Cagayán de Oro City and Misamis Oriental Province [Archive] - Page 4

FrancisXavier

March 16th, 2006, 06:23 AM

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2006/03/16/news/bomb.not.meant.for.oro.police.html
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Bomb not meant for Oro: police
By Lizanilla J. Amarga

THE bomb found at Agora Integrated Terminal, Barangay Lapasan was not meant to explode in Cagayan de Oro City, police said Wednesday.

A sketch and description of the person who planted the improvised explosive device is now in the hands of the intelligence network and other police and military authorities who are now conducting a manhunt for the suspect.

Philippine National Police (PNP) 10 regional director Superintendent Florante Baguio said they have discovered some information that led to believe that the bomb was not for Cagayan de Oro City.

"It (bomb) was not designed for Cagayan de Oro," he said. "It was intended to be exploded while the bus was in transit."

A piece of paper was found with the improvised explosive device. It contained a sketch of the areas where the bus carrying the explosive device would pass through.

It included only the names of "Karmin" that possibly Barangay Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City but is more interpreted to mean as the town Carmen in the province of Cotabato where the bus came from.

The rest of the places were also the names of towns but this time belonging to the Province of Bukidnon -- Damolog, Kibawi, Kitaotao, Maramag, "Balincia" or Valencia and Malaybalay.

Improvised

In the sketch, Malaybalay was the last place drawn with an arrow pointing to another drawing with the words "garahian" and "terminals" below it with an arrow pointing to some more drawings and the time "8 a.m."

Earlier, Senior Police Officer 1 Allan Dennis Poe Tingson of the Explosive Ordnance Department said the improvised explosive was placed at the back of a passenger bus.

The bus came from Kabacan, North Cotabato. It arrived at Agora terminal at about 2:30 p.m. Monday.

Tingson confirmed that it was indeed an improvised bomb since its components remained intact. These included a 9-volt battery, a blasting cap, explosive filler, a terminal, and a mobile phone.

A police officer who requested anonymity for fear of being labeled as an alarmist said the explosive device could be meant to either explode in transit or for some other town in Bukidnon.

"Kay kung tanawon nimo ang sketch puros kini lugar sa Bukidnon wala may sa Cagayan de Oro (For if you really check the sketch found with the bomb the places named are those in Bukidnon and none from Cagayan de Oro)," he said.

This police officer strongly believes that the "Karmin" in the sketch is not Barangay Carmen of Cagayan de Oro city but Carmen, Cotabato.

Description

But another officer said the sketch is "continuing" and that it is possible that the bomb once it reaches Malaybalay, Bukidnon -- the last town named in the sketch -- the device would be carried on to another place.

"Continuing man ang sketch pwede man nga kargahon gikan didto sa Malaybalay, Bukidnon padung sa lain nga lugar," he said.

Baguio for his part said it was just fortunate that the cellular phone meant to trigger the improvised explosive device ran out of power.

"Because the bomb was real and intended to destroy the bus and hurt people," he said.

Currently, Counter Terrorism Coordination Center headed by National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) 10 chief Manuel Gabot is also looking into the incident.

The group together with all other police and military elements are now being furnished with a copy of the sketch and description of the person who planted the bomb.

Witnesses described the person who boarded the Rural Transit Bus Inc. as wearing dark shades, around five feet and five inches tall, medium built, age ranging from 27 to 30 years old, fair complexion, medium built, straight hair and with a square face.

Earlier, Bagiuo said terrorist groups from Southern Mindanao are responsible for the bombings in the cities of Davao and General Santos are now suspected to be responsible for planting a bomb inside a bus parked at Agora Bus Terminal this city.

He also debunked reports that the failed bomb incident was actually a "drama" staged to further justify any future call for 'state of emergency and clamping down of some rights' by the state.

Misamis Oriental Governor Oscar Moreno believes that this incident should not be taken lightly and the police should tighten their checkpoints all over the province.

Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Vicente Emano for his part wants a more thorough report on the incident from Cagayan de Oro city police director Colonel Aurelio Trampe.

FrancisXavier

March 16th, 2006, 06:28 AM

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2006/02/25/bus/chinese.traders.mull.glass.factory.anew.html
Saturday, February 25, 2006
Chinese traders mull glass factory anew

MAYOR Vicente Y. Emano said he sees a ray of hope that Chinese investors may reconsider their aborted plan to put up a whopping US$300-millon glass factory at the sprawling Phividec Industrial Estate in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental.

This developed after House Speaker Jose de Venecia and Trade Secretary Peter Favila assured Mayor Emano that they will renegotiate with the corporate officials of Hebei Jingniu Group of Xingtai City in mainland China to reassess their halted multi-million investment proposal.

Mayor Emano, who led a trade mission to China in June last year to convince the Chinese investors to consider Phividec Industrial Estate as an ideal site of the glass factory, expressed high hopes that the turn of events will open up chances for the project proponents to rethink their investment plans.

The top executives of the giant glass manufacturing firm decided not to push through with the construction of the glass factory due to the unavailability of a 100-hectare project site in Subic.

The mayor said he strongly believes that the representation of the national government with the group will hopefully convince the Chinese businessmen to come to Cagayan de Oro and Misamis Oriental and visit the proposed project site at Phividec.

It can be recalled that after the trade mission in Xingtai City of China, the glass firm had planned to send a team of engineers here to survey the feasibility of the proposed project site at Phividec and to assess the quality of available silica sand, a primary raw material used in producing glass products.

Unfortunately, the firm backed out with their planned visit and ocular inspection, fearing that the reported unstable peace and order condition in Mindanao and the continued political bickering among the country's politicians may jeopardize their business interest. (Press release)

FrancisXavier

March 16th, 2006, 06:37 AM

fountain at Mc Arthur Park.
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FrancisXavier

March 16th, 2006, 06:37 AM

Gasto Park. I didn't know that there are lights like this one there.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/88817779_90717ce185.jpg

FrancisXavier

March 16th, 2006, 06:38 AM

White water rafting adventure.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/109482792_6ab7632dae.jpg

cyrusal

March 16th, 2006, 06:58 AM

You're right. That is just a claim. There are only three major key metropolitan in the Philippines. Manila, Cebu, and Davao. It's still premature to claim Cagayan de Oro to claim the fourth spot. Maybe down there in Mindanao its next to Davao. But there are still other cities competing for the fourth spot all over the country and these are Subic, Baguio, Bacolod, Ilo-ilo.

Putting up an Ayala Mall in one city means nothing. Muntinlupa City has also an Ayala Mall but this does not mean that the city is doing good with other economic factors.

With tourism and shopping, Bacolod and Baguio are far more better than Cagayan de Oro.

It is a good strategy to temporarily morph one's name to release one's urge in revealing one's dark side and to express insecurities.

i guess to know whether the city's economy is doing good, you have to look at the income. CDO's income is more than double the Bacolod's and Baguio's.
industry wise, i guess cdo is next to Cebu and Davao. With the shopping, no question. I dont want to argue. Have you been to CDO anyways?

Muntinlupa having an ayala mall... it's a part of what we call Metro Manila.

And yes, Subic is not a city... it's part of Olongapo.

Putting an ayala in a city means nothing? So cebuano's shouldnt give ayala a credit for what cebu is right now?
Remember, ayala is the developer of
Makati and BGC. 2 of the main business centers in the country.

w/o the initiative of ayala, makati would not be what it is right now.. airfield pa rin cguro yun hangang ngayon.. Baka binondo pa ang CDB ngayon.

Don't mind that guy.. he is just one of the forumers here that we know and tried to alter his name to bash CDOC.. and he is definitely not from cebu....
I don't know him excatly though.. but im quite sure of that :)

FrancisXavier

March 16th, 2006, 07:07 AM

Yeah... i guess i know this ILOVECEBU guy... Hey, dont use CEBU's name... I've never encountered any Cebu forumer like you ILOVECEBU. Cebu forumers are not insecure.. Go back to your city (express your insecurity there for not having ayala in your city), and please stop using CEBU coz i know you're not from cebu.

rustyboi

March 16th, 2006, 11:04 AM

that guy should not use Cebu's name in vain! kupal. everyone should know that SSC is a place for educated, sensible and mentally fit people. this is where we respect other respectable forumers ;) and to make exchange of healthy info's possible, let's stick with FACTS.

For CDO, we're hoping for the best :okay: i don't see any reason why bashing and nonsense should continue. on my part, i'd be happy to see all the cities progressing. forget that aweful crab mentallity. :D

slerz

March 16th, 2006, 04:21 PM

:banana:CEBU de CAGAYAN de oro :okay: go go go :banana:

cyrusal

March 17th, 2006, 12:02 PM

03/16/2006
Taiwanese investors to pour investments in Oro, MisOr

Cagayan de Oro City (16 March) -- Despite the political instability besetting the country, Cagayan de Oro continues to enjoy unprecedented trust from both local and foreign investors.

A group of Taiwanese investors recently paid a courtesy visit to City Mayor Vicente Emano to present their plan to put up a $12 million distillery in Misamis Oriental and another plant in the city.

Peng I Hsuan of Shen Hwan Development and Chih-Yen Lee, Plant Manager of Ching Chuen Chyuan Food Co. Ltd. were accompanied by former Ambassador Raul Rabe and DTI-10 Regional Director Linda Boniao and DTI-Misamis Oriental Director Eliza Pabillore during the meeting.

During the meeting, the Taiwanese investors told Emano that they plan to put up a distillery in either Tagoloan or Villanueva and are looking for a place for their food processing business in Barangay Indahag.

They also expressed interest in buying raw materials for their distillery business of which 20 of the raw materials will be sourced from local producers while the 80 percent will come from Taiwan.

The investors are also scheduled to meet with local businessmen both in the province and the city, and will visit a trading center on cassava, molasses and corn.

Emano assured the investors that the city government will help facilitate a smooth processing of their business transactions with the concerned government agencies.

The Taiwanese businessmen's visit resulted from a trade mission to Taiwan spearheaded by the mayor last September. (City Information Office / RAGCOM) [top]

cyrusal

March 17th, 2006, 12:07 PM

:banana:CEBU de CAGAYAN de oro :okay: go go go :banana:

:rock: yeah!!!

cyrusal

March 19th, 2006, 08:11 AM

White water rafting adventure.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/109482792_6ab7632dae.jpg

They call this the "Western" version of rafting.. well i prefer their local version where each will sit and lie in a circular rubber tubing filled with air (i think is extracted from tires). Then you will be going through a 3-hour brash of adventure in covering 14 rapids in a 7-km river...

tj_brewed

March 19th, 2006, 09:47 AM

They call this the "Western" version of rafting.. well i prefer their local version where each will sit and lie in a circular rubber tubing filled with air (i think is extracted from tires). Then you will be going through a 3-hour brash of adventure in covering 14 rapids in a 7-km river...

You mean Water Tubing? sa salva vida? kewwwwwwwwlll!!!!!! :) Watertubing kay sikat down south...ahihihihihihi pero wa pa ko kasuway kay mahadlok ko...is it ok if magpost ko pix sa water tubing? but the thing is, it was taken sa Sibulan River...mao man nay sikat na past time didto...barato pa jud!

cyrusal

March 19th, 2006, 10:53 AM

^^ yup! i think it is the salva vida! ( i forgot this term)..
you will be having protective gears and a guide..so no worries.. 4 or 8 salvavidas will be connected to each other to form a group, and each person has his own.. :)
througout the rafting session, there instances that you will come across huge waves (about 2 or more meters high) along the rapids.. chances are your salva vidas will be flipped upside down, your legs be brushed on boulders and you will be separated from group..hehe.., well that is part of the adventure.. but .. nothing to worry about., their guardianship is excellent and they said that there were no incidence of death or any major injuries in this experience..
so TARA NA! mag rafting tayo sa Cagayan de Oro!!::carrot:

tj_brewed

March 19th, 2006, 11:03 AM

Having fun in Cagayan!

Local Dabawenyo showhosts (ABS-CBN Davao hosts) enjoying CDO!
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/tj_brewed/cdo/cdo.jpg

tj_brewed

March 19th, 2006, 11:13 AM

cyrusal

March 20th, 2006, 01:23 PM

^^ yes.. it is very similar to that!!... and oh... why is it that they did not wear their helmets and life vests?.. anyways..it seems that they truly enjoyed their water tubing adventure... :D, nice to know that Mindanao has a lot these :D

rustyboi

March 21st, 2006, 10:05 AM

this one is posted by TJ_Brewed about ICT. here are the top ICT Cities outside MM:

1. Cebu
2. Davao
3. Clark
4. Cagayan de Oro
5. Iloilo
6. Bacolod
7. Baguio
8. Dumaguete

ei! by the way guys, a report was just released last year by neoIT.com - an international ICT research company. This is about the competitiveness of cities in the Philippines in regards to ICT.

Considering the fact Davao has not IT Park yet, stil you'll be amazed by the results! here are some of the screenshots to prove that i am not just making this up..eeheheheheh for the full report you may check http://www.neoit.com/pdfs/whitepapers/OIv3i09_1005_Philippines-City-Competitiveness.pdf

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/tj_brewed/dvoreport.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/tj_brewed/dvoreport2.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/tj_brewed/dvoreport3.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/tj_brewed/dvoreport4.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/tj_brewed/dvoreport5.jpg

Way to go CDO! :okay:

xzibit31

March 21st, 2006, 11:37 AM

wala... i included the roof deck in the count... lol...

56K+ 30K at the least= 86Ksqm... yehey... mas malaki na kesa davao...
i'll post more in the future..

mas malaki nga...pero mas malaki kaya ang income nyan? as far as i know, alot of tenants are leaving the sm mall there for lack of sales.

ang sm mall sa davao cannot anymore accommodate more tenants because puno na talaga. naka pila pa ang mga would be tenants. plans for expansion of the mall at the future develpment site are well underway.

and yes, there are reports that sm just bought at 30 has lot near the davao airport for another new mall. robinsosns has 30 has and ayala has 60 has. and that is just at the downtown area. meron pa sa south at sa north.

never compare cdo with davao. becasue these two cities are quite different.

cyrusal

March 21st, 2006, 01:25 PM

this one is posted by TJ_Brewed about ICT. here are the top ICT Cities outside MM:

1. Cebu
2. Davao
3. Clark
4. Cagayan de Oro
5. Iloilo
6. Bacolod
7. Baguio
8. Dumaguete

Way to go CDO! :okay:

yeah!! and maybe few years from now, international software companies will be sprouting in CDO.. :banana:

KulasKusgan

March 21st, 2006, 03:24 PM

this one is posted by TJ_Brewed about ICT. here are the top ICT Cities outside MM:

1. Cebu
2. Davao
3. Clark
4. Cagayan de Oro
5. Iloilo
6. Bacolod
7. Baguio
8. Dumaguete

Way to go CDO! :okay:

sa tingin ko, 4th highly-urbanized city din ang CDO.

1. MM
2. Cebu
3. Davao
4. CDO

walang kokontra. yan po ay personal na opinion ko lang. hehe.

Kaiser

March 21st, 2006, 03:50 PM

for me it would be Clark

MarkiiBoi

March 21st, 2006, 03:53 PM

^^ Clark is not a city ;)

zeos

March 21st, 2006, 04:52 PM

slerz

March 21st, 2006, 05:57 PM

^^ Clark is not a city ;)

yup, it's a field :D
for me it's CDO based on the developments posted here in SSC...

tj_brewed

March 22nd, 2006, 04:37 AM

im sorry if i have to quote you here, but didnt you know that the ROI of sm cdo was faster than the ROI of sm in davao? nakabasa ko ani sa inquirer sometime ago. in other words, mas dali nakabawi ang sm in its cdo mall than its davao mall. specifically why expansions in the cdo mall was materialized sooner than the expansion in davao. i guess it has something to do with the purchasing power of cdo.

i apologize as well if i have to quote you here. i do respect your opinion and views however it seems that the above statement insinuates that CDO has higher purchasing power than Davao because SM CDO expanded earlier than SM Davao.

I do not have anything against it since those who are living in Mindanao (both CDO and Davao) knows what the real score is. But I am trying to raise this issue as this may give a negative view against Davao to some of the forumers who are not from Mindanao.

First - you deserve your views...and i respect them. But let me just post my views, not backed by personal observations and hearsays but facts, news and stats from local and national government.

