupancy with 14" TV)

Superior Room - Php 900.00
(Double Occupancy with mini-ref and 21" TV)

Family Room - Php 1,500.00
(Good for 4 person with mini-ref and LCD TV)

Amenities and Services:

Air-conditioned Room
Hot/Cold Shower
PABX Telephone ( no phone charge within city call)
Wifi Ready
Cabled TV
Mini Bar
Laundry Service

Extra Person - Php 200.00
Remote Control Deposit - Php 150.00

Room rate is inclusive of government tax

Dinhi namo gi accomodate among bisita from Ateneo de Zamboanga University. Ok baya ang rooms. Clean then within the City Center ra jud.

jaysan81286

March 15th, 2010, 04:26 AM

burotski

March 15th, 2010, 05:04 AM

ok man gihapon tingali sa bulua or gusa or puerto pero nakita tingali sa SM management sa ilang feasibility study nga mas dako og market ang agora. nasa center man gyud ang agora og, as we all know, mas daghan tao sa center. from my point of view, after they put up an SM savemore in agora, they will also put up another one in puerto or bulua. as for gusa terminal, doul ra man na siya sa agora so bali apil na gihapon na sa agora feasibility study.

Gwapo man ang location sa Agora... Travellers can have their last minute grocery at Savemore if ever magtukod gyud sila diha... The people around would also be target market... This would include people from Macabalan, Corrales Ext, Osmeña Ext and may be as far as Kauswagan, Bayabas and Bonbon since ma-agian na baya ang 3rd bridge... If they put a SM Savemore in Gusa, I don't think maayo kaayo na lugar considering duol pa siya sa ciudad... Daghan baya pud mini-groceries diha... Puerto, on the other hand, is a better location... Shoppers will be mainly from Puerto, Bugo, Agusan and Tablon and may be as far as Tagoloan & Manolo Fortich... So, dako-dako na market... If they put up one in Bulua, it will be a big hit since wa baya mga grocery kaayo diha... Shoppers will be from Patag, Bulua, Iponan and may be as far as Opol or El Salvador... So, dako-dako gihapon ila market... :-)

burotski

March 15th, 2010, 05:10 AM

mga bai, may i ask for suggestions about CDeO pensione houses, guest houses nga affordable, safe and respectable amenities like aircon, cable tv, hot and cold bath and Wifi? Most of all kanang diha ra sa city.

Thanks a lot daan.

D' Budgetel, Bai... Walking distance ra from G Mall... 600 single, 900 double... Free wifi and murag free breakfast for guests except for the bed spacers... Very big parking space... :-)

sakamoto

March 15th, 2010, 07:20 AM

naa daw expansion SM, another floor. next year na daw renovation

boju2

March 15th, 2010, 07:50 AM

if you look at the 1757 map naa gyud creek going East.....mao nga kung mag Flood ang Cagayan river karon mo overflow gyud sa Old creek (somewhere in Macasandig) ...mao na didto sumpay sa Bitan-ag creek.....kay kanang KetKai sa una basakan, kumpayan, ug tangkungan man na sa una....

So kang solution nila karon nga drainage excavation along Yacapin, JR Broja, etc wa guyd kaayo na effect kung naa na pud Flash Floods kay ang overflow didto man gyud agi sa Macasandig unya padalong na dayon na sa Bitan-ag creek...

IMO, the best solution of the problem is to make Bitan-ag Creek bigger and wider....

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/cdo5/CDOPPF04.jpg

Mao ba, nahibulong man gani ko ngano nagsanga ang suba before sa divisoria nga wa man kna karon. Ang maayong himoon sa bitan-ag creek, ilihis ang creek gikan sa camaman-an padulong sa east isubay sa JR Borja ext. ug dayon isumpay sa creek kanang naa lusot diha sa may Aguilar College Foundation. Kinahanglan dako ni nga canal nga makumpara sa 4 lanes nga dalan. Kung marealize ni, wala nay dakong baha sa downtown labi na sa LKKS. Ug kanang riverbank sa macasandig butangan na ug taas pero cascading na river wall sumpay sa PDR.

GearX

March 15th, 2010, 09:05 AM

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/cdo5/CDOPPF04.jpg

i think that waterbody is a tributary of Cagayan River in 1757 and is flowing westward (emptying into cagayan river), perhaps the main natural drainage of Macasandig.

...and over the years, that confluence point has been plugged by the accumulation of sandbars (i think that area is right behind St. Augustine Cathedral). presently, you can notice the surprising curve of the river at the back of the cathedral. the area just below that creek is the present Paseo del Rio site.

...because runoffs from Macasandig cannot exit at the river, water found its way through Camaman-an where Bitan-ag Creek exists.

IMO, the plaza is now Gaston Park...the church is still in the same location...

burotski

March 15th, 2010, 10:08 AM

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/cdo5/CDOPPF04.jpg

Mao ba, nahibulong man gani ko ngano nagsanga ang suba before sa divisoria nga wa man kna karon. Ang maayong himoon sa bitan-ag creek, ilihis ang creek gikan sa camaman-an padulong sa east isubay sa JR Borja ext. ug dayon isumpay sa creek kanang naa lusot diha sa may Aguilar College Foundation. Kinahanglan dako ni nga canal nga makumpara sa 4 lanes nga dalan. Kung marealize ni, wala nay dakong baha sa downtown labi na sa LKKS. Ug kanang riverbank sa macasandig butangan na ug taas pero cascading na river wall sumpay sa PDR.

Vista del Rio in Macasandig alread has river walls... Sumpay ra ni ug gamay na lang kulang PDR na dayon... Gwapo na imo suggestion, Bai Boju... Problema lang ana ang funding... Billions of pesos gyud na! :-)

burotski

March 15th, 2010, 10:18 AM

naa daw expansion SM, another floor. next year na daw renovation

Really, Bai? Ingon man gud to si Sir Xzibit na purely renovation ra daw to start June 2010 and would last around 1.5 years... Pero, hope they expand... Huot ila department store, really needs another floor... I hope Sir Xzibit can confirm this... Basin nag-change ang mind sa mga Sy... Daghan baya activities sa downtown... Mabiya-an na gyud sila ug ayo... And, a bridge connecting the mall to the carpark annex, IMHO, is the first thing they should build... Aha ka nakakuha sa info, Bai? :-)

RFM

March 15th, 2010, 10:19 AM

RFM

March 15th, 2010, 10:24 AM

Really, Bai? Ingon man gud to si Sir Xzibit na purely renovation ra daw to start June 2010 and would last around 1.5 years... Pero, hope they expand... Huot ila department store, really needs another floor... I hope Sir Xzibit can confirm this... Basin nag-change ang mind sa mga Sy... Daghan baya activities sa downtown... Mabiya-an na gyud sila ug ayo... And, a bridge connecting the mall to the carpark annex, IMHO, is the first thing they should build... Aha ka nakakuha sa info, Bai? :-)

Yes..it appears that there are two conflicting info on SM. Anyway, if it is renovation, technically speaking it would still include expansion.

GearX

March 15th, 2010, 11:13 AM

Really, Bai? Ingon man gud to si Sir Xzibit na purely renovation ra daw to start June 2010 and would last around 1.5 years... Pero, hope they expand... Huot ila department store, really needs another floor... I hope Sir Xzibit can confirm this... Basin nag-change ang mind sa mga Sy... Daghan baya activities sa downtown... Mabiya-an na gyud sila ug ayo... And, a bridge connecting the mall to the carpark annex, IMHO, is the first thing they should build... Aha ka nakakuha sa info, Bai? :-)

I think expansion then renovation is more feasible and logical than the other way around.

I think the renovation is more on the exterior, meaning a total facelift on how the mall looks from outside; so better to work the inside first then implement the facelift exterior as a whole...rather than work on the exterior first....then expand which will also rebuild a portion of the exterior (doble gastos)
:cheers:

sakamoto

March 15th, 2010, 11:21 AM

Really, Bai? Ingon man gud to si Sir Xzibit na purely renovation ra daw to start June 2010 and would last around 1.5 years... Pero, hope they expand... Huot ila department store, really needs another floor... I hope Sir Xzibit can confirm this... Basin nag-change ang mind sa mga Sy... Daghan baya activities sa downtown... Mabiya-an na gyud sila ug ayo... And, a bridge connecting the mall to the carpark annex, IMHO, is the first thing they should build... Aha ka nakakuha sa info, Bai? :-)

basta mao ng gisulti sa ako sa ila PR Head. lucky abay mi ug lingkuranan sa usa ka meeting gahapon. asko ko if tinuod naa silay major renmovation, tubag man sya nga "you mean expansion"..apil signal sa kamot nga pataas or additional floor daw. next year pa daw ang renovation. pero maayo hulat lang ta kun unsay mahitabo

bisayadako

March 15th, 2010, 11:38 AM

i think that waterbody is a tributary of Cagayan River in 1757 and is flowing westward (emptying into cagayan river), perhaps the main natural drainage of Macasandig.

...and over the years, that confluence point has been plugged by the accumulation of sandbars (i think that area is right behind St. Augustine Cathedral). presently, you can notice the surprising curve of the river at the back of the cathedral. the area just below that creek is the present Paseo del Rio site.

...because runoffs from Macasandig cannot exit at the river, water found its way through Camaman-an where Bitan-ag Creek exists.

IMO, the plaza is now Gaston Park...the church is still in the same location...

@GearX, I doubt that flows westward...kung tanawon lang nimo ang terrain diha likod da cathedral dili gyud pwede nga westward ang flow...

klaro kaayo na eastward flow...bisan man gani karon tanawon nimo....ubos kaayo na diha from (PDR) rotunda and then looking towards LKKS...mao na ang creek direction kung dako nga baha...

GearX

March 15th, 2010, 11:44 AM

@GearX, I doubt that flows westward...kung tanawon lang nimo ang terrain diha likod da cathedral dili gyud pwede nga westward ang flow...

klaro kaayo na eastward flow...bisan man gani karon tanawon nimo....ubos kaayo na diha from (PDR) rotunda and then looking towards LKKS...mao na ang creek direction kung dako nga baha...

perhaps you're right....maybe it's not really a creek but an inundated portion of a riverine property which has become a waterway as a result of flood...:cheers:

burotski

March 15th, 2010, 12:44 PM

basta mao ng gisulti sa ako sa ila PR Head. lucky abay mi ug lingkuranan sa usa ka meeting gahapon. asko ko if tinuod naa silay major renmovation, tubag man sya nga "you mean expansion"..apil signal sa kamot nga pataas or additional floor daw. next year pa daw ang renovation. pero maayo hulat lang ta kun unsay mahitabo

I think the vertical expansion will be a 2nd level for the posterior 2/3rd of the mall... Kanang 1 level ra na area sa likod ba... Actually, that's around 18K sqm... If mao gyud na iya pasabot, then SM CdO will be exactly as big as SM Davao... Size-wise, mao ra man na ang difference sa duha... The anterior 1/3rd of both malls are almost identical... Hopefully, madayon gyud ila expansion... Again, their mall needs a bridge... He! He! He! :-)

burotski

March 15th, 2010, 12:55 PM

The Healing Priest Father Fernando Suarez is in CdO right now... A mass was held earlier this afternoon at The San Antonio de Padua Parish at Nazareth... The healing session followed the mass... Another healing session is scheduled tonight at 7pm... Father Suarez will be in Butuan tomorrow... :-)

bisayadako

March 15th, 2010, 01:25 PM

source: http://www.goldstardailynews.com/content.php?sectionid=6&id=10358

‘Perwisyo’
Knock, Knock By BEN CONTRERAS Updated March 10, 2010 12:00 AM

I THOUGHT Christmas is over until I overheard a small group of people belting these lines; Perwisyo a merry Christmas, perwisyo a merry Christmas, perwisyo a merry Christmas and a hapay bisnis.

I guess that’s what we are, Filipinos. We could just laugh off our problems and woes and sit by without doing something concrete to express our grievances. And when the crisis is over, we simply forget all about it and go on with our lives until the next crisis.

I did something funny ’though. I called home, asked my kasambahay if there’s electricity.

BC: Maggie, naay koryente diha?

M: Naa man.

BC: Ingna koryente dili sa siya mulaag ha, kay naa pa koy buhaton kadali!

Sometimes I wonder (that sounds like a familiar song) why some people can be so insensitive to our plight. Children cannot do their homework, offices cut down on their work hours, productivity suffers, usage of gas increases unnecessarily, people can’t cook at night and prefer to eat out to the benefit of those engage in eateries and probably, criminality would be on the rise.

Hello... anybody knows the answer? Does anybody knows why? Sure, some people do.

One thing more, my wife just returned home from a five-day vacation in Cebu. There was no brownout there but here, we continue to suffer long hours of power interruption. Let me guess, people in Cebu are more honest.

Here in Mindanao, there seems to be mind-conditioning. People are spreading lies about the real situation and are following a scripted and desired scenario.

Again, I came home from a party... glad to find we have electricity at home. I thought I could enjoy watching news and movies. Ooops, walay Parasat. There’s a solution to that. If you can’t enjoy it, cut it and save a few hundred pesos.

•

It was a party (fund-raising) for Greg Macabodbod who is running for a seat in the city council.

Greg is the president of a mining association organized two years ago. An environmentalist, Greg is an active and a key figure in Kawal.

‘‘Friends of Greg,’’ they call themselves. With people like that, it was simply heart-warming.

I have no doubt Greg would be an asset. He is a man of action, knows what he is talking about, honest and sincere. He is one that cannot be dictated, a trait needed to eradicate a rubber stamp city council that tolerates an out-of-this world governance.

I hope the electorate will give him the chance to serve our city. My family will.

•This is for Congressman Rufus Rodriguez.

Please enact a law that would require road/street projects (new, widening or repair) as undertakings on 24-hours basis.

The ongoing project in the city is taking too long and too slow. Is it about lack of funding or is it about incapability of the contractor?

Gubot kaayo ang ciudad, hugaw na, lubak-lubak pa gyud ang mga dalan. Pastilan! (If I may borrow the editor-in-chief favorite punch line.)

boju2

March 15th, 2010, 02:21 PM

New P20 Million CLIMBS building to rise at Bulua (http://cagayandeorodev.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/new-p20-million-climbs-building-to-rise-at-bulua/)
Posted on March 15, 2010 by damarre

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/climbs.jpg?w=440&h=250

A P20-million two-storey commercial building of COOP LIFE Insurance and Mutual Bene Services (CLIMBS) will soon rise in Bulua, this city, a manifestation of the company’s confidence in Cagayan de Oro’s vibrant economy.

The building will be built on a 2,200 square meter vacant lot of CLIMBS, just beside its main office in Barangay Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City.
COOP LIFE Insurance and Mutual Bene Services is duly license to operate by the Insurance Commission, the only cooperative insurance in the country and founded in Cagayan de Oro in the 70s tagged as the Grassroots Insurance of the Philippines.

The construction of the building is timely because Barangay Bulua is now becoming a growth center and business hub of the city.
with article by Joe Palabao of BusinessWeek Mindanao

burotski

March 15th, 2010, 02:34 PM

New P20 Million CLIMBS building to rise at Bulua (http://cagayandeorodev.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/new-p20-million-climbs-building-to-rise-at-bulua/)
Posted on March 15, 2010 by damarre

http://cagayandeorodev.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/climbs.jpg?w=440&h=250

A P20-million two-storey commercial building of COOP LIFE Insurance and Mutual Bene Services (CLIMBS) will soon rise in Bulua, this city, a manifestation of the companys confidence in Cagayan de Oros vibrant economy.

The building will be built on a 2,200 square meter vacant lot of CLIMBS, just beside its main office in Barangay Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City.
COOP LIFE Insurance and Mutual Bene Services is duly license to operate by the Insurance Commission, the only cooperative insurance in the country and founded in Cagayan de Oro in the 70s tagged as the Grassroots Insurance of the Philippines.

The construction of the building is timely because Barangay Bulua is now becoming a growth center and business hub of the city.
with article by Joe Palabao of BusinessWeek Mindanao

Nice looking building... Di ko familiar aha ila main office sa CLIMBS... Kinsa kabalo sa exact location? :-)

Henz

March 15th, 2010, 02:41 PM

Galing....... Cagayan de Oro's Development is so fast............ Grabe...

aquaticpanda

March 15th, 2010, 02:58 PM

Blueleo

March 15th, 2010, 03:55 PM

Mindanao now under 8-hour brownouts
By MIKE U. CRISMUNDO
March 15, 2010, 6:04pm

BUTUAN CITY – Mindanao is now suffering from as long as eight hours of brownouts as the shutdown of all the power generating plants in the Agus complex is now imminent with the water level at Lake Lanao dropping from the normal 701 meters to 698.9 meters, it was learned Monday.

It was also learned that because of the current very low water level, hydroelectric plants might temporarily shut down in a few days from now to avert further damage to its turbines that resulted in wide power curtailment in the island.

As a result, technical engineers of National Power Corporation (Napocor) had been forced to shut down 11 of the 20 generators at the Agus complex, and only two of the three generating plants at the Pulangi hydropower complex continued to run in Maramag, Bukidnon.

Napocor said this was why power outages had become longer, from six up to eight hours in some areas in the island. Pedro Ambos, officer-in-charge of operations and planning division of Napocor, said the state-owned technical men decided to turn off temporarily some of its turbines “to save water” and “avert damages.”

On the other hand, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) in its latest advisory said the grid demand is at 1,447 megawatts while the generated supply is only 903 mW. There is a shortfall of 544 mW in the entire Mindanao.

As this developed, NGCP continues to monitor power grid conditions in round-the-clock basis, it was gathered.

