@tj. cool... i looked it up at their website. they've got affordable houses heheh

how much per sq/m?

Andy001, here's Hillsborough Pointe repost ko ulit:

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

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

Pueblo's sixth village, Hillsborough Pointe is replete with first-class amenities and facilities such as park and playground, activity center, and game courts. It is located right behind Xavier University.

Hillsborough Pointe offers a limited number of ridge lots overlooking Calaanan Valley and Macajalar Bay which allow magnificent views at sunset, while selected lots overlook the golf course.

Lot prices range from P4,000 to P4,455 per sq.m.

For more info visit:
http://www.pueblodeoro.com/township_hp.htm

Andy001, here's Hillsborough Pointe repost ko ulit:

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

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

Pueblo's sixth village, Hillsborough Pointe is replete with first-class amenities and facilities such as park and playground, activity center, and game courts. It is located right behind Xavier University.

Hillsborough Pointe offers a limited number of ridge lots overlooking Calaanan Valley and Macajalar Bay which allow magnificent views at sunset, while selected lots overlook the golf course.

Lot prices range from P4,000 to P4,455 per sq.m.

For more info visit:
http://www.pueblodeoro.com/township_hp.htm

wow...that's pretty reasonable...based on the map...i think its average lot size is between 200 to 300 sq. wow! better deal than what i got in cavite!

am not so sure... :)

There is a possibility that they will build another mall or hypermarket in that area (in front of gaisano).. to follow a strip of shopping centers that starts from limeketkai, then robinsons, rosario arcade, (?) square, SM by then, and Gaisano.. plus the future CDO arena..
heheh parang na cyang sa Cubao by then..

Sana man lang if magtayo pa ng mall infront gaisano huwag lang sa kanto mismo C.M. Recto Avenue lagyan man nila ng space( park ) na makahinga ang lugar na yan at maglagay sila ng underpass para hindi na sobrang traffic dyan lalo na kung magkasabay may sale sa mall tapos may Mass sa church.

good to hear that someone with a major aside from Engineering, Architecture or Real Estate is into Urbanity :)
Sera, ako Psychology major.. lol

i'm against it.. it would be better to see a park there with lagoon and philippine flags.

i'm against it.. it would be better to see a park there with lagoon and philippine flags.

or how bout a promenade...there will be an underpass from the two Gaisanos. then across the street would be a retail promenade with a lagoon, trees, and benches.

or how bout a promenade...there will be an underpass from the two Gaisanos. then across the street would be a retail promenade with a lagoon, trees, and benches.
Can be... But i want to see an open big space.lol

anyway, Portico is the newly developed subdivision inside Gran Europa, where i live. Ang layo lang masyado ng portico.

92 more post and we are ready to start the thread V... @Cyrusal, ang banner nato diha... Hehehe

^^ hehe sure..

Sera, ako Psychology major.. lol

Ako naman nag-study ako ng Psychology there in CDO before shifting to Architecture in Baguio. Anyway, being in urban jungles surely perks up our interest in these issues :)

i atlked to my architect friend who works for crown communities.and asked her about portico..guess waht?? she was the one who designed the masterplan for portico

so some of the credit behind portico should go to architect pervy abian! :D

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/waway625/Figaro.jpg

cya yung sa pinaka right

any pics of Xavier heights?
tnx

OMG, i watched local news... CDO and MisOr posted P6B worth of investments for the first 6 months of 2006. Among the big contributors is AYALA(CHI) for their Indahag,CDO high-end development. I'm trying to find an article.

OMG, i watched local news... CDO and MisOr posted P6B worth of investments for the first 6 months of 2006. Among the big contributors is AYALA(CHI) for their Indahag,CDO high-end development. I'm trying to find an article.


is that cdo only or both cdo and misor?

OMG, i watched local news... CDO and MisOr posted P6B worth of investments for the first 6 months of 2006. Among the big contributors is AYALA(CHI) for their Indahag,CDO high-end development. I'm trying to find an article.

Ganun!!??

Guys, repost nyo mga magandang pics ng CDO before we turn to another thread...

Cagayan de Oro City (5 July) -- At least Php12.124 billion worth of investments have been monitored by the Dept. of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Northern Mindanao during the first 5 months of the year.

Regional Director Linda O. Boniao of DTI-10 said the biggest share of Php10.565 billion or 87.13% of the regional total is in the province of Misamis Oriental with the bulk of investments generated from the economic zones in the area, particularly, the Phividec Industrial Estate.

Specifically, these investments are the following: Pilipinas Kao with Php9.4 billion, AAA Wood Processor, Php30 million and Dear Manok Ice Plant as well as the Tagoloan Agri-Milling Corp., Php 15 million each.

Next was in Lanao del Norte which generated Php746.41 million or 6.16%, the bulk of which are in the infrastructure and services sector, namely: the construction of the Gaisano Mall in Iligan City at Php350 million and the local initiatives, business name registrations (BNR) and banks marking their common source of investments.

Similarly, Bukidnon generated investments of Php448.39 million or 4.70%, of which 73% are derived from the BNR and from other sources.

Misamis Occidental, on the other hand, generated Php320.44 million with the bulk of investments derived from non-government organizations and the BNR while the trading and agri-based sector also posed positive growth from \general merchandise, fishing and poultry farms.

Camiguin, likewise, generated an investment of Php44.65 million representing 0.37% share in the regional total which was derived from agri-based investments comprising of bank releases and its reforestation project of Php400,000, Boniao also said.

Meanwhile, President Arroyo, fresh from her European travel, brings home to the Filipino people the blessings from Pope Benedict XVI, a wealth of fresh investments and renewed diplomatic and economic relations.

After impressing her hosts with her flawless Spanish, the President was given a $15 million grant to improve the facilities and buy new equipment of 21 provincial hospitals in the country, Trade Secretary Peter Fabila said.

King Juan Carlos I of Spain said they are willing to provide more help to the Philippines and cited the Jose Rizal Ophthalmologic Center that the Spanish government has put up at the Philippine General Hospital. (PIA 10

any pics of Xavier heights?
tnx

Xavier heights is part of the Xavier Estate
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/cdo5-1.jpg

The New Cogon Public Market - I think its the biggest and modernize public market in the Philippines.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/cogonmarket01.jpg

Question: Totoo bang merong escalators ang cogon market at ilan?