Below is a comparative data between CDO and Davao's minimum wage. for more info you can check http://www.nwpc.dole.gov.ph/rtw.html

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Dabawenyos noted to have strong purchasing power
Sunstar Online

DESPITE the dragging economic crisis, Davao City consumers still manage to buy not only cars but also home appliances, a leading appliance store executive said.

Imperial Plaza Davao said that last year's economic crisis which continues to spill over until this year has not totally pulled down the spending power of consumers as it currently enjoys an increasing purchase of home appliances at present.

Jun Hornijas, Davao branch manager, said that the appliance retail industry has remained resilient to the economic blow as indicated by the slight increase in appliance sales.

"Despite the economic bog down, we posted slight increases. Meaning, we still managed to grow despite the crisis," he said, adding that their Davao Branch has been one of the best performing branches in terms of sales.

Imperial Plaza, for instance, is now on its way to corner the largest number of clients in Davao despite its being new to the local market.

Imperial Plaza has two outlets here, one in Legazpi and Agdao.

For the past seven years since the company first established in Davao, Hornijas said that it is now fast becoming the top appliance retailer here because of its low interest rate offering and good customer care services.

He said that Imperial Appliance Plaza is about P800 to P1000 cheaper than its competitors on all product lines, be it on cash or installment basis.

"We are faring good and this is maybe because of the peaceful environment in the city which allows the conduct of more business activities here, thus, enhancing more purchases of appliances," he said.

Hornijas said that while they are apprehensive of the economic upheavals, the company maintains its low price and interest rate offers so they can sustain the business.

The company, he said, is fielding out field receptionists in the different parts of the city to actively disseminate information on sales and promotion.

"In the very near future, we envision that we are going to control the market for appliances. We are already going towards that direction," he added.

:)

Once again, i apologize for posting this here. I do not have anything against CDO but please let's be careful with our assumptions especially with the purchasing power of Davao.

After SM CDO's expansion, it may be the biggest SM now in Mindanao (considering the floor area). it's floor area will be 86k sqm right after the expansion with an existing total lot area of 52,000 sqm. kudos for that!

SM Davao currently has 75,440 sqm only for retail and commercial purposes alone (excluding the parking area) and a total of 132,000 sqm land area. Will SM Davao expand this year? NO! but they were able to purchase another area in Davao considering the existing site that they have. Why? Another mall? who knows. Expansion? who cares.

junax

March 22nd, 2006, 05:57 AM

^^ to close this comparison of one city to another city, let's just conclude that mindanao cities are rapidly progressing and that's good news not only to mindanao but to the whole country. cdo is getting highly urbanized and progressive no question about that, with the current and future investments in the pipeline. it is the center of business in northern mindanao, valencia, malaybalay, iligan, gingoog and other neighboring cities inhabitants mostly do shopping at cdo contributing to SM cdo's good ROI. ayalas expansion too would justify that cdo is now a good venture for shopping business. :applause:

now davao's SM is another story, they are getting stiff competition from other local malls. davao has 5 big malls, let's just exclude numerous department stores and strip malls, so it is unfair to compare both SMs. the correct statement would be, "SM cdo is getting a higher sales percentage than its competitors (ororama, gaisano or maybe limketkai) while SM davao is battling it out with g-mall, g-south, nccc and victoria. SM felt the underdog status that's why they purchase another location maybe for a kill in the north area. take out SM from davao and it would not cause a tremble in the davao malling business coz it's already been there strong as ever even before SM's arrival. news about robinsons mall in DCWD area and ayala mall in lanang golf course area :soon: are not causing chaos either. can you imagine the impact if it happen to be in other city with no malls yet? it just means davao is standing firm nowadays in any business venture and only a 1,000 pound atomic bomb not improvise grenade can stop this upsurge, god forbid.

these news are not worth debating but for me, it's worth rejoicing! mindanao cities are getting recognized, i hope zamboanga, cotabato, gensan, iligan, butuan and surigao will soon get what cdo is reaping right now. i would like to see robinsons in zamboanga, ayala in gensan, MRT from iligan to gensan. that would make mindanao a promise land no more! mabuhi tang tanan! go CDO, go davao!

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tj_brewed

March 22nd, 2006, 07:37 AM

yup..i totally agree junax! Go Mindanao!

xzibit31

March 22nd, 2006, 07:54 AM

junax

March 22nd, 2006, 08:15 AM

i am also sorry to say to you that a reliable source within the smcdo said to me that the expansion of the mall there was to try convince the tenants to stay kasi without the expansion, the existing tenants would leave.

i hope this is not true, in my own observation SM cdo is not losing coz they got their own share of the market in the carmen area, i know it's far from downtown cdo but with the 3 malls (ket kai, gaisano and sm), i can say SM cdo can survive the competition. the expansion although more on parking area is a sign of progress for me IMHO.

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tj_brewed

March 22nd, 2006, 10:43 AM

The City of Golden Friendship

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/tj_brewed/cdo/cdopix.jpg

rustyboi

March 22nd, 2006, 11:39 AM

Cagayan sees increase in number of businesses last year over 2004

More than 800 new business establishments have registered in 2005, records from the Cagayan de Oro City Finance Department revealed.

City Treasurer Lino Daral disclosed that as of their last count, a total of 15,264 business establishments have registered last year compared to the 14,367 businesses registered in 2004.

Still more

Daral said the 897 new business establishments might still increase as the office still has to count business applications in the fourth quarter of the year.

Among the business categories that showed significant increase in number were: banking and finance, cargo handling, manufacturing, wholesale, accommodation for tourists and transient visitors, restaurants and related food establishments, travel agency, Internet cafes and variety stores.

A report on the city’s business registration provided by the City Finance Department showed a total of 512 banking and other financial facilities registered last year compared to some 487 establishments registered in 2004.

Hotels

Hotel occupancy and related service also increased from 95 establishments to 109 in 2005; restaurants and food establishments from 1,135 in 2004 to 1,329; and Internet cafes from 175 to 260.

The finance department also reported that the number of travel agencies went up to 32 from 26 in 2004 while cargo handling establishments went up to 144 from 138 the previous year.

Manufacturing businesses went up to 113 from 105; those in wholesale went up to 40 from 31; travel agencies increased to 32 from 26; and variety stores to 2,948 from 2,777.

City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano attributed the increases to the high level of confidence placed by the business sector in the city due to stable peace and order situation, local tax incentives and investor-friendly business registration process.

xzibit31

March 22nd, 2006, 02:00 PM

i just talked with my insider friend at sm cdo..

here are the ranking of sm mall for the vismin area for 2005 (profitability)...

this is in order.

sm city cebu
sm city davao
sm city iloilo
sm delgado (part of iloilo)
sm city cagayan

MarkiiBoi

March 22nd, 2006, 02:09 PM

^^ with that data at hand, can CDO sustain the planned Ayala?

KulasKusgan

March 22nd, 2006, 02:15 PM

Having fun in Cagayan!

Local Dabawenyo showhosts (ABS-CBN Davao hosts) enjoying CDO!
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/tj_brewed/cdo/cdo.jpg

nice work tj!

cyrusal

March 22nd, 2006, 04:34 PM

^^ with that data at hand, can CDO sustain the planned Ayala?

putting up a Ayala business complex follows a careful study on the feasiblity of the investment on the location. Remember, we are talking of AYALA here, the pioneering land developer of our country.Based on news releases, there numerous business establishments registered and more investments are about to be registered in the city..it is a sign that CDO ripe enough for huge commercial upsurging... and as far as i know, sm cdo has been doing good in business,
i don't know if the data exhibited from xzibit31's really came from a reliable source.. there was no presentation of supporting facts/information .. maybe they are just made up just to bash CDO...

@xzibit31/IloveCebu please stop inflating negative impressions about malls in CDO. I if you are from Mindanao, then there is no good reason in striking other cities.. we should unite instead... I was born and grew up in Mindanao and I am proud to be a Mindanaoan...we will lead nowhere if we spit up each other along our way...

and yes i agree with junax that it is worth rejoicing that fact that Mindanao cities are getting recognized.. :D

so Go! Mindanao..

xzibit31

March 22nd, 2006, 04:46 PM

putting up a Ayala business complex follows a careful study on the feasiblity of the investment on the location... Remember, we are talking of AYALA here, the pioneering land developer of our country...as far as i know, sm cdo has been doing good in business, i don't know if the data exhibited from xzibit31's really came from a reliable source.. there was no presentation of supporting facts/information .. maybe they are just made up just to bash CDO...

@xzibit31/IloveCebu please stop inflating negative impressions about malls in CDO. I if you are from Mindanao, then there is no good reason in striking other cities.. we should unite instead... I was born and grew up in Mindanao and I am proud to be a Mindanaoan...we will lead nowhere if we spit up each other along our way...

and yes i agree with junax that it is worth rejoicing that fact that Mindanao cities are getting recognized.. :D

so Go! Mindanao..

i am not trying to bash any city here. i am just trying to get the records straight.

the info is from a very reliable source. i just dont want to put this persons job on the line here.

that is why sa first time that i answered a post regarding the two cities, i said that we CANNOT compare davao with cdo because the two cities are quite different.

i am from davao. i am from mindanao. any development for the island, i am happy for us.

i just want to set the record staight.

slerz

March 22nd, 2006, 06:15 PM

so Go! Mindanao..

apila sd mi dri oi, yaw mi byai diri sa kabisay an... so Go! VisMin :okay:

valium

March 22nd, 2006, 06:16 PM

mas malaki nga...pero mas malaki kaya ang income nyan? as far as i know, alot of tenants are leaving the sm mall there for lack of sales.

ang sm mall sa davao cannot anymore accommodate more tenants because puno na talaga. naka pila pa ang mga would be tenants. plans for expansion of the mall at the future develpment site are well underway.

and yes, there are reports that sm just bought at 30 has lot near the davao airport for another new mall. robinsosns has 30 has and ayala has 60 has. and that is just at the downtown area. meron pa sa south at sa north.

never compare cdo with davao. becasue these two cities are quite different.

im sorry too but i dont think youre following your own rule regarding "not comparing" these cities, after somebody here expressed his excitement about cdo having a bigger sm, you posted that quote above, butting in with remarks like "mas malaki kaya ang income nyan?" and then trying hard to be a boy abunda gossip maker with remarks like "as far as i know, alot of tenants are leaving the sm mall there for lack of sales". (data's please???) and the funniest thing is you actually ended your post with "never compare cdo with davao" whats your real point brotha?

i am not trying to bash any city here. i am just trying to get the records straight.

actually, you were quite succesful in bungling up a straight record, youre purpose is noble, but your records are bungled, the end point, no straight record.

i am also sorry to tell you that it is possible that the roi of the sm cdo was faster than davao's mainly because during that time sm cdo was far smaller that that of davao's.

o nga pala. d na pala 75k sqm ang sa davao. u knw why? alot of walls have been torn down in the davao mall inorder to make room for new tenants. all of these has been taken up.

i am also sorry to say to you that a reliable source within the smcdo said to me that the expansion of the mall there was to try convince the tenants to stay kasi without the expansion, the existing tenants would leave.

torn down? like expansions from its original size or are you talking about walls being torn down within/inside the mall to make room for additional leasable area? if youre talking about walls w/in the mall, it still cant change the floor area of the mall, its just like converting a 1000sq m area then subdividing it into four 250sq m areas. got the point? well, if what youre talking here about is the actual expansions beyond the original size, then thats good, but whatever that expansion youre talking about, i hope you can show us proof like actual pics or even just a news article, or maybe you just got this information from your "reliable" source.

with tj, that was a really great effort, but are we talking about the minimum wage??? and the graph shows a consolidated result along with other cities in northern mindanao, what if its por mano y mano with cdo and davao? im not saying cdo will be above but i think the margin would be less than the miniscule gap of that consolidated statistics. but then again, who's talking about the minimum wage?

i apologize as well if i have to quote you here. i do respect your opinion and views however it seems that the above statement insinuates that CDO has higher purchasing power than Davao because SM CDO expanded earlier than SM Davao.

you actually messed and missed his point there, i think what he was trying to say is that cdo has a high purchasing power thats why expansions in businesses are made, in this case, sm to be exact. a high purchasing power doesnt just reflect on expansions of businesses (or an sm mall alone), BUT it is one criteria or we may call proof.

this thread reminds me of a thread of some visayan cities, theyre actually rivals in the visayas, with the underdog city and the mighty ego of the other city... oh oh oh, those mighty ego's! didnt know this kind also exist in mindanao, some of their descendants are actually in mindanao, so its not a surprise.

ari ka gid' ya?

junax

March 23rd, 2006, 02:58 AM

^^ hey valium, i admire your tehcnique of inserting encyclopedic ideas in every posts you're making but i can not agree with the argument you're leading to, which i think in layman's phrase still equates to, "your city is not as good as this city".

we can present facts all day about this city against another city but the fact remains that after the presentation, our judgment about the facts presented is still under the influence of our civic pride. that's the problem we encounter here in SSC almost everyday when we posts something outside our own backyard. even in our own turf we sometimes unknowingly post something that can spark endless debates when somebody from the neighboring forumers happened to read it.

and this phrase "this thread reminds me of a thread of some visayan cities, theyre actually rivals in the visayas, with the underdog city and the mighty ego of the other city... oh oh oh, those mighty ego's! didnt know this kind also exist in mindanao, some of their descendants are actually in mindanao, so its not a surprise. ari ka gid' ya?" , is not helping to solve the issue either. it's actually opening another wound.

my two cents here people... why not present facts about our cities solely for the sake of information not for the sake of comparison. i can say, "wow! SM davao is expanding up to 400,000 sq. meters 20 storeys high, very impressive", without presenting facts and i am sure it will not hurt anyone's ego, just curiosity of course if the facts presented are true. but if i say, "wow! SM davao is repainting its facade and it's better than SM baguio", bang! an honest opinion that will lead to discussion like the one we're having right now.

lastly, the best way to discover the real score of a city is to visit that place. in that way your opinion will be based not just by facts but by occular inspection. peace philippines, peace mindanao!

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boybleauXx

March 23rd, 2006, 08:14 AM

KulasKusgan

March 23rd, 2006, 02:25 PM

theres no rivalry between davao and cdo. period. :kiss:

LordCarnal

March 23rd, 2006, 02:41 PM

^^

right, it's just that some are trying to paint a scenario that there really is.. bang! it's like we're fighting against ourselves instead of competing with other countries and cities.

KulasKusgan

March 23rd, 2006, 02:47 PM

^^ ye, those crabs... tsk tsk tsk

c0kelitr0

March 25th, 2006, 05:27 AM

uy guys, paki post naman some screenshots of Cagayan's hi-res google earth pics... paki label na rin po mga major structures :)

KulasKusgan

March 25th, 2006, 05:54 AM

is this limketkai mall?
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y229/sleepie_uno/cdo/cdo.jpg

tsada kaayo!

btw, i saw this falls malapit sa highway before entering CDO.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y229/sleepie_uno/cdo/110705P1010037.jpg

Sinjin P.

March 25th, 2006, 07:33 AM

http://www.mindanao.com/photoblog/images/021706IMG_0177.jpg
Robinsons Cagayan de Oro

cyrusal

March 25th, 2006, 09:38 AM

is this limketkai mall?

Yes it is!:D

cyrusal

March 25th, 2006, 09:41 AM

Di masyado hi-res sa CDO unlike sa Butuan and Davao... anyways...here., i put labels on some major areas in CDO..

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/cyrusal/cdo.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/cyrusal/macabalan.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/cyrusal/DVSORIA.jpg

Sinjin P.

March 25th, 2006, 09:53 AM

putting up a Ayala business complex follows a careful study on the feasiblity of the investment on the location. Remember, we are talking of AYALA here, the pioneering land developer of our country

Correct! AYALA does a very deep study on its investments. ;)

cyrusal

March 25th, 2006, 10:21 AM

Uptown CDO

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/cyrusal/uptown_CDO.jpg

LordCarnal

March 25th, 2006, 11:07 AM

^^

I assume that Pueblo de Oro Business Park is perched on a hill/plateaue? Nice if skyscrapers would be built there..!

chymera00

March 25th, 2006, 11:22 AM

thanks cryustal for the labels ... Kumusta na ang Pueblo de Oro Business Park ngayon? ano na ba ang itsura niya ..

Jimbu

March 25th, 2006, 06:56 PM

PIA Press Release
03/25/2006
Construction of Carmen-Borja Bridge to start soon - Emano

Cagayan de Oro City (25 March) -- Three to four months from now, another bridge will span the Cagayan de Oro River, linking Barangay Carmen and J. R. Borja Street.