In a related development, Mindanao leaders on Sunday has called the national government for the immediate release of the P10 billion calamity funds as power and agriculture problem continues to worsen in the island due the dry spell brought about by El Niño weather disturbance.

El Niño phenomenon severely hit the agriculture and hydroelectric power plants in the region since late January, this year.

The Mindanao law makers and local chief executives urged the national government for the fast-tracking of the release of the calamity funds as power consumers and farmers continuously suffered from the onslaught of dry spell.

Agusan del Sur Rep. Rodolfo Plaza, Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, Surigao del Norte Rep. Francisco T. Matugas and governors and mayors has called for the immediate release of the calamity funds to address the power and agriculture problem.

They said this calamity fund is a “big help” to the farmers and power problem.

“We hope that this calamity fund will be released as early as possible,” said Rep. Matugas of the first district of Surigao del Norte.

“I also hope that this calamity fund will be properly distributed,” also said Agusan del Sur solon Rep. Plaza.

Cagayan de Oro second district Rep. Rodriguez is also calling for the creation of a multi-sectoral calamity fund management task force.

Rodriguez suggested that an initial P5.5 billion calamity fund would be used to purchase modular generating sets to generate additional capacity of 160 mWin Mindanao.

“I also asked for additional P4.5-billion funds for immediate assistance to farmers affected by the dry spell in Mindanao,” added Rodriguez.

Surigao del Sur Gov. Vicente Pimentel, Agusan del Norte Gov. Erlfe John Amante, Misamis Oriental Gov. Oscar Moreno, Lanao del Norte Gov. Khalid Q. Dimaporo, North Cotabato Vice Gov. Emmanuel Pinol and other governors and mayors in Mindanao also voiced the same tune to address the worsening power problem.

Due to El Niño, damage to agriculture has breached the R8 billion mark nationwide, the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) said.

In its March 13 report, the NDCC said the estimated cost of production loss has reached P8,097,643,386, affecting some 693,732.43 hectares.

Meanwhile, the Zamboanga City government has allocated a remarkable amount drawn from the over P70 million calamity fund of the city to purchase electric power generators for the local and national government offices in this city and infuse additional P2.7 million in local funds to further finance the cloud seeding operations of the Department of Agriculture.

The City Disaster Coordinating Council (CDCC) headed by Zamboanga City Mayor Celso Lobregat convened on Friday and adopted at least eight resolution all geared towards the immediate solution of the power crisis besetting the city for the past few months now. (With a report from Nonoy E. Lacson)

jaihos

March 15th, 2010, 04:12 PM

I think the headquarters of CLIMBS is beside that Php20 million building. The construction is now ongoing. It can be seen at the Highway.

jaihos

March 15th, 2010, 04:14 PM

Tourism board exhorts studes to join "Balak Idol: CdeO Edition" (http://www.pia.gov.ph/default.asp?m=12&r=&y=&mo=&fi=p100315.htm&no=29)

Cagayan de Oro City (15 March) -- High school and college students who loved to perform the art of ?balak,? a debate in poetic verse, will have the chance to showcase their rare skills and talents on poetry in a local competition.

This after the City Tourism Board and the City Government of Cagayan de Oro agreed to include the student category (high school and college) in the first-ever "Balak Idol: Cagayan de Oro Edition" on May 23, 2010.

Ingrid Chaves-Agudo, City Tourism Board member and chair of the event, said the contest aims to instill pride and confidence on one?s roots/ancestry, and to preserve the art of "BALAK" - a debate in poetic verse, which is slowly becoming extinct because of external influence.

The contest also hopes to cultivate the art of public speaking, debate and poetry in the vernacular and to promote goodwill among members of the community, Agudo added.

The contest is open to all residents of Cagayan de Oro City. The entrants? registration form must be signed by their Barangay Captain to certify that he / she is a bonafide resident of barangay.

The "Balak" must be at least two (2) minutes long but not exceeding five (5) minutes and must be as close to the vernacular as possible. The content or message of the "Balak" must not be offensive to public morals, must not use indecent language and must promote goodwill in the community suggested topic such as: love, pride for the country, praise of person/s, expressions of virtues and the like. The contest piece must be original.

The piece should have a proper rhyming and cadence must be observed, use of background music (live or canned) is allowed but must not interfere with the delivery of the contest piece, wearing of costume and use of props may enhance the over-all delivery but will not be judged. The decision of the board of judges is final.

Criteria for judging will be 30% for content/message, 20% on rhyme/cadence, 20% on delivery/voice, 20% on originality and 10% on audience impact.

The Grand Champion in the barangay category will receive P15,000 plus a trophy, while the first and second runner-up will receive P10,000 and P5,000 plus trophy, respectively.

Top three (3) winners in the student category will get P10,000, P7,000 and P5,000 for the first placer, second placer and third placer, respectively.

Non-winners in both categories will each receive a consolation prize of P1,000. (City Information Office)

jaihos

March 15th, 2010, 04:16 PM

P217-M infra projects under 20% dev't fund implemented (http://www.pia.gov.ph/default.asp?m=12&r=&y=&mo=&fi=p100315.htm&no=28)

Cagayan de Oro City (15 March) -- A total of 38 various infrastructure projects worth P217,808,741.53 were implemented last year in Cagayan de Oro City under the auspices of the city government?s 20% Development Fund.

This was disclosed by City Engineer Jorie J. Bingona in his Annual Accomplishment Report submitted recently to City Mayor Constantino "Tinnex" Jaraula.

Of the total number of infrastructure projects implemented in 2009, 25 project amounting to P26,795,587.74 were completed while 12 projects costing P188,804,757.66 are still on-going and one project worth P2,208,396.13 was suspended due to right-of-way problem.

Based on the report, the on-going construction of the modern four-storey Legislative and Administrative Building Project accounted for the biggest allocation which pegged at P169,300,043.

The City Hall annex building project is identified as one of the priority infrastructure projects under the administration of Mayor Jaraula as part of his flagship "Golden Mile" boulevard and riverbank development initiatives.

Under the 2009-20% Development Fund, eight (8) projects worth P4,135,300 were implemented by administration through the City Engineering Department while 20 projects were implemented through barangay administration by contract amounting to P6,715,154.04 and 10 were done through contract in the amount of P206,958,287.49. (City Information Office)

jaysan81286

March 15th, 2010, 06:19 PM

I think the headquarters of CLIMBS is beside that Php20 million building. The construction is now ongoing. It can be seen at the Highway.

Jaihos is right...

donnex

March 15th, 2010, 09:30 PM

PIA Press Release
2010/03/16

Cagayan de Oro to host 19th Mindanao business conference
Cagayan De Oro (16 March) -- The lead-up to the 19th Mindanao Business Conference has kicked off in this city, the economic hub of northern Mindanao.

"It promises to be an exciting event, focusing on energy, shipping, agribusiness, mariculture and other key industries," said Ralph Paguio, president of the event's host organization, the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc.

The "MinBizCon" is the premier venue for presenting Mindanao's investment opportunities, as well as for linking its business community with investors and buyers, sharing best practices in economic development, and fostering a more competitive business environment.

The conference, held in a different city each year, is being organized by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), with support from the Cagayan de Oro City government, USAID's Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program, the Mindanao Development Authority, and other partners.

This year's MinBizCon will run from September 17 to 18 at the Atrium in Limketkai Center, Cagayan de Oro City. This year's theme is: "One. Global. Mindanao. Maximizing Potentials."
"We are happy to bring the MinBizCon back to Cagayan de Oro after several years," said PCCI chairman Sergio Ortiz-Luis, Jr. "We have seen a lot of development in this area, and it's fitting to hold the conference here to showcase its business opportunities."

"There will be plenary sessions championing Mindanao's winners. In these sessions we will be highlighting the key products, or ‘product champions' of each Mindanao sub-region, which is a new element in the event format," said Paguio.

He added that the Oro Chamber, in partnership with the U.S Commercial Service, will hold its annual OroBest trade show simultaneously with the conference.

A Mindanao Investment Forum will be held in Makati City in July, as an auxiliary event, Paguio said.

Over the coming months the organizers, headed by conference chairman Ruben Vegafria, will follow up previous policy recommendations for improving the competitiveness of the business environment, even as they consult the private sector on more recent issues and challenges.

"The business community annually presents its recommendations to government at the MinBizCon, in the form of the Mindanao Policy Agenda," said Edwin Capili, PCCI vice president for Mindanao.

"This year, a month before the conference, we will be holding high-level roundtables with the different government departments to review what's been done so far to address these recommendations," Capili added.

"The conference would be an opportune venue for the country's next president to present the new administration's agenda for Mindanao," Paguio said. "We are very interested to hear the government's plans both for energy security and peace and order."

The Mindanao Business Conference is the largest of the five area conferences organized by PCCI. The others are held in North Luzon, South Luzon, the National Capital Region and the Visayas, leading up to the largest business sector gathering at the national level, the annual Philippine Business Conference.

Cagayan de Oro is considered one of the country's most progressive and dynamic cities. It serves as a base for various multinational companies, many of which are engaged in agro-industry and business process outsourcing. (GEM) [top]

donnex

March 15th, 2010, 09:32 PM

Taegon

March 15th, 2010, 10:45 PM

D' Budgetel, Bai... Walking distance ra from G Mall... 600 single, 900 double... Free wifi and murag free breakfast for guests except for the bed spacers... Very big parking space... :-)

Budgetel is classy, but affordable. :)

Taegon

March 15th, 2010, 11:03 PM

I think expansion then renovation is more feasible and logical than the other way around.

I think the renovation is more on the exterior, meaning a total facelift on how the mall looks from outside; so better to work the inside first then implement the facelift exterior as a whole...rather than work on the exterior first....then expand which will also rebuild a portion of the exterior (doble gastos)
:cheers:

Kahit mag earth color theme pa ang SM sa kanilang renovation, pangit pa rin kung walang expansion. Unsaon man ang pagpatsada kung huot pa rin ang SM? It's like same lang gyapon ang mangyari sa first place: dagsaan kay naa nay renovation. Perhaps ang maging resulta ay maging gaya pa ng dati way back 2002 na nag-attract ng maraming shoppers kay SM brand baya. But IN THE LONG RUN kay huot man gyapon, and there is Ketkai, Gaisano, Divisoria, at iba pa in the downtown, hindi pa rin aabot sa kanilang expectation, IMO.

Taegon

March 15th, 2010, 11:20 PM

Tinnex builds wishing well in the middle of Cogon
Updated March 16, 2010 12:00 AM
Mindanao Goldstar Daily

CITY hall has come up with an unusual way to rev up revenues: a wishing well in the middle of Cogon public market.

The wishing fountain was inaugurated by Mayor Constantino Jaraula last Saturday. Speaking before city hall workers yesterday, Jaraula said many people immediately tossed coins into the well after its inauguration.

The wishing fountain has multiple purposes, according to Jaraula.

First, it is meant to generate more revenues for city hall. Every Sunday, coins would be retrieved from the wishing well and would be deposited to the coffers intended to pay for utility and maintenance bills of Cogon public market.

Second, the wishing well would serve as a tourist attraction to lure in more buyers to Cogon public market.

Third, Jaraula said, the wishing well would serve to balance the humidity inside Cogon market which is not airconditioned.

According to Jaraula, there are more vendors than buyers at Cogon market because people nowadays would rather go to shopping malls than buy from Cogon.

In an effort to make Cogon competitive alongside shopping malls, the wishing well was built, he said.

The wishing well serves as the center of Cogon public market with benches surrounding it.

On the middle is a giant replica of a pineapple where water gushes out. (mark francisco)

Taegon

March 15th, 2010, 11:22 PM

Taegon

March 15th, 2010, 11:23 PM

Taegon

March 15th, 2010, 11:26 PM

Oca, Rufus caution against fund misuse
By LITO RULONA - Correspondent Updated March 16, 2010 12:00 AM
Mindanao Goldstar Daily

MISAMIS Oriental Gov. Oscar Moreno and Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez yesterday cautioned against the hasty use of calamity funds by local governments due to the power crisis.

The capitol has taken a wait-and-see stance despite President Arroyo’s declaration of a state of calamity in Mindanao. The declaration allows the use of the five-percent calamity funds of local governments.

But while Moreno said he agreed with Arroyo’s move to cushion the impact of the power crisis in Mindanao, he added that local governments should carefully plan their spendings.

Moreno discouraged local government executives from immediately spending their calamity funds. He said the funds need to be wisely used to address specific problems.

Rep. Rodriguez appealed to religious, business and other concerned groups to perform watchdog roles while the local governments prepare to spend the calamity funds.

Rodriguez said concerned citizens should also keep an eye on the national government because billions of pesos would likely be spend to cushion the impact of the power crisis.

Rodriguez said the government should also look into the needs of the farmers who are suffering from the El Niño phenomenon.

“It is not as if that when a calamity was declared, you spend right away. Still, a basis is needed for spending's,’’ said Moreno.

Moreno said the capitol has set aside regular funds for the purpose even before the declaration of a state of calamity.

And even before the capitol thinks of using its calamity fund, he said provincial officials would need to validate reports from the field about the damages caused by the power crisis and El Niño.

“The release of calamity funds lies in the hands of the local chief executives. Kung gusto ka nga gastuhon nimo tanan imo kanang call but you have to reserve some basin og dunay mas dako nga calamity that would hit anytime. We are not saying that we are not doing anything but neither are we saying that we will do everything. Ato sang paminawon kung unsay angayan buhaton,” said Moreno.

He said the capitol, initially, plans to buy power generators for its district hospitals throughout the province and for the capitol itself.

Moreno said the capitol is also beefing mitigating measures in view of the El Niño’s effects on the province agriculture sector.

“We have set up some mitigating measures but the question is, are these enough? Are these sufficient? It depends on how the situation will look like in the near term. We have to analyze the situation carefully,” Moreno said.

Taegon

March 15th, 2010, 11:28 PM

Cepalco urged to implement brownout during daytime
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

CITY Councilor Ian Nacaya is calling on the Cagayan Electric Power and Light Company (Cepalco) to implement brownouts only during daytime.

In a special report during Monday’s session at the City Council, Nacaya said brownouts in the evening, especially from 6 p.m. until 11 p.m., has caused a lot of hassles to workers who wish to enjoy all the pleasures at home during these hours.

“Students also have a hard time studying without proper light illumination and petty crimes in the city have already soared high,” Nacaya said.

He said it was not yet validated that rotating brownouts would really help in conserving energy.

Nacaya said if it is possible to have no brownouts during Sundays like what happened during the fight of Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey, “then it should also be possible to implement brownouts only during the day.”

Lloyd Castillo, environmental officer and customer and community relations supervisor of Cepalco, said the brownout would solely depend on the load curtailment for the day based on a daily report issued by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).

“The NGCP will call Cepalco that they really have to shut down kay dili makaya sa load,” Castillo said in a text message.

During Monday’s session, Nacaya also requested the City Council to review the schedule of rotating brownouts in the city and to cultivate resources to generate power as a solution to the power crisis.

With this, he called on the City Council’s Committee on Energy headed by Councilor President Elipe to look for possible solutions to solve the power crisis in the city.

Nacaya suggested it might be good to take advantage of the sun’s rays and possibly put up a solar panel.

“Since it is quite expensive to purchase solar panels, the City Government may make use of local and national funds to look for Filipino inventors who can invent a cheaper way of coming up with a power source,” Nacaya said.

He said other option is to make measures to produce power out of natural resources, which must be taken up seriously by the government.

For his part, Elipe said coming up with a fast solution might only jeopardize the situation.

However, he said he supports the call of Nacaya as he vowed to review the schedule of rotating brownouts in the city. (Nicole J. Managbanag)

Published in the Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro newspaper on March 16, 2010.

Taegon

March 15th, 2010, 11:30 PM

XU dribblers top-notcher in Loyola Cup
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

By Lynde Salgados

HOST Xavier University found the goings too tough, but still emerged as the winningest school in the recently-held 5th St. Ignatius de Loyola Cup basketball tournament at XU gymnasium, Cagayan de Oro City.

Xavier University dribblers won three of seven category titles at stake in the month-long competition that drew the participation of at least 44 teams in Northern Mindanao.

Facing its hottest rival from Sacred Heart of Jesus Montessori School (SHJMS), the XU toddlers threw the full weight of their tall frontliners to eke out a hard-earned 59-55 win in the 12-under A championship game.

For the 18-under A plum, the XU Crusaders were fiercely challenged by the Cagayan de Oro National High School in an 88-83 victory.

The Senior Crusaders also pocketed the 25-under diadem at the expense of STI, 77-67.

Other winners in the finals are the Assumption Montessori School, which prevailed over Kong Hua Grade School for the 12-under B crown; Pilgrim Christian College's secondary squad which barely survived against City High, 65-62 for the 14-under B title; Sacred Heart (SHJMS) which took the 14-under A championship by rout over Bukidnon Faith Christian School, 68-39 and Kong Hua School which escaped with another "single basket" triumph over Bukidnon Faith Christian School, 58-56 in 18-under B level.

"Nadayonan na gyod hinoon nga nasuki sa Kong Hua ang Bukidnon kay sa elimination round napilde pud sila via buzzer-beating basket," remarked tournament commissioner Arvin Martinez.

Settling all at third places, respectively, were Riverdale School (12-under B), Merry Child School (12-under A), Kong Hua High (14-under B), Xavier University High School (14-under A), Liceo de Cagayan University (18-under B), Sacred Heart (18-under A) and MSU-Marawi in the 25-under bracket.