Anybody can produce more pics of the market, inside and external. Thanks.

Oro night cafe

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/cdo_nightCafe.gif

Cagayan de Oro City (5 July) -- At least Php12.124 billion worth of investments have been monitored by the Dept. of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Northern Mindanao during the first 5 months of the year.

Regional Director Linda O. Boniao of DTI-10 said the biggest share of Php10.565 billion or 87.13% of the regional total is in the province of Misamis Oriental with the bulk of investments generated from the economic zones in the area, particularly, the Phividec Industrial Estate.

Specifically, these investments are the following: Pilipinas Kao with Php9.4 billion, AAA Wood Processor, Php30 million and Dear Manok Ice Plant as well as the Tagoloan Agri-Milling Corp., Php 15 million each.

Next was in Lanao del Norte which generated Php746.41 million or 6.16%, the bulk of which are in the infrastructure and services sector, namely: the construction of the Gaisano Mall in Iligan City at Php350 million and the local initiatives, business name registrations (BNR) and banks marking their common source of investments.

Similarly, Bukidnon generated investments of Php448.39 million or 4.70%, of which 73% are derived from the BNR and from other sources.

Misamis Occidental, on the other hand, generated Php320.44 million with the bulk of investments derived from non-government organizations and the BNR while the trading and agri-based sector also posed positive growth from \general merchandise, fishing and poultry farms.

Camiguin, likewise, generated an investment of Php44.65 million representing 0.37% share in the regional total which was derived from agri-based investments comprising of bank releases and its reforestation project of Php400,000, Boniao also said.

Meanwhile, President Arroyo, fresh from her European travel, brings home to the Filipino people the blessings from Pope Benedict XVI, a wealth of fresh investments and renewed diplomatic and economic relations.

After impressing her hosts with her flawless Spanish, the President was given a $15 million grant to improve the facilities and buy new equipment of 21 provincial hospitals in the country, Trade Secretary Peter Fabila said.

King Juan Carlos I of Spain said they are willing to provide more help to the Philippines and cited the Jose Rizal Ophthalmologic Center that the Spanish government has put up at the Philippine General Hospital. (PIA 10

There was no mention there of the Ayala investment in CDO. Maybe they will include it after the official ground-breaking ceremonies take place.

any pics of Xavier heights?
tnx

Ito pa closer look ng Xavier Hieghts

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/x2.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/x1.jpg

Some pics of Macahambus Nature park taken from flickr:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/m4.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/m5.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/m3.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/m1.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/m6.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/m2.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/m8.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/m7.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/m9.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/m10.jpg

i atlked to my architect friend who works for crown communities.and asked her about portico..guess waht?? she was the one who designed the masterplan for portico

so some of the credit behind portico should go to architect pervy abian! :D

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/waway625/Figaro.jpg

cya yung sa pinaka right

bata pa diay ang architect sa Portico? cool! uyab nimo na gravy? taga asa na sya?

Vicente de Lara Park

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/vpark2.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/vpark3.jpg

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

CDO Lights at DV Soria

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http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/g2-1.jpg

---> to gravy Thanks to her she designed Portico very well. She will provide good housing projects to those yuppies in CDO heheh

--->Boju. The strobe lights should revolve to give kagayanons free disco every night :D :D :bash:

Andy001, here's Hillsborough Pointe repost ko ulit:

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

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

Pueblo's sixth village, Hillsborough Pointe is replete with first-class amenities and facilities such as park and playground, activity center, and game courts. It is located right behind Xavier University.

Hillsborough Pointe offers a limited number of ridge lots overlooking Calaanan Valley and Macajalar Bay which allow magnificent views at sunset, while selected lots overlook the golf course.

Lot prices range from P4,000 to P4,455 per sq.m.

For more info visit:
http://www.pueblodeoro.com/township_hp.htm

Thanks for reposting. It's very reasonable indeed compared to the Robinsons here heheh. But you still have to pay separately for the house. I'm choosing between Portico and Hillsborough. :D

The Cogon market really looks ultra modern. WET market ba xa as planned?

--->Boju. The strobe lights should revolve to give kagayanons free disco every night :D :D :bash:


lol, even before theres no strobe lights and night cafe, theres always young kagaya-anon who always and offer you a dance all nights there in DV Soria, you know what I mean...? :runaway:

The Cogon market really looks ultra modern. WET market ba xa as planned?


Mix used, ito may nakuha akong news way back 2005 before opening:

PIA Press Release
07/01/2005

New P250-M Oro Cogon Market to open July 8, 2005

Cagayan de Oro City (1 July) -- THE Cogon public market and commercial center complex in Cagayan de Oro City will be opened on July 8, this year, Mayor Vicente Y. Emano announced over the weekend as he tasked City Budget Officer Griscelda Joson, chair of the City Economic Enterprise Management Board (CEEMB), to prepare for the opening of the market.

"The long-awaited elevators for the market have already arrived and are now being installed, while the raffling of stalls is now in its final stages," Mayor Emano said as he bared the pre-opening activities for the market.

As of presstime, CEEMB has already awarded 900 stall owners to occupy spaces on the ground floor. Stalls on the second floor are being raffled until July 1.

The ground floor of the market will house a total of 136 stalls for rice and corn; 385 stalls for condiments, 72 stalls for cafeteria, 132 stalls for cooked food, 24 stalls for chicken, 358 stalls for fish, 77 stalls for fruits, 289 stalls for vegetables, 118 stalls for meat, 30 stalls for flowers and pottery, and 180 stalls at the market atrium for miscellaneous goods.

The second floor of the new Cogon market will house 515 stalls for newsstands, footwear, belts, perfumes, textile and ready-to-wear clothes, native products, glass and plastic wares, metal products, watch repair shops, second hand goods, assorted goods, dry goods, bags, pharmacy, and agrivet supplies.

Meanwhile, the third floor will house the commercial center that will be run by UKC Builders, the contractor of the project.

The three-storey building is situated in a 12,000-sq. m. lot. The project is under a build-operate-transfer (BOT) scheme at a cost of P250 million. (City Information Office/Ragcom) [top]

Wireless local loop bridges geographical gap among CDO barangays


by Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob

Cagayan de Oro City (6 July) -- Ikaw na? Ako ni! (Hi, is that you? It’s me!)