This was disclosed by City Mayor Vicente Emano after the Spanish government recently approved P360-million grant for the construction of the bridge project.

However, Emano said that the Spanish government will re-evaluate the total cost of the bridge considering that the project proposal was done two years ago.

The sixth to go across Cagayan de Oro River, the Carmen-J.R. Borja Bridge is envisioned to ease the traffic gridlock of private and public motor vehicles coming from the city proper going to its western part.

In a related development, Emano has again called on the Department of Public Works and Highways Region 10 (DPWH-10) to fast-track the construction of the roads approaching the Puntod-Kauswagan Bridge.

Emano said that the construction of the Puntod-Kauswagan Bridge has long been delayed. The project aims to serve as a vital link in the proposed coastal highway stretching from Barangay Lapasan in the east up to Barangay Bulua in the west. (City Information Office / RAGCOM) [top]

cyrusal

March 25th, 2006, 09:15 PM

^^

I assume that Pueblo de Oro Business Park is perched on a hill/plateaue? Nice if skyscrapers would be built there..!

Yup! it is in the sprawling plateaue in the uptown CDO.. it is about 15 mins. drive from the CBD....

About 4 or 5 years ago... I saw the miniature of the Business Park.. and those empty blocks there were occupied with high-rise buildings...

and also during that time i saw a big signage along Xavier Estates which indicated their "Metropolis Perspective" along their vacant lot which featured 10-15 storey buildings....

so in the near future, we hope to see mid-rise to high-rise buildings sprouting along those areas..

cyrusal

March 25th, 2006, 09:23 PM

thanks cryustal for the labels ... Kumusta na ang Pueblo de Oro Business Park ngayon? ano na ba ang itsura niya ..

I've been there 3 months ago.., no sign of notable changes yet except for SM City expansion and the Link2Support building was operational... I think Skyes will also be situated here.

cyrusal

March 25th, 2006, 09:29 PM

KulasKusgan

March 26th, 2006, 02:06 AM

^^ unta iconic ang design sa bridge.

so in the near future, we hope to see mid-rise to high-rise buildings sprouting along those areas..

it will have nice skyline kung sakaling mapuno kasi concentrated sa isang area. btw, gaano ba kalayo ang pueblo sa malasag eco-tourism site?

Dinho

March 26th, 2006, 08:26 AM

this one is posted by TJ_Brewed about ICT. here are the top ICT Cities outside MM:

1. Cebu
2. Davao
3. Clark
4. Cagayan de Oro
5. Iloilo
6. Bacolod
7. Baguio
8. Dumaguete

Rus,

Could you also post the results oor their comments on Iloilo, Bacolod, Baguio and Dumaguete. Interesting to note that Dumaguete seems to be the only small city in the list here. The rest are Medium sized and bigger cities. The only reason why Manila has good people is that it draws them from cities like Dumaguete, Bacolod, Iloilo, Cebu and CDO. Most of the tagalogs i've met so far, where I'm currently residing in, have difficulty with spoken and written English.

astroboi

March 26th, 2006, 05:38 PM

wala pang 4th. pangatlo lang kase mahirap kung ano ang pang apat eh.

MarkiiBoi

March 26th, 2006, 06:02 PM

Could you also post the results oor their comments on Iloilo, Bacolod, Baguio and Dumaguete. Interesting to note that Dumaguete seems to be the only small city in the list here. The rest are Medium sized and bigger cities.

This is about the sustainability of call centers and BPOs. Dumaguete is included bec it has quite a telecom-IT infra and human resources.

slerz

March 27th, 2006, 04:25 AM

Rus,

Could you also post the results oor their comments on Iloilo, Bacolod, Baguio and Dumaguete. Interesting to note that Dumaguete seems to be the only small city in the list here. The rest are Medium sized and bigger cities. The only reason why Manila has good people is that it draws them from cities like Dumaguete, Bacolod, Iloilo, Cebu and CDO. Most of the tagalogs i've met so far, where I'm currently residing in, have difficulty with spoken and written English.

and it doesn't mean a small city can't be an ICT hub.

cyrusal

March 27th, 2006, 09:53 AM

^^ unta iconic ang design sa bridge.

it will have nice skyline kung sakaling mapuno kasi concentrated sa isang area. btw, gaano ba kalayo ang pueblo sa malasag eco-tourism site?

yup!.. nice if iconic ang design sa bridge.. something that will make it an illustrious landmark of CDO.. something that Cagayanons will be proud of..but a 360M-budget however is quite small for a well designed and outstanding structure.. but i still hope that the design will the best among the four new bridges since it will be the most expensive one that will cross CDO river..

cyrusal

March 27th, 2006, 10:09 AM

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/cyrusal/pueblotomalasag.jpg

Malasag and pueblo is around 7 miles apart and 12 miles if you use the road.. (measure ko sa encarta :) )

c0kelitr0

March 27th, 2006, 12:07 PM

Robinsons CdO

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d83/jafhoy2/RobinsonsCagayandeoro.jpg

cyrusal

March 28th, 2006, 02:59 AM

^^ ang ganda! pero ang liit!

FrancisXavier

March 28th, 2006, 04:24 AM

ahh... i was out for quite a while.. And sad to say we got another basher. Let's just all be happy for the progress of all Philippine cities.

cyrusal

March 28th, 2006, 04:32 AM

^^ yeah.. and the good news is hi-res na ang CDO sa google earth :D

cyrusal

March 29th, 2006, 03:04 AM

This is about the sustainability of call centers and BPOs. Dumaguete is included bec it has quite a telecom-IT infra and human resources.

Yeah.. dami dn excellent graduates sa Siliman..

cyrusal

March 29th, 2006, 03:13 AM

apila sd mi dri oi, yaw mi byai diri sa kabisay an... so Go! VisMin :okay:

hehe.. Go! VisMin.. :D
Maayung Buntag! :)

Dinho

March 29th, 2006, 09:46 AM

Yeah.. dami dn excellent graduates sa Siliman..

Yup, that's right. Just how many universities are there in CDO? Having a little bit of trouble at another thread (BIG4) because when I said that a particular city is not alone at the 4th spot - with both Bacolod and CDO at the same spot - the people from that place started bashing me. They just couldn't accept the fact.

Dinho

March 29th, 2006, 09:52 AM

and it doesn't mean a small city can't be an ICT hub.

That is why I pointed it out. I'm happy for Dumaguete! Just in case you don't know, Dumaguete is a Cebuano city. People there speak your language/dialect. I love to go to that place for vacation. It's about 4 hours away from Bacolod. I sure would love to visit CDO too in the future.

chymera00

March 29th, 2006, 12:02 PM

Yup, that's right. Just how many universities are there in CDO? Having a little bit of trouble at another thread (BIG4) because when I said that Iloilo is not alone at the 4th spot - with both Bacolod and CDO at the same spot - the Ilonggos started bashing me. They just couldn't accept the fact.
People here know what's happening in the forums... you don't have to drag your arguments all over the forum to make a point.

Please stop comparing cities because you're just going to bring in conflict and unecessary debates. Let's put this issue behind na ... What's improtant is that these 3 cities are enjoying its own progress and development.

tigidig14

March 29th, 2006, 11:42 PM

" Originally Posted by rusty18
this one is posted by TJ_Brewed about ICT. here are the top ICT Cities outside MM:

1. Cebu
2. Davao
3. Clark
4. Cagayan de Oro
5. Iloilo
6. Bacolod
7. Baguio
8. Dumaguete "

cant beleive Bagyo is under

caloy

March 30th, 2006, 04:28 PM

uy, anganda ng cdo. sana makapunta ako dyan. whats the best recommended place to visit when in cdo for a day or two? and a typical budget?

slerz

March 30th, 2006, 06:06 PM

That is why I pointed it out. I'm happy for Dumaguete! Just in case you don't know, Dumaguete is a Cebuano city. People there speak your language/dialect. I love to go to that place for vacation. It's about 4 hours away from Bacolod. I sure would love to visit CDO too in the future.

I already know that Dumaguete city is a Cebuano city since my birth ;)

tj_brewed

March 31st, 2006, 12:08 AM

I already know that Dumaguete city is a Cebuano city since my birth ;)

and ang daming cute sa dumaguete! ahihihihihihihi :runaway:

Matteo

March 31st, 2006, 12:49 AM

^^ boys or girls heheheeh

tj_brewed

March 31st, 2006, 12:55 AM

:) :) uhmmmmmm....secret! ahahahahhahahahahahha good morning matteo! i have an interesting personal story regarding your avatar!

Matteo

March 31st, 2006, 01:02 AM

finally! heheheh
whats up.
pm me the story

cyrusal

March 31st, 2006, 02:17 AM

:) :) uhmmmmmm....secret! ahahahahhahahahahahha good morning matteo! i have an interesting personal story regarding your avatar!

:hahaha: :hahaha: :hahaha: nganong pa secret man!?

FrancisXavier

March 31st, 2006, 05:27 AM

People here know what's happening in the forums... you don't have to drag your arguments all over the forum to make a point.

Please stop comparing cities because you're just going to bring in conflict and unecessary debates. Let's put this issue behind na ... What's improtant is that there 3 cities are enjoying it's own progress and development.
tama ka chymera.. may mga tao talagang ganyan. kelangan i promulgate yung claim nya for self satisfaction... never mind those people.

tigidig14

March 31st, 2006, 07:53 PM

and ang daming cute sa dumaguete! ahihihihihihihi :runaway:
cebuano rin ba salita ng mga dumaguete?

Jimbu

March 31st, 2006, 08:37 PM

cebuano rin ba salita ng mga dumaguete?

Not only Dumaguete but the whole towns and cities of Negros Oriental generally speak Cebuano.

Jimbu

March 31st, 2006, 09:19 PM

Saturday, April 01, 2006
MisOcc guv says Region 10 is Mindanao's largest economy

NORTHERN Mindanao region remains the largest regional economy in Mindanao, contributing 27.17 percent to the island's total gross production in 2005 with the service sector accounting for the biggest share of its output, followed by industry and agriculture.

Governor Leo Loreto Ocampos of Misamis Occidental, chairperson of the Regional Development Council 10, said this of the region during the recent 70th full council meeting held at the National Economic and Development Authority office.

"Last year, we had the 3rd highest per capita Gross Regional Domestic Product in the country, next to that of the National Capital Region and the Cordillera Autonomous Region. Our economy grew by 6.04 percent in 2004, higher than the 5.06 percent growth in 2003 exceeding the Medium-Term Regional Development Plan target of 5.8 percent," he said.

Due to the region's performance as a surplus producer of basic food and industrial products, inflation was maintained at a single-digit level despite the unabated increases in prices of oil and that prices of commodities increased marginally only by 0.5 percent to 7.7 percent.

He also said considering the agriculture sector as the biggest employer with 45 percent share, the region posted the highest underemployment rate of 34.4 percent among the Mindanao regions and the second highest nationwide as 59,000 new jobs were created as of October last year.

Total revenue collection of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, which amounted to P3.741 billion was 17 percent higher than its P3.191 billion posted in 2004 while that of the Bureau of Customs also increased by 81.52, from P1.073 billion to P2.390 billion.

Investments monitored by the Department of Trade and Industry was 38 percent higher than the previous year while those registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission posted a 14 percent increase in new business registrations just as the region's exports grew by 18 percent.

Urban greening efforts

On the other hand, Ocampos said, foreign tourist arrivals increased by 26 percent even as the overall growth in tourist arrivals dropped from 7.4 percent in 2004 to only 1 percent, last year.

Copra, vegetables, root crops, fruit and fish production increased even as palay, green coconut and commercial crop production decreased. Corn production alone reported an 800 percent surplus while that of rice dropped by 15 percent.

"In support to the urban greening efforts, over 36,000 seedlings were produced for the establishment and maintenance of mini-parks with focus on Lake Apo and Mt. Kitanglad in Bukidnon," he said.

Meanwhile, Malacañang said it is now the time for all our leaders to embrace this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to achieve permanent economic and political stability as economic growth will drive jobs in an effort to keep the lid on inflation on the back of declining oil prices.

"With all these good things happening in our region, let us continue to build on the gains by sustaining our stable peace and order to ensure the continuing growth of our strategic initiatives and big investments," Ocampos further said. (Trends)

cyrusal

April 3rd, 2006, 06:53 AM

^^yea! it is nice to know that Mindanao region is one of the leading contributors to the growth of our economy.. expect more developmental outputs as more establishments and better infastructure are being mounted in the region:D

cyrusal

April 3rd, 2006, 06:54 AM

Taiwanese firm plans furniture factory in Oro

Cagayan de Oro City (31 March) -- A group of foreign investors from Taiwan engaged in the furniture business arrived recently to explore the possibility of establishing a furniture factory in the city.

City Mayor Vicente Emano discussed with the Taiwanese investors their initial investment proposals during their courtesy call.

Emano said that one of the businessmen's reasons for visiting the city was to look for potential sites for their furniture factory as well as assess the volume of supply of Falcata and Gmelina wood, the firm's main source of raw materials.

Local businessmen also plan to create a partnership with the Taiwanese in operating the proposed furniture business, Emano further said.

In a related development, a top executive of a Taiwanese distillery will soon visit the city and Misamis Oriental to personally inspect the site of their proposed distillery at the Phividec Industrial Estate.

The forthcoming visit of the Chairperson of Shen Hwan Development came after two representatives of the company met earlier with Emano to present their proposal.

This recent influx of Taiwanese investors exploring investment prospects in the city is the result of a trade mission led by Emano last September. (City Information Office / RAGCOM) [top]

ritche

April 4th, 2006, 03:45 AM

The Visayas Area Business Conference (http://www.vabc2006.buglas.com/) on May 26-28, 2006 in Dumaguete. Everybody is invited!!!

ritche

April 4th, 2006, 05:19 AM

This is about the sustainability of call centers and BPOs. Dumaguete is included bec it has quite a telecom-IT infra and human resources.

Dumaguete has now at least six (6) IT locators: 1 callcenter (Teletech (http://www.teletech.com)), 1 BPO (SPI Technologies (http://www.spitech.com/web/spi/text_page.jsp?fldr_id=195&service=_Publishing)), 2 software (Nestwood (http://www.nestwood.com) and Ryte Solutions), 1 back-office (SEAT IT Network), 1 medical transcription (Entheos IT (http://www.entheosit.com)), 1 animation (Entheos IT). At least two multinational callcenter companies are applying to locate in Dumaguete. Our formula is simple: human resources and IT infrastructure (fiber optics), and it proved effective.

cyrusal

April 4th, 2006, 01:13 PM

^^ wow.. that is good for Dumagete :D
In line with this, there is also a good news for CDO

04/04/2006
Link2Support-CdO expansion seen to double present workforce

by Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob

Cagayan de Oro City (4 April) -- Job opportunities for at least 400-600 workers will be available with the expansion of Link2Support in Cagayan de Oro City.

Thus stressed Vigor D. Amador, Jr., Director of Operations, who said they are actually six months earlier than their planned expansion during a recent media forum held at their site.

"We are happy to note that by June, this year, we will be able to put in place the additional workstations and amenities that would allow our present 600-strong workforce to double by then," he said.

The first technical call center in the city, Link2Support CDO is also the first call center in Mindanao that is registered with the Philippine Export Processing Zone (PEZA).

Amador said they have considered three key factors in their decision to expand earlier than planned.

First is the continuous growth of their client, Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems, Inc., which is known as a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of broadband and wireless networking solutions for homes, small office/home office (SOHO), small/medium business and corporate workgroups.

Second is the reliable end-user support that bested even the more experienced sites in India in terms of quality as they now serve Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and all the other English-speaking countries of Asia, among others.

Third is their capacity and the better-than-expected performances of the CDO site wherein they have built a name on their core competency as a technical call center.

Similarly, Human Resource Manager Norwena I. Acharon said this is a good opportunity for the 2005-2006 college graduates to send in their applications.

Acharon, however, was quick to point out that graduates of previous school years are also welcome to join them as long as they are competitive and have the right work attitude.

On the other hand, Michelle T. Ignacio, Administrative Manager said the Link2Support expansion project will include the development of an additional 800 sq.m. floor area and the construction of 200 workstations consisting of a total of 500 seats .