Tournament director Jerry Erfe said the Loyola Cup is an annual event initiated by the XU Jesuit Community on the "Men and Women for Others" Ignatian Value. It is geared towards developing and discovering young and promising basketeers in the locality.

XU President, Fr. Jose Ramon T. Villarin SJ and XU Vice President for Mission and Ministry, Fr. Gorgonio S. Esguerra SJ joined Erfe and Martinez in presiding over the awards rites along with Eliodoro L. Ferenal, newly-minted Xavier University Athletic Director.

Published in the Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro newspaper on March 16, 2010.

Taegon

March 15th, 2010, 11:36 PM

PIA Press Release
2010/03/15

Withholding tax violators warned

Cagayan de Oro City (15 March) -- With the April 15, 2010 income tax payment deadline fast-approaching, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is reminding employers to make sure that the correct withholding taxes are deducted from their employers and remitted properly to the BIR. Otherwise, the applicable penalties will be imposed!

Section 80 (A) of the Tax Code provides that the employer shall be liable for the withholding and remittance of the correct amount of tax required to be deducted and withheld. Further, under Section 79 (H) of the code, it is also required that on or before the end of the calendar year but prior to the payment of the compensation for the last payroll period, the employer shall determine the tax due from each employee on taxable compensation income for the entire year.

The difference between the tax due from the employee for the entire year and the sum of taxes withheld from January to November shall either be withheld from his salary in December of the current calendar year or refunded to the employee not later than January 25 of the succeeding year.

Failure to comply with the said provisions of the Tax Code will result into violations for which the applicable penalties shall be imposed by the BIR upon the employer. Penalties shall be in the form of additions to the tax and criminal liabilities.

For failure of any person required to withhold and remit any tax imposed or who willfully fails to withhold and remit such tax, or abets in any manner to evade the payment of any such tax, shall be liable upon conviction to a penalty equal to the amount of the tax not withheld and remitted, in addition to other penalties.

Likewise, for failure or refusal of any employer / withholding agent to refund excess withholding tax shall, in addition to other penalties, be liable to a penalty equal to the amount of refund which was not refunded to the employee resulting from any excess of the amount withheld over the tax actually due on their return.

Criminal liabilities shall be punished by a fine of from P1,000.00 to 100,000.00 and imprisonment of from one (1) year to 10 years, in addition to other penalties, depending on the violation/s upon which the criminal conviction was made. In certain instances, however, a compromise penalty in lieu of criminal liability may be imposed and collected. (BIR) [top]

PIA Press Release
2010/03/15

BIR eyes taxpayer friendly campaign

Cagayan de Oro City (15 March) -- With the deadline on the filing of income tax returns fast approaching, the BIR has asked all the Authorized Agent Banks (AABs) to extend banking hours and to assign additional personnel during the April income tax filing season.

Commissioner Joel L. Tan-Torres issued the request in bank Bulletin No. 2010-11 to ensure that all taxpayers will be served.

The bulletin also contains policies and procedures that will take effect from April 5 to 15, 2010 as well as March 27, 2010 (in lieu of April 3, 2010 which is Black Saturday).

The BIR Commissioner said that all BIR AABs have already been advised to extend their banking hours up to 5:00 p.m. for the period April 5 to 15, 2010 in response to the need of the taxpaying public during this filing season. He also requested banks to accommodate tax payments from taxpayers who are already within the bank premises by the close of the said extended banking hours for the said period. They will open on two (2) Saturdays (March 27 and April 10) to accept tax payments.

The AABs, according to Commissioner Tan-Torres will accept two or more checks in payment for a single tax liability.

On stamping of the ITRs and attachments, Tan-Torres said that all AABs will receive the ITRs by stamping on the space provided for in three (3) copies of the returns. The attached Audited Financial Statement must be stamped "received" pursuant to Revenue Memorandum Order (RMO) No. 6-2010.

The Commissioner stressed that said AABs will ensure that the returns/payment forms and/or deposit slips are machine-validated and the details of payment are clearly imprinted in all the copies.

He also added that all AABs should accept photocopies, electronics / computer-generated BIR Forms / Returns in lieu of the officially printed forms as long as they are originally filled up and signed by the taxpayer or duly authorized representative.

Further, certain out-of-district income tax returns (BIR Forms 1700, 1701, 1701Q and 1702) are to be accepted without imposing penalties on taxpayers for wrong filing venue.

"We are confident that with our concerted efforts in raising revenues and with the cooperation of all taxpayers to pay taxes, the Bureau will be able to reach its revenue target goal for this year," Tan-Torres said. (BIR) [top]

Taegon

March 15th, 2010, 11:39 PM

Smart Bro SurfTV
Written by Cherry
Monday, 15 March 2010
www.mybataan.com

Smart Communications' advocacy about the benefits of Internet has started a couple of years ago. According to Ranila Hufalar, a 23 year old housewife from Cataning, Balanga City, Bataan, a television set at home is the first step to have an Internet access. Smart Bro's SurfTV is now introduced as the world-first service offering from Smart Broadband Inc. (SBI). SurfTV is a plug and play device that you can connect to any colored TV set to be able to have an Internet access. When you plug it into the RCA port of a colored TV set, SurfTV will provide an entry-level Internet access. The users can surf, chat, and email through their TV at home. SurfTV package includes keyboard, mouse, remote control, and a Smart Bro USB stick-type modem with a prepaid SIM, pre-loaded with P100 worth of load. The cost of the entire kit is y P4,500. TheInternet access costs is only P10 for every 30 minutes.

I find it to be very useful and convenient to me. With this service, I go online and surf and chat with my friends and family, right from the comforts of our living room, shared Ranila.

According to the statistics, only 1 out of every 5 Filipinos has a computer at home. But 9 out of 10 have a television set. According to Annie Naval, Smart Head of Marketing, they completed market tests in numerous places in the country which includes Metro Manila, Bataan, Kalibo, and Cagayan de Oro. They already gauged high public awareness in a service that allows families to use their TV to access the Net. Thru SBI, SurfTV expanded the Internet service portfolio of Smart with a million broadband subscribers in 2009. [via philstar.com]

Taegon

March 15th, 2010, 11:41 PM

National census set in May
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

ILIGAN CITY -- The national census will simultaneously start on May 17 to June 11, a week after the May 2010 elections.

Ruben C. Gamali, officer-in-charge of the National Statistics Office (NSO) in Iligan City, said the survey would be undertaken by teachers of the Department of Education (DepEd) who will not be involved and serve in the election process.

Batas Pambansa 72 provides for the taking of an integrated census every 10 years beginning in 1980 in accordance with the plans to be prepared by the then National Census and Statistics Office (NCSO), now the NSO.

Part of the mandate is the creation of a regional, provincial, city and municipal coordinating board in coordination with other line agencies to ensure and oversee an effective and efficient system in the survey.

Gamali said the DepEd Iligan City and Lanao del Norte schools division superintendents have already assured to provide personnel for the survey.

However, he said the NSO will outsource if ever the survey team would not suffice.

Gamali said each personnel will receive an honorarium for the whole duration of the survey and won’t allow any sub-contract as enumerators.

He added that the NSO might tap military authorities for support in case there are areas whose security of enumerators is at stake.

“A maximum of P15,000 honorarium will be given to each enumerator depending on the number of days that the survey will be completed,” Gamali said.

He added that all the data, which contain 90 million questionnaires, will be feed to a digital counting machine that would automatically summarize and consolidate the data.

In Mindanao, there are only two electronic counting machines -- at the NSO in Davao City and at the NSO regional office in Cagayan de Oro.

Gamali said they would recommend to the national office to purchase additional counting machines to augment the consolidation process.

The relevant data given in the survey would also be utilized in the Unified identification (ID) system under the NSO and Social Security System (SSS).

With this, Gamali is urging the public to cooperate in the coming survey. (Richel V. Umel)

Published in the Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro newspaper on March 16, 2010.

Taegon

March 15th, 2010, 11:59 PM

National census set in May
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

ILIGAN CITY -- The national census will simultaneously start on May 17 to June 11, a week after the May 2010 elections.

Published in the Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro newspaper on March 16, 2010.

Dapat asikasuhin ang trabaho ng taga NSO 10 kasi I believe di yun wasto ang pagkakuha ng resulta sa populasyon ng CdeO last 2007. Wag yung i-base lang sa dating percentage sa increase per annum. Dili sab magtinapulan.

NSO should be responsible enough this time so that there will be a fair and square distribution of national budget for the residents of Cagayan de Oro. Besides a right result will add another political power on behalf of the residents of CdeO in this country. I believe CdeO is already capable to have a third legislative district if only NSO should be responsible on their upcoming census.

boju2

March 16th, 2010, 12:38 AM

makaryo

March 16th, 2010, 09:17 AM

^^basin salomon sa mga rugby boys ang mga coins.:lol::lol:

makaryo

March 16th, 2010, 09:23 AM

RFM

March 16th, 2010, 11:12 AM

Council rejects privatization of Agus-Pulangui hydropower complexes
Mike Banos
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/145961

March 15, 2010

The Regional Development Council Region 10 (RDC-10) has endorsed a resolution rejecting the privatization of the Agus-Pulangui Hydroelectric Power Complexes (APHC) of Mindanao.

The resolution was passed unanimously without objection by RDC-10 during its 85th Full Council Meeting held Friday, March 12, 2010 in Cagayan de Oro City.

Engr. Modesto Mabaylan, RDC-X Infrastructure and Utilities Development Committee (InfraCom) member, presented the resolution in the absence of InfraCom Chair and Lanao del Norte Gov. Khalid Dimaporo.

The resolution originated from the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc. (Oro Chamber) and was earlier endorsed for approval to the full council by the committee during its February 24, 2010 meeting.

Oro Chamber Resolution # 2009-010 called for the non-privatization of the APHC claiming it would eventually result in higher effective rates of electricity in Mindanao, raising the cost of doing business in the island and rendering it uncompetitive with Luzon and the Visayas.

A growing number of national and regional organizations have already indicated their support for the non-privatization of the APHC including the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), the largest federation of labor unions in the country, and the Napocor Employees Consolidation Union (NECU), the labor union of employees of the National Power Corporation (Napocor).

The seven power plants of the Agus complex in Lanao del Norte and Iligan City together with the three units of the Pulangui complex in Maramag, Bukidnon comprise 55% of the total installed capacity of the entire Mindanao Grid.

During a recent presentation of Mindanao stakeholders opposed to the APHC privatization, NECU officials said the planned sale to a single investor will violate Section 4(a), Rule 11 of RA 9136 which sets ownership limit of percent at Mindanao Grid to address potential dominance, market abuse and anti-competitive behavior.

NECU maintains that the purpose of EPIRA (RA 9136) is to ensure the affordability and reasonable prices of electricity in a regime of free and fair competition which does not apply to Mindanao it would result in the unreasonable increase of power rates in Mindanao.

"The current generation (Mindanao) rate (P2.8177/kwh) and distribution rate (P5.50/kwh) will definitely increase because of the significant imbalance between the production cost of Hydro Plants (P0.50/kwh) and Diesel plants (P5.00/kwh)," NECU officials said.

This is because the revenues of Hydro Power Plants (of almost P1-B per month) are used to subsidize the fuel expenses (of about P1-B per month) of diesel plants. This is the main reason why the power rate in Mindanao (P2.8177/kwh) is much lower compared to Luzon (P4.54/kwh) and Visayas (P4.03/kwh), they added.

NECU warns that if the APHC is privatized, the only viable option is to increase the present Mindanao Rate (P2.8177/kwh) to the level of the production cost of diesel (from P5.00/kwh to over P10.00/Kwh) plus rate of return base (RORB) which would certainly triple the price of electricity to the distribution utility/consumer.

During his presentation, Mabaylan said the principle of competition to lower electricity rates does not apply to Mindanao because the generation capacity of the existing power plants is enough to meet the island´s power demands.

"Competition can only exist when the volume of supply of electricity is bigger than the volume of demand," Mabaylan said. "However, when the volume of supply is equal to or less than the volume of demand, then there is a greater possibility of price dictation. Thus, in the sale of Agus and Pulangi, there is a greater possibility of price dictation than competition."

Worse, the privatization of Agus and Pulangi would remove the comparative advantage of Mindanao.

"One of the major advantages in doing business in Mindanao is the low cost of electricity due to the low production cost of the APHC," Mabaylan said. "Privatizing the APHC would adversely affect investments, production and development in Mindanao. Energy-intensive industries will be discouraged to come in and existing industries will be forced to move out under the high power rate regime." Print Email
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jaysan81286

March 16th, 2010, 11:48 AM

^^basin salomon sa mga rugby boys ang mga coins.:lol::lol:

Mao jud! hehehehehehe

bisayadako

March 16th, 2010, 01:38 PM

Kahit mag earth color theme pa ang SM sa kanilang renovation, pangit pa rin kung walang expansion. Unsaon man ang pagpatsada kung huot pa rin ang SM? It's like same lang gyapon ang mangyari sa first place: dagsaan kay naa nay renovation. Perhaps ang maging resulta ay maging gaya pa ng dati way back 2002 na nag-attract ng maraming shoppers kay SM brand baya. But IN THE LONG RUN kay huot man gyapon, and there is Ketkai, Gaisano, Divisoria, at iba pa in the downtown, hindi pa rin aabot sa kanilang expectation, IMO.

I would suggest to SM nga mag provide sila ug FREE AIRCON bus ride between SM and DVsoria or even LKK.... that should help get more patrons to come....

Ang BUS should be environmentally friendly, e.g. LPG powered?

dark_knight_detectve

March 16th, 2010, 01:39 PM

naa daw expansion SM, another floor. next year na daw renovation

wow! they should really expand because SM is getting smaller and smaller every year. are they going to add a fourth floor or are they going to add more space on the second floor and third floor? i think the expansion would mean the former. i could be wrong though.

dark_knight_detectve

March 16th, 2010, 01:47 PM

bisayadako

March 16th, 2010, 01:47 PM

boju2

March 16th, 2010, 01:50 PM

FICCO, proudly Kagay-anon!:cheers:

Biggest RP coop releases P13.1-B loans in five years in Mindanao (http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=263471)

DAVAO CITY, March 10 (PNA) - The First Community Cooperative (FICCO), now considered as the biggest community cooperative in the country, has already released a total of P13.1 billion in five years in Mindanao alone.

FICCO Mindanao chairman Isagani B. Daba, in his message during the recently-concluded FICCO 55th Annual General Assembly over the weekend held in this city, said the cooperative has a total asset of P3.68 billion, deposits of P1.6 billion and common shares of P1.32 billion with a total membership of 129,493 at the end of 2009.

Daba said the cooperative has provided some P3.5 billion in loans in 2009 alone, while the total loans released for the last five years amounted to about P13.1 billion in Mindanao region.

With about 16 branches and business centers all over Mindanao, Daba emphasized that “FICCO keeps on growing stronger because of the members’ trust and confidence on its management, while we develop culture that focuses on quality service, good governance, sacrifice, volunteerism, and efficiency."

In respond to government’s call to provide assistance to the needy, FICCO offers many opportunities to its members by way of helping them in their daily needs, provide financial assistance in making members’ businesses grow with emphasis on unity and helping among each other, he said.

FICCO has established Mutual Benefit Association (MBA) in respond to government initiatives in pushing micro-insurance to help the poor mitigate risks.

It has generated a total premium of P50.6 million in 2009, up to 92 percent from the previous year’s P26.1 million.

One of the proposed resolutions which were approved during the General Assembly was that FICCO can now engage in real estate projects, in buying lots in strategic locations to be developed for commercial spaces or for condominiums.

Meanwhile, FICCO branch manager Ellen Dizon said FICCO has now taken over the Filipino Merchants Cooperative (FMCoop) management for purposes of helping the coop.

Dizon is calling on FMCoop members to coordinate with FICCO branch office located at Anda Street this city to update their membership. (PNA)

dark_knight_detectve

March 16th, 2010, 01:52 PM

PROJECT WATCH: Jaraula inspects Legislative/Admin Bldg (http://cagayandeorodev.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/project-watch-jaraula-inspects-legislativeadmin-bldg/)
Posted on March 16, 2010 by damarre

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Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Tinnex Jaraula, accompanied by UKC Builders project engineer Kenneth Joy Fabria and City Engineer Jorie Bingona, inspect the status of the on-going construction of the 4-storey P169-million City Hall Administrative / Legislative Building Project. CIO PHOTO

More photos below.

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Thanks to Mike Baños for the photos. I’ll post more photo updates of this project this week.

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dark_knight_detectve

March 16th, 2010, 02:11 PM

well be having a mini ssc luzvimin meet this coming march 20 if our visitors from luzon will be present this sat.

dark_knight_detectve

March 16th, 2010, 03:44 PM

dark_knight_detectve

March 16th, 2010, 03:54 PM

burotski

March 16th, 2010, 05:09 PM

wow! they should really expand because SM is getting smaller and smaller every year. are they going to add a fourth floor or are they going to add more space on the second floor and third floor? i think the expansion would mean the former. i could be wrong though.

Kon mo-expand gyud sila, murag mas more on the latter, Bai... IMHO, the third floor will remain as is, however... Expansion will only be on the 2nd floor... The posterior 2/3rds of the 2nd floor will be the area developed... So, if they do this, SM CdO will become almost identical to SM Davao, size-wise and externally... But, it would be hard to do this without disrupting activities inside the mall... So, basin dili pud... Pero, for me, murag mao ni pinaka-wise na expansion na pwede buhaton... Again, I would like to stress that SM CdO needs a bridge connecting the main mall to the carpark building... Thank you! :-)

shrex_renegade

March 16th, 2010, 07:04 PM

Taegon

March 16th, 2010, 10:06 PM

Steag plant to shut down on Holy Week
By JIGGER JERUSALEM and LITO RULONA - Correspondents Updated March 17, 2010 12:00 AM
Mindanao Goldstar Daily

EXPECT a hotter Holy Week when the independent power producer Steag State Power Inc. (Steag) temporarily shuts down its plant on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.