Such abbreviated greeting came from Mayor Vicente Y. Emano of Cagayan de Oro and addressed to Rodolfo Tabudlong, Chairperson of Dansolihon, a hinterland barangay, located 26 km. by air from the heart of the city.

Emano was calling from a makeshift stage at the Kiosko Kagawasan, Divisoria and flashed on the background screen was the picture of Tabudlong, with his councilors, at the end of the line during the recent culmination of the Information and Communications Technology Month celebration observed June of every year with the 2006 theme: Utilizing ICT in Trade and Tourism.

“I am glad that finally we have established these video tele-conferencing connections. ‘Maoy atong tuyo nga ang tanang kabarangayan sa kabukiran mahatagan sa higayon nga makagamit sa systema sa telepono aron makatawag sa lainlaing lugar sa kalibutan.’ (Our aim is for all the hinterland barangays to be given the chance to use a telephone system that would connect it to the rest of the world).

Using wireless local loop technology of the city government through the expertise of our ICT group bridges the geographical gap from the government center to these hinterland barangays, he said.

“I am also happy that Dansolihon is given the chance to use this technology in the absence of a telephone system. What is very significant about this is that the barangays can now call on us for any assistance to their problems, such as peace and order, at any time of the day.

“Most especially, the farmers will now be spared from unscrupulous middlemen who tend to dictate the prices of their goods because they can now establish contacts directly with the businessmen in the markets and ask for the prevailing prices themselves,” he stressed.

Along with this, he said, the city government will also look into the farmers’ other problems like the roads to the markets to make it easy for them to transport their goods.

During the occasion, a soft-opening and launching of the official website of CDO also took place. www.cagayan de oro.com.ph. is now online in the international infotech highway, Emano also said.

Meanwhile, Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s recent visit to Europe clinched in Php 20.3 billion worth of projects for oil and gas, hotel and resort as well as infrastructure development apart from diplomatic breakthroughs and stronger ties in fighting terrorism.

Along these developments, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and Microsoft Corp. are jointly working on “Konek Da D’yan 2 (Connect 2), a pilot service that will provide Filipino workers overseas the opportunity to speak with their families using WiFi and mobile Voice Over Internet Protocol. (PIA 10)

FRESH NEWS ABOUT COGON MARKET

PIA Press Release
07/06/2006
New Oro Cogon market celebrates 1st year anniversary


Cagayan de Oro City (6 July) -- The P250-million Cogon Public Market and Commercial Center will celebrate its 1st year anniversary on July 8, this year with the theme, “Paghi-usa Para Sa Kalambuan.”

Atty. Noel Guibone, LGU consultant and executive overseer of the market disclosed that various activities have been lined-up for a three-day celebration that will start from July 6 onto July 8.

Among the activities marking the market’s first anniversary are the Search for Hari and Reyna Sa Palengke 2006, a parade within the market area and an opening program where City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano is the guest speaker tomorrow on July 6.

A variety of sports activities will also be held until July 7 while on July 8, there will be a mass and awarding of winners for the Search for Hari and Reyna Sa Palengke 2006 and Ms. Gay Palengke 2006.

While only a year old, the newly redeveloped Cogon Market has already become a finalist to the Huwarang Palengke Search of the Department of Agriculture.

The new Cogon Market and Commercial Complex is a three-storey building that houses a total of 136 stalls for rice and corn; 385 stalls for food condiments; 72 stalls for cafeteria; 132 stalls for cooked food; 24 stalls for chicken; 358 stalls for fish; 77 stalls for fruits; 289 stalls for vegetables; 118 stalls for meat; 30 stalls for flowers and pottery and 180 stalls at the market atrium for miscellaneous goods at the ground floor.

The second floor of the new Cogon Market houses 515 stalls for newsstands, footwear, belts, perfumes, textile and ready-to-wear clothes, native products, glass and plastic wares, metal products, watch repair shops, second hand goods, assorted goods, dry goods, bags, pharmacy and agrivet supplies while the third floor houses the commercial center operated by UKC Builders, the contractor of the said project.

The project was implemented under a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) scheme. (City Information Office / RAGCOM)

bata pa diay ang architect sa Portico? cool! uyab nimo na gravy? taga asa na sya?

barkada ra oi..kami 3 classmate in college.we took the board exams after graduating man gud mao bata pa.

btw, all vismin crown properties proj. dumadaan sa kanya :D diri man gud sa davao ang planning office sa crown

FRESH NEWS ABOUT COGON MARKET

PIA Press Release
07/06/2006
New Oro Cogon market celebrates 1st year anniversary


Cagayan de Oro City (6 July) -- The P250-million Cogon Public Market and Commercial Center will celebrate its 1st year anniversary on July 8, this year with the theme, “Paghi-usa Para Sa Kalambuan.”

Atty. Noel Guibone, LGU consultant and executive overseer of the market disclosed that various activities have been lined-up for a three-day celebration that will start from July 6 onto July 8.

Among the activities marking the market’s first anniversary are the Search for Hari and Reyna Sa Palengke 2006, a parade within the market area and an opening program where City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano is the guest speaker tomorrow on July 6.

A variety of sports activities will also be held until July 7 while on July 8, there will be a mass and awarding of winners for the Search for Hari and Reyna Sa Palengke 2006 and Ms. Gay Palengke 2006.

While only a year old, the newly redeveloped Cogon Market has already become a finalist to the Huwarang Palengke Search of the Department of Agriculture.

The new Cogon Market and Commercial Complex is a three-storey building that houses a total of 136 stalls for rice and corn; 385 stalls for food condiments; 72 stalls for cafeteria; 132 stalls for cooked food; 24 stalls for chicken; 358 stalls for fish; 77 stalls for fruits; 289 stalls for vegetables; 118 stalls for meat; 30 stalls for flowers and pottery and 180 stalls at the market atrium for miscellaneous goods at the ground floor.

The second floor of the new Cogon Market houses 515 stalls for newsstands, footwear, belts, perfumes, textile and ready-to-wear clothes, native products, glass and plastic wares, metal products, watch repair shops, second hand goods, assorted goods, dry goods, bags, pharmacy and agrivet supplies while the third floor houses the commercial center operated by UKC Builders, the contractor of the said project.

The project was implemented under a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) scheme. (City Information Office / RAGCOM)

Wow, Cogon Market is really world-class. Hopefully it wins this year's Huwarang Palengke Search but San Fernando Pampanga's & Tagaytay City's markets are also really impressive & will be the main contenders.