Also included is another spacious pantry, sleeping and reading lounges, more meeting rooms for team coaching and huddles, a "cyber" lounge for network/PS2/Xbox gaming and a multi-purpose area which can also be used for indoor sports activities, such as billiards, table tennis, dart, etc.

Meanwhile, Secretary Patricia A. Sto. Tomas of the Dept. of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said the call center boom and the country's efforts to maintain the quality of Filipino call center employees is a signal that our macro economic gains are filtering down to the new blood in the workforce with this year's new graduates. (PIA-10)

c0kelitr0

April 4th, 2006, 01:16 PM

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d83/jafhoy2/cdo2.jpg

c0kelitr0

April 4th, 2006, 01:21 PM

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d83/jafhoy2/cdo1.jpg

Jimbu

April 5th, 2006, 07:17 PM

Thursday, April 06, 2006
Call center expansion seen in coming months

JOB opportunities for at least 400 to 600 workers would be available with the expansion of Link2Support in Cagayan de Oro City, stressed Director of Operations Vigor D. Amador Jr.

Amador during a recent media forum held at their site said they are actually six months earlier than their planned expansion.

"We are happy to note that by June, this year, we will be able to put in place the additional workstations and amenities that would allow our present 600-strong workforce to double by then," he said.

The first technical call center in the city, Link2Support Cagayan de Oro is also the first call center in Mindanao that is registered with the Philippine Export Processing Zone (PEZA).

Amador said they have considered three key factors in their decision to expand earlier than planned.

First is the continuous growth of their client, Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems, Inc., which is known as a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of broadband and wireless networking solutions for homes, small office and home office, small and medium business and corporate workgroups.

Second is the reliable end-user support that bested even the more experienced sites in India in terms of quality as they now serve Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and all the other English-speaking countries of Asia, among others.

Third is, their capacity and the better-than-expected performances of the Cagayan de Oro site wherein they have built a name on their core competency as a technical call center.

Similarly, Human Resource Manager Norwena I. Acharon said this is a good opportunity for the 2005-2006 college graduates to send in their applications.

Acharon, however, was quick to point out that graduates of previous school years are also welcome to join them as long as they are competitive and have the right work attitude.

On the other hand, Michelle T. Ignacio, Administrative Manager said the Link2Support expansion project would include the development of an additional 800 sq.m. floor area and the construction of 200 workstations consisting of a total of 500 seats.

Also included is another spacious pantry, sleeping and reading lounges, more meeting rooms for team coaching and huddles, a cyber-lounge for network/PS2/Xbox gaming and a multi-purpose area which can also be used for indoor sports activities, such as billiards, table tennis, dart, etc.

Earlier the Department of Labor and Employment said the call center boom and the country's efforts to maintain the quality of Filipino call center employees is a sign that our macro economic gains are filtering down to the new blood in the workforce with this year's new graduates. (Trends)

kiretoce

April 5th, 2006, 10:25 PM

Cagayan de Oro: Still the hottest prospect for business in Mindanao
By Mike Banos Wednesday April 5, 2006

Northern Mindanao (Region 10) continues to accelerate as the island’s biggest and fastest growing regional economy. From 5.06% in 2003, it grew 6.04% in 2004, contributing 27.17% to Mindanao’s total production with the highest share of the island’s gross domestic product. Besides having the highest GRDP in Mindanao, its per capita GRDP is the third highest in the country, indicating a growing middle class and a general improvement in the standard of living regionwide.

“Cagayan de Oro continues to be the fulcrum and center of economic activity in Northern Mindanao,” said Ruben Vegafria, president of the Cagayan de Oro chamber of commerce and industry (Orochamber).

Known as the City of Golden Friendship, two of the Philippine’s leading think tanks perceive vast potentials beyond the fabled warmth and hospitality of Cagayan de Oro city and its residents.

Roberto de Vera, author and regional studies director of the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P), cites Cagayan de Oro as the best positioned for future growth and investments among 23 leading urban regional cities of the Philippines.

In his 2000 paper “Investing in Regional Cities: the Next Big Thing,” de Vera describes Cagayan de Oro as the gateway and regional shopping center to the eight cities and five provinces of the booming Northern Mindanao region.

Although it ranked only 16th among the 23 cities in the study in Gross City Domestic Product (GCDP) with P4.93 billion, it led all others in investments with P16.5 billion. It was also the only city in Mindanao among the top five cited by the study in investments posted with the Board of Investments (BOI) in 1999.

Cagayan de Oro is the capital city of Northern Mindanao, which attracted P19.22-billion investments in 2005, 38% higher than the P13.965-billion recorded by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in 2004. A total of 197 firms registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2005, 14% more than last year, with paid-up capital increasing 13% to P70.9 million from 2004.

Cagayan de Oro was also cited in a 2000 study by the Washington Sycip Policy Forum -- a think tank of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) -- because of its "focused vision for its economic future.”

The study said Cagayan de Oro's competitiveness was enhanced by its strong economic ties such as with the Northern and Central Visayas regions, Cagayan de Oro-Iligan Corridor (CIC), and the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA).

More recently, AIM Policy Center’s “Philippine Cities Competitiveness Ranking Project 2003” ranked Cagayan de Oro third overall (1st in Mindanao) in urban competitiveness among 13Mid-Sized Philippines Cities included in the study.

The study covers 50 cities nationwide and uses both ranking and scoring methods that rate Philippines cities vis-à-vis seven major drivers of competitiveness: cost of doing business, dynamism of local economy, linkages and accessibility, quality of human resources and training, infrastructure, responsiveness of local government to business needs, and quality of life. Scores for each of the seven indicators were converted into a 10-point scale based on national and global benchmarks.

Cagayan de Oro scored high in the following: dynamism of the local economy (3rd, 6.53); human resources and training (3rd, 6.84), responsiveness of local government to business needs (3rd, 6.13), infrastructure (2nd, 6.17). Together with its third place rank for Mid-Sized Philippine Cities (first among five in Mindanao), and overall urban competitiveness score (6.18), its rankings and scores indicate it already enjoys above average competitiveness but still has room for improvement, and hence accommodate new players.

Another unique feature of Cagayan de Oro is how its strong real estate property development is balanced by inter-regional infrastructure development such as the Mindanao Container Port, and widening of its Iligan-Cagayan de Oro-Bukidnon Road (ICBR), the road artery which links it to key regional satellite growth centers.

With over 100 subdivisions containing 80,000 lots covering over 1,000 hectares and counting, the real estate boom in the city has been tempered by recently completed inter-city infrastructure such as the construction of an additional bridge across the Cagayan river, and the East and West coast public utility terminals which have eased the city's traffic gridlock.

Which is just as well, because although Cagayan de Oro city itself “officially” only has half a million residents, it serves a consumer base of well over three million people covering the five provinces (Bukidnon, Camiguin, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Occidental and Misamis Occidental) and eight cities (Cagayan de Oro, Gingoog, Iligan, Malaybalay. Oroquieta, Ozamiz, Tangub and Valencia) of Region 10 (Northern Mindanao) as its regional shopping center.

Already, SM City and rival Big R Super Center have set up mixed-use shopping malls to rival Limketkai and local titans Ororama and Gaisano which all boast of department stores, concessionaires, national food chains and cinemas equal if not better than similar stores in other regional centers like Cebu, Bacolod and Davao. More recently, specialty stores like CITI Hardware, Robin’s Home Depot and Pilipinas Makro have set up shop for more segmented clientele.

Next online is an ambitious P4.5-billion “satellite city” of the Ayala Group of Companies in Barangay Indahag, whose groundbreaking is set this December. Plans for the 200-ha. mixed-use business complex include modern and high-end sports and recreational facilities, a full-range of low-cost to high-end residential subdivisions and a shopping mall. Another similar project on the East Coast of the city which was previously placed in the freezer due to legal difficulties is about to be thawed out and fast-tracked to the microwave anytime.

Besides wholesales and retailers, light and medium industries are also finding Cagayan de Oro and its satellite areas an ideal home with its mix of affordable industrial parks, reliable and affordably priced utilities, and central location linked to the rest of the country and the ASEAN region with seamless transportation and communications.

The 3,000-hectare PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate-Misamis Oriental is the country's largest, with the 200-hectare First Cagayan de Oro Business Park and the 80-hectare Alwana Business Park now online. Three others are in the pipeline: Laguindingan Industrial Park, El Salvador Economic Zone, and Gingoog Special Economic Zone.

Already, 19 light and medium industries are operating in Cagayan de Oro, the largest of which are Del Monte Philippines, Inc. and Nestlé Philippines, Inc.'s ASEAN regional manufacturing center for milk powder. Another 30 or so industries are operating in the Phividec Industrial Estate-Misamis Oriental.

In large part due to this mix of industrial infrastructure and locational advantages, exports topped US$541.424-million in 2005, up a hefty 18% over 2004’s US$459.125-million. Downstream industries, taking advantage of the city's proximity to the agriculture powerhouse Bukidnon, churned out an increasingly diverse array of products to complement the region's predominantly coconut-and-pineapple export base. Largely as a result of these, regional employment stood at 94.6%, also higher than the national figure of 92.6%.

Another reason for the continued increase in exports and gross city domestic product are Cagayan de Oro's recent and planned transportation and communications projects through which the lifeblood of this regional dynamo flows. Already served by five telephone local exchange centers (LECs), four mobile phone companies, and ten internet service providers (ISPs), it is riding high on the wave of convergence sweeping the country’s communications industry with voice, text, data and video seamlessly inter-weaving through land lines, mobile phones, the internet, cable TV and wireless.

So far, the city already has three call centers : Link2Support, the city’s first at Pueblo de Oro IT Park, TradeTel Corp. in Carmen and Arriba in Limketkai Center with a total capacity of 469 seats providing medical transcription, software development and tele-servicing and product support services. Another IT park is planned for the Alwana Business Park while another international call center has just signified its intention to operate here.

However, what is expected to bring the erstwhile fastest growing of Philippine cities into the big leagues are projects not yet quite in the pipeline but would inevitably be realized due to the inexorable pressure of market forces.

“Once it’s a potential, it’s bound to happen,” says Edward V. Argayoso, president of the city’s oldest appraisal firm. “It becomes a matter of price.”

Among these are the controversial sale and transfer of the Cagayan de Oro City Hall, the sale and development of the 150-has. Cagayan de Oro airport complex at Lumbia, the proposed sale and transfer of the Misamis Oriental provincial capitol complex to a new location outside Cagayan de Oro, and the sale and transfer of the Cagayan de Oro City Central School complex along Velez and Yacapin streets.

Argayoso notes all these projects are at the disposition of cash-strapped local and national governments. If market forces continue to exert upward pressure on the market prices for these prime properties, it’s inevitable they would soon be up for development in one way or another.

Since the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) came online last year, two more flagship infrastructure projects are edging nearer to the pipeline: the P5.8-billion Laguindingan airport in Misamis Oriental and the P2.63-billion Tubod-Tangub bridge in Lanao del Norte-Misamis Occidental.

Though both are viable projects mainly hampered by funding difficulties, national, regional and local leaders are working closely together to find innovative alternatives which can bring them online in the next 5-7 years.

Not the least, the leisure industry appears to be crossing even political and ideological lines as Cagayan de Oro has been relatively spared the violence which has rocked Mindanao's urban centers lately. Although its peace and order situation is by no means impeccable, these are more in the nature of petty crimes that come with progress, and not the wholesale bombings and killings many have come to associate with Mindanao.

The most logical explanation for this is multi-cultural harmony: Despite the diversity of beliefs and ideological convictions, residents share the same admiration and affection for the City of Golden Friendship, the city that has become a home to migrants and ever-increasing number of visitors over the years.

cyrusal

April 7th, 2006, 03:01 AM

^^ wow! such a great news...thanks for posting kiretoce..
expect the region's economy to heighten more when the airport as well as Ayala set off their operation..

Dinho

April 8th, 2006, 08:23 AM

caloy

April 8th, 2006, 12:21 PM

Thanks for the compliment Mike and Kirotoce! Though you should take note that Iloilo is the bigger Regional shopping center in REgion 6. Some of them might be angry when they see this article. Just a question, the article says CDO is the Regional Capital for the Northern Mindanao... but I have the impression that it is more than that... Is it the main city for the upper half of Mindanao?

Well done cagayan. were not into that dinho, in my opinion im happy for other place to be progressive. nice one dinho, were not into that. thanks. go go go cagayan.

slerz

April 8th, 2006, 01:14 PM

Thanks for the compliment Mike and Kirotoce! Though you should take note that Iloilo is the bigger Regional shopping center in REgion 6. Some of them might be angry when they see this article. Just a question, the article says CDO is the Regional Capital for the Northern Mindanao... but I have the impression that it is more than that... Is it the main city for the upper half of Mindanao?

why angry? IMO CDO's shopping centers can really equal that of malls in Iloilo, Bacolod and Cebu... CDO is a major city and is also a vibrant city.

Dinho

April 8th, 2006, 01:56 PM

why angry? IMO CDO's shopping centers can really equal that of malls in Iloilo, Bacolod and Cebu... CDO is a major city and is also a vibrant city.

Was not angry. Was just surprised to see Bacolod included when it is not yet a major shopping center in the Visayas as compared to Iloilo which has more shopping malls and bigger ones at that. CDO is a nice city and that is why I was asking whether it is the "capital" for the upper half of Mindanao rather than being a mere Regional Capital for Northern Mindanao. It has all the great malls like Limketkai, Robinson's, Gaisano, and SM City. Really amazing how a city of about 450,000++ could support that many malls. I sure do hope that Ayala would decide to expand and invest more in the Visayan and Mindanaoan Cities like CDO, Bacolod and Iloilo which has been ignored by most of the bigger developers.

slerz

April 8th, 2006, 02:11 PM

I'm refering to this statement "Some of them might be angry when they see this article"...

tj_brewed

April 9th, 2006, 12:17 AM

good morning CDO! just got back from your Carribean nights! t'was fun! i had loads of fun!

cyrusal

April 9th, 2006, 06:52 AM

good morning CDO! just got back from your Carribean nights! t'was fun! i had loads of fun!

Wow! you have enjoyed CdOs night life! good for you :okay: ..btw ano ba ginawa nyo dun:D?

cyrusal

April 9th, 2006, 06:58 AM

let me share this majestic stained glass walled on XU's Immaculate Conception Chapel.

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/cyrusal/xu_small.jpg

daks2003

April 9th, 2006, 07:12 AM

You should be happy that ur city is included in the report :applause: :applause: :applause:

Isnt that awesome??? :righton:

Grow up my friend :)

Be Happy with CDO's and other cities success.

Thanks for the compliment Mike and Kirotoce! Though you should take note that Iloilo is the bigger Regional shopping center in REgion 6. Some of them might be angry when they see this article Just a question, the article says CDO is the Regional Capital for the Northern Mindanao... but I have the impression that it is more than that... Is it the main city for the upper half of Mindanao?

cyrusal

April 10th, 2006, 06:03 AM

Power plant, flagship projects to boost investors' confidence in NorMin

by Jerome Soldevilla

Cagayan de Oro City (10 April) -- Misamis Occidental Governor and Regional Development Council (RDC-10) Chairperson Loreto Leo Ocampos cited the 210MW (net) Mindanao Coal-Fired Power Plant Project at the PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental as one of the major endeavors that would pave the way for the entry of more investors in the region.

In his recent State of the Region Report, Ocampos said "the full operation of the Mindanao Coal-Fired Power Plant, the Mindanao International Container Port, and the National Steel Corporation, are the three flagship projects in the region that will boost investments and develop both the upstream and downstream industries".

Ocampos also expressed optimism for the year 2006 as he cites the unprecedented growth of the regional economy owing to the complementary roles of the five provinces in the region "which has effectively contributed to a more rationalized spatial development" in the area.

Reports from the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) indicate that the region remains the largest economy in Mindanao, contributing more than 27% of the island's total gross production. A stable supply of electricity in the area has been considered one of the important elements for sustained economic growth.

The coal-fired power plant project now currently being put-up by a German company STEAG State Power Inc. (SPI) will help assure the region of efficient, reliable and stable source of electric power.

Expected to go on commercial operations by end of this year, the Mindanao coal-Fired Power Plant Project will supply additional electricity to the Mindanao grid representing about 15% of its total electricity requirement.