Steag communications officer Jerome Soldevilla revealed the plan to the provincial board last Monday. He said Steag needs to shut down one of its generators for repair.

Soldevilla said the maintenance is necessary for Steag’s operations but the temporary shutdown would mean that the Mindanao grid would lose some 200 megawatts on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.

Soldevilla said the power demand in Mindanao would not be that high on those days given that companies and establishments would be closed.

He said Steag would resume operations “as soon as possible.”

To mitigate the effects of the power shortage, Soldevilla said, Steag is considering on increasing its power capacity beyond 210 mw.

But he said Steag could not produce more beyond what is contracted to them unless it expands by putting up a new power plant.

“(Producing more) is a technical matter that has to be reviewed carefully without jeopardizing the integrity of our power plant,” Soldevilla said.

He said Steag is almost reaching its full capacity to cope with the power shortage brought about by the power-generation deficit of the Pulangi and Agus systems.

“The power crisis is real,” said Soldevilla.

Under normal circumstances, Steag contributes only 20 percent to Mindanao’s electric supply but since the hydroelectric plants have not been delivering the normal load due to the El Nino, the coal-fired power plant is forced to increase its generation to 30 percent, he said.

Soldevilla also said Steag could meet the power needs of Misamis Oriental and Cagayan de Oro but this would have a serious impact on the power distribution in Mindanao.

“We cannot be an island within an island. Our power is dedicated for the whole of Mindanao,” he said.

Meanwhile, councilors appealed to the Cagayan Electric Power and Light Co. (Cepalco) to study the possibility of reducing the number of scheduled brownouts in the city.

Councilor Ian Mark Nacaya said, “The rotating brownout schedules should not be done during night time... schedule it during the day.”

Nacaya also expressed the need to develop other sources of electricity like garbage.

“We have to produce our own power out of our own resources. We can turn the sanitary landfill into a power producer. The city government is willing to spend and appropriate enough funds for this,” said Nacaya, adding that Cagayan de Oro should not rely much on the supply from the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP).

Councilor President Elipe said he has asked Cepalco, NGCP and the National Power Corp. (Napocor) to coordinate so that the brownouts could take place only during daytime.

Taegon

March 16th, 2010, 10:10 PM

PIA Press Release
2010/03/16

Business leaders to check on status of policy recommendations before confab in Oro starts

by Jorie C. Valcorza

Cagayan de Oro City (16 March) -- Targeting to present answers to policy resolutions drafted in last year's confab, business leaders in Mindanao are set to visit line agencies before the 19th MinBizCon starts on September 17 to 18 at the Atrium in Limketkai Center, Cagayan de Oro City.

Every year we conduct policy consultations on different regions and we would like to introduce change this year by revisiting issues and concerns that we presented in the past.

Thus said Edwin B. Capili, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) Vice President for Mindanao in a press conference held recently in Cagayan de Oro City to kick off the Mindanao Business Conference.

MinBizCon is an annual gathering of key government and business leaders here in Mindanao to discuss policy implementations, strategies and actions formulated.

It also serves as the venue to promote investments by linking business community with investors and buyers, sharing best practices in economic development, and fostering a more competitive business environment.

Organizers think that holding this conference is made more significant with the assumption of new government officials in June.

"With the new administration in place, we hope the government will also take a fresh look on the policy resolutions derived through the conferences and consider it as a blueprint," said PCCI chairman Sergio R. Ortiz-Luis, Jr.

The theme for this year's confab is "One Global Mindanao, Maximizing Potentials." Stakeholders hope to address directly the causes why until this time Mindanao was not able to maximize its potential to the end.

With the looming power crises the discussion will also focus on coming up with concrete measures, what the private and the government sector intent to solve it.

Meanwhile, Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Oro Chamber) President, Jaime Ralph U. Paguio, also noted that thwould be an opportune venue for the country's next president to present the new administration's Mindanao investment initiatives. (PIA 10) [top]

Taegon

March 16th, 2010, 10:12 PM

Oro implements P217-M infra projects in 2009 (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cagayan-de-oro/oro-implements-p217-m-infra-projects-2009)

A TOTAL of 38 various infrastructure projects worth P217.809 million were implemented last year in Cagayan de Oro under the City Government’s 20 percent development fund.

In his Annual Accomplishment Report submitted recently to Mayor Constantino Jaraula, City Engineer Jorie J. Bingona said that of the total number of infrastructure projects implemented in 2009, 25 projects amounting to P26,795 million were completed while 12 projects worth P188.805 million are still ongoing and one project worth P2.208 million was suspended due to right-of-way problem.

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Based on the report, the ongoing construction of the modern four-storey Legislative and Administrative Building Project accounted for the biggest allocation at P169.3 million.

The City Hall annex building project is identified as one of the priority infrastructure projects under Jaraula’s administration as part of his flagship “Golden Mile” boulevard and riverbank development initiatives.

Under last year’s 20 percent development fund, eight projects worth P4.135 million were implemented by the City Government through the City Engineering department, while 20 projects were implemented through the barangay administration by contract amounting to P6.715 million and 10 were done through contract in the amount of P206.958 million. (CIO)

Here's another one from Manila Bulletin:

CdeO has new P26 million projects
By MIKE U. CRISMUNDO
March 16, 2010, 3:09pm

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Various infrastructure projects amounting to P26,795,587.74 were completed in this city, it was disclosed Tuesday.

It was also disclosed that 12 big projects costing to some P188,804,757.66 are still ongoing and expected to be completed before the end of this year or early next year.

In his annual accomplishment report to City Mayor Constantino “Tinnex” Jaraula, City Engineer Jorie J. Bingona said these big projects were part of the 38 various infrastructure projects worth P217,808,741.53 under the auspices of the city government’s 20 percent Development Fund (DF).

However, the city engineer said a project worth P2,208,396.13 was suspended due to a right-of-way problem.

“We are still pursuing some remedies to solve this right-of-way problem,” added Bingona.

The city engineer further added that the ongoing construction of the modern four-storey Legislative and Administrative Building accounted for the biggest allocation which was pegged at P169,300,043.

The City Hall annex building project is identified as one of the priority infrastructure projects of the city government and part of flagship “Golden Mile” boulevard project and riverbank development initiatives of Jaraula, it was gathered.

It was further gathered that under the 2009 20 percent Development Fund, eight projects worth P4,135,300 were implemented by the administration through the City Engineering Department, while 20 projects were implemented through barangay administration by contract amounting to P6,715,154.04 and 10 were done through contract in the amount of P206,958,287.49.

Meanwhile, in a separate annual report, the city government of here through the leadership of Jaraula, generated an income of P1,677,414,221.09 in 2009, posting a significant increase of 11.34 percent or P170,831,875.82 as compared to the figure over the previous year, it was also learned.

Taegon

March 16th, 2010, 10:19 PM

Import returnees spice up 'Fiesta'
(The Philippine Star) Updated March 17, 2010 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines - Four returnees, headed by last year’s Best Import Gabe Freeman of San Miguel Beer, and six newcomers, including NBA veteran Awvee Storey of Barangay Ginebra, will be featured in the PBA Fiesta Conference which fires off Sunday at the Araneta Coliseum.

While Freeman is expected to dish out another solid performance for the Beermen, focus will be on Storey, the best-credentialed among the current batch of reinforcements, having played in three NBA teams – Washington, New Jersey and Milwaukee – for four seasons.

Storey was scheduled to be measured late yesterday along with Diamon Simpson of Alaska, Sammy Monroe of Barako Bull, Eric Cory Hicks of Talk n Text, according to PBA commissioner Sonny Barrios, who appeared at yesterday’s PSA Forum at the Shakey’s UN Ave. The height limit for imports is 6-6.

Simpson had a brief stint with Los Angeles D-Fenders in the NBA Developmental League while Monroe saw action with the Rochester Razorsharks in the little-known Premier Basketball League.

Hicks played college ball at the University of Cincinnati, before seeing action in the Belgian, Polish and Russian leagues.

Another newcomer is Greek League veteran Lorenzo Wade, who will backstop the All-Filipino champion Derby Ace Llamados (formerly Purefoods TJ Giants).

Air21, meanwhile, will parade Keena Young, who made good impression during the Express practice upon his arrival in the country Monday, according to team manager Lito Alvarez.

However, Alvarez rued their failure to enlist original choice Leroy Hickerson, who suffered injury after figuring in a car accident in Kentucky, a few days before his departure for Manila.

“It’s very unfortunate. Hickerson could’ve been the second coming of Billy Ray Bates,” said Alvarez.

“Hickerson is an exciting player with a good inside and outside game. You can’t give him a breathing space as he can shoot three-pointers. You can’t also give him an open lane as he has an explosive drive. He’s a good outside shooter and dunker, just like Billy Ray Bates,” Alvarez said.

Hickerson had just finished a stint in the Mexican league and already preparing for his trip to the Philippines when he met the accident and sustained an elbow injury.

“He underwent surgery, so it’s very unlikely he can still play for us in this tournament. What’s sure is that he’s a top option for us in the next import-reinforced tourney,” said Alvarez.

The Air21 top official said Hickerson is only 26, a flamboyant player who took the Mexican league by storm.

“I was told he has big billboards in Mexico. After the season, he was even given a testimonial dinner by his team,” said Alvarez.

“It’s really sad we lost him. He’s a big loss to the team and to the league,” Alvarez added.

Alvarez, however, stressed the Express are still upbeat as they got a good import replacement in Young.

“Young may not be as exciting as Hickerson, but he could be as effective and that’s important,” said Air21 coach Yeng Guiao.

“Like Hickerson, Young can also play an inside and outside game,” Guiao added.

Guiao said the team is raring to come out and compete in the coming tourney following the buildup they have undertaken.

“If our import blends well with the locals, then we can have a good run in the coming tourney,” added Guiao, who has new players in Mike Cortez, Renren Ritualo and Doug Kramer.

Aside from Freeman, other returning imports are Jai Lewis of Rain or Shine, James Penny of Coca-Cola and Anthony Johnson of Sta. Lucia.

Barako Bull clashes with Sta. Lucia while Talk n Text collides with Barangay Ginebra in Sunday’s opener.

Barrios also announced that the league has scheduled several road games for the upcoming conference, including a Coca- Cola-San Miguel showdown in Gingoog City on March 27 and the Ginebra-Rain or Shine tussle in Bacolod on April 10.

Barrios said the league is also staging road games in Cagayan de Oro, Batangas, Davao, Cebu, Ormoc, Tacloban and Dumaguete. – Nelson Beltran

Taegon

March 16th, 2010, 10:21 PM

Top bodybuilders gear up for Boracay tilt
Cebu Daily News First
Posted 08:08:00 03/16/2010

THE COUNTRY'S best bodybuilders get ready to make the summer hotter as they gear up for the 2010 Mr. and Ms. Boracay set April 29 to May 2.

Among the top bets are Ceasar Lokines of Benguet Province, who bagged the overall champion title for last year's Mr. and Ms. Workout Philippines 2009 Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships here in Cebu.

Other contenders are Cebuano Dick Robertson Yu, Louie Galvez of Cagayan De Oro and Luzviminda Mcclinton, who ruled the women's division.

The competition will have four categories, the Men's Open class, Women's Figure Class, Masters Class (40-above) and the Men's Novice Class.

The Men's Open Class champion will have a P10,000 cash prize plus a trophy and a medal while the women's division champ will get P8,000. Master Class titlist will get P6,000 and the men's novice class winner will receive P5,000.

Registration fee is pegged at P3,400 inclusive of the accomodation and P1,200 without accomodation. The pre-judging will be on April 30 which will be followed by the final judging.

Non-athletes can witness the prestigious pageant by registering for the event, also worth P3,400 inclusive of a four-day stay in a beach front hotel and other accomodations.

The upcoming bodybuilding event is organized by Workout Fitness Center owner Dennis Delgado. CORRESPONDENT DALE G. ROSAL

Taegon

March 16th, 2010, 10:24 PM

Oro poets urged to join tilt
Updated March 17, 2010 12:00 AM
Mindanao Goldstar Daily

High school and college students who loved to perform the art of ‘balak’, a debate in poetic verse, will have the chance to showcase their rare skills and talents on poetry in a local competition.

This after the City Tourism Board and the City Government of Cagayan de Oro agreed to include the student category (high school and college) in the first-ever “Balak Idol: Cagayan de Oro Edition” on May 23, 2010.

Ms. Ingrid Chaves-Agudo, City Tourism Board member and chair of the event, said the contest aims to instill pride and confidence on one’s roots/ancestry, and to preserve the art of “BALAK” - a debate in poetic verse, which is slowly becoming extinct because of external influence.

The contest also hopes to cultivate the art of public speaking, debate and poetry in the vernacular and to promote goodwill among members of the community, Agudo added.

The contest is open to all residents of Cagayan de Oro City. The entrants’ registration form must be signed by their Barangay Captain to certify that he/she is a bonafide resident of said barangay.

The “Balak” must be at least 2 minutes long but not exceeding 5 minutes and must be as close to the vernacular as possible. The content or message of the “Balak” must not be offensive to public morals, must not use indecent language and must promote goodwill in the community suggested topic such as: love, pride for the country, praise of person/s, expressions of virtues and the like. The contest piece must be original.

The piece should have a proper rhyming and cadence must be observed, use of background music (live or canned) is allowed but must not interfere with the delivery of the contest piece, wearing of costume and use of props may enhance the over-all delivery but will not be judged. The decision of the board of judges is final.

Criteria for judging will be 30% for content/message, 20% on rhyme/cadence, 20% on delivery/voice, 20% on originality and 10% on audience impact.

The Grand Champion in the barangay category will receive P15,000 plus a trophy, while the first and second runner-up will receive P10,000 and P5,000 plus trophy, respectively.

Top three winners in the student category will get P10,000, P7,000 and P5,000 for the first placer, second placer and third placer, respectively.

Non-winners in both categories will each receive a consolation prize of P1,000.

For more details, you may visit the City Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office located at the ground floor of the Tourism Hall, City Hall. (cio)

Taegon

March 16th, 2010, 10:28 PM

Taegon

March 16th, 2010, 11:14 PM

March 17, 2010 02:48:00
Kristine L. Alave
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Excerpt:

High voting population

Based on data from these sources, Namfrel identified other provinces with very high voting populations vis-à-vis their total populations. These are Lanao del Norte (87 percent), Misamis Oriental (87 percent), South Cotabato (83 percent), Zamboanga del Sur (96 percent), and Cebu (86 percent).

Namfrel said the average percentage of registered voters against population was 51 percent, “and it ranges from a low of 45 percent to a high of 60 percent for the different provinces.”

Thus, these data, Namfrel said, should ring alarm bells in the Comelec.

“Unless there are convincing and fool-proof explanations for these high numbers it is very likely that the data on the provinces mentioned above are suspect as erroneous,” it said.

Taegon

March 16th, 2010, 11:19 PM

sayon ra kaayo ni kuhaon sa mga tambay diha.... bubble gum lang ug stick.... kuha na ang coins...

Meron tingali magbantay bai sa upcoming wishing well. :)

Taegon

March 16th, 2010, 11:24 PM

^^basin salomon sa mga rugby boys ang mga coins.:lol::lol:

Meron gyud na magbantay ani bai if matapos kini na proposal. Bakuson ni manoy ang mosalom. :lol:

hakz2007

March 17th, 2010, 01:23 AM

Cagayan de Oro to host 19th Mindanao business conference
Cagayan De Oro (16 March) -- The lead-up to the 19th Mindanao Business Conference has kicked off in this city, the economic hub of northern Mindanao.

"It promises to be an exciting event, focusing on energy, shipping, agribusiness, mariculture and other key industries," said Ralph Paguio, president of the event's host organization, the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc.

The "MinBizCon" is the premier venue for presenting Mindanao's investment opportunities, as well as for linking its business community with investors and buyers, sharing best practices in economic development, and fostering a more competitive business environment.

The conference, held in a different city each year, is being organized by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), with support from the Cagayan de Oro City government, USAID's Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program, the Mindanao Development Authority, and other partners.

This year's MinBizCon will run from September 17 to 18 at the Atrium in Limketkai Center, Cagayan de Oro City. This year's theme is: "One. Global. Mindanao. Maximizing Potentials."

"We are happy to bring the MinBizCon back to Cagayan de Oro after several years," said PCCI chairman Sergio Ortiz-Luis, Jr. "We have seen a lot of development in this area, and it's fitting to hold the conference here to showcase its business opportunities."

"There will be plenary sessions championing Mindanao's winners. In these sessions we will be highlighting the key products, or ?product champions' of each Mindanao sub-region, which is a new element in the event format," said Paguio.

He added that the Oro Chamber, in partnership with the U.S Commercial Service, will hold its annual OroBest trade show simultaneously with the conference.

A Mindanao Investment Forum will be held in Makati City in July, as an auxiliary event, Paguio said.

Over the coming months the organizers, headed by conference chairman Ruben Vegafria, will follow up previous policy recommendations for improving the competitiveness of the business environment, even as they consult the private sector on more recent issues and challenges.

"The business community annually presents its recommendations to government at the MinBizCon, in the form of the Mindanao Policy Agenda," said Edwin Capili, PCCI vice president for Mindanao.