Friday, July 07, 2006
N. Mindanao generates P12B investments

AROUND P12.124 billion worth of investments have been monitored by the regional office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Northern Mindanao during the first five months of the year.

DTI Regional Director for Northern Mindanao Linda O. Boniao said the biggest share of P10.565 billion or 87.13 percent of the regional total is in the province of Misamis Oriental with the bulk of investments generated from the economic zones in the area, particularly, the Phividec Industrial Estate.

Specifically, these investments are the following: Pilipinas Kao with P9.4 billion, AAA Wood Processor, P30 million and Dear Manok Ice Plant as well as the Tagoloan Agri-Milling Corp., P15 million each.

Next was in Lanao del Norte which generated P746.41 million or 6.16 percent, the bulk of which are in the infrastructure and services sector, namely: the construction of the Gaisano Mall in Iligan City at P350 million and the local initiatives, business name registrations (BNR) and banks marking their common source of investments.

Similarly, Bukidnon generated investments of Php448.39 million or 4.70 percent, of which 73 percent are derived from the BNR and from other sources.

Misamis Occidental, on the other hand, generated P320.44 million with the bulk of investments derived from non-government organizations and the BNR while the trading and agri-based sector also posed positive growth from general merchandise, fishing and poultry farms.

Camiguin, likewise, generated an investment of P44.65 million representing 0.37 percent share in the regional total which was derived from agri-based investments comprising of bank releases and its reforestation project of P400,000, Boniao also said. (Trends)

Friday, July 07, 2006
Kumbira '06, 10th Culinary Show slated

THE Cagayan de Oro Hotel and Restaurant Association (COHARA), a Chapter member of the Hotel and Restaurant Association of the Philippines (HRAP), will once again hold it's flagship project, Kumbira 2006, 10th Culinary Show and Live Competitions on August 17, 18 and 19, 2006 at the Atrium, Limketkai Mall, Cagayan de Oro City.

This year's theme will have -- "Through the Years, the Best of 10."

Kumbira has become the most notable and finest culinary show and live competition outside of Metro Manila. It aims to promote healthy competition and camaraderie among the different hotels and restaurants, and schools as well, elevating the standards of the culinary industry in the region.

The event will also feature the various skills, artistry and creativeness of the food and beverage practitioners and students through competitions.

Because Cohara's Kumbira has earned the reputation of being one of the most exciting culinary events in the country.

Aside from the component activities of an annual KUMBIRA, COHARA has prepared significant activities to give emphasis to its 10th year of existence: First, a book, "Simply the Best," which will feature menu specialties of renowned Chefs and personalities in the Culinary Arts and have been regular members of Kumbira's Board f Judges, shall be launched in time for the Opening Ceremonies on August 17, 2006. Second, Kumbira's evolution will be featured in a Photo Gallery.

As a corollary activity, Kumbira 2006 will also feature a trade exhibit on hotel and restaurant equipment, supplies, and services. There will also be the Del Monte Invitational Golf Tournament, open to all COHARA Members on August 16, 2006 at the Del Monte Golf Course.

Food Services and Unilever Food Solutions, sponsored by Great Food Solutions, Pepsi-Cola Phils., Inc., Nature Spring, Silver Swan, Del Monte Phils., Inc., MackMayer Printers, La Germania, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum-Shellane, Philippine Air Lines, Air Philippines, Cebu Pacific, Parasat Cable, Sun.Star CDO Publishing, Inc., F&B World Magazine, Food Magazine, PhilCom, Philippine Ostrich & Crocodile Farm, STI College CDO, Samsung, Dataworld Computer, Sandy 101, {laza Fair, Mandaue Foam, Ultracrafts Advertising Corporation, Limketkai Center, Hotel Conchita, Majesty Sales, and Kopya de Oro.

Cohara is supported and assisted by the Northern Mindanao Department of Tourism and the Department of Trade and Industry in presenting KUMBIRA 2006.

For more details and inquiries, please call the COHARA Executive Office located at Cha-Li Beach Resort and Conference Center, Cugman, at (088) 858-1705

Huwarang Palengke 2006 Winners (3 from mindanao)

General Santos City (21 June) — In a faxed statement from the Department of Agriculture, DA Secretary Menandro O. Maleon informed Gen. Santos City Mayor Pedro B. Acharon, Jr. that the Gen. Santos Central Public Market has just been adjuged as one of the five “huwarang palengke” or “model markets” in the recently concluded “National Search for Huwarang Palengke 2006″.

According to Assistant City Administrator Glennville Gonzales, fourteen local government units submitted entries to the contest but in the end, only five made on the basis of the following criteria:

* physical requirements/hygiene & sanitation - 50%
* adherence to consumer laws - 25%
* weekly prices monitoring - 25%The members of the Screening Committee who visited Gensan more than once for the judging were: Mr. Menandro O. Maleon, Chairman of the Board of Judges, Director General of Phil. Swine Industries Research & Development Foundation, Inc.; Mr. Ronaldo M. Dalangin, Co-chair of the National Market Vendors Confederation of Cooperatives; Dr. Victorio Maijo A. Dimagiba, member, from Department of Trade & Industry; Engr. Rolando I. Santiago, member, from DOH; and Mr. Rudelita R. Remocoza, member, from DILG.

The other model market winners are the public markets of Agdao, Davao City; Pardo, Cebu City; San Fernando, La Union; and Zamboanga City.

Last year, Gensan City also won the “GAWAD PANGULO SA KAPALIGIRAN AWARD”, making it the cleanest and greenest city in the Philippines.

Wow, Cogon Market is really world-class. Hopefully it wins this year's Huwarang Palengke Search but San Fernando Pampanga's & Tagaytay City's markets are also really impressive & will be the main contenders.

OFF TOPIC:

sana maka invite tayo ng forumers from Gensan ug cotabato kay murag sila na lang ang major mindanao cities nga walay representative diri sa SSC

Here in Baguio, many people still see Mindanao as practically Provincial & Laid-back. Pero I've visited Mindanao & I can say that it is a fast growing region in the country. This despite the occassional rebel insurgencies plaguing Mindanao for around 30 years now :runaway: Imagine if there wasn't such a problem & I can clearly say that Mindanao will be at par or more progressive than Luzon.