The project is considered as the biggest direct foreign investment in the region in recent years. Using state-of-the-art technology, the power plant will operate following local and international standards set to ensure efficiency and environmental compatibility.

cyrusal

April 11th, 2006, 07:22 AM

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/cyrusal/carmenbridge4.jpg

Ysalina Bridge

The original bridge was destroyed during World War II and was rebuilt afterwards. It is cornered by decades old trees and bamboo

(courtesy: http://www.freewebs.com/visitcdo/photos.htm )

MarkiiBoi

April 11th, 2006, 10:09 AM

^^ for all this time cyrusal i thot u were a girl! hehehe

cyrusal

April 11th, 2006, 05:08 PM

:hahaha: :hahaha: :hahaha:
lalake po ako :lol:

Tallers

April 12th, 2006, 07:22 AM

cyrusal

April 13th, 2006, 01:06 AM

^^ yeah.. maraming bridge na katulad nyan dito sa Pilipinas...

cyrusal

April 13th, 2006, 01:06 AM

Vicente de Lara

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/cyrusal/vicentedelara1.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/cyrusal/nightnife1.jpg

cyrusal

April 16th, 2006, 03:06 AM

river rafting...

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/cyrusal/rafting2.jpg

Jefferyi

April 16th, 2006, 05:13 AM

Cagayan de Oro: Still the hottest prospect for business in Mindanao
By Mike Banos Wednesday April 5, 2006

Next online is an ambitious P4.5-billion “satellite city” of the Ayala Group of Companies in Barangay Indahag, whose groundbreaking is set this December. Plans for the 200-ha. mixed-use business complex include modern and high-end sports and recreational facilities, a full-range of low-cost to high-end residential subdivisions and a shopping mall. Another similar project on the East Coast of the city which was previously placed in the freezer due to legal difficulties is about to be thawed out and fast-tracked to the microwave anytime.

This sounds interesting. Diba Ayala has been trying to develop Northern Mindanao (Marawi?) noon pa pero naloko lang daw sila nga mga tao dahil wala daw titulo or something yung lupa binili nila? Anywayzzz, good news. :cheers:

cyrusal

April 17th, 2006, 03:39 AM

^^ didn't know that.. sayang naman.. ..anywayzzz:), at least if not in marawi, tatayo pa rin ang Ayala sa NorMin.. good news indeed..

LordCarnal

April 17th, 2006, 07:52 AM

^^

Ei, can anyone post pictures of that Night Cafe in Cagayan de Oro? Is this the one where barbeque stalls are lined up in a plaza tapos meron band?

cyrusal

April 17th, 2006, 08:29 AM

Eto lang po mga shots ko sa night cafe when i went to the city last december..

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/cyrusal/CDO_night6.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/cyrusal/CDO_night5.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/cyrusal/CDO_night4.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/cyrusal/CDO_night1.jpg

and from TJ_brewed

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/tj_brewed/cdo/cdo.jpg

Jefferyi

April 17th, 2006, 08:45 AM

^^ didn't know that.. sayang naman.. ..anywayzzz:), at least if not in marawi, tatayo pa rin ang Ayala sa NorMin.. good news indeed..
exactly. btw, nice gyud diay ang CDO. naa koy mga igagaw bago lang balik sa Iligan/CDO area last month. nalingaw kaayo sila unya ganahan pud sila mobalik. :okay:

Wind Shear

April 17th, 2006, 10:07 AM

This sounds interesting. Diba Ayala has been trying to develop Northern Mindanao (Marawi?) noon pa pero naloko lang daw sila nga mga tao dahil wala daw titulo or something yung lupa binili nila? Anywayzzz, good news. :cheers:

The Islamic City of Marawi (It's in Province of Lanao del Sur) belongs to ARMM (Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao).

cyrusal

April 18th, 2006, 09:14 AM

exactly. btw, nice gyud diay ang CDO. naa koy mga igagaw bago lang balik sa Iligan/CDO area last month. nalingaw kaayo sila unya ganahan pud sila mobalik. :okay:

yea!! why don't you try too... Cagayan de Oro is one of the best in terms of adventure..

simply_me

April 18th, 2006, 09:22 AM

ganda rin pala ng CDO, wish to visit ur city one day...

nice lights..somewhat like those of Baywalk.... :)

slerz

April 18th, 2006, 09:46 AM

pilay plete cebu to cagayan barko?
naay pension haus diha nha tag 300 ra?

Thunderflip

April 18th, 2006, 11:00 AM

Wow, nice pics. Cagayan de Oro seems to be attractive and progressive!

psionic

April 18th, 2006, 11:17 AM

meron kayong ibang pic ng sm CDO including its new annex building?

c0kelitr0

April 18th, 2006, 11:22 AM

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g138/jafhoy3/Presentation1.jpg

:lol:

LordCarnal

April 18th, 2006, 11:49 AM

^^

@slerz

When are you going to Cagayan? I wanna come too.. Invite also others like Markiiboi, fundraiser, sugbunon, et al para lingaw ba..

cyrusal

April 18th, 2006, 01:33 PM

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g138/jafhoy3/Presentation1.jpg

:lol:

hey! that's me!!!

joke..

cyrusal

April 18th, 2006, 01:49 PM

pilay plete cebu to cagayan barko?
naay pension haus diha nha tag 300 ra?

it is around 500 pesos one way.. and yes you can find some 300-peso accomodations there.. i am not sure.. i think one of it is hotel ramon..
guys if you plans to go to CDO you should never miss the white water rafting adventure there especially these days na dili pa tag-ulan...
you can try either Western or water-tubing type..

hehe...
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/cyrusal/rafting2.jpg
(Western)

regarding nightlife.. you can ask from TJ_brewed, he had his Caribbean Nights there lately.. and of course the Night Cafe (every friday and saturday nights)..

cyrusal

April 18th, 2006, 02:08 PM

meron kayong ibang pic ng sm CDO including its new annex building?

ito po

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/cyrusal/sm.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/Picture012.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/Picture013.jpg

LordCarnal

April 18th, 2006, 02:52 PM

^^

ako babalik uli sa CDO para humingi na naman ng "pabuya" mula sa ninong ko.. hahaha, he will really ry to avoid me this time.

Jimbu

April 18th, 2006, 06:48 PM

Laguindingan Airport Development Project

http://www.schemakonsult.com/project%27s%20large%20images/Laguindingan.jpg

LOCATION : Municipality of Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental

Wind Shear

April 19th, 2006, 02:10 AM

pilay plete cebu to cagayan barko?
naay pension haus diha nha tag 300 ra?

Cagayan de Oro - Cebu

Kung sakay ka ug Cebu Ferries, ang pliti kay P 620.00 (Economy). Kon mosakay ka ug SuperFerry, ang pliti moabout ug ) 750.00 (Economy).

Regarding on pension house, I don't have an idea yet (When I'm in CdO, I stayed my cousin's house at Patag, near the Camp Evangelista).

cyrusal

April 19th, 2006, 02:47 AM

^^ ang mahal na pala.. i think jetseater is around P500..

Jefferyi

April 19th, 2006, 03:39 AM

The Islamic City of Marawi (It's in Province of Lanao del Sur) belongs to ARMM (Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao).

Thanks for pointing that out. :)

yea!! why don't you try too... Cagayan de Oro is one of the best in terms of adventure..
I would love to see Northern Mindanao, especially CDO, Butuan and Iligan, and the whole Mindanao for that matter. I'll just have to wait and see. :cheers:

LordCarnal

April 19th, 2006, 05:25 AM

Cagayan de Oro - Cebu

Kung sakay ka ug Cebu Ferries, ang pliti kay P 620.00 (Economy). Kon mosakay ka ug SuperFerry, ang pliti moabout ug ) 750.00 (Economy).

Regarding on pension house, I don't have an idea yet (When I'm in CdO, I stayed my cousin's house at Patag, near the Camp Evangelista).

My ninong is in Patag too. The last time me and my dad went there (I had my birth certificate authenticated), we stayed at this pension just near the Capitol. It's in the highway going to the port? The pension house is clean, looks more like a 2-3 star hotel for me and it's cheap too. I think around P600 per day for a 2 bed airconditioned room with T.V.

Wind Shear

April 19th, 2006, 06:12 AM

cyrusal

April 19th, 2006, 08:04 AM

^^ yup! you know a lot of things in CDO

anyweiz... i think this is the first ever design/rendereing upload over the net.. I saw this one last year and I am still looking for 3D rendering of the airport..

Laguindingan Airport Development Project

http://www.schemakonsult.com/project%27s%20large%20images/Laguindingan.jpg

LOCATION : Municipality of Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental
tnx Jimbu..

Wind Shear

April 19th, 2006, 08:23 AM

^^ Yup. Two reasons why I know Cagayan de Oro a little bit.

1. My cousin lives there.
2. I always pass the said city going home to Iligan and going back to Cebu.

KCA

April 19th, 2006, 08:40 AM

^^ Hmm... Perfect. :-)

Yes, the Provincial Capitol of Misamis Oriental is along the road heading to the Port of Cagayan de Oro.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/jlratwil/For%20SSC%20Forums/Sat%20Pics/CGY---Capitol-Area-1.jpg

From Google Earth

Could sombody pls. post a picture of Pryce Plaza Hotel on Google Earth. Dili ko makita kun asa ni nga hotel. Salamat!

Wind Shear

April 19th, 2006, 09:09 AM

^^ Let me guess... this one (the one I encircled)?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/jlratwil/For%20SSC%20Forums/Sat%20Pics/CGY---Carmen-Hills.jpg

slerz

April 19th, 2006, 09:48 AM

^^wheres the bridge?

Wind Shear

April 19th, 2006, 10:50 AM

^^

Ysalina:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/jlratwil/For%20SSC%20Forums/Sat%20Pics/CGY---Ysalina-Bridge.jpg

Marcos:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/jlratwil/For%20SSC%20Forums/Sat%20Pics/CGY---Marcos-Bridge.jpg

I'm not sure if this bridge is called Marcos though.

slerz

April 19th, 2006, 12:32 PM

ah ok, but is that bridge near Pryce Plaza?

slerz

April 19th, 2006, 12:38 PM

Cagayan de Oro - Cebu

Kung sakay ka ug Cebu Ferries, ang pliti kay P 620.00 (Economy). Kon mosakay ka ug SuperFerry, ang pliti moabout ug ) 750.00 (Economy).

Regarding on pension house, I don't have an idea yet (When I'm in CdO, I stayed my cousin's house at Patag, near the Camp Evangelista).

sus ginoo!, ka barato gud kung balihon :runaway: ... so mga P2k diay ang ato wawart nga dal on nato ana...
hmmm... tigumag singkwenta kada adlaw...hehe

^^

@slerz

When are you going to Cagayan? I wanna come too.. Invite also others like Markiiboi, fundraiser, sugbunon, et al para lingaw ba..

mga June tingali bai onwards, depende sa plete kung maka abot... Sige, Cebu forumers out of town trip to CDO then we'll meet with SSC CDO forumers...
Actually it's between CDO and Bohol... kung asay mas exciting adtuan...hehe

cyrusal

April 19th, 2006, 12:49 PM

ah ok, but is that bridge near Pryce Plaza?

it is around 1-2kms apart :)

tj_brewed

April 19th, 2006, 12:52 PM

papalit ko Pastel!!! first time ko nakakaon og pastel from a close teammate who's from CDO....naaddict ko!! lami kaau!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yum yum yum!

cyrusal

April 19th, 2006, 12:52 PM

sus ginoo!, ka barato gud kung balihon :runaway: ... so mga P2k diay ang ato wawart nga dal on nato ana...
hmmm... tigumag singkwenta kada adlaw...hehe

mga June tingali bai onwards, depende sa plete kung maka abot... Sige, Cebu forumers out of town trip to CDO then we'll meet with SSC CDO forumers...
Actually it's between CDO and Bohol... kung asay mas exciting adtuan...hehe

also, prepare addtional 1k for river rafting! :)

boju

April 19th, 2006, 01:31 PM

ah ok, but is that bridge near Pryce Plaza?

The bridge near Pryce Plaza is the Ysalina bridge or Carmen bridge :)

Wind Shear

April 19th, 2006, 01:35 PM

@ cyrusal

I guess I have to shell out at least three kilo (P 3,000.00) to go to CdO.

@ slerz and boju

I will post the image of Carmen area tomorrow.

LordCarnal

April 19th, 2006, 03:29 PM

@tj_brewed

lots of Pastels in Camiguin too. :)

Sige bai slerz, sure ko ana kung June ang tentative sa Cagayan. I'm planning to visit some relatives too. By the way, wers FrancisXavier? Siya unta atong guide, hahaha.. :cucumber:

cyrusal

April 19th, 2006, 05:32 PM

^^ yeah.. maybe he also having his vacation out of ssc...

slerz

April 19th, 2006, 05:46 PM

slerz

April 19th, 2006, 05:49 PM

The bridge near Pryce Plaza is the Ysalina bridge or Carmen bridge :)

coz my friend from CDO, there is a hotel located on a hill that is visible from a bridge...

cyrusal

April 19th, 2006, 06:05 PM

i think he is referring to this one..

the Ysalina Bridge and Pryce Plaze far behind

http://www.cagayan-de-oro.com/CDO_Bridge1.JPG

slerz

April 19th, 2006, 06:14 PM

^^oh cool... thanks for the pic @ctrusal... mao diay na iya giingon. kita na jud ko...hehe

cyrusal

April 19th, 2006, 06:15 PM

close-up look ng Pryce Plaza
http://www.cagayan-de-oro.com/Pryce_Plaza_Hotel3.JPG

slerz

April 19th, 2006, 06:19 PM

^^yup, ingon niya white daw ang hotel... white jud diay...:D
dako man diay... thanks again for the pics bai...hehe

MtApoStandard

April 19th, 2006, 06:21 PM

ok ok guys cool down!

I am from Mindanao too; and let me share with you some of my observations with these two neighbors, Davao and Cagayan de Oro.

It cannot be disputed that Davao has been there already at the top as far as rankings of city economics advancements in Mindanao is concerned.

Davao has enjoyed this for years already.

But, recent developments here in Mindanao have quiet affected Davao's dominion.

In fact in southern Mindanao region alone; before some middle class people of General Santos used to go to Davao to shop and enjoy other urban luxuries that are not yet available at that time in GenSan.

But now, Gen Sa has some decent fairly large malls and facilities that are as comparable with that of Davao.

The growth of other communities within Davao's catchment area has affected the citys economic influence base.

Goods from Cotabato, Maguindanao and SOCKSARGEN area need not go to Davao's Sasa port for shipment to Visayan and Luzon Destinations; because there's already an international standard port in GenSan.

What I am trying to say is that; ones growth affects the other here in Mindanao.

And that phenomenon is also happening if we are talking between Davao and Cagayan de Oro.

Everything is evolving, nothing is permanent.

I would then like to see Davao graduate from being just another Mindanao key city.....I would like it to become an ASEAN regional growth center.

Cagayan de Oro's growth could not be under estimated. For years its surrounding catchment area have become a beehive of economic activities ranging from the resumption of industrial steel production in Iligan to the rapid agricultural growth in Bukidnon.

I would then surmise that perhaps, SM has considered expanding first its CDO outlet not just because for the city alone; but because aside from the growth of the city; its catchment area also doing good.

Talking about these areas; I will not be surprised if SM will be sprouting in every Mindanao key area in the future.

Even here in Butuan; SM is in the works of getting the geo maps; the economic databases from the city hall to guide them in their location, future mall size plans. But again SM is not the sole indicator of the economic status of a particular area. There's plenty in the Economics 101 book.

But I would prefer seeing these neighbors as symbionts...rather than just competitors.

Can I butt in. I guess SM City cdo expansion is not an indication that the area's business performance is impressive. If you want to compare the 2 cities as others tried to drag a city against another then theres no comparison. By and large Davao have 5 large malls while CDO has 2 or 3 if we include gaisano city annex. All the rest I have seen and they are smaller. So this could be a bargaining influence to convince SM to expand. Because if we compare consumer size, Davao City alone has 1.4 million consumers to boost
while cdo has only i think 600T or a little bit more. If you include Iligan city and the surrounding areas, it sure helps boost consumer power but guess its something not to be easily overwhelmed because a significant number would still prefer to go to nearby Cebu to shop.

Davao is a developed shopping center for consumers coming from across all regions in Mindanao. Ordinary people of cdo may have no idea about it but I bet you, even its own mayor would sneak in just to play casino. Children of prominent families from across the island are here either to study or hang around wide choices of entertainment places. A lot of them have families owning properties either homes in many posh villages or have big businesses.