"This year, a month before the conference, we will be holding high-level roundtables with the different government departments to review what's been done so far to address these recommendations," Capili added.

"The conference would be an opportune venue for the country's next president to present the new administration's agenda for Mindanao," Paguio said. "We are very interested to hear the government's plans both for energy security and peace and order."

The Mindanao Business Conference is the largest of the five area conferences organized by PCCI. The others are held in North Luzon, South Luzon, the National Capital Region and the Visayas, leading up to the largest business sector gathering at the national level, the annual Philippine Business Conference.

Cagayan de Oro is considered one of the country's most progressive and dynamic cities. It serves as a base for various multinational companies, many of which are engaged in agro-industry and business process outsourcing. (GEM)
http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&r=r11&y=&mo=&fi=p100316.htm&no=08

burotski

March 17th, 2010, 04:22 AM

THERE'S ANOTHER LED SCREEN AD ALONG CM RECTO NEAR MARCOS BRIDGE... NAKALAGAY PO CYA SA SIDE NG SHELL STATION(CM RECTO-VELEZ)... FACING MARCOS BRIDGE... VERY COLORFUL PO..VERY VISIBLE WHEN I ATE MY DINNER KANINA SA CHOWKING VELEZ... REMINDS ME OF THE NEON LIGHTS DISPLAY BEFORE ALONG CM RECTO...:banana::banana::banana:

Taud-taud na ni siya, Bai... I saw it more than a week ago... Medyo gamay lang, di ba? I asked about this sa previous thread... I think the 1st LED Screen in CdO is the one at AJ Wood Depot at Alwana Business Park... Pero, it's pretty small... It's about half the size of the one in Licoan... :-)

CGYanon

March 17th, 2010, 04:58 AM

happy St Patrick's Day CDO. i'll be in Austin TX tomorrow, prolly get crunk on St Patty's. :cheers:

donnex

March 17th, 2010, 06:36 AM

Darky Birthday mo ba today??? HAPPY Birthday to YOU!!!!

mottymot_007

March 17th, 2010, 06:44 AM

bai bemz... bday nimo? HAPPY BIRTHDAY! DOUBLE celebration diay ni karong saturday puhon!!!

@Cgy: HAPPY Saint Patrick's day to you!

boju2

March 17th, 2010, 09:56 AM

Taegon

March 17th, 2010, 10:02 AM

Taegon

March 17th, 2010, 10:05 AM

'Philippines Free' airfares celebrate countdown to 70th Anniversary
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
http://www.newsflash.org/hlframe.htm

Philippine Airlines has launched a year-long celebration leading to its 70th anniversary in March 2011, announcing “Philippines Free” airfares as the first in a succession of pre-birthday initiatives.

The new airfares go on sale today as Philippine Airlines celebrates 69 years since its foundation as Asia’s first airline.

Coinciding with the airline’s expansion of services from Australia, the “Philippines Free” airfares offer a free return flight within the Philippines# when booked with return fares to Manila, opening up some of the country’s most spectacular island locations for Australian travellers.

The offer covers 10 of the most popular destinations in the Philippines Airlines network - Cebu, Kalibo (Borocay), Tagbilaran (Bohol), Puerto Princessa (Palawan), Davao, Legaspi, Cagayan de Oro, Dipolog, Bacolod and Iloilo.

On sale until April 7, 2010, the fares are available from $984* return from Sydney, $965* from Melbourne or $988* from Brisbane, including taxes and surcharges. Business class fares also available.

Also taking off on March 15 is the airline’s new “Y Flyer” program, offering travellers aged 2 to 21 years a 10 per cent discount on Philippine Airlines domestic flights as part of the free Mabuhay Miles loyalty program.

The 70th anniversary countdown comes as Philippine Airlines prepares to launch twice-weekly flights from Brisbane to Manila, operated by Airbus A330 aircraft from next Thursday March 18.

The Brisbane launch follows last month’s introduction of a brand new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft serving Sydney and Melbourne, allowing new standards of comfort and service – including seat-back video on demand throughout all cabins and lie-flat beds in business class, the first on direct flights from Australia to Manila.

Founded by a group of prominent Filipino industrialists in 1941, Philippine Airlines has grown to become the nation’s largest carrier with a fleet of 41 all-jet aircraft flying to 44 domestic and international destinations. The airline carried almost 9 million passengers last year, an increase of 17.1 per cent over 2008.

Philippine Airlines flies to Manila five times a week from Sydney and Melbourne and twice a week from Brisbane.

Taegon

March 17th, 2010, 10:07 AM

Bring out the halo-halo
by Ed Biado
Manila Standard Today
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

You kinda saw that coming, didn't you? I mean, it's obviously only a matter of time before The Daily 10 comes out with a halo-halo edition. It's a classic Filipino dessert-slash-snack and it's one of the best, if not the best, things to help us survive the heat. Everyone has their own favorite recipe—some like it with everything while others like it minimalist and still others simply aren't too fond with an ingredient or two. Well, fellow halo-halo lover, we got you hooked up. Here, according to wikipilipinas.org, are some of the top shaved-ice-milk-and-whatnot preparations in and around the city:

1. Razon’s—An almost all-yellow preparation, the halo-halo at Razon's is one of those that are considered minimalist. There's no colorful gulaman and sago. It's just saging na saba, macapuno and leche flan. Boring much? Definitely not! In fact, the subtle combination is a big hit all over town; many are actually calling it THE best.

2. Chow King—Ah, our very own localized version of Chinese cuisine in fast food form! Chow King's halo-halo is very Filipino but is distinguished to be one of the few that's served upside down. Traditional halo-halo has all the ingredients, save for the leche flan, ube and, when included, ice cream on top. But this one has everything on top, and by everything, we mean the works! And, they deliver right to your doorstep!

3. The Peninsula Manila—From WikiPilipinas: “The Peninsula Manila has a specialty called the Halo Halo Harana. Served in a large bowl, the halo-halo has gained fame after being featured in Time Magazine. It has the whole gamut of usual halo-halo ingredients, but in enormous and sometimes even excessive proportions. According to Time, the Peninsula Manila’s Halo Halo Harana is the top legal way to get high in Asia.”

4. Icebergs—The halo-halo variation from Icebergs makes use of food items you don't normally find in a halo-halo. They have peaches and cornflakes to substitute the regular ingredients. They call it Halo-Halo Parfait.

5. Milky Way—WikiPilipinas says that it's the perfect measurement of ingredients that make the Milky Way halo-halo a top contender. It's all about achieving the delicate balance of flavors, which, we have to admit, is not a consideration at all for many other vendors, especially those in your neighborhood street corner

6. Zoey Cafe—Located in Iligan City, this espresso place is, according to some sources, one of the best venues for halo-halo. If you're ever there, make a quick stop to see if you agree.

7. Dear Manok—A variety of bloggers confirm that Dear Manok's Buko Halo-Halo is a must-try. This chicken joint in Cagayan De Oro serves their halo-halo in a coconut, with the flesh intact. When you're done with all the sweetness, cap the meal by scraping off and munching on the fresh coconut meat.

8. Red Bean Halowich—This Boracay spot is famous for its gigantic Family Size Halowich Special—which, as the name explicitly states, is a huge (enormous, in fact) serving of halo-halo in an equally monstrous bowl. Five scoops of ice cream, mango puree, cornflakes, beans, mango, watermelon; it's a freaking adventure all on its own.

9. Katigbing—In Pampanga, the battle for halo-halo supremacy rages on everyday. Razon's always is top-of-mind, but Katigbing, Arayat's answer to Razon's, may have some aces up their sleeve. Kapampangan halo-halo prides itself in its simplicity and this one is no different. It contains nothing more than mashed white kidney beans, sweet corn kernels and carabao milk paste (haleyang gatas ng kalabaw).

10. Aling Taleng’s—This unassuming little place in Pagsanjan, Laguna has been in the business since 1933. The famous seven-ingredient recipe has been handed down through the generations. Their halo-halo has never changed the way it's made. And it still works.

Taegon

March 17th, 2010, 10:09 AM

jaihos

March 17th, 2010, 11:09 AM

Gardenia plans bakery in Cagayan de Oro (http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/248230/gardenia-plans-bakery-cagayan-de-oro)
March 17, 2010, 4:52pm

Gardenia Bakeries Philippines Inc., the country’s biggest breadmaker, is now looking at Cagayan de Oro or a suitable bread plant manufacturing location in Northern Mindanao instead of Cebu for its planned expansion in the south.

Simplicio Umali Jr., Gardenia Philippines president, told reporters that the company is now looking at Northern Mindanao instead because of the quality of water supply in Cagayan de Oro compared to that of Cebu.

Umali said that the high-salinity content of the Cebu water has made them decide to look at Northern Mindanao, which has a good water quality supply.

“The quality of water would greatly affects the quality of our bread,” said Umali.

Gardenia breads are made of premium flour and finest imported ingredients as its products cater to the upper end of the bread market.

Gardenia’s plant to expand in Cebu was hatched a few years ago but the company was bogged down by location issues. There was not also a suitable location for a one-hectare environment-sensitive bread plant. At one time, the company was close to locating in an economic zone in Mactan.

The new Gardenia plant is expected to cost between P200 million to P250 million. The expansion plant is expected to have a daily production capacity of 50,000 loaves to serve the Visayas and Mindanao areas, which are currently served through its main plant in Laguna.

Gardenia sees the need to expand in the south because of the increased demand in the South. The company itself is projecting a 25 percent growth this year while the industry is projecting at least 10 percent growth.

“The Laguna plant capacity would is primarily addressing the Luzon area bread requirements, thus its deliveries to Visayas and Mindanao, which is being course through RO-RO vessels, have been very minimal,” Umali said.

Note: happy birthday darky..

jaihos

March 17th, 2010, 11:12 AM

Bring out the halo-halo (http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideLifestyle.htm?f=2010/march/17/lifestyle3.isx&d=2010/march/17)

by Ed Biado

You kinda saw that coming, didn't you? I mean, it's obviously only a matter of time before The Daily 10 comes out with a halo-halo edition. It's a classic Filipino dessert-slash-snack and it's one of the best, if not the best, things to help us survive the heat. Everyone has their own favorite recipe—some like it with everything while others like it minimalist and still others simply aren't too fond with an ingredient or two. Well, fellow halo-halo lover, we got you hooked up. Here, according to wikipilipinas.org, are some of the top shaved-ice-milk-and-whatnot preparations in and around the city:

1. Razon’s—An almost all-yellow preparation, the halo-halo at Razon's is one of those that are considered minimalist. There's no colorful gulaman and sago. It's just saging na saba, macapuno and leche flan. Boring much? Definitely not! In fact, the subtle combination is a big hit all over town; many are actually calling it THE best.

2. Chow King—Ah, our very own localized version of Chinese cuisine in fast food form! Chow King's halo-halo is very Filipino but is distinguished to be one of the few that's served upside down. Traditional halo-halo has all the ingredients, save for the leche flan, ube and, when included, ice cream on top. But this one has everything on top, and by everything, we mean the works! And, they deliver right to your doorstep!

3. The Peninsula Manila—From WikiPilipinas: “The Peninsula Manila has a specialty called the Halo Halo Harana. Served in a large bowl, the halo-halo has gained fame after being featured in Time Magazine. It has the whole gamut of usual halo-halo ingredients, but in enormous and sometimes even excessive proportions. According to Time, the Peninsula Manila’s Halo Halo Harana is the top legal way to get high in Asia.”

4. Icebergs—The halo-halo variation from Icebergs makes use of food items you don't normally find in a halo-halo. They have peaches and cornflakes to substitute the regular ingredients. They call it Halo-Halo Parfait.

5. Milky Way—WikiPilipinas says that it's the perfect measurement of ingredients that make the Milky Way halo-halo a top contender. It's all about achieving the delicate balance of flavors, which, we have to admit, is not a consideration at all for many other vendors, especially those in your neighborhood street corner

6. Zoey Cafe—Located in Iligan City, this espresso place is, according to some sources, one of the best venues for halo-halo. If you're ever there, make a quick stop to see if you agree.

7. Dear Manok—A variety of bloggers confirm that Dear Manok's Buko Halo-Halo is a must-try. This chicken joint in Cagayan De Oro serves their halo-halo in a coconut, with the flesh intact. When you're done with all the sweetness, cap the meal by scraping off and munching on the fresh coconut meat.

8. Red Bean Halowich—This Boracay spot is famous for its gigantic Family Size Halowich Special—which, as the name explicitly states, is a huge (enormous, in fact) serving of halo-halo in an equally monstrous bowl. Five scoops of ice cream, mango puree, cornflakes, beans, mango, watermelon; it's a freaking adventure all on its own.

9. Katigbing—In Pampanga, the battle for halo-halo supremacy rages on everyday. Razon's always is top-of-mind, but Katigbing, Arayat's answer to Razon's, may have some aces up their sleeve. Kapampangan halo-halo prides itself in its simplicity and this one is no different. It contains nothing more than mashed white kidney beans, sweet corn kernels and carabao milk paste (haleyang gatas ng kalabaw).

10. Aling Taleng’s—This unassuming little place in Pagsanjan, Laguna has been in the business since 1933. The famous seven-ingredient recipe has been handed down through the generations. Their halo-halo has never changed the way it's made. And it still works.

michael_ray

March 17th, 2010, 12:26 PM

Wow! Sunod or dungan ug bday si Doc ug Bobem? Naks! Happy beerday guys!

michael_ray

March 17th, 2010, 12:28 PM

^^^^No brownouts in the city today due to rainfall somewhere in Bukidnon yesterday that rises the Pulangi water level!

Happy bday pala kay darky, sana araw-araw bday mo para uulan palagi sa Bukidnon :)

Nag black out man ghapon. CdeO is also experiencing cloudy skies. Naway tuloy2x na ang pag-ulan para mawalan na ng rason ang mga kurakot na opisyal ng ating gobyerno na gamitin ang pera ng bayan para sa di umanoy alternatibong pagkukunan ng kuryente pero halata namang sariling interes rin ang nasa isipan!

Taegon

March 17th, 2010, 12:37 PM

GearX

March 17th, 2010, 01:34 PM

Gaisano Bulua soon....!!!:cheers:

jaihos

March 17th, 2010, 01:59 PM

^^really?Will it be located in front of that hardware shop in Bulua?

donnex

March 17th, 2010, 02:32 PM

Bad News:ohno:

Report: 5 die in C Oro construction landslide03/17/2010 | 08:08 AM

More Share At least five people were killed in a landslide that hit a construction site in Cagayan de Oro City, a radio report said Wednesday.

Radio dzXL reported the incident occurred in Agusan village in Cagayan de Oro City, where a construction in the Taekwood Subdivision was going on.

Police have invited the officials of the subdivision project to shed light on the matter, the report added.

Killed in the incident were workers of A. Brown Design Seater. Four of them were initially identified as Philip Goyo, Danny Loay, Arman Cabasan and Boning Abalo.

Initial investigation showed the victims were digging at a portion of the subdivision when the ground under them collapsed. — LBG, GMANews.TV

donnex

March 17th, 2010, 02:33 PM

Gaisano Bulua soon....!!!:cheers:

O really, Wala akong nakita na malaking area sa may bulua except after Candida or way going to the bus terminal. GearX thanks sa info.:cheers:

mottymot_007

March 17th, 2010, 03:15 PM

Nag black out man ghapon. CdeO is also experiencing cloudy skies. Naway tuloy2x na ang pag-ulan para mawalan na ng rason ang mga kurakot na opisyal ng ating gobyerno na gamitin ang pera ng bayan para sa di umanoy alternatibong pagkukunan ng kuryente pero halata namang sariling interes rin ang nasa isipan!

Michael Ray, come rain, come shaine, padayon gihapon na ilang pangurakot... naka pangutana ko ba, what's the difference between graft and corruption and malversation of funds? or did they just 'invent' such a crime to lower the sentence?

Gaisano Bulua soon....!!!:cheers:

Wow... my long long musing is finally coming to realize!

boju2

March 17th, 2010, 03:35 PM

:bow: My goddess, eto na yung hinihitay ko :applause::applause: Ang ganda ng planta nila sa Binan, Laguna. Perfect place talaga ang CDO or NorthMin kung dito sila magtayo para sa VisMin nila na operation. Good:cheers::cheers::cheers:

Gardenia plans bakery in Cagayan de Oro (http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/248230/gardenia-plans-bakery-cagayan-de-oro)
March 17, 2010, 4:52pm

Gardenia Bakeries Philippines Inc., the country’s biggest breadmaker, is now looking at Cagayan de Oro or a suitable bread plant manufacturing location in Northern Mindanao instead of Cebu for its planned expansion in the south.

Simplicio Umali Jr., Gardenia Philippines president, told reporters that the company is now looking at Northern Mindanao instead because of the quality of water supply in Cagayan de Oro compared to that of Cebu.

Umali said that the high-salinity content of the Cebu water has made them decide to look at Northern Mindanao, which has a good water quality supply.

“The quality of water would greatly affects the quality of our bread,” said Umali.

Gardenia breads are made of premium flour and finest imported ingredients as its products cater to the upper end of the bread market.

Gardenia’s plant to expand in Cebu was hatched a few years ago but the company was bogged down by location issues. There was not also a suitable location for a one-hectare environment-sensitive bread plant. At one time, the company was close to locating in an economic zone in Mactan.

The new Gardenia plant is expected to cost between P200 million to P250 million. The expansion plant is expected to have a daily production capacity of 50,000 loaves to serve the Visayas and Mindanao areas, which are currently served through its main plant in Laguna.