Among big Cities studied by AIM Davao is #1. Davao also has the Best Quality of Life rating for Philippine cities in Asia. Among Mid-sized cities Iligan, Gensan, & CDO are cited as among the most competitive cities. Gensan is cited as the cleanest & greenest city last year. CDO is also becoming one of the fastest growing ICT centers in the country. With GMA determined to end the insurgencies & getting investment deals for oil exploration the 21st century might well be Mindanao's Century :)
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Monday, July 10, 2006


Spanish firms set sights on rail projects

By Niel V. Mugas, Reporter

A NUMBER of Spanish firms have expressed interest in the construction of major railway projects in the Philippines, including the extension of the country’s first overhead railway, according to the Department of Trade and Industry.

Their interest was expressed during the recent visit of Trade Secretary Peter B. Favila to Spain.

The firms include Isoluz-Corsan, Pro-Intec and Dime*tronics, which the DTI said, are eyeing the proposed extension of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 1 from Baclaran to Cavite.

Pro-Intec, for one, is said to have committed securing from the Spanish government some 800,000 euros (approximately $1.025 million) for a technical grant for the LRT I and LRT Line 2 expansion projects.

Dimetronics is said to be interested in the supply contracts for signaling equipment for the same two projects, while Spain’s national railway operator Red Nacional de los Ferro-carriles Españoles (RENFE), expressed interest in the Iligan-Cagayan de Oro railway pro-ject, for which it is ready to spend 100,000 euros for the feasibility study alone.

RENFE is also interested in the NorthRail project.

Soluziona is eyeing the NorthRail project, and is exploring a partnership with the SM Group of Companies for an integrated property development complex.

Spanish railroad construction firm Construccion Y Auxilliar De Ferrocarles (CAF), meantime, is looking at 33 million euros worth of funds for the Philippines’ railway systems.

Pro-Intec is also interested in build-operate-transfer (BOT) projects, such as the Laguindingan Airport and Mindanao Airport Development Project in Cagayan de Oro. The Spanish firm will provide a technical study grant for an agricultural and industrial project in the Cagayan Export Zone Authority. It is also proposing a technical study grant for the fabrication of oil drilling equipment in Subic.

Burgundy Global Asset Management Corp., meantime, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Spain’s second-largest bank, for a 250 million euro credit line for BOT projects it is planning in the Philippines such as hotels and resort development projects, and the development of Port Irene in Cagayan.

The company also has oil and gas interests in the Northeast and Southeast Palawan. It also participated in the bidding for the Camago-Malampaya Oil Leg.

Lastly, Winace Holdings Philippines Inc. signed a joint declaration with BBVA for the conclusion of an agreement for a credit line of 280 million euros for infrastructure and energy projects.

Sana marealize na 'to, marami na ring napabalita na mga foriegn investor na gustong magfinance dito.

Monday, July 10, 2006
Mayor approves P99 million in Oro village projects

MAYOR Vicente Emano is set to approve this week a total of P99 million worth of infrastructure projects from his 20% Development Fund in the different barangays of the city.

Emano revealed that the implementation of infrastructure projects in the barangays is in consonance with his policy to continually empower the barangays in the manner of determining the kind of projects they believe are truly needed by their constituents.

However, the mayor clarified that the approval of projects submitted by the barangays will have to be evaluated based on the necessity and impact of the project on the lives of the people in the community.

The Local Finance Committee, which is tasked to assess these projects, is yet to convene this week to decide which projects will be funded by the P99 Million development fund.

Meanwhile, Emano disclosed his plans to upgrade and improve the facilities of the J.R. Borja Memorial City Hospital even as he vowed to put the improvement of facilities and services of the city government-run hospital a part of his priority thrusts in the remaining months of his administration.

Already in the offing is the purchase of a CT scan and dialysis machine which the mayor hoped will help address the needs of poor patients in the city and outlying areas.

Mayor Emano said that with the purchase of such machines, the city's poor sector will have a comparative choice of quality medical services which are offered at high cost in private medical institutions.

In this way, Mayor Emano explained that no poor resident in the city will be deprived of quality medical care just because of their financial incapacity. (Press release)

Spanish firms keen on 7 RP projects

Seven major engineering, construction and financial institutions in Spain are seriously considering of participating in the country’s infrastructure development programs both as equity investor and supplier of capital equipment mostly to the country’s railways projects.

This was bared by Trade and Industry Secretary Peter B. Favila upon his return from Spain as part of President Gloria Arroyo’s entourage during her recent state visit in Spain.

"I told them that what we need are capital investments not official development assistance or loans because we don’t want to borrow. Spain is our mother country and yet we are getting very little investments from them," Favila said. The Philippines was under the Spanish rule for 300 years.

During the official state visit, Favila spoke before the Confederacion Espanola de Organizaciones Empresariales (CEOE), the largest business organization in Spain.

Among the serious Spanish firms are IsoluxCorsan, Pro-Intec, Dimetronics, Soluziona, Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Espanoles (RENFE), Construccion Y Auxilliar de Ferrocarriles, and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria.

Isolux-Corsan, a major engineering and construction firm in Spain, has expressed interest in the country’s railway projects under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) scheme.


"It has plans to participate in the bidding for LRT Line 1 south extension," Favila said. Line 1 expansion starts from Baclaran to Cavite. The project is now subject to a Swisschallenge.

Pro-Intec, an engineering, architecture and consulting firm, has committed to lobby and secure from the Spanish government 800,000 Euros for a technical study grant. It is interested in BOT investments in LRT Line 1 South and Line 2, west extension, a 3-4 kilometer elevated tracks.

LRT Line 2 involves the construction of a 13.8 kilometer railway along Marcos Highway, Aurora Boulevard, Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard, Legarda and Recto Avenue. It has an estimated project cost of P25.7 billion.

Pro-Intec is also interested in the Laguindingan Airport and Mindanao Airport Development project in Cagayan de Oro. It commits to provide a technical study grant for an agricultural/industrial project in Cagayan Export Zone Authority. It is also proposing technical study grant for the fabrication of oil drilling equipment in Subic.

Dimetronics of Spain is also interested in the supply contracts for signaling equipment for LRT Line 1 and Line 2 extensions.

Soluziona, an existing IT investor in the country, is interested in BOT investments in Don Piyo Intermodal Station, a hub for intercity and provincial bus transport and track systems for north-bound buses.