Now, this may not be accurate but roughly, total business establishment registered in Davao City is somewhere close to 30,000 while cdo is somewhere at 15,000 or more. Government infrastructure spending in northern mindanao may have generated employment and stimulated its economy but look at the whole picture. The mindanao container port in misamis which have cost the government billions of dollars is only operating i think a third or 1/4 of its intended capacity. I'm sure its presence would affect the income of nearby cdo port.

Whereas the latest statistics of Mindanao Economic Dev Council (MEDCO) showed Davao Base Port absorbed the bulk of the total number of foreign and domestic cargo ship calls while the largest passenger traffic is registered in Zambo base port. How about the pressing of the government to borrow billions to push for an ambitious laguindingan airport. Looking for prospect of profitable ROI, I could easily ask "why there right now?". Because the same report showed mre than half of total air traffic to the island is in Davao City while I guess a little over 20% only is in Cdo and not to mention anymore the cargo volume.

If Davao City could only generate a 120million pesos annual gross income against its 80million pesos airport operating cost, how much Cdo can cope up with its measly traffic. Not to mention the debt repayment. Even if it opens its sky for airlines, what company will gamble. Gensan opened an international air link service to promising Manado traffic but could not survive even its airport is way way modern than cdo's. So now they used DIAirport. Another indicator of economic activity is power consumption. While the governemnt enticed investors to put up power plants in northern mindanao reports from npc mindanao points davao region consumed the bulk of energy from total power output. The rumored power shortage in the coming years is alluded to projected power consumption of Davao which it is said to expand based on annual average growth against the present supply.

So I guess lets not hyped the comparison because we cannot compare a metropolitan city to a medium sized city. By the way what happened to the $300million chinese glass factory that was claimed to be put up. Guess Subic mayor has no self serving tongue to create illusions.

slerz

April 19th, 2006, 06:31 PM

you know, speaking of malls.. Davao has 5 huge malls and Cagayan de oro has about 2 to three... Cebu has only two huge malls (SM and Ayala) that means Davao and CDO are better place for shopping than Cebu... aight?

fundraiser

April 19th, 2006, 06:36 PM

^^ haha, it could be.. cebuanos shopping in limketkai, sm CDO and in sm davao and NCCC, its possible! :runaway:

Wind Shear

April 20th, 2006, 02:45 AM

@ slerz

You will have an idea how far is Ysalina Bridge from Pryce Plaza Hotel. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/jlratwil/For%20SSC%20Forums/Sat%20Pics/CGY---Carmen-Area.jpg

slerz

April 20th, 2006, 05:48 AM

ah ok, there you are... tahnks windshear... but wait, diba taga Lapu ka? suheto lagi kas kagay an bai?

tj_brewed

April 20th, 2006, 05:55 AM

Pastel!!!!!!!!!! I'm craving for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

boju

April 20th, 2006, 10:22 AM

Can I butt in. I guess SM City cdo expansion is not an indication that the area's business performance is impressive. If you want to compare the 2 cities as others tried to drag a city against another then theres no comparison. By and large Davao have 5 large malls while CDO has 2 or 3 if we include gaisano city annex. All the rest I have seen and they are smaller. So this could be a bargaining influence to convince SM to expand. Because if we compare consumer size, Davao City alone has 1.4 million consumers to boost
while cdo has only i think 600T or a little bit more. If you include Iligan city and the surrounding areas, it sure helps boost consumer power but guess its something not to be easily overwhelmed because a significant number would still prefer to go to nearby Cebu to shop.

Davao is a developed shopping center for consumers coming from across all regions in Mindanao. Ordinary people of cdo may have no idea about it but I bet you, even its own mayor would sneak in just to play casino. Children of prominent families from across the island are here either to study or hang around wide choices of entertainment places. A lot of them have families owning properties either homes in many posh villages or have big businesses.

Now, this may not be accurate but roughly, total business establishment registered in Davao City is somewhere close to 30,000 while cdo is somewhere at 15,000 or more. Government infrastructure spending in northern mindanao may have generated employment and stimulated its economy but look at the whole picture. The mindanao container port in misamis which have cost the government billions of dollars is only operating i think a third or 1/4 of its intended capacity. I'm sure its presence would affect the income of nearby cdo port.

Whereas the latest statistics of Mindanao Economic Dev Council (MEDCO) showed Davao Base Port absorbed the bulk of the total number of foreign and domestic cargo ship calls while the largest passenger traffic is registered in Zambo base port. How about the pressing of the government to borrow billions to push for an ambitious laguindingan airport. Looking for prospect of profitable ROI, I could easily ask "why there right now?". Because the same report showed mre than half of total air traffic to the island is in Davao City while I guess a little over 20% only is in Cdo and not to mention anymore the cargo volume.

If Davao City could only generate a 120million pesos annual gross income against its 80million pesos airport operating cost, how much Cdo can cope up with its measly traffic. Not to mention the debt repayment. Even if it opens its sky for airlines, what company will gamble. Gensan opened an international air link service to promising Manado traffic but could not survive even its airport is way way modern than cdo's. So now they used DIAirport. Another indicator of economic activity is power consumption. While the governemnt enticed investors to put up power plants in northern mindanao reports from npc mindanao points davao region consumed the bulk of energy from total power output. The rumored power shortage in the coming years is alluded to projected power consumption of Davao which it is said to expand based on annual average growth against the present supply.

So I guess lets not hyped the comparison because we cannot compare a metropolitan city to a medium sized city. By the way what happened to the $300million chinese glass factory that was claimed to be put up. Guess Subic mayor has no self serving tongue to create illusions.

If you expand the business establishment, there's an expanding of business itself and business expand because there is a demand.

PIA Press Release
03/31/2006
Region 10 is Mindanao's largest economy - Ocampos

by Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob

Cagayan de Oro City (31 March) -- Region 10 remains the largest regional economy in Mindanao contributing 27.17% to the island's total gross production in 2005 with the service sector accounting for the biggest share of its output, followed by those industry and agriculture.

Thus reported Gov. Leo Loreto Ocampos of Misamis Occidental, Chairperson of the Regional Development Council (RDC-X) on Region 10's State of the Region Report during its recent 70th full council meeting held at the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) this city.

"Last year, we had the 3rd highest per capita Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) in the country, next to that of the National Capital Region (NCR) and the Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR). Our economy grew by 6.04% in 2004, higher than the 5.06% growth in 2003 exceeding the Medium-Term Regional Development Plan (MTRDP) target of 5.8%," he said.

Due to the region's performance as a surplus producer of basic food and industrial products, inflation was maintained at a single-digit level despite the unabated increases in prices of oil and that prices of commodities increased marginally only by 0.5% to 7.7%.

He also said considering the agriculture sector as the biggest employer with 45% share, the region posted the highest underemployment rate of 34.4% among the Mindanao regions and the second highest nationwide as 59,000 new jobs were created as of October last year.

Total revenue collection of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) which amounted to Php3.741billion was 17% higher than its Php3.191 billion posted in 2004 while that of the Bureau of Customs also increased by 81.52%, from Php1.073 billion to Php2.390 billion.

Investments monitored by the Dept. of Trade and Industry (DTI) was 38% higher than the previous year while those registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) posted a 14% increase in new business registrations just as the region's exports grew by 18%.

On the other hand, Ocampos said, foreign tourist arrivals increased by 26% even as the overall growth in tourist arrivals dropped from 7.4% in 2004 to only 1%, last year.

Copra, vegetables, root crops, fruit and fish production increased even as palay, green coconut and commercial crop production decreased. Corn production alone reported an 800% surplus while that of rice dropped by 15%.

"In support to the urban greening efforts, over 36,000 seedlings were produced for the establishment and maintenance of mini-parks with focus on Lake Apo and Mt. Kitanglad in Bukidnon," he said.

Meanwhile, Malacañang said it is now the time for all our leaders to embrace this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to achieve permanent economic and political stability as economic growth will drive jobs in an effort to keep the lid on inflation on the back of declining oil prices.

"With all these good things happening in our region, let us continue to build on the gains by sustaining our stable peace and order to ensure the continuing growth of our strategic initiatives and big investments," Ocampos further said. (PIA 10)

Even though CDO had only half a million of population, its rich neighboring provinces contribute dynamic purchasing power.

The Northern Mindanao where Cagayan de Oro as its regional center the country's premier steel producer and home to major industrial and agricultural enterprises, beckons with unlimited business opportunities.

boju

April 20th, 2006, 10:24 AM

April 2006 issue, Agriculture Magazine
Northern Mindanao veggie out-shipments up by 53 percent

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, MINDANAO—You may not have known it, but the lettuce you just ate with your burger at KFC today and the consumer pack salad you bought last weekend in Rustan’s may have come from Northern Mindanao’s vegetable farms.
Small landowners and farmers here, who are members of the Northern Mindanao Vegetable Producers Association (Norminveggies), have joined large corporate farms in supplying vegetables to major fast-food chains, restaurants, supermarkets and hotels in Manila, Cebu, Cagayan de Oro and Davao.

Last year, the growth of out-shipment volume generated by vegetable producers in the region topped 53 percent, which translates into a total volume of 1,978 metric tons (MT) compared to 1,290 MT in 2004. In the last quarter of 2003, the aggregate weekly average out-shipment was 17 MT per week. During the same period in 2004, the figure rose to 32 MT and increased to 43 MT last year.

The increase is attributable primarily to the wide adoption of cluster farming, a marketing scheme under which groups of small farmers consolidate their produce to provide the volume required by institutional customers. The cluster scheme was formulated by the Department of Agriculture with assistance from USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program.

Corporate farms still account for most of the production of the vegetable industry, but small farmers are making significant inroads and gaining momentum in the market and this represents major progress. Another factor contributing to the rapid growth in production volume is Mindanao’s typhoon-free climate, which enables farmers to produce high value crops such as lettuce, broccoli, potato, sweet corn, salad tomato, bell pepper, carrots, and various tropical vegetables throughout the year.

“At some point, demand for vegetables from Mindanao surges because typhoons and undesirable weather conditions hinder Benguet farmers from transporting their produce,” according to Jasmine Agbon, a spokesperson for GEM.

During the past year, the combined sales of small and corporate farms to institutional markets recorded a value of Php129 million. This represents a growth rate of 96 percent, when compared to the Php 66 million generated during 2004.

To sustain and augment this success, vegetable industry representatives will stage the 4th National Vegetable Congress on April 26-28, 2006 in Davao City to promote nationwide acceptance of vegetable cluster farming as a mechanism for creating significant market growth.

Wind Shear

April 20th, 2006, 11:32 AM

ah ok, there you are... tahnks windshear... but wait, diba taga Lapu ka? suheto lagi kas kagay an bai?

Yes. I'm currently staying Lapu-Lapu City because my work is there.

As I posted before, I know Cagayan de Oro City a little bit for two reasons. One is its is my transit point going to Cebu; and another is my cousin lives there (specifically at Patag, walking distance to the entrance gat of Camp Evangelista).

slerz

April 20th, 2006, 01:22 PM

^^ah ok... kuyog ta adto cdo...

cyrusal

April 20th, 2006, 02:18 PM

^^ wuhooo.. maayo na kai naa moy kauban na maniniyot!!!...

Wind Shear

April 20th, 2006, 02:26 PM

^^ :lol: Cebuano SSC Forumers are almost all mga maniniyot. Ako ra dili tungod kay wala koy digital camera, not even my phone. :(

Ang sig sa ubos (the Maniniyot song) is just a tribute to fellow Cebuano SSC Forumers (and it will change anytime). :)

slerz

April 20th, 2006, 03:33 PM

^^mo lang
take a look
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/album4aaa.jpg
Maniniyot, maniniyot, trabaho ko maniniyot, kodaker, kodaker, ako si Mister Kodaker

wapay labot diha si Sugbuanon, Markiiboi, Sinjin...:D

Cebu's Certified maniniyoters...hehe

boybleauXx

April 20th, 2006, 04:06 PM

Bedbug

April 20th, 2006, 07:22 PM

Bedbug

April 20th, 2006, 07:35 PM

papalit ko Pastel!!! first time ko nakakaon og pastel from a close teammate who's from CDO....naaddict ko!! lami kaau!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yum yum yum!

Sa call center (people support) ka pa rin nagwork ngayon? Do you still live in that apartment at St. Joseph? Kumusta mommy mo? Your mom's hot!!! :cheers: Yu-Yu

tj_brewed

April 20th, 2006, 08:27 PM

Sa call center (people support) ka pa rin nagwork ngayon? Do you still live in that apartment at St. Joseph? Kumusta mommy mo? Your mom's hot!!! :cheers: Yu-Yu

:eek2: kilala mo me? hmmmmmmmmmmmm is this u yuan? ehehehehe yeah im still with PeopleSupport for 2 years now. Im not staying sa St. Joseph, Pasig ...nagpatransfer me here sa Cebu! are u still with Link2Support? im planning to visit CDO this june...kita kitz aight? musta na!

c0kelitr0

April 21st, 2006, 04:57 AM

@Tj_brewed...they're selling Pastel at Market! Market! nasa 1st floor yung booth ng Camiguin...sa center aisle...

Wind Shear

April 21st, 2006, 07:09 AM

Reconnaisance Time! :P

From Google Earth

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/jlratwil/For%20SSC%20Forums/Sat%20Pics/CGY---Bulua-Bus-Terminal.jpg

Bulua Bus Terminal

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/jlratwil/For%20SSC%20Forums/Sat%20Pics/CGY---RTMI-Bus-Yard.jpg

Rural Transit Mindanao Inc. Bus Yard. What's the name of the establishment (marked as no .1)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/jlratwil/For%20SSC%20Forums/Sat%20Pics/CGY---Patag-and-Camp.jpg

Patag and Camp Evangelista

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/jlratwil/For%20SSC%20Forums/Sat%20Pics/CGY---Carmen-to-Marcos.jpg

Carmen to Marcos Bridge (Kauswagan?)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/jlratwil/For%20SSC%20Forums/Sat%20Pics/CGY---Gaisano-and-Capitol.jpg

Gaisano City and Provincial Capitol of Misamis Oriental

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/jlratwil/For%20SSC%20Forums/Sat%20Pics/CGY---Pelaez.jpg

Pelaez Sports Complex

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/jlratwil/For%20SSC%20Forums/Sat%20Pics/CGY---Limketkai.jpg

Limketkai

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/jlratwil/For%20SSC%20Forums/Sat%20Pics/CGY---Lumbia.jpg

Airport at Lumbia

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/jlratwil/For%20SSC%20Forums/Sat%20Pics/CGY---Huluga.jpg

Is this the controversial Huluga Bridge?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/jlratwil/For%20SSC%20Forums/Sat%20Pics/CGY---Puntod.jpg

Cagayan de Oro seaport at Puntod

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/jlratwil/For%20SSC%20Forums/Sat%20Pics/CGY---SM-Cagayan-de-Oro.jpg

SM City Cagayan de Oro

Any corrections are welcome. :)

boju

April 21st, 2006, 07:49 AM

xzibit31

April 21st, 2006, 07:59 AM

If you expand the business establishment, there's an expanding of business itself and business expand because there is a demand.

PIA Press Release
03/31/2006
Region 10 is Mindanao's largest economy - Ocampos

by Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob

Cagayan de Oro City (31 March) -- Region 10 remains the largest regional economy in Mindanao contributing 27.17% to the island's total gross production in 2005 with the service sector accounting for the biggest share of its output, followed by those industry and agriculture.

Thus reported Gov. Leo Loreto Ocampos of Misamis Occidental, Chairperson of the Regional Development Council (RDC-X) on Region 10's State of the Region Report during its recent 70th full council meeting held at the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) this city.

"Last year, we had the 3rd highest per capita Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) in the country, next to that of the National Capital Region (NCR) and the Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR). Our economy grew by 6.04% in 2004, higher than the 5.06% growth in 2003 exceeding the Medium-Term Regional Development Plan (MTRDP) target of 5.8%," he said.

Due to the region's performance as a surplus producer of basic food and industrial products, inflation was maintained at a single-digit level despite the unabated increases in prices of oil and that prices of commodities increased marginally only by 0.5% to 7.7%.

He also said considering the agriculture sector as the biggest employer with 45% share, the region posted the highest underemployment rate of 34.4% among the Mindanao regions and the second highest nationwide as 59,000 new jobs were created as of October last year.