Gardenia sees the need to expand in the south because of the increased demand in the South. The company itself is projecting a 25 percent growth this year while the industry is projecting at least 10 percent growth.

“The Laguna plant capacity would is primarily addressing the Luzon area bread requirements, thus its deliveries to Visayas and Mindanao, which is being course through RO-RO vessels, have been very minimal,” Umali said.

Note: happy birthday darky..

Tataas na naman ang port traffic nito...

boju2

March 17th, 2010, 03:38 PM

Gaisano Bulua soon....!!!:cheers:

^^really?Will it be located in front of that hardware shop in Bulua?

O really, Wala akong nakita na malaking area sa may bulua except after Candida or way going to the bus terminal. GearX thanks sa info.:cheers:

:cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:Baka Suki club lang yan hehe

boju2

March 17th, 2010, 03:39 PM

boju2

March 17th, 2010, 03:40 PM

donnex

March 17th, 2010, 04:05 PM

:cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:Baka Suki club lang yan hehe

Naku sayang pag suki club, parang wala din....ang magandang area for Gaisano ay ang location ng kanilang warehouse along the national highway yon lang ang the best to put up a mall kung sakali.

donnex

March 17th, 2010, 04:05 PM

Bat kaya nagcollapsed wala namang ulan..:ohno::ohno::ohno:

di ba sabi nila may ulan kahapon., ngek

donnex

March 17th, 2010, 04:14 PM

OT: yong banner ngayon I've been there, ay naku i hate the extreme, extreme temp. summer nila pala winter na rin. Pag ganun parang di masayahin ang mga tao, laging nakakunot ang noo.

burotski

March 17th, 2010, 04:22 PM

Gardenia plans bakery in Cagayan de Oro (http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/248230/gardenia-plans-bakery-cagayan-de-oro)
March 17, 2010, 4:52pm

Gardenia Bakeries Philippines Inc., the countrys biggest breadmaker, is now looking at Cagayan de Oro or a suitable bread plant manufacturing location in Northern Mindanao instead of Cebu for its planned expansion in the south.

Simplicio Umali Jr., Gardenia Philippines president, told reporters that the company is now looking at Northern Mindanao instead because of the quality of water supply in Cagayan de Oro compared to that of Cebu.

Umali said that the high-salinity content of the Cebu water has made them decide to look at Northern Mindanao, which has a good water quality supply.

The quality of water would greatly affects the quality of our bread, said Umali.

Gardenia breads are made of premium flour and finest imported ingredients as its products cater to the upper end of the bread market.

Gardenias plant to expand in Cebu was hatched a few years ago but the company was bogged down by location issues. There was not also a suitable location for a one-hectare environment-sensitive bread plant. At one time, the company was close to locating in an economic zone in Mactan.

The new Gardenia plant is expected to cost between P200 million to P250 million. The expansion plant is expected to have a daily production capacity of 50,000 loaves to serve the Visayas and Mindanao areas, which are currently served through its main plant in Laguna.

Gardenia sees the need to expand in the south because of the increased demand in the South. The company itself is projecting a 25 percent growth this year while the industry is projecting at least 10 percent growth.

The Laguna plant capacity would is primarily addressing the Luzon area bread requirements, thus its deliveries to Visayas and Mindanao, which is being course through RO-RO vessels, have been very minimal, Umali said.

Note: happy birthday darky..

Great news! This just made my day... Hopefully, madayon na gyud sila diri... Di na dayon ta kinahanglan mag-order sa LBC para maka-kaon sa Gardenia... He! He! He! :-)

burotski

March 17th, 2010, 04:33 PM

Naku sayang pag suki club, parang wala din....ang magandang area for Gaisano ay ang location ng kanilang warehouse along the national highway yon lang ang the best to put up a mall kung sakali.

I think Gaisano owns that big lot in front of De Oro Pacific Home Plus... Kana bitaw naa mga billboards for the movies showing at Gaisano Cineplex... Ang importante, dako na Gaisano Grocery kay maoy kulang diha na area... It need not be a mall... Supermarket ra ang importante... Abi gani nako supermarket na ang Home Plus sa una... The people of Patag, Bulua, Iponan and Opol now have something to be happy about! :-)

jaysan81286

March 17th, 2010, 04:40 PM

Taegon

March 17th, 2010, 10:21 PM

Coast Guard seeks funding for three ship monitoring systems
Written by VG Cabuag / Reporter
Thursday, 18 March 2010 23:45
BusinessMirror

THE Coast Guard is asking a Japanese funding agency to bankroll three more of its vessel traffic monitoring systems (VTMS) in a move to track down the operations of ships in distress.

Adm. Wilfredo Tamayo, Coast Guard commandant, said the agency has asked the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) for funding in a form of loans to enable the government to install three more of the said system.

Tamayo said that he plans to install the systems in Batanes, Balabac in Palawan, and in Romblon.

“We plan to install one in Batanes because there are many fishing boats as well as cases of illegal entry; in Palawan because of our natural resources that we must protect; and in Romblon because it is the common route of vessels,” Tamayo said.

He did not state the amount the agency is asking from Jica, but the cost of each VTMS will depend on how many radars and equipment it needs to cover a 40-kilometer radius.

The Batangas VTMS, for instance, costs twice as much as those in Manila as they have more radars.

The installation of VTMS forms part of a much larger Jica loan and grant for communication equipment. Phase 1 of the project involves the acquisition of P300 million worth of maritime-communication equipment for use in alerting vessels on the weather and tsunamis.

Phase 2 involves acquisition and installation of three VTMS on the places identified by Tamayo.

The Philippine Coast Guard already operates the three existing VTMS owned by other agencies such as the Philippine Ports Authority for Manila Bay and Batangas Bay and Phividec Industrial Authority (PPA) for the one installed at the Mindanao Container Terminal in Misamis Oriental.

For Batangas, the PPA acquired four radars to cover Batangas Bay and Balayan Bay. The state company, however, is charging almost all vessels that traverse Batangas and Manila that were monitored by the radars.

The PPA is charging P250 for vessels up to 1,000 gross tons, P500 for ships up to 10,000 gross tons and P1,000 for those over 10,000 gross tons. The PPA will charge P150 a day for tugs, outriggers, motorized bancas and wooden-hulled ships operating in the Puerto Galera route and nearby areas.

In Batangas fast craft such as Aboitiz’s Supercat are charged between P150 to P300 a day.

The setting up of VTMS control centers is aimed at enhancing the vessel-traffic service of waterways. It will help ensure safety of navigation of vessels and safeguard the security of vessels, facilities, individuals and their properties.

The facility can also help in search and rescue of persons and vessels in distress and in the suppression of piracy and armed robbery at sea, and in other illegal activities at sea.

The said project was enforced in compliance with the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 to be able to monitor movements of vessels at sea.

Taegon

March 17th, 2010, 10:34 PM

Gaisano Bulua soon....!!!:cheers:

Gaisano invasion na naman? ^^

Existing Gaisanos in CdeO:

Gaisano Osmena Cogon
Gaisano Superstore Cogon
Gaisano Suki Cogon
Gaisano City and Gaisano Mall--Gaisano City Mall, CM Recto
Gaisano Carmen

Under construction:

Gaisano Pacana (commercial?)
Gaisano Cugman (perhaps an arcade, superstore, or warehouse.)

The rumored ones:

Gaisano Bulua

Even Gaisano Puerto

Taegon

March 17th, 2010, 11:16 PM

:bow: My goddess, eto na yung hinihitay ko :applause::applause: Ang ganda ng planta nila sa Binan, Laguna. Perfect place talaga ang CDO or NorthMin kung dito sila magtayo para sa VisMin nila na operation. Good:cheers::cheers::cheers:

Tataas na naman ang port traffic nito...

After Cebu, investors from Manila and Cebu have eyed Mindanao for their plant and warehouse expansions.

It's good to know that they chose CdeO for their expansion since the port city is closer to the big markets of Visayas (Cebu, Iloilo, Bacolod, Dumaguete, Tacloban, and Tagbilaran). Besides most of the roads of this island lead to CdeO. Location wise alone, CdeO is very, very strategic. It's all about that time is gold in this world of corporate competition, minimizing the expenses as much as possible, and maximizing the effort.

Taegon

March 17th, 2010, 11:33 PM

I think Gaisano owns that big lot in front of De Oro Pacific Home Plus... Kana bitaw naa mga billboards for the movies showing at Gaisano Cineplex... Ang importante, dako na Gaisano Grocery kay maoy kulang diha na area... It need not be a mall... Supermarket ra ang importante... Abi gani nako supermarket na ang Home Plus sa una... The people of Patag, Bulua, Iponan and Opol now have something to be happy about! :-)

It's like parang nabalaka si Stephen sa upcoming Ayala mall, kaya East and West CdeO na ang kanyang target market. :)

Hope matinuod ang rumor so that traffic in the city center will be minimized. :)

For now, I don't think SM will put a savemore in Bulua considering there is this PGMA diversion road going to SM mall in the uptown. Passing by this road, the shoppers will reach SM mall in just few minutes if there's no traffic. Am I right? Besides putting a savemore in Bulua will just minimize the shoppers of SM mall coming from Bulua, Iponan, and Opol.

So I believe that if ever SM has a plan to put a savemore or hypermarket in the downtown, Agora, Limketkai, Gusa, and Kauswagan are good locations. ^^

Taegon

March 17th, 2010, 11:41 PM

Moreno pleads ‘guilty’ to millions worth infra projects
By LITO RULONA Updated March 18, 2010 12:00 AM
Mindanao Goldstar Daily

Misamis Oriental Governor Oscar Moreno ‘pleaded guilty’ for distributing billions worth of various infrastructure projects and livelihood programs as he proved that it is part of his political advancement.

Moreno in an interview with Mindanao Gold Star Daily admitted to the claim of opposition groups that he has been using his administration funds to gain support from his constituents.

“My political advancement is through distribution of various infra projects and programs to our constituents. Mao kini ang the best kampanya sa politika mao ang trabaho,” he said.

He said his political advancement is anchored on his 8-point agenda like rehabilitation and opening of provincial roads; opening of new hospitals; revenue regeneration; building more schools; PhilHealth distribution and poverty alleviation.

He is also looking into the implementation of other projects like improvement of Misortel; education and environment; hospital and health services; agricultural productivity and team work.

“The province has become the model not only in Mindanao but in the entire country like implementing municipal-based projects. The province has achieved greater heights in so short a time,” he pointed out.

Moreno said his group in the Lakas-NUCD is prepared all the time for any political exercise.

“My definition of politics is public service. Kung dautan kini I tell them dili kini dautan.

Kung gusto kamo mo-serbisyo sa mga tawo then buhata ninyo ang inyung mahimo,” he was obviously referring to his counterpart for the governatorial slot in the coming May 10, 2010 elections.

He said his counterpart in the opposition should set-aside political advancement through intrigue, demolition and mud-slinging.

“When they asked that I used all the government resources for our own political advancement then I plead guilty to that. In the service to the people of Misamis Oriental, I plead guilty to that a million times,” he explained.

With less than two weeks to start the formal campaign period for the local candidates, Moreno claimed that they would double their efforts in bringing-in various programs of the province to the countryside.

Taegon

March 17th, 2010, 11:50 PM

RP’s nat’l basketball association reorganizes regional setup in Mindanao
Updated March 18, 2010 12:00 AM
Mindanao Goldstar Daily

A NATIONAL basketball association has made major changes in its regional setup to make it more effective in its sports development programs in the country during the recently held regional consultancy meeting at the Pryce Hotel in Cagayan de Oro City.

Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) executive director Noli Eala presided the meeting together with deputy executive director Bernie Atienza. The meeting was also attended by sports leaders from all over Mindanao.

The cities and provinces in Mindanao were divided into three separate cluster groups based on the nearness of their areas from the three major cities of Cagayan de Oro, Davao City and Zamboanga City.

“We will now have to hold regional eliminations in the three areas with the champion of Cagayan, Davao and Zamboanga area advancing to the national finals,” Eala said.

Cagayan, which will now be the center of the Mindanao Basketball (MB) Region A, will have the Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental, Lanao, Bukidnon, Camiguin, Iligan, Agusan del Norte and Sugirao del Norte. It will be handled by MB regional director Jigs Jaraula of Cagayan de Oro.

Davao City, on the other hand, will have Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental, General Santos City, Cotabato Province, South Cotabato, Sarangani, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao, Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur. MB regional director B is Regino Cua of Davao City.

Zamboanga will have Zamboanga City, Pagadian City, Sibugay, Basilan, Jolo, Sulu, Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur. Area 5 director Pedro Alfaro of Zamboanga is the MB regional director C.

“I think, this new regional set-up is much better for us here in Mindanao,” Alfaro said.

Eala said similar changes on the regional organization will also be made in Luzon. There will be an upper and lower Luzon regions.

“I think, we should make these changes if we want to further develop our basketball programs,” he said.

Teams will now have their regional championships and the winners will advance into the national finals. SBP will also appoint new provincial or area coordinators upon the recommendation of the regional directors.

Eala said among the programs lined up by SBP for this year are the National Juniors Championships, SBP 33 (3-on-3) Basketball Tournament, National Inter-Collegiate Championship Under 22 for Men and Women and Pinoy Hoops Basketball Clinic.

He said SBP will still continue to hold the referees' clinic around the country under technical chairman Perry Martinez and further invite and accept more members.

It will also help the regional chapters on how to market or get sponsors for their own tournaments.

boju2

March 18th, 2010, 01:49 AM

di ba sabi nila may ulan kahapon., ngek

sabi nila cloudy lng ang cdo, yung may ulan sa bukidnon na parte daw hehe

oh kagay-anons may ulan nba dyan? ilang oras pa rin ang brownout?

mottymot_007

March 18th, 2010, 02:36 AM

sabi nila cloudy lng ang cdo, yung may ulan sa bukidnon na parte daw hehe

oh kagay-anons may ulan nba dyan? ilang oras pa rin ang brownout?

cloudy gyud kaayo gahapon. yes, nag taliti for a meager 20 seconds!!! :lol: pagdagpak sa taliti sa init nga semento, direcho evaporate! toink!

bisayadako

March 18th, 2010, 02:56 AM

Gaisano invasion na naman? ^^

Existing Gaisanos in CdeO:

Gaisano Osmena Cogon
Gaisano Superstore Cogon
Gaisano Suki Cogon
Gaisano City and Gaisano Mall--Gaisano City Mall, CM Recto
Gaisano Carmen

Under construction:

Gaisano Pacana (commercial?)
Gaisano Cugman (perhaps an arcade, superstore, or warehouse.)

The rumored ones:

Gaisano Bulua

Even Gaisano Puerto

Gaisano SHOULD TRAIN their sales people para maka explain sa mga feature sa ilang baligaya.....dili lang mag-nilotoka kung mangutana ang customer....

just me 2 centemos.

burotski

March 18th, 2010, 04:38 AM

It's like parang nabalaka si Stephen sa upcoming Ayala mall, kaya East and West CdeO na ang kanyang target market. :)

Hope matinuod ang rumor so that traffic in the city center will be minimized. :)

For now, I don't think SM will put a savemore in Bulua considering there is this PGMA diversion road going to SM mall in the uptown. Passing by this road, the shoppers will reach SM mall in just few minutes if there's no traffic. Am I right? Besides putting a savemore in Bulua will just minimize the shoppers of SM mall coming from Bulua, Iponan, and Opol.

So I believe that if ever SM has a plan to put a savemore or hypermarket in the downtown, Agora, Limketkai, Gusa, and Kauswagan are good locations. ^^

Vas, SM Savemore is a grocery... If placed in Bulua, it will still be very good... As I mentioned in my previous posts, way dakong grocery dihang dapita... My brother resides in Iponan... Mao na 1 sa ila plights... Mercury Drug ang pinakadako na grocery sa lugar... A Savemore in Bulua will not compete with SM CdO... The people who will go to SM CdO will not change their mind ang shop at Savemore... You get what I mean? Pila ba ka tao from Bulua or Iponan moadto ug SM CdO para mag-grocery lang purely? Close to nil! They'll go there to shop, suroy and eat pud... A Savemore will give them a chance to do their grocery there and not in Carmen where the public market, Gaisano and Ororama are... With regards to the other locations, OK pud sa Agora, Divisoria & Ketkai... Pero, Gusa and Kauswagan are not so good areas... Gusa is too near the city proper... Naa pa gyud Mercury, Fair Price Club, etc... Kauswagan will also have the same problem... Labaw na gyud kay duol ra pud kaayo ang Carmen... And, if SM CdO is located somewhere near Bulua or Kauswagan, the uptown area will be a great place to put up one Savemore... Actually, it would have been a lot better if a Savemore was put up in that area and not a full service mall... Just my humble opinion... :-)

dark_knight_detectve

March 18th, 2010, 05:10 AM

jaysan81286

March 18th, 2010, 05:19 AM

Happy Fiesta Barangay Patag (6th Division Area)... March 18-19

dark_knight_detectve

March 18th, 2010, 05:30 AM

mao ning reply ni pthfndr

OK.. yup we will be there in CDO this Saturday... may alam ka bang for hire na VAN for CDO tour? at kung may contact ka nila hehe.

unsa gani tong number sa van for hire katong makita sa divisoria?

dark_knight_detectve

March 18th, 2010, 05:35 AM

Gaisano Bulua soon....!!!:cheers:

bulua is already a populated barangay. having a gaisano in that area will be a wise move since the market is already ripe.

jaysan81286

March 18th, 2010, 07:27 AM

mao ning reply ni pthfndr

unsa gani tong number sa van for hire katong makita sa divisoria?