RENFE, Spain’s national railway operator that operates Spain’s 15,000 kilometer system of railways, is interested in participating in the Iligan-Cagayan de Oro Railway project. It will fund 100,000 Euros for a feasibility project.

The Iligan-Cagayan de Oro Railway project is an 82.5 kilometer line with an estimated cost of 0 million. It is the first phase of the four-phased Mindanao Railway System.

The project was launched in September 1996 as among the flagship projects under the Ramos administration. It was relaunched recently with Speaker Jose De Venecia at the helm.

The MRS was envisioned to 1,700 kilometer line connecting Cagayan de Oro, Iligan, Butuan, Zamboanga, Davao and General Santos in Cotabato.

Construccion Y Auxilliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF), a railroad construction company, is also looking at providing 33 million Euros funding the feasibility study for the Mindanao railway project.

Favila said that Soluziona, an existing IT systems provider in the country, is also bidding as IT systems provider for the NorthRail project. Its presence in the country is through a partnership with the Lopez-owned Meralco.

Soluziona is also exploring a partnership with department store magnate Henry Sy for an integrated property development complex, Favila said.

Filipino-owned Burgundy Global Asset Management Corp. has also signed a memorandum of agreement with Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, Spain’s second largest bank, for a 250 million Euro funding for BOT projects.

The credit line may be used for oil and gas exploration in Palawan, hotels and resort development, ICT projects, and the development of Port Irene in Cagayan.

Winace Holdings Philippines Inc., a local affiliate of the Mabey Group of UK, also signed a joint declaration with Banco Bilbao for the conclusion of an agreement for a credit line of 280 million Euros for infrastructure and energy projects.

Winace has an existing investment in a call center operation in the country under its subsidiary WinSource Solutions Inc.(BCM)

"LRT Line 2 involves the construction of a 13.8 kilometer railway along Marcos Highway, Aurora Boulevard, Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard, Legarda and Recto Avenue. It has an estimated project cost of P25.7 billion."


I thought it was already built and is already running.

:weirdo:

:weirdo:
Cogon market has 4 escalators.

is that cdo only or both cdo and misor?
For CDO and Misor.. P12B pala.. not 6.. I was confused bacause of the "6months"

Cogon market has 4 escalators.

Wow, sossy na talaga ang CDO! :)

^^ sa carmen market din may dalawa..hehe

^^ sa carmen market din may dalawa..hehe

Wow :eek2: Mayron din ba sa New Agora Market?

Guys ano kaya sa palagay nyo bakit hindi nanalo ang Cogon market sa Huwarang Palengke Search?

Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Oro fiesta set to go 'global'

THE Cagayan de Oro City Fiesta 2006 Executive Committee will embark on a new campaign aimed at promoting the annual celebration of the city fiesta as a major event worth looking into by the global business and tourism communities.

Councilor Jose Benjamin Benaldo, executive chairman of this year's city fiesta celebration, said during the committee's first meeting Monday that with Mayor Vicente Emano's "aggressive tourism and investment promotions" city residents and guests can expect a different celebration that will highlight the city's potential as an international tourism and business destination.

Benaldo said different from the previous city fiesta celebrations, this year's festivities will be designed to draw the interest and attention not only of visitors from neighboring places in Mindanao and the rest of the country but also from the international community.

"The city fiesta is not only for us to celebrate but for the tourists to come in here and see what a Cagayan de Oro fiesta is all about," Benaldo said.

Benaldo created a new fiesta subcommittee -- the committee on business and tourism promotions that will focus on the promotion of Cagayan de Oro, through the city fiesta celebration, as an international destination for investment and tourism purposes.

The business and promotions committee will be headed by Provincial Director Eliza Pabillore of the Department of Trade and Industry and co-chaired by Director Butch Chan of the Department of Tourism in Northern Mindanao.

The fiesta executive committee is set to meet again on July 11 to finalize the details of the activities prepared by the respective subcommittees. (CIO)

OFF TOPIC:

sana maka invite tayo ng forumers from Gensan ug cotabato kay murag sila na lang ang major mindanao cities nga walay representative diri sa SSC

Korek jud Gravy bai. Gensan also has a lot of potential, and a good port, along with the fact that it's also manny pacquiao's lair and fishy capital :D

Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Oro fiesta set to go 'global'

THE Cagayan de Oro City Fiesta 2006 Executive Committee will embark on a new campaign aimed at promoting the annual celebration of the city fiesta as a major event worth looking into by the global business and tourism communities.

Councilor Jose Benjamin Benaldo, executive chairman of this year's city fiesta celebration, said during the committee's first meeting Monday that with Mayor Vicente Emano's "aggressive tourism and investment promotions" city residents and guests can expect a different celebration that will highlight the city's potential as an international tourism and business destination.

Benaldo said different from the previous city fiesta celebrations, this year's festivities will be designed to draw the interest and attention not only of visitors from neighboring places in Mindanao and the rest of the country but also from the international community.

"The city fiesta is not only for us to celebrate but for the tourists to come in here and see what a Cagayan de Oro fiesta is all about," Benaldo said.

Benaldo created a new fiesta subcommittee -- the committee on business and tourism promotions that will focus on the promotion of Cagayan de Oro, through the city fiesta celebration, as an international destination for investment and tourism purposes.

The business and promotions committee will be headed by Provincial Director Eliza Pabillore of the Department of Trade and Industry and co-chaired by Director Butch Chan of the Department of Tourism in Northern Mindanao.

The fiesta executive committee is set to meet again on July 11 to finalize the details of the activities prepared by the respective subcommittees. (CIO)

yeah.. dapat lang.. CDO's fiesta celebration is nationally unregconized.

Wow :eek2: Mayron din ba sa New Agora Market?

Most probably! Pero, I haven't really seen the plan! By the way, as of the moment, the renovation of the Agora Market is still under negotiation... Hopefully, the renovations will be done the soonest time possible! The Agora and Puerto Markets are scheduled for renovation via BOT scheme... Dugay na! I don't know what's causing the delay! The Agora Bus Terminal will also be modernized as part of the improvement of the Agora Market... Hopefully, as beautiful as the Bulua West Bound Terminal and Public Market, no?... Murag mas gwapom pa sa airport... HEHEHE! Too bad, wala pa kaayo tao sa Bulua Terminal! Hopefully, soon... I find it to be more beautiful than The Cogon Market... I'll try to take pics of it soon...

i took these from the net...