Total revenue collection of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) which amounted to Php3.741billion was 17% higher than its Php3.191 billion posted in 2004 while that of the Bureau of Customs also increased by 81.52%, from Php1.073 billion to Php2.390 billion.

Investments monitored by the Dept. of Trade and Industry (DTI) was 38% higher than the previous year while those registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) posted a 14% increase in new business registrations just as the region's exports grew by 18%.

On the other hand, Ocampos said, foreign tourist arrivals increased by 26% even as the overall growth in tourist arrivals dropped from 7.4% in 2004 to only 1%, last year.

Copra, vegetables, root crops, fruit and fish production increased even as palay, green coconut and commercial crop production decreased. Corn production alone reported an 800% surplus while that of rice dropped by 15%.

"In support to the urban greening efforts, over 36,000 seedlings were produced for the establishment and maintenance of mini-parks with focus on Lake Apo and Mt. Kitanglad in Bukidnon," he said.

Meanwhile, Malacañang said it is now the time for all our leaders to embrace this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to achieve permanent economic and political stability as economic growth will drive jobs in an effort to keep the lid on inflation on the back of declining oil prices.

"With all these good things happening in our region, let us continue to build on the gains by sustaining our stable peace and order to ensure the continuing growth of our strategic initiatives and big investments," Ocampos further said. (PIA 10)

Even though CDO had only half a million of population, its rich neighboring provinces contribute dynamic purchasing power.

The Northern Mindanao where Cagayan de Oro as its regional center the country's premier steel producer and home to major industrial and agricultural enterprises, beckons with unlimited business opportunities.

can we stop comparing each others cities? it seems like we are acting like children here.

masmagaling ang city ko....hindi mas magaling ang akin..hinda ha magaling talaga ang akin...hahay...parang mga bata...

naturally it you are from cdo, you would picl cdo. and if your from davao, you would pick davao...

any new developments for each city in mindanao is for the good of mindanao...gets?

hezron

April 21st, 2006, 08:04 AM

Nasaan ang expansion ng SM City?
the satellite image is 3 years old. no expansion yet.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/jlratwil/For%20SSC%20Forums/Sat%20Pics/CGY---SM-Cagayan-de-Oro.jpg

in this image the levels of sm cdo is very clear the larger block of the sm building is only 1 storey. the other smaller block is 2 storeys in each side and 3 storyes in the center. very small sm even w/ the car park expansion building.

davaoeagle

April 21st, 2006, 08:23 AM

xzibit31

April 21st, 2006, 08:29 AM

very well-said mtapostandard!

i also agree mtapostandard. d talaga pwede compare ang two cities...very different from each other...

boybleauXx

April 21st, 2006, 11:31 AM

LordCarnal

April 21st, 2006, 11:45 AM

Wow nice satellite images of Cagayan de Oro City! It's only now that I've seen them!

What's the name of this place where SM is located? Is this a business park or what?

Reconnaisance Time! :P

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/jlratwil/For%20SSC%20Forums/Sat%20Pics/CGY---SM-Cagayan-de-Oro.jpg

SM City Cagayan de Oro

Any corrections are welcome. :)

cyrusal

April 21st, 2006, 11:56 AM

^^ yep.. It is in Pueblo de Oro Business Park.. it was probably taken around 2003.. right now.. may Link2Support building na beside SM..

xzibit31

April 21st, 2006, 03:46 PM

wala naman sigurong mali with making comparisons as long as it is anchored on factual truth yung mga datos di ba?

but I am not making one....just giving my opinion as I do see both of these neighbors from the middle.

may I know on what bases that you can say that "they are very different from each other"?

just asking :)

davao - metropolitan city; population 1.5m (night time); 2m (daytime)

CdO - medium sized city; pop about 600k to 750k (tama ba?)

there are alot of differences. but this is the biggest diff...

cyrusal

April 21st, 2006, 03:54 PM

cyrusal

April 21st, 2006, 03:58 PM

I posted this one before and let me post it again for others to have more idea about CDO...

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/cyrusal/cdo.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/cyrusal/macabalan.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/cyrusal/DVSORIA.jpg

Uptown CDO

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/cyrusal/uptown_CDO.jpg

boju

April 22nd, 2006, 01:38 AM

boju

April 22nd, 2006, 01:45 AM

Additional CDO geo info:
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/agora.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/ororama01.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/cogon01.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/carmen02.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/carmen01.jpg
I recommend Middleton Apartelle if you want guys to go CDO, medyo may kamahalan pero sulit naman.

MtApoStandard

April 22nd, 2006, 07:45 AM

davao - metropolitan city; population 1.5m (night time); 2m (daytime)

CdO - medium sized city; pop about 600k to 750k (tama ba?)

there are alot of differences. but this is the biggest diff...

i agree exzibit. guess Asian Institute of Management and DILG has the credibilities to answer the question bec i would answer it based on my ears confirmed with my eyes, nose and sometimes taste buds. (iring! :lol: ). i take the difference by the size of local economy, like the number of banks and other financial institutions operating in the area, the number of business establishments registered (verify it with each city's business bureau), the number of jolibee (http://www.jollibee.com.ph/metro.php?ID=600&city=615) and mcdo, the number of colleges and universities (http://www.geocities.com/burgoo82/schoolpix.html), number of health inst and quality of services, number of telephne lines subscribed, number of low cost to high end subdivisions, water utilities, enrgy consumption etc but more than that davao city is operating on an annual budget of P2.4 billion (pls check with scc forumer KONSEHAL i think he is a davao city councilor and the annual budget passed by council approval). while cdo 2006 annual budget of P 1.1+ billion only from P900+ million in the previous years (pls correct figures too).

By region, northern Mindanao leads by a narrow margin in terms of GDP or GRDP. And this lead started when region 11 was reduced by separation of south cot, saranggani, and cities of general santos and koronadal. So today’s figures is a pure davao sweat as against northern Mindanao which is significantly powerd by industrial activity of lanao norte and Iligan city.

By the way I would like to share some of sources of my contention from my previous post up in this thread.

SUNSTAR
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Busy air traffic in Mindanao noted

…Davao City International Airport registered the busiest air passenger traffic with a total of 874,825 passengers served in the first six months, which accounts for over 52 percent share of the total air passenger volume during the period.

Cagayan de Oro City Airport follows Davao City International Airport with a total of 266,370 passengers (15.73 percent), Zamboanga City International Airport with 189,375 passengers (11 percent), General Santos City Airport with 149,785 passengers (9 percent) and Butuan City Airport with 62,149 passengers (4 percent).

…Davao City International Airport consistently captured the biggest bulk of cargoes with 60 percent of the total share, followed by Cagayan de Oro Airport and General Santos City International Airport with a twin share of 13 percent. Full story (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2005/12/15/bus/busy.air.traffic.in.mindanao.noted.html)

SUNSTAR
Friday, August 12, 2005
Budget for transmission line projects in VisMin restored

* Southern Mindanao accounts for about 45 percent of Mindanao's total peak power demand (569 megawatts out of 1271mW), yet only 22 percent of the Mindanao Grid's dependable capacity (304mW out of 1402mW) is located in our area.

* The Transmission Line Development Program prepared by the Department of Energy in conjunction with Transco, has recognized that the construction of this line is very urgent. This is because demand for power in Southern Mindanao is increasing at a conservative rate of 7 percent per year and the output of the 22mW coal-fired plant presently being built in the North Mindanao cannot be transmitted to Southern Mindanao without building the line.

* If Transco will not have the capacity to push the generation of the 200mW coal plant to Southern Mindanao where its generation is badly needed, through the Maramag-Bunawan line, so much available power resource and economic opportunities will be wasted as the power requirements of Northern Mindanao is already adequately met. The coal plant will then invariably become a white elephant. Full story (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2005/08/12/bus/budget.for.transmission.line.projects.in.vismin.restored.html)

Mindanao power grid said to be on brink of crisis (http://money.inq7.net/topstories/view_topstories.php?yyyy=2005&mon=08&dd=10&file=4)
Posted: 2:19 AM | Aug. 10, 2005
Abigail L. Ho
Inquirer News Service

davaoeagle

April 22nd, 2006, 08:32 AM

Thanks MtAPo for this well-substanciated post. This proves to all and sundry that what we claim to be facts as far as the stature of Davao vis-a-vis other equally progressive cities in the Mindanao island has the meat to boot.

We didn't even have to resort to "lifting our own benches" unless the situation calls for it.

I agree with Junax in his previous posts that it might be a bit necessary to actually set foot in a place if you'd want to make a rather sweeping claim otherwise you would just unknowingly or deliberately mislead other stray readers and stuff. I myself have been to most urbanized cities in the country and this nonetheless dished out an unbendable conclusion in me as to where our very own Davao stands.

BTW, list of colleges is not complete as number rose to 39 now with the opening of Jose Maria Colleges at Buhangin Diversion (adjacent to DIA), John Paul Colleges on Quimpo Blvd., Ecoland and Davao International Christian Colleges (???).

i agree exzibit. guess Asian Institute of Management and DILG has the credibilities to answer the question bec i would answer it based on my ears confirmed with my eyes, nose and sometimes taste buds. (iring! :lol: ). i take the difference by the size of local economy, like the number of banks and other financial institutions operating in the area, the number of business establishments registered (verify it with each city's business bureau), the number of jolibee (http://www.jollibee.com.ph/metro.php?ID=600&city=615) and mcdo, the number of colleges and universities (http://www.geocities.com/burgoo82/schoolpix.html), number of health inst and quality of services, number of telephne lines subscribed, number of low cost to high end subdivisions, water utilities, enrgy consumption etc but more than that davao city is operating on an annual budget of P2.4 billion (pls check with scc forumer KONSEHAL i think he is a davao city councilor and the annual budget passed by council approval). while cdo 2006 annual budget of P 1.1+ billion only from P900+ million in the previous years (pls correct figures too).

By region, northern Mindanao leads by a narrow margin in terms of GDP or GRDP. And this lead started when region 11 was reduced by separation of south cot, saranggani, and cities of general santos and koronadal. So today’s figures is a pure davao sweat as against northern Mindanao which is significantly powerd by industrial activity of lanao norte and Iligan city.

By the way I would like to share some of sources of my contention from my previous post up in this thread.

SUNSTAR
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Busy air traffic in Mindanao noted

…Davao City International Airport registered the busiest air passenger traffic with a total of 874,825 passengers served in the first six months, which accounts for over 52 percent share of the total air passenger volume during the period.

Cagayan de Oro City Airport follows Davao City International Airport with a total of 266,370 passengers (15.73 percent), Zamboanga City International Airport with 189,375 passengers (11 percent), General Santos City Airport with 149,785 passengers (9 percent) and Butuan City Airport with 62,149 passengers (4 percent).

…Davao City International Airport consistently captured the biggest bulk of cargoes with 60 percent of the total share, followed by Cagayan de Oro Airport and General Santos City International Airport with a twin share of 13 percent. Full story (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2005/12/15/bus/busy.air.traffic.in.mindanao.noted.html)

SUNSTAR
Friday, August 12, 2005
Budget for transmission line projects in VisMin restored

* Southern Mindanao accounts for about 45 percent of Mindanao's total peak power demand (569 megawatts out of 1271mW), yet only 22 percent of the Mindanao Grid's dependable capacity (304mW out of 1402mW) is located in our area.

* The Transmission Line Development Program prepared by the Department of Energy in conjunction with Transco, has recognized that the construction of this line is very urgent. This is because demand for power in Southern Mindanao is increasing at a conservative rate of 7 percent per year and the output of the 22mW coal-fired plant presently being built in the North Mindanao cannot be transmitted to Southern Mindanao without building the line.

* If Transco will not have the capacity to push the generation of the 200mW coal plant to Southern Mindanao where its generation is badly needed, through the Maramag-Bunawan line, so much available power resource and economic opportunities will be wasted as the power requirements of Northern Mindanao is already adequately met. The coal plant will then invariably become a white elephant. Full story (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2005/08/12/bus/budget.for.transmission.line.projects.in.vismin.restored.html)

Mindanao power grid said to be on brink of crisis (http://money.inq7.net/topstories/view_topstories.php?yyyy=2005&mon=08&dd=10&file=4)
Posted: 2:19 AM | Aug. 10, 2005
Abigail L. Ho
Inquirer News Service

cyrusal

April 22nd, 2006, 08:46 AM

cyrusal

April 22nd, 2006, 08:56 AM

MisOcc guv says Region 10 is Mindanao's largest economy

NORTHERN Mindanao region remains the largest regional economy in Mindanao, contributing 27.17 percent to the island's total gross production in 2005 with the service sector accounting for the biggest share of its output, followed by industry and agriculture.

Governor Leo Loreto Ocampos of Misamis Occidental, chairperson of the Regional Development Council 10, said this of the region during the recent 70th full council meeting held at the National Economic and Development Authority office.

"Last year, we had the 3rd highest per capita Gross Regional Domestic Product in the country, next to that of the National Capital Region and the Cordillera Autonomous Region. Our economy grew by 6.04 percent in 2004, higher than the 5.06 percent growth in 2003 exceeding the Medium-Term Regional Development Plan target of 5.8 percent," he said.

Due to the region's performance as a surplus producer of basic food and industrial products, inflation was maintained at a single-digit level despite the unabated increases in prices of oil and that prices of commodities increased marginally only by 0.5 percent to 7.7 percent.

He also said considering the agriculture sector as the biggest employer with 45 percent share, the region posted the highest underemployment rate of 34.4 percent among the Mindanao regions and the second highest nationwide as 59,000 new jobs were created as of October last year.

Total revenue collection of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, which amounted to P3.741 billion was 17 percent higher than its P3.191 billion posted in 2004 while that of the Bureau of Customs also increased by 81.52, from P1.073 billion to P2.390 billion.

Investments monitored by the Department of Trade and Industry was 38 percent higher than the previous year while those registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission posted a 14 percent increase in new business registrations just as the region's exports grew by 18 percent.

Urban greening efforts

On the other hand, Ocampos said, foreign tourist arrivals increased by 26 percent even as the overall growth in tourist arrivals dropped from 7.4 percent in 2004 to only 1 percent, last year.

Copra, vegetables, root crops, fruit and fish production increased even as palay, green coconut and commercial crop production decreased. Corn production alone reported an 800 percent surplus while that of rice dropped by 15 percent.

"In support to the urban greening efforts, over 36,000 seedlings were produced for the establishment and maintenance of mini-parks with focus on Lake Apo and Mt. Kitanglad in Bukidnon," he said.

Meanwhile, Malacañang said it is now the time for all our leaders to embrace this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to achieve permanent economic and political stability as economic growth will drive jobs in an effort to keep the lid on inflation on the back of declining oil prices.

"With all these good things happening in our region, let us continue to build on the gains by sustaining our stable peace and order to ensure the continuing growth of our strategic initiatives and big investments," Ocampos further said. (Trends)

cyrusal

April 22nd, 2006, 09:02 AM

and yes.. the latest news

PIA Press Release
04/21/2006
Ayala readies groundwork on P4.58B business complex project in Oro

Cagayan de Oro (21 April) -- It's all systems go for Ayala Group of Companies' plan to develop a sprawling P4.5 billion business complex at the more than 200-hectare site in Barangay Indahag this city.

This was disclosed by City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano even as the giant real estate company presented to him recently the project's site development plan.

Emano said the blueprint outlines the overall physical development of the business complex where modern, state-of-the-art sports and recreational facilities are expected to sprout during the seven-year target completion.

The massive business complex is also envisioned to equip with other basic amenities such as low-cost to high-end class subdivisions, a shopping mall and other facilities that will cater to the need of a fast-growing metropolis like Cagayan de Oro.

To ensure smooth groundwork preparations, Emano allowed them to start the construction of the projects even though their papers are still being processed, the same treatment he gave to other big investors in the city.

Emano said that the company's huge investment is a very welcome development as it will translate to the employment of thousands of skilled and non-skilled workers in the city.