09177033800

GearX

March 18th, 2010, 08:06 AM

dark skies over Cagayan de Oro as of 2:00pm local time :cheers:

boju2

March 18th, 2010, 09:04 AM

^^wow mao ba? kinsa movolunteer magdagandagan sa kalsada nga hubo para lipakan ug mangahulog na ang ulan :D :D

makaryo

March 18th, 2010, 09:31 AM

^^ i suggest the energy secretary and his moronic minions. they will surely invite storms in mindanao.

burotski

March 18th, 2010, 10:05 AM

OMF LIT Bookshop (Sakto ba?) will open very soon at the 2nd level of Robinsons CdO... :-)

burotski

March 18th, 2010, 10:07 AM

^^ i suggest the energy secretary and his moronic minions. they will surely invite storms in mindanao.

Nice one, Bai... Ha! Ha! Ha! :D

burotski

March 18th, 2010, 10:11 AM

Happy Fiesta Barangay Patag (6th Division Area)... March 18-19

San Jose (Saint Joseph) pud diay ila Patron Saint... Happy Fiesta pud sa Sinay in Laguindingan and Talakag in Bukidnon! :-)

boju2

March 18th, 2010, 12:59 PM

^^ i suggest the energy secretary and his moronic minions. they will surely invite storms in mindanao.

:lol: specially the top management of NPC and PSALM! :lol:

boju2

March 18th, 2010, 01:51 PM

weather at satellite view...

http://www.goes.noaa.gov/guam/GUAMCOL.JPG

so may parating na mas malakas na ulan kung tuloy tuloy ang pag angat ng kaulapan sa ibabang bahagi ng pasipiko. :cheers::cheers::cheers:

You can show the animation here: http://www.goes.noaa.gov/guam/guamloops/guamircolor.html

michael_ray

March 18th, 2010, 03:41 PM

Gaisano Bulua soon....!!!:cheers:

Talaga lang ha! Wow!

burotski

March 18th, 2010, 05:28 PM

jaysan81286

March 18th, 2010, 05:39 PM

Taegon

March 18th, 2010, 10:51 PM

Vista Land to launch 22 housing projects
By JAMES A. LOYOLA
March 18, 2010, 4:19pm
Manila Bulletin

Vista Land and Lifescapes’ Camella brand is slating the launch of 22 new developments this year, translating into some 17,500 new homes for Filipino families in different regions.

Camella president Maribeth Tolentino said that the new projects of the Vista Land subsidiary, which pioneered and has maintained its focus on meeting demand in the affordable housing segment for 33 years, will increase its total portfolio to 97 developments nationwide.

The new projects are located in various areas in Mega Manila as well as in key provinces and cities outside Luzon such as Cebu, Iloilo, Tacloban, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, and General Santos.

“We are leveraging the bigness of Camella, in terms of geographical reach, land banking, contribution to group sales, number of houses built and other key attributes,” said Tolentino.

She said they aim to achieve two goals more effectively: To be the first choice of home buyers on the basis of long-term satisfaction based on enduring quality and value and higher levels of financial and operational efficiencies, and, thus, profitability.

Tolentino added that a key element of Camella’s pioneering efforts has been, and continues to be, serving the housing needs of OFWs and their families all over the country.

“The overwhelming majority of Camella home buyers are OFWs. At the same time, as economic pressures erode purchasing power and disposable income, more and more families are considering the possibility of relocating from the metropolis to other areas of the country,” she explained.

Tolentino said that OFWs and their families put a premium on a “relationship-based” lifestyle in the familiar environs of their hometowns.

“For them, the logical and secure approach is to settle down and build their dream homes in the provinces where they were born,” she said explaining that “the Philippines is a culturally and linguistically diverse country, so when OFWs return they tend to choose the more traditional setting of their hometowns, but they want larger homes with highly improved facilities and amenities.”

Taegon

March 18th, 2010, 10:54 PM

Women exhibit in Divisoria
Updated March 19, 2010 12:00 AM
Mindanao Goldstar Daily

BEYOND boundaries of color, race or creed, the month of March is a celebration of life for all women who are strong pillars of our society and the life-giver of all. But sadly, throughout history and until now, women have always been prime victims in all forms of violence and discrimination, politically, physically, sexually and psychologically.

But with their strength, character and resilience, women have always been able to rise above the challenges of everyday life, whether be it in the domestic, social or political front. This March, in celebration of Women’s month, the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center-Friends of the Earth/Kasama sa Kalikasan (LRC-KsK/FoE) will be having a photo exhibit and a video launching of women’s struggle on March 19-31 at the Tourism Showhouse, Divisoria at 7:00 p.m. Themed as ‘Women at the Forefront’, the event highlights photos of various women, young and old, at the forefront of the anti-mining struggle against Philex Mining Corporation in Barangay Anislagan, Placer, Surigao del Sur and the Anti-dam campaign and Ancestral Domain struggle against FIBECO (First Bukidnon Electric Company) which will put construct Pulangi V, a mega-dam structure which will inundate at least 22 Barangays and thousands of families in the Bukidnon and Cotabato area.

The exhibit will also feature videos of the Anislagan women who have been vigilant warriors against the entry of the large-scale mining corporation who have blatantly violated their human rights by entering the area without their consent, disobeying the law and subjecting the entire community especially the women and children, with harassment suits and grave threats against their families, lives and livelihood.

In Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, the entry of Oceanagold Mining Corporation have mobilized the women into defending their lands and homes. With Oceanagold’s claim of 25 hectares of land which included Barangay Didipio for 25 years, women, young and old, have stood up for their rights, for their families and for their future.

The plight of women through the years has taken on a more brutal stage, with their dignity, their lives, their families, their land and livelihood at stake. But with each trial and adversary they face, they rise above the challenge and become protectors and defenders of life. ‘Women at the Forefront’ is not only an exhibit which showcases the strength and resilience of women, it also celebrates their passion, their nobility, their beauty and their lives. Please see preview of the photo exhibit at right. (pr)

Taegon

March 18th, 2010, 10:58 PM

Civil-society groups vow to watch closely alternative-energy projects
Written by Cai U. Ordinario / Reporter
Friday, 19 March 2010 19:32
BusinessMirror

WHILE the Clean Investment Funds (CIFs) and the Clean Technology Funds (CTFs) are helping developing countries raise funds for much-needed alternative-energy projects needed to adapt to and mitigate climate change, civil-society organizations (CSO) vow to be vigilant in monitoring projects.

In a working paper released by the World Resources Institute (WRI), a Washington-based think tank, some $6.3 billion CIFs were established in January 2008 to operate until 2012. The World Bank will administer the funds which include the CTF and a Strategic Climate Fund that support several lines of programming, including a Pilot Program on Climate Resilience, a Forest Investment Program, and a Scaling Up Renewable Energy Program.

The Philippines is one of the first recipients of the CIF. The country is set to receive some $250 million under the CTF. However, Asian Development Bank (ADB) vice president Ursula Schaefer-Preuss said, all in all, this could reach up to $2.5 billion to include CIFs from international lenders and donors like the World Bank, International Finance Corp. and the national government.

“The CIFs have great potential to undermine the multilateral process under the UNFCCC [UN Framework Convention on Climate Change] when it comes to climate finance. It’s actually a way for institutions such as the ADB and the World Bank to sidestep the compensatory framework governing climate-change financing. The forum will monitor the operations of these funds closely,” NGO Forum on the ADB executive director Red Constantino said.

Athena Ballesteros, a senior associate of the WRI, said that while the CIFs are a pioneering move from international donors to help Third-World countries not fall behind or fast-track efforts to attain a low-carbon economy, the CIF still needs to prove itself.

She said in an interview that the “sunset clause” on the CTFs, which states that “the CTF will take necessary steps to conclude its operations once a new [UNFCCC] financial architecture is effective,” for one, is something that should carefully be looked into.

Ballesteros said the CIFs, in the long run, may become another burden that developing countries will carry. Since the CIFs are a mix of mostly loans and some grants, there is a possibility that the countries receiving CIFs would not benefit a lot from the funds.

“The danger is actually when the CIFs live up to expectations. It might mean the CIFs are renewed and multilateral development banks gain access to the $30-billion fast-track funds pledged during Copenhagen. This will likely mean we move further away from the compensatory framework governing the climate negotiations. What should come as reparations for climate impacts will come as loans. Even the burden of pursuing low-carbon pathways will be passed on to developing countries rather than financed as obligation,” Constantino explained.

Meanwhile, Ballesteros, along with other CSOs like the NGO Forum on ADB, welcomed the planned Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems for Cebu and Metro Manila to be funded under the CIFs provided to the Philippines.

However, there is a need for other stakeholders to be vigilant to make BRTs work. There is a need for social preparation to make BRTs acceptable to Filipinos and other efforts to make it more sustainable and part of everyday Filipino life.

ADB said that BRT systems are among the most cost-effective public transport systems in the world. A BRT is a mass-transit system that mimics the speed and performance of metros or light-rail transit (LRT), but uses buses rather than rail vehicles. As such, BRT combines the reliability of rail and the versatility of conventional bus systems at a fraction of the cost of rail.

Based on data from the ADB, the proposed BRT interventions are estimated to reduce greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions by about 0.6-0.8 metric ton CO2 every year. The BRT could also be implemented in Metro Davao, Naga, Bacolod, Iloilo and Cagayan de Oro.

“While the development of BRT systems will result in significant reductions in GHG emissions, the introduction of biofuels will have a significantly higher impact [as presented in the previous section]. Nevertheless, BRT is being targeted for two main reasons, the program of biofuels is ongoing and progressing well; and the economic development impacts of the BRT, particularly for the poor, are substantial,” the ADB stated.

Taegon

March 18th, 2010, 11:03 PM

Vista Land to launch 22 housing projects
By JAMES A. LOYOLA
March 18, 2010, 4:19pm
Manila Bulletin

Vista Land and Lifescapes’ Camella brand is slating the launch of 22 new developments this year, translating into some 17,500 new homes for Filipino families in different regions.

Camella president Maribeth Tolentino said that the new projects of the Vista Land subsidiary, which pioneered and has maintained its focus on meeting demand in the affordable housing segment for 33 years, will increase its total portfolio to 97 developments nationwide.

The new projects are located in various areas in Mega Manila as well as in key provinces and cities outside Luzon such as Cebu, Iloilo, Tacloban, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, and General Santos.

Ayala Land, Vista Land to ramp up affordable housing production
Friday, 19 March 2010 00:00
The Manila Times

LEADING property developers on Thursday separately unveiled plans to ramp up production of affordable housing units starting this year.

In a briefing, Bobby Dy, residential group head of Ayala Land Inc. (ALI), said its new subsidiary, Amaia Land Corp., will build 12,000 economic housing units in six locations outside Metro Manila in the next three years.

Dy said Amaia would offer starting next month its first economic housing project, the P1-billion Amaia Scapes in Calamba City, Laguna.

Amaia expects to generate P1.6 billion from the sale of 1,828 units in that pioneering project.

Besides the 20-hectare property in Calamba, Amaia will build the remaining 10,172 housing units in separate projects in the provinces of Cavite, Batangas, Bulacan, Pampanga and Tarlac.

Amaia will cater to a broad affordable market segment including civil servants, manufacturing employees, small business owners, starting professionals and overseas Filipino workers.

The company will offer house-and-lots running from 30 to 75 square meters of house and lots for P600,000 to P1.2 million each. These economic housing units would be offered to families earning from P20,000 to P50,000 a month.

Ricky Celis, Amaia chief operating officer, said families in that socio-economic bracket make up 34 percent of the more than 17 million households nationwide.

The company has allotted P1.08 billion for its capital expenditures for the next three years, Leo Montenegro, Amaia president, said.

Montenegro said the company aims to sell 400 units of Amaia Scapes this year.

In a statement, Vista Land and Landscapes Inc. separately announced a plan to build 17,000 affordable homes under its Camella brand this year.

Maribeth Tolentino, Camella president, said Vista Land would launch 22 new residential projects under the Camella brand in Mega Manila as well as in key provinces and cities outside Luzon such as Cebu, Iloilo, Tacloban, Cagayan de Oro, Davao and General Santos.

The new projects will increase the company’s total number of developments to 97 nationwide and add to the 200,000 homes already in place.

MARICEL E. BURGONIO

Taegon

March 18th, 2010, 11:10 PM

Meet the Motorela Inventor: Raphael Floirendo
Thursday, March 18, 2010
By Nicole J. Managbanag

WORDS cannot describe this exceptionally gifted man who made an enormous impact on the way we commute today. His invention was not only a gift to Kagay-anons, but also to a lot of commuters in the countryside who would want to reach their destinations fast, safe and cheap.

Meet Raphael Floirendo, the inventor of Motorela who put the “caretella” (horse-drawn carriage) to history, and usher in a new era of motorized commuting in Cagayan de Oro and other parts of the country. Raphael’s family was originally from northern Luzon before they migrated to Cagayan de Oro, where he finished his secondary education at the Ateneo de Cagayan (He obtained degrees in Business Administration and Agriculture at the Far Eastern University and Araneta University in Caloocan, respectively. The young Raphael fell in love with a lovely doctor, Zenaida, who later became one of the founders of the Cagayan de Oro Medical Center—the oldest private health care institution in Mindanao. Their union was blessed with nine children. Raphael already loved cars at young age, which eventually led him to take a keen interest on automotive. It also helped that his family controlled the automotive market in Northern Mindanao as dealer of Ford.

He gradually wanted to do something for his community, so he thought of inventing a motorized carriage as an alternative to the Spanish era “caretella”—the basic means of transportation at the time. He initially dabbled with the prime mover concept, using the principle of the horse-drawn carriage: A prime mover that carries a trailer where passengers would be accommodated.

By 1964, “Motorela” (from the words ‘motorized” and “caretella”) was born, and is still being called as such today.

The year after he invented Motorela, Floirendo went to Manila to obtain rights for this original creation. Today his invention remains under Patent 2243 -- the numbers that would forever remind the world that the inventor’s name is Raphael Floirendo.

At first, the inventor said his family made use of “Motorela” to deliver goods and other materials in their business. Then the word spread about a revolutionary motorized carriage that promises decent income for anyone who owns it.

Raphael’s made P500 for his first sale of an assembled Motorela -- a rather princely sum during that time. But he said his first orders did not come from Cagayan de Oro, but from the neighboring towns such as Ozamiz. Kagay-anons, he recalled, had not yet gotten the hang of riding the “caretella.”

From Palawan to Luzon, however, Motorela was an instant hit. To this day, it does surprise Raphael that ‘relas’ are still running the roads of Palawan and many places in Visayas and Luzon.

Later, however, Raphael learned that his invention would not provide him a constant stream of income. Some enterprising Pinoys have improvised on his design, and gladly set up shop to market these new prototypes. The inventor, as a result, only took advantage of his creation for three.

But Raphael has no regrets. He gladly let go and gave up his patent so that others can benefit from his invention.

“Then I left the Motorela business and shifted to making ham, which continues to this day as my bread and butter,” he said when interviewed by this writer Oroham, which itself has become an institution in the local food business.

Now in his prime, at 77, the Motorela inventor said he’s glad to make something out of himself. He continues to be the jolly and kind-hearted person that he was when he willingly shared his invention so that others can also make something out of themselves.

Published in the Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro newspaper on March 18, 2010.

Taegon

March 18th, 2010, 11:17 PM

Taegon

March 18th, 2010, 11:21 PM

Kamingaw sa payag, uy... Grabe! By the way guys, I noticed earlier tonight that there's a small Electronic Billboard at Divisoria... It's located at the 2nd floor of Miggy's Bakeshop... Same building sa Will's Bar ba... Murag pareha kadako adtong sa Licoan... :-)

So 3 electronic billboards na sa CdeO?

1. MUST
2. Licoan
3. Divisoria

By the way, there is already a Chowking Cogon. Malapit lang siya sa little business community ng mga Taiwanese.

Taegon

March 18th, 2010, 11:31 PM

Bohemian times reminisced
Thursday, March 18, 2010
By Inday M. la Vi±a
A Kagay-anon Remembers

IN THE early nineties, my son Cacoy told me that Cagayan has lost some of its charm. My rejoinder was that not only some of its charms but almost all of it! "Bohemian" is an apt word used to describe the Kagay-anons of yesteryears. The town had its fair share of composers, writers, poets, pianists, painters, playwrights and singers.

To name a few, there is Manuel Velez, composer of immortal Visayan songs like "Luha sa Kalipay" and "Sa Kabukiran"ùthe favorite song of Pres. Manuel L. Quezon. Former Misamis Oriental Rep. Teogenes Velez Sr. composed "UP Beloved," the official song of the University of the Philippines. In the 1970s, a Velez niece, Nita Abrogar- Quinto, copped first place in the piano competition of Beethoven's Third Concierto in Manila. She is presently the head of the Piano Department of the college of Music in UP. Her brother, Felipe "Pipi" V. Abrogar, was a finalist of the Metro Pop Music Festival in Manila where he sung his own composition in Visayan. Today, he has a recording studio and still sings his songs mostly about his beloved Cagayan de Oro City.

In 1961, Prof. Lino Abrio won first place in the same piano competition that Nita A. Quinto won a decade later. Though he was an accomplished pianist, Prof. Abrio is best remembered for his great talent as a musical arranger. He was highly praised by his contemporary, Andrea Veneracion, founder of the UP Madrigal Singers. Many of his musical arrangements were sung by the Madz. For over a decade, Abrio was the musical director of the renowned Cagayan de Oro Musical and Cultural Guild. The group performed at the Cultural Center of the Philippines and around the country.