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1368/untitled3tp.png
This shows part of the downtown, the Ysalina Bridge and Carmen area

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8273/untitled25lp.png
This picture show CM Recto Avenue and the Lico-an junction (probably the busiest intersection in the city!)

Most probably! Pero, I haven't really seen the plan! By the way, as of the moment, the renovation of the Agora Market is still under negotiation... Hopefully, the renovations will be done the soonest time possible! The Agora and Puerto Markets are scheduled for renovation via BOT scheme... Dugay na! I don't know what's causing the delay! The Agora Bus Terminal will also be modernized as part of the improvement of the Agora Market... Hopefully, as beautiful as the Bulua West Bound Terminal and Public Market, no?... Murag mas gwapom pa sa airport... HEHEHE! Too bad, wala pa kaayo tao sa Bulua Terminal! Hopefully, soon... I find it to be more beautiful than The Cogon Market... I'll try to take pics of it soon...

Cogon, Carmen, Divisoria, Agora, Puerto, & Bulua...CDO has 6 public markets! Wow, parang Metroplitan na talaga dyan. :eek2:

Guys ano kaya sa palagay nyo bakit hindi nanalo ang Cogon market sa Huwarang Palengke Search?

Kasi siguro bagong-bago palang yung market. Hindi siguro naka-abot ng cut-off for entries ang Cogon. Next year though Cogon will surely be a Top Contender for the title :)

excuse me po, ah... uuhhhhuuuuuu!!! Ang ganda ng site ng PromoteCDO.com no? Sino kaya gumawa nyan? ikaw ba bai burotski?

i took these from the net...

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8273/untitled25lp.png
This picture show CM Recto Avenue and the Lico-an junction (probably the busiest intersection in the city!)

CM Recto Ave. is the EDSA of CDO, agree? :runaway:

Fellow northern mindanaoans, did you know that NORTHERN MINDANAO has the highest Per capita income in VISMIN and 3rd in the country after NCR and CAR?

sorry for the quality. i just took this from the paper.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/Picture002-1.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/Picture003.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/Picture004-1.jpg

All i thought we are way behind Western Visayas and Davao region. This is something to be proud of.

Anyway, construction update of the 8 storey Capitol General Hospital. (mejo malabo rin. tumatakbo kc yung car nung kinunan ko. )

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/Picture001-1.jpg

Wow, sossy na talaga ang CDO! :)
2 of our markets here have escalators. Surely, the Agora and Puerto will also have.
OT: Sera, diba psych ka sa xavier dati? So you know ma'am joan, ma'am chelo, sir rogelio, ect...?

yeah.. dapat lang.. CDO's fiesta celebration is nationally unregconized.
Kasi naman si Emano masyadong tinitipid ang Fiesta, like last year.... hindi masyado pinagkagastusan.

i took these from the net...

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1368/untitled3tp.png
This shows part of the downtown, the Ysalina Bridge and Carmen area

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8273/untitled25lp.png
This picture show CM Recto Avenue and the Lico-an junction (probably the busiest intersection in the city!)
Ganyan pala kaganda ang Gaston park from above? lol

CM Recto Ave. is the EDSA of CDO, agree? :runaway:
yeah.. minus the dull mrt track. especially on peak hours.

Korek jud Gravy bai. Gensan also has a lot of potential, and a good port, along with the fact that it's also manny pacquiao's lair and fishy capital :D
i thought we have representative from Genasn? I've been seeing him in davao thread(yata) before. i forgot the name, basta something to do with letter G.

Most probably! Pero, I haven't really seen the plan! By the way, as of the moment, the renovation of the Agora Market is still under negotiation... Hopefully, the renovations will be done the soonest time possible! The Agora and Puerto Markets are scheduled for renovation via BOT scheme... Dugay na! I don't know what's causing the delay! The Agora Bus Terminal will also be modernized as part of the improvement of the Agora Market... Hopefully, as beautiful as the Bulua West Bound Terminal and Public Market, no?... Murag mas gwapom pa sa airport... HEHEHE! Too bad, wala pa kaayo tao sa Bulua Terminal! Hopefully, soon... I find it to be more beautiful than The Cogon Market... I'll try to take pics of it soon...
tama ka bai burotski, West bound terminal looks better than Lumbia airport, even after its renovation. yung arrival lang ang gumanda, pre-departure looks dull still.

Cogon, Carmen, Divisoria, Agora, Puerto, & Bulua...CDO has 6 public markets! Wow, parang Metroplitan na talaga dyan. :eek2:
:)
i guess it's okay to include the opol public market since it's still part of the CDO conurbation. Should we also include Tagoloan public market and the one in Bugo? so all in all there are 9.

let me repost this. Emano has been consentrating on beautifying Divisoria, dapat pag tuunan nya rin ng pansin ang lubak lubak na VELEZ. It badly needs to be reasphalt.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/Velez.jpg

Cogon, Carmen, Divisoria, Agora, Puerto, & Bulua...CDO has 6 public markets! Wow, parang Metroplitan na talaga dyan. :eek2:


Don't forget the Gusa Public Market and East Bound Jeepney and Van Terminal... Gamay pa lang hinuon tao... The market is the drop point of fish, if I'm not mistaken! It used to be the Agora Market! Pero, I can say the project is really useful! Just like the Bulua Market and Terminal, its function is to minimize the congestion of the CBD!!! It's located behind the CU Medical City... I'll try to take pics of it soon...
By the way, the Divisoria is not really a market... However, during weekends, it becomes a night Market and Nite Cafe site...

i guess it's okay to include the opol public market since it's still part of the CDO conurbation. Should we also include Tagoloan public market and the one in Bugo? so all in all there are 9.

I think the proposed Metro Cagayan de Oro stretches from Laguindingan from the West (which is the site of the future International Airport) to Jasaan (which houses part of the Phividec). So, the future Metro Cagayan de Oro will include Laguindingan, Alubijid, the soon to be city El Salvador, Opol, Cagayan de Oro City, the soon to be city Tagoloan, Villanueva and Jasaan!
So, that would bring the total number of public market in the Future Metro Cagayan de Oro to more than 10...

excuse me po, ah... uuhhhhuuuuuu!!! Ang ganda ng site ng PromoteCDO.com no? Sino kaya gumawa nyan? ikaw ba bai burotski?