Once completed, Mayor Emano describes the business complex as a "satellite city" or "a city within a city" of Cagayan de Oro. (City Information Office/RAGCOM)

davaoeagle

April 22nd, 2006, 09:33 AM

[QUOTE=Northern Mindanao (Region 10) continues to accelerate as the island’s biggest and fastest growing regional economy. From 5.06% in 2003, it grew 6.04% in 2004, contributing 27.17% to Mindanao’s total production with the highest share of the island’s gross domestic product. Besides having the highest GRDP in Mindanao, its per capita GRDP is the third highest in the country, indicating a growing middle class and a general improvement in the standard of living regionwide.[[/QUOTE]

This is the closest answer to your post cyrusal

By region, northern Mindanao leads by a narrow margin in terms of GDP or GRDP. And this lead started when region 11 was reduced by separation of south cot, saranggani, and cities of general santos and koronadal. So today’s figures is a pure davao sweat as against northern Mindanao which is significantly powerd by industrial activity of lanao norte and Iligan city.

cyrusal

April 22nd, 2006, 10:17 AM

Stips of medium to large-scale industries from Misamis Oriental and Lanao del Norte are being substantially linked by the realization of the CDO-Iligan Industrial Corridor. That is why the government is borrowing millions of dollars of building ambitious goal-setting infastructure like the Laguindingan Airport Development Project, which not mainly intended to directly profit from airport proceeds against its building and operating costs but to attract more investors and tourists to achieve more income for the fast-paced economic activity of Northern Mindanao...

....How about the pressing of the government to borrow billions to push for an ambitious laguindingan airport. Looking for prospect of profitable ROI, I could easily ask "why there right now?"....
If Davao City could only generate a 120million pesos annual gross income against its 80million pesos airport operating cost, how much Cdo can cope up with its measly traffic. Not to mention the debt repayment. Even if it opens its sky for airlines, what company will gamble.

MtApoStandard

April 22nd, 2006, 11:16 AM

forecasts and projections in the above articles are nothing new. southern mindanao had a share of it even before asian financial crisis. capital davao city benefitted and many have been realized and shaped davaoscape it is today. when sm started clearing the site for cdo to build what was touted as first sm in mindanao, no one outside davao thought that sm davao had touched the tape of race in a photo finish i year before cdo could open its own. with 6 cinemas as 4 in the other.

lets just hope all these projections and rosy forecasts will come to reality for the benefit of all. some of them i saw in cdo websites that has not been updated for couple of years now. and the politics of government focus of spending for priority projects worsened economic downtrend and stagnation of less developed regions. government spent more in northern min infrastructure than developing a good road networks in western mindanao to hasten trvel time which i guess is more urgent in povety alleviation program.
the iligan misamis corridor has long beena beneficiary of good government infra projects but until now iligan has not prosper economically.

boybleauXx

April 22nd, 2006, 11:17 AM

This is the closest answer to your post cyrusal

By region, northern Mindanao leads by a narrow margin in terms of GDP or GRDP. And this lead started when region 11 was reduced by separation of south cot, saranggani, and cities of general santos and koronadal. So today’s figures is a pure davao sweat as against northern Mindanao which is significantly powerd by industrial activity of lanao norte and Iligan city.

IMO there are other Powerhouses of Northern Mindanao economy aside from Iligan...

Misamis Oriental with its PHIVIDEC in Tagoloan.the Philippines largest industrial estate

Bukidnon..with its very heavy agropolitan economy consisting of high value crops ranging from the banana to the pinya to the peanut to the coffee

Camiguin....with its unspoilt natural wonder......mountains.volcanoes...springs (hot and cold)....white sand.alll packed in one small island

Misamis Occidental.....with its agriculture and fish industry

fundraiser

April 22nd, 2006, 11:34 AM

i thought im in the davao thread, but anyway, theres no use comparing these two cities, one is higly urbanized and a major metropolitan area in the country while the other one is a booming and promising city. davao, like cebu is in a league of its own. by economic importance and growth, davao is one of the star cast in the country. but it doesnt give any of us a reason to ignore that cagayan de oro is growing by leaps and bounds. recent developments, news articles, economic figures, proposals etc. will tell us that cdo is undeniably booming, and its growth rate, correct me with data's if im wrong, could possibly be the highest in mindanao, but davao is not taking things just sleeping behind mount apo, their investment code was recently revised to accomodate a broader area for investments mainly focusing on IT and tourism. davao, will always play the top role in midanao, as much as it has been playing as the 3rd biggest metropolitan city with economic importance. cagayan de oro meanwhile enjoys its vital position as the most promising, and deserving but underrated fourth city. enjoying an easier access with both cebu and davao. a friend even commented that cdo's ambiance, maybe because of the ongoing developments in cdo, is starting to be like cebu, the place is evidently progressing. now, the last thing that i hope about this thread is for it to become like a cockpit for davao and cdo, there are threads like that in the philippine forum and they look st*pid and laughable. lets not make the cdo thread into one of their kind. suporta lang sa usag usa. the benefits will be good and it will be the mindanaoans who will enjoy the fruits of progress.

MtApoStandard

April 22nd, 2006, 11:53 AM

Stips of medium to large-scale industries from Misamis Oriental and Lanao del Norte are being substantially linked by the realization of the CDO-Iligan Industrial Corridor. That is why the government is borrowing millions of dollars of building ambitious goal-setting infastructure like the Laguindingan Airport Development Project, which not mainly intended to directly profit from airport proceeds against its building and operating costs but to attract more investors and tourists to achieve more income for the fast-paced economic activity of Northern Mindanao...

i hate to say this but its rediculous to spend billions of peso airport when theres no clear return of investment in sight. cost of operations alone is a big burden to juan dela cruz how much more the amortization. i mean for how long a taxpayer will shoulder them until it earns and capable to pay its debt. its too much. is it good to see a multibillion peso structure standing full of empty spaces. lenders will not excuse us from paying because it is unused. and they will just rot. and how about the equipments if not maximized, they will rot too. sayang ba. i guess the president want it scaled down and i would say its sensible enough.

our economy is in tight budget. there are millions of distitutes living miserable life who can benefit the money instead of spending it now on something i feel not really urgent.

tj_brewed

April 22nd, 2006, 11:59 AM

:pet: ayaw na mo cge og away oi..... :pet:

KulasKusgan

April 22nd, 2006, 12:09 PM

city versus city is prohibited here in SSC.

fundraiser

April 22nd, 2006, 12:12 PM

MtApoStandard

April 22nd, 2006, 01:01 PM

^^ airports are catalysts for growth, i dont think roi is the main objective of building the said facility, we should be happy that the national government is looking at the provinces for developments. just like the SRP in cebu, before building the srp, there are no exact locators, not even an idea if it will "sell" but with constant campaigns and promotions, the city government is flooded with inquiries even before the reclamation is done and finished, others even wanted to lease the entire 300hectare area.

is it just too difficult to stop undermining the other city's progress? these cities are both in mindanao, and there is a negative but wrong impression about mindanao, this argument wont help the situation at all! its time for davao and cdo to show to the rest of the world, and to our brothers in luzon, that mindanao is not on fire. and that there is a functional mindanao as shown by both cdo and davao.

thanks moderator :lol: . i'm stopping. i'm not either enjoying what i'm doing bec its not good to fire a gun inside someone's house. i know i'm not a welcome visitor here. but let me say that i am following progress and development from all regions through bits and pieces of info wherever i can find them. i'm a proud mindanaoan and deep inside i'm happy for economic progress of cdo as the place is in our backyard. i think i have shaken the order of the thread of cdo forumers. nothing for bad intentions but just want to know more from there what i have not read yet. more power cdo!

but hey i don't have power to undermine cdo. it's my own progress too. if there is, what for. kalami ba ug naay power! :lol:

fundraiser

April 22nd, 2006, 01:23 PM

FYI im not a moderator, i can see your join date is just this month, you can see who the moderators are at the bottom of the main page of the philippine forum. im just a regular forumer here who's happy with the recent progress of other cities outside my cebu homebase. any progress, inside or outside cebu, be it davao, cdo, etc. is good news, and im not about to use the thread to undermine what these other cities has achieved.

xzibit31

April 22nd, 2006, 03:35 PM

please no more infighting....hahay....lets just be supportive with one another...

cyrusal

April 22nd, 2006, 05:39 PM

yeah.. let's just say CDO is Davao's "growing" brother..
:hug:

xzibit31

April 22nd, 2006, 05:50 PM

yeah.. let's just say CDO is Davao's "growing" brother..
:hug:

dapat jud..hahay....

cyrusal

April 23rd, 2006, 07:02 AM

CDO is the home of one of the world's largest photovoltaic power plant :)

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/cyrusal/solarpower.jpg

CEPALCO Solar Power Plant
Brg. Indahag, CDO

junax

April 24th, 2006, 06:47 AM

^^ wa pa gyud diay ni nahuman diri kining "my city is better than yours city... my city has this and yours don't have blah blah blah...".

whenever discussions are starting to feel like "city vs city", i suggest to SSC forumers to put this in mind... "whichever city in the phils you are rooting for, you can not deny the fact that it still belongs to the philippine soil". i am a davaoeño, but if cebu and manila are more progressive than davao, who cares? cebu and manila can be my cities too anytime of the day, it's just a matter of "land titles". ngano man diay ug mobalhin ko sa cebu, cdo, bacolod, etc., palit ko ug balay didto or rent voila i am now a resident of that city, pwede nako magmayor after 6 months. what i am trying to say is that, you may have a tribe you can call your own, but cities? it belongs to the philippine government, and we are the government... all cities are our own. pag gwapo ang cdo, suroy ko, same sa dumaguete, bacolod, cebu, manila, etc. for the sake of discussion siguro kung di gyud malikayan ang compare compare... walaon lang nato ang mga superlatives kay mao gyud nay sinugdanan sa gyera. "my city is bigger, smaller, cleaner, progress-ier ug uban pang ier ier diha." just state the progress face value and no probs i guess, except for the "in born bashers".

cdo, cebu, davao, all phil. philippine cities go go go.
all cities in the philippines are mine... naay palag? hehe :) peace!

note: i am rooting for federalism not because i don't like the other regions in the phil, but i just don't like the current setup of our government that's all.

Wind Shear

April 24th, 2006, 07:04 AM

Now to continue our discussion. I noticed that most of my friends of from Cagayan de Oro are from Nazareth. May you post a satellite picture of Nazareth area (Honestly, I don't know the place)?

c0kelitr0

April 24th, 2006, 07:06 AM

^^ hehehe i think normal lang na bai...sa US forums, daghan pud sila discussions about Chicago vs LA vs New York vs whatever...people tend to defend their hometown but everyone should maintain a "healthy" discussion...para walay away :D

boju

April 24th, 2006, 07:09 AM

junax

April 24th, 2006, 07:15 AM

Now to continue our discussion. I noticed that most of my friends of from Cagayan de Oro are from Nazareth. May you post a satellite picture of Nazareth area (Honestly, I don't know the place)?

we have an apartment there sa may 1521 hehe...

LordCarnal

April 24th, 2006, 07:38 AM

CDO is the home of one of the world's largest photovoltaic power plant :)

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/cyrusal/solarpower.jpg

CEPALCO Solar Power Plant
Brg. Indahag, CDO

Wow, this is the first time I've seen something like this in the Phils.

How much power does a Solar Power Plant like this generate? If this can generate the same power as that of Coal Power Plants then I think the government should bank on this!

MtApoStandard

April 24th, 2006, 07:39 AM

naa ra man diay na! naa man gud uban tawo niana ang ilang personalidad na kung makita na parang malumbaan na siya taas dayon liog, tingkag gyod dalunggan. Unata idelete sa moderator kanang klaseng forumer...

bro siguro sakit sa dughan akong posts pero wala man ko gabugal bugal. i was just presenting facts and i tried to be very objective. siguro they are wordy and strong to you but they were not made up stories. dili to pangaway and i believed wala ko nagngaway kay dili man ko pala away nga tao.

ok ra i delete ko bro dili ko masuko o mahay ba aron. pero wala pa man ko na delete siguro okey ra ko sa moderator. but i say wala ko ga bugalbugal and i believe this is a free forum where everyone is free to open up their minds.

boju

April 24th, 2006, 07:47 AM

bro siguro sakit sa dughan akong posts pero wala man ko gabugal bugal. i was just presenting facts and i tried to be very objective. siguro they are wordy and strong to you but they were not made up stories. dili to pangaway and i believed wala ko nagngaway kay dili man ko pala away nga tao.

ok ra i delete ko bro dili ko masuko o mahay ba aron. pero wala pa man ko na delete siguro okey ra ko sa moderator. but i say wala ko ga bugalbugal and i believe this is a free forum where everyone is free to open up their minds.

i hate to say this but its rediculous to spend billions of peso airport when theres no clear return of investment in sight. cost of operations alone is a big burden to juan dela cruz how much more the amortization. i mean for how long a taxpayer will shoulder them until it earns and capable to pay its debt. its too much. is it good to see a multibillion peso structure standing full of empty spaces. lenders will not excuse us from paying because it is unused. and they will just rot. and how about the equipments if not maximized, they will rot too. sayang ba. i guess the president want it scaled down and i would say its sensible enough.

our economy is in tight budget. there are millions of distitutes living miserable life who can benefit the money instead of spending it now on something i feel not really urgent.

what you mean on that above post? Is not redicule? You undermining others capability? And yet you are in our thread!

xzibit31

April 24th, 2006, 08:49 AM

tama na oi....muramo ug mga batang gamay...just ignore each other nalang..

junax

April 24th, 2006, 09:08 AM

^^ bwehehehehehe...

madam auring prediction in the year 2080, God will do another Noah thing and flood the coastal areas in mindanao bcoz of SSC forums... only bukidnon will be spared... ma city gyud ang quezon, maramag, wao, kibawe ug damulog (metro na ang bukidnon) wow METRO BUKIDNON!!! laban mo? so peace! God might change his plan.

boju

April 24th, 2006, 10:44 AM

hehe... kakuyaw man sab ana. kung mahitabo ayaw pod kalimti ang Dangcagan pagkacity oi sa Bukidnon....

junax

April 24th, 2006, 10:59 AM

hehe... kakuyaw man sab ana. kung mahitabo ayaw pod kalimti ang Dangcagan pagkacity oi sa Bukidnon....

madam auring said that dangcagan will not be included bcoz it will create a kibawe vs dangcagan city thread, and if dangcagan become a city, kitaotao will file a suit hahahahahahaha,

boju

April 25th, 2006, 03:15 AM

haaaay naku walang katapusang bangayan, babahain na tayong lahat. hehehee

Wind Shear

April 25th, 2006, 03:28 AM

Oh well... so much for the childish quarrels. I need to repeat my request.

Will someone post a satellite picture of Nazareth area, please?

cyrusal

April 25th, 2006, 07:29 AM

^^ ito po..

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/cyrusal/nazareth.jpg

slimer

April 25th, 2006, 03:29 PM

hello cagayanons... wow that's nazareth? i'll be there in CDO from Thursday to Sunday. I hope I can take some pictures there and share it with you guys. Yaw lang nang aerial ha pareha ana sa taas hehehe...

Wind Shear

April 26th, 2006, 01:52 AM

@ cyrusal

Thanks for the sat pics :)

burotski

April 26th, 2006, 01:09 PM

Davao, biggest city in the world in terms of land area! Undoubtedly, the main city in Mindanao! There's no denying this...
I'm from Cagayan de Oro, city of Golden Friendship, gateway to Mindanao, fasting progressing City in the country (DTI)! Yes, it's small compared to Davao! Even Cebu is smaller than Davao! Pero, try to visit my city! Sometimes it helps if you really experience the place! You'll say "It can't get more urban than this..." Experience CdO! You'll be amazed!
Try to see Ketkai! Believe me, it's huge! Epecially now that Plaza fair will open it's 2nd level in the near future! Robinson's Department Store will also soon! Gaisano Mall Davao is big! But, it's no where near the size of the LimKetKai Mall, not including Rosario Strip and Big R! Please don't compare the 2 malls because Gaisano Mall Davao is not at par with Ketkai... Please... See for yourself... Kapoy na storya ba...
I frequent Davao and don't find it that impressive! I don't go there because I want to, it's because I have to! My GF is from there you know... I mean "why go there when I can go to Cebu?" Mas magulang ang Davao sa CdO, pero, wa ra kaayo siya ma-offer ba... Not even 1 notch higher... Cebu, however is in a league of it's own... To compare Davao with Cebu is like comparing a Honda with a BMW! The 9 billion+ income of Cebu to Davao's 2.8 Billion (COA 2004) speaks for itself!
Pero, enough with this city vs city thing... Mindanao, unite!!! We should be happy with the fact that outside Metro Manila, 3 of the top 5 most income generating cities in the Philippines are from Mindanao (Davao, Zamboanga and CdO)
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psionic

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