Pre-war Cagayan was called the Little Italy of the country. There was a piano and other musical instruments in every home. As a young boy, the late historian, Dr. Blas Ch. Velez, recalled that when he strolled in the streets of the town on a lazy afternoon, music was heard from several houses, usually from sons and daughters who were either playing the piano or the violin. Who can forget the town's two prominent piano maestras? Piting Capistrano, Piit, daughter of Gen. Nicolas Capistrano and Trining Reyes-Pineda, daughter of Misamis Gov. Jose Reyes, both graduates of the prestigious Sta. Scholastica College of Music. Then, there is Terry Zamora-Valdehuesa, another well known piano teacher. She is also a soprano who is fluent in Italian for she loved singing arias from Italian operas.

Cagayan lived and breathed music and the arts. Classical music and operatic arias were familiar to the locale and were even hummed in the streets. We heard about the legendary rich patriot, Don Tirso Neri, who was the chief financier of the local army during the Philippine-American war. A small orchestra played to him and his family each time they dined. And do you know that Col. Apolinar Velez played the piano very well?

We used to have a velada or a short musical soiree that was usually held in the houses of "de buena familias" of Cagayan. We had ladies with golden voices like Dolores Roa-Xavier, who once sang at the Manila grand Opera House when she was once a student. Her daughters, Glory X. Santos, Eden Velez, Paz Velez-Miller and her sister, Caridad Velez-Abrogar, were also very fine singers. The late Prof. Emeritus Alfredo Roa of UP was a playwright, composer and editor of the now defunct Spanish newspaper, El Renacimiento. He composed three "Ave Marias" that he dedicated to his wife, the former Conchita Zamora and their two daughters, Letty R. de Borja and Elsie R. Cacnio. All three were sopranos in their own right.

Another Kagay-anon poet, playwright and composer, was Fabian Abellanosa. He had a troupe of actors, singers and musicians who performed his works that were mostly operettas. It is unfortunate that except for a few poems and drama scripts, Abellanosa left no musical scores. His descendants today have no memory of the songs of his once popular operettas. What survived is one lovely song titled, "Pagkagarbosa."

Cagayan's outstanding historian, Filomeno M. Bautista Sr. who wrote the monumental "Bautista Manuscript of the 1900-1901 Philippine-American Revolution in the Misamis Province" and "Glimpses of Mindanao-the Land of Promise", was also a composer. He composed the official song of the Bukidnon Province Bukidnon My Home.

In the last half of the 19th century, we had what Bautista wrote as the "Golden Age of Literature and Arts." There emerged many poets in Cagayan like Vicentico Neri and Toribio Chaves. Chaves has the distinction of being elected in 1898 as the first Municipal Presidente or Mayor of the town. How about that? The golden age poet elected Municipal Mayorùonly in Cagayan!

Then, we have the beautiful Amparo Neri-Domingo, a former Miss Misamis during the pre-war days. She was the first female writer of the Weekly Graphic Magazine. She compiled a book containing her 60 poems and her work was praised by the late Jaime Cardinal Sin and Fr. James Reuter S.J. of the Catholic Mass Media.

Tommy Pacana was a lawyer who was at home with the works of Shakespeare. It is a pity that he went to the great beyond and took with him his poems that were embedded in his heart. But he wrote a fantastic poem of tribute to his dead dog in his kitchen wall. I hope that it is still there to this day. At the time of his death, he was the first Chair of the Cagayan de Oro Historical and Cultural Commission.

Until the end of the 1940s, the New Year's Eve Ball was a big gala affair that was held at the tennis courts by the Cagayan River. There were colorful flashing lights and the main attraction was the comparza. It was a dance competition with several motifs and opened to all ages. A few years ago, a group tried to revive the comparza but they did not succeed. Perhaps, the reason is that the old Kagay-anon spirit is forever lost in the hustle and bustle of its economic progress.

As it was in the past, Cagayan de Oro today is a melting pot. People from Luzon, Visayas and other parts of Mindanao came here to do business, to savor the university town atmosphere, to rest and recreate from the doldrums of life. Most of all, they enjoy the peace and order that is uniquely Kagay-anon. But like the genteel old South of the United States before its civil war, the Bohemian Cagayan before World War II is forever gone with the wind.

Published in the Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro newspaper on March 18, 2010.

Taegon

March 18th, 2010, 11:37 PM

The tasty chicken of Sr. Pedro
Thursday, March 18, 2010
By Nicole J. Managbanag

FOR its 250 branches scattered from Appari to Jolo, Ang Lechon Manok ni Senior Pedro is the most sought-after in most regular costumers nation wide with its mouth-watering sweet quality roasted-to-perfection chicken packaged into one, and made affordable for only P150.

Peter Unabia, the man behind the success of Senior Pedro, has climbed up to the ladder and became one of the most wealth persons in Mindanao. Yet, he remains to be humble of his God given blessings.

Unabia grew up from a poor and big family in Malaybalay City. He is the ninth of 11 siblings. He became an orphan at a young age, got married to Ging-Ging with whom he has three children.

Despite the struggles he encountered during his childhood days, Unabia remains to be very hard working and became a scholar at the Ateneo de Cagayan. He has maintained close ties with his family whom he considered his inspiration to strive harder.

After finishing his Agronomy course, he volunteered for the Mangyans in Mindoro for a few months and returned to Cagayan de Oro to work at Unibet. But he resigned to put up his own business.

Unabia started as a peddler of different basic commodities such as eggs, chorizo, dressed chicken and sugar. But an opportunity knocked on his door when his brother Antoneto gave him the secret recipe for his roasted chicken.

With P5,000 capital, he opened Senior Pedro’s first branch in Hayes St. in 1994 and did all the cooking and chopping by himself.

Unabia said the name Senior Pedro came from the famous drama aired over the radio in the 1990s which starred Esteban Escudero entitled “Ang Manok ni Senior Pedro.” He said this is to remember the name easily.

Not long after, Senior Pedro became an instant hit in Cagayan de Oro. Two years after, Unabia opened his second branch near the Dynasty Court Hotel. And the rest is history.

At present, Unabia owns a vast poultry, an ice plant, dressing plant and feeds mill in which 3.75 percent of his earnings goes directly to the Anak Tering Foundation, which was named after her mother Teresa.

Now that he is earning more than what he expected, Unabia said he felt sad remembering his parents for not having tasted the fruits of his labor.

“That is why we built the foundation in 2006,” he said.

Anak Tering Foundation benefits 2,411 local growers of chicken who grow a maximum of 1,000 chicks and earn P15,000 in every harvest.

As a devoted Christian, Unabia has done a lot of good deeds to his society. He is now a provincial board member in the second district of Misamis Oriental and helps other people.

Despite the glorious success he enjoys which he believed came from God, Unabia remains to be humble by heart and hopes to serve more people who need livelihood.

This, as Unabia believes in the principle of “sowing and reaping.”

Published in the Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro newspaper on March 18, 2010.

Taegon

March 18th, 2010, 11:41 PM

Taegon

March 18th, 2010, 11:45 PM

Angara sees water shortage
in nine major urban centers

FRIDAY MARCH 19, 2010 PHILIPPINES
Malaya

SEN. Edgardo Angara yesterday said there could be a shortage of drinking water in nine major places -- Metro Manila, Metro Cebu, Metro Davao, Angeles, Baguio, Bacolod, Cagayan de Oro, Iloilo, and Zamboanga – by 2025.

Angara pointed to a 1991 report of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, and a 2007 study of the Asian Development Bank which showed rapid urbanization has contaminated surface and groundwater resources in the country, causing a looming shortage in drinking water.

Angara is chair of the Congressional Commission of Science & Technology and Engineering which held an international conference on climate change recently.

Angara said the ADB study claimed that only about a third of the Philippine river systems can be used as suitable sources of clean water, and more than half or 58 percent of groundwater resources are now contaminated.

"The same study warns that unless we start cleaning up our act, river and groundwater systems will fail by 2025," the Agriculture secretary of President Joseph Estrada said.

Angara said the ADB findings coincide with a United Nations study which predicts that by 2025, about 66 percent of the world population will experience moderate to severe water shortage.

He said the current drought "is just a manifestation of a bigger, silent crisis affecting the Philippines: a water crisis."

There are many remedial measures, but Angara proposed rainwater harvesting, a practice started as early as 4,000 years ago at Negev Desert in Palestine, as a cost-efficient and effective means to solve water shortage and to recharge groundwater.

The harvesting can be done by saving rainwater through large jars, catchment basins or impounding ponds and canals, he said.

Angara pointed out that there is already a law, RA 6716, promoting the rainwater harvesting and authorizing the Department of Public Works and Highways to build water wells, springs and rainwater collectors in every barangay and to rehabilitate existing ones.

"The law was passed 20 years ago in 1989, but we have yet to see its implementation," he said. "Supposedly, the construction of rainwater collectors should have begun a month after RA 6716 was published, or around June of 1989."

Angara said the massive floods caused by storm "Ondoy" and typhoon "Pepeng" last year, and the current water shortage could have been avoided if that law and, thus, rainwater harvesting was implemented.

Taegon

March 19th, 2010, 12:18 AM

bisayadako

March 19th, 2010, 01:09 AM

As early as now, Kagay-anons should find solutions to solve this kind of problem in the future.

The illegal logging in Bukidnon and Lanao del Sur, where you can find the source of our Cagayan de Oro river if I'm not mistaken, is sickening me. Watersheds in these said areas have been destroyed. Hope Congressman Rufus and other environmentalists already know and see the greater effect of the illegal logging activity in the said areas I mentioned. I know there is already a law, but no one has been punished. If the logging activity won't be stopped, I believe people of Cagayan de Oro will suffer most.

I'm favor of total log ban in CdeO and Misamis Oriental. Hope this total log ban law must include the provinces of Bukidnon, Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur. There should be no logging anymore even it's legal. LGUs, environmentalists, lumads, military men and concerned politicians should serve as guardians. I know this is not an easy burden. There are big fishes involved and they are powerful enough to resist.

Look at IPONAN River. It's ALWAYS brown bisan wala ga-ulan....that's because of the illegal gold panning upstream on industrial scale....they blasted the river banks with high pressure water everyday, if not on a 24 hour basis....erosion is on an industrial scale...

Si JARAULA, EMANO ug ang CITY COUNCIL ug ang MIS OR COUNCIL ga lurat lang ang mata without doing something to fix this problem....

burotski

March 19th, 2010, 02:16 AM

Naa na na siya doc pag open sa will's bar... :)

Nge! Dugay na diay to? Na-ulahi na man intawn ko sa balita... He! He! He! :-)

burotski

March 19th, 2010, 02:24 AM

Meet the Motorela Inventor: Raphael Floirendo
Thursday, March 18, 2010
By Nicole J. Managbanag

WORDS cannot describe this exceptionally gifted man who made an enormous impact on the way we commute today. His invention was not only a gift to Kagay-anons, but also to a lot of commuters in the countryside who would want to reach their destinations fast, safe and cheap.

Meet Raphael Floirendo, the inventor of Motorela who put the caretella (horse-drawn carriage) to history, and usher in a new era of motorized commuting in Cagayan de Oro and other parts of the country. Raphaels family was originally from northern Luzon before they migrated to Cagayan de Oro, where he finished his secondary education at the Ateneo de Cagayan (He obtained degrees in Business Administration and Agriculture at the Far Eastern University and Araneta University in Caloocan, respectively. The young Raphael fell in love with a lovely doctor, Zenaida, who later became one of the founders of the Cagayan de Oro Medical Centerthe oldest private health care institution in Mindanao. Their union was blessed with nine children. Raphael already loved cars at young age, which eventually led him to take a keen interest on automotive. It also helped that his family controlled the automotive market in Northern Mindanao as dealer of Ford.

He gradually wanted to do something for his community, so he thought of inventing a motorized carriage as an alternative to the Spanish era caretellathe basic means of transportation at the time. He initially dabbled with the prime mover concept, using the principle of the horse-drawn carriage: A prime mover that carries a trailer where passengers would be accommodated.

By 1964, Motorela (from the words motorized and caretella) was born, and is still being called as such today.

The year after he invented Motorela, Floirendo went to Manila to obtain rights for this original creation. Today his invention remains under Patent 2243 -- the numbers that would forever remind the world that the inventors name is Raphael Floirendo.

At first, the inventor said his family made use of Motorela to deliver goods and other materials in their business. Then the word spread about a revolutionary motorized carriage that promises decent income for anyone who owns it.

Raphaels made P500 for his first sale of an assembled Motorela -- a rather princely sum during that time. But he said his first orders did not come from Cagayan de Oro, but from the neighboring towns such as Ozamiz. Kagay-anons, he recalled, had not yet gotten the hang of riding the caretella.

From Palawan to Luzon, however, Motorela was an instant hit. To this day, it does surprise Raphael that relas are still running the roads of Palawan and many places in Visayas and Luzon.

Later, however, Raphael learned that his invention would not provide him a constant stream of income. Some enterprising Pinoys have improvised on his design, and gladly set up shop to market these new prototypes. The inventor, as a result, only took advantage of his creation for three.

But Raphael has no regrets. He gladly let go and gave up his patent so that others can benefit from his invention.

Then I left the Motorela business and shifted to making ham, which continues to this day as my bread and butter, he said when interviewed by this writer Oroham, which itself has become an institution in the local food business.

Now in his prime, at 77, the Motorela inventor said hes glad to make something out of himself. He continues to be the jolly and kind-hearted person that he was when he willingly shared his invention so that others can also make something out of themselves.

Published in the Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro newspaper on March 18, 2010.

Raphael's youngest daughter, Tetel, is a very close friend of mine... Tetel's mom was one of the most respected, if not the most respected, OB-Gyne in the city... By the way, they are related to the Floreindos in Davao... Lami pud ilang OroHam! They have an outlet near Plaza Fair... You should try their Chicken Cordon Bleu... Yummy! :-)

RFM

March 19th, 2010, 02:25 AM

OMF LIT Bookshop (Sakto ba?) will open very soon at the 2nd level of Robinsons CdO... :-)

This is good news to all of us who would like to buy good OMF books for our spiritual needs.

burotski

March 19th, 2010, 02:28 AM

So 3 electronic billboards na sa CdeO?

1. MUST
2. Licoan
3. Divisoria

By the way, there is already a Chowking Cogon. Malapit lang siya sa little business community ng mga Taiwanese.

I think the first Electronic Billboard in CdO is at the one at AJ Wood Depot at Alwana Business Park in Cugman... So, that makes it 4... :-)

GearX

March 19th, 2010, 03:31 AM

someone told there's a Bo's Coffee branch inside Polymedic Medical Plaza :cheers:

hakz2007

March 19th, 2010, 04:46 AM

CDO approves P2.5-M child fund
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 19 (PNA) -- The City Government of Cagayan de Oro approved a P2,503,980 funding for the Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) program.

This fund’s special program is intended to promote the rights of children to survival, development and protection.

The ECCD program will be closely supervised by city social welfare and development officer Marisa M. Tagarda.

The child care is part of the health program of the city government.

“This program is very helpful to children,” said City Mayor Constantino “Tinnex” Jaraula.

Initially, the ECCD covers barangays Macasandig, Kauswagan, Bayabas and Camaman-an. The program refers to the full range of health, nutrition, early education and social services programs that provide for the basic needs of young children from birth to age six.

It aims to educate parents on their roles as primary caregivers and as their children’s first teachers, and to enhance active involvement from the community so as to improve the quality of life of young children and families.

The program will also focus on the provision of micro nutrients and supplemental feeding in order to address the malnutrition problem among undernourished children.

Aside from health services and other program support components, infrastructure development will also be given priority under the program through upgrading and expansion of day care and health centers, including provision of the necessary equipments and furniture. (PNA)
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=265262

hakz2007

March 19th, 2010, 06:42 AM

Gardenia plans bakery in Cagayan de Oro
Gardenia Bakeries Philippines Inc., the country’s biggest breadmaker, is now looking at Cagayan de Oro or a suitable bread plant manufacturing location in Northern Mindanao instead of Cebu for its planned expansion in the south.

Simplicio Umali Jr., Gardenia Philippines president, told reporters that the company is now looking at Northern Mindanao instead because of the quality of water supply in Cagayan de Oro compared to that of Cebu.

Umali said that the high-salinity content of the Cebu water has made them decide to look at Northern Mindanao, which has a good water quality supply.

“The quality of water would greatly affects the quality of our bread,” said Umali.

Gardenia breads are made of premium flour and finest imported ingredients as its products cater to the upper end of the bread market.

Gardenia’s plant to expand in Cebu was hatched a few years ago but the company was bogged down by location issues. There was not also a suitable location for a one-hectare environment-sensitive bread plant. At one time, the company was close to locating in an economic zone in Mactan.

The new Gardenia plant is expected to cost between P200 million to P250 million. The expansion plant is expected to have a daily production capacity of 50,000 loaves to serve the Visayas and Mindanao areas, which are currently served through its main plant in Laguna.

Gardenia sees the need to expand in the south because of the increased demand in the South. The company itself is projecting a 25 percent growth this year while the industry is projecting at least 10 percent growth.

“The Laguna plant capacity would is primarily addressing the Luzon area bread requirements, thus its deliveries to Visayas and Mindanao, which is being course through RO-RO vessels, have been very minimal,” Umali said.
http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/248230/gardenia-plans-bakery-cagayan-de-oro

hakz2007

March 19th, 2010, 06:42 AM