I wish... HEHEHE! I think Syntactics is the one developing the said URL. This is their address: http://www.syntacticsinc.com

Taken from www.promotecdo.com

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY "GOLDEN CITY..... GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES"
MISAMIS ORIENTAL “WE ADD VALUE”



HISTORY

The name Misamis Oriental was derived from the word Misa, a Spanish term for mass or a church rite. When Christianity was still new in the Philippines, the converts were usually heard to shout "Misa!, Misa!" every time the priests traveled in the area. Thus, over a period of time, the Spanish missionaries called the province "Misamis".

Other sources revealed the word "Misamis" is derived from "KUYAMIS", a variety of sweet coconut which was the staple food of the earliest known Negrito settlers of the territory. The word "KUYAMIS" was corrupted to Misamis when the Spanish colonizers came.

The Cagayan de Oro City’s name can be traced back during the arrival of the Recollect friars in 1622, the area around Himologan was already known as "Cagayan". In fact, early Spanish documents in the 1500s already referred to the place as "Cagayan". The area of Northern Mindanao, which included Cagayan, was granted as an encomienda to a certain Juan Griego on January 25, 1571. How did this name originate, when we also know that there is a Cagayan in Luzon and a Cagayan in Sulu? Language researchers trace the etymology of the name "Cagayan" as coming from the Proto-Philippine language, the root of many Filipino languages. In this language, which was Malayo-Polynesian, the word for water was "ag". "Agus" was the "flow of the water" hence "agusan" was "the place where there is a flow of the water". In that same language, "kagay" meant "river". "Kagay-an" meant "the place of the river". That is the root of the name of Cagayan, derived from the great river that runs through the city.

NATURAL AND PHYSICAL RESOURCES

Location. The Province Misamis Oriental is one of the five (5) provinces of Northern Mindanao and situated along the northern coast of the resource-rich Mindanao island. It is bounded on the north by Macajalar Bay, on the west by Iligan Bay; on the east by Agusan Del Norte; and on the south and southwest by the provinces of Bukidnon and Lanao del Norte respectively.

It has two (2) major bays- Macajalar Bay on the western part and Gingoog Bay on the eastern portion. Its strategic location and large open bays make the province the principal distribution center of the region.

Cagayan de Oro as the capital city of Misamis Oriental is geographically located between the central coastline of Macajalar Bay and the naturally rich plateaus and mountains of Bukidnon and Lanao Del Norte to the south. It is bounded by the two municipalities of Misamis Oriental : Tagoloan and Opol on the east and west respectively.

It is 491 miles (810 air kilometers) or an hour and twenty (20) minutes away by plane from Metro Manila and thirty (30) minutes from Cebu. Traveling by sea, the voyage takes thirty (30) hours from Manila and nine (9) hours from Cebu. By land, the place can be reached within forty (40) hours from Manila.

Political Subdivision. The province has two (2) cities, its capital city Cagayan de Oro and the charter city of Gingoog and 24 municipalities, (14 on the eastern side/10 on the western side. The farthest municipality on the western side is Lugait and on the eastern side is Magsaysay.

Cagayan de Oro City has 57 urban barangays and 23 rural barangays ) while Misamis Oriental has a total of 502 barangays.

Land Area. The province has a total land area of 3,570.01 square kilometers. This includes the cities of Gingoog and Cagayan de Oro. Claveria, the only land-locked municipality, has the largest area at 894.90 square kilometers while the smallest municipality is Binuangan with an area of 30.00 square kilometers.
Cagayan de Oro City’s total land area of 488.86 square kilometers represents 13.7% of the entire Misamis Oriental. It has about 25 kilometers of coastline and a fine deep water harbor within Macajalar Bay.

Topography. Misamis Oriental is characteristically rugged where mountains and hills occupy approximately seventy percent (70%) of total land area. The highlands are punctuated by mountain ranges, coastal plains and valleys are traversed by rivers of various forms and sizes that provide adequate underground water supply throughout the area. On the eastern portion of the province are two (2) inactive volcanic cones - Mt. Balatucan, which at 2,560 meters, is the highest peak and Mt. Lumot.

Cagayan de Oro City is characterized by a narrow coastal plain along the Macajalar Bay and by highland areas separated by steeply inclined slopes. The lowland is relatively flat and elevation is not more than 10 meters above sea level. The highlands bound the city in the south from east to west. They consist of plateaus, terraces, hills, mountains, canyons and gorges bound the city in the south from east to west.

Soil Type. The soil type of the province is predominantly clay, alluvium, shale, sandstone, coralline & limestone, which are abundant in some municipalities. But clay is predominant in Cagayan de Oro. Other textures range from sand, loan to clay loan is also found in the city.

Climate. The Province is blissfully located outside the typhoon belt and earthquake faults. The coldest month is noted in January while the hottest is August. The dry season is from November to April and wet season is from May to October. Average temperature is 27 Centigrade.

Land Use Classification. The province is generally classified into forestland (47% of land area) and 53% are alienable and disposable lands. But as of 1996, DENR-10 reported that forestland now occupies only an area of 6,243 hectares.

As of 2003, Cagayan de Oro's actual land use on the zoning ordinance is generally classified into agricultural and non-agricultural. The agricultural area represents 34.88% of the total area.

THE PEOPLE

Population. As of Censal Year 2000, the province registered the largest population at 1.126 million people among the five (5) provinces of Northern Mindanao, with more or less 41% recorded as Cagayan de Oro’s population. The residents of the province are a mixture of Maranaw, Spanish, American and Chinese blood.

Languages Spoken. The local dialect is Cebuano but majority of the people can speak and understand Tagalog and English. Other ethnic dialects are Higaonon, Ilongo, Waray among others.

Religious Affiliations. Roman Catholic is the dominant religion, represented by almost 80% of the population. Other religious affiliations include Protestants, Baptists, Evangelicals, Iglesia Ni Kristo, Philippine Independent Church, Islam and Pentecostal.

Average Annual Family Income. In 2000, Cagayan de Oro registered an average annual family income and expenditures at PhP176,552.00 and PhP132,237 respectively. While Misamis Oriental has an average annual family income and expenditure of PhP89,640.00 PhP70,989.00 respectively.

Labor Force. Being the region’s educational center, one of the major assets of the province is its human resource. Highly educated and trainable labor force composed of young professionals; technical people and skilled workforce are readily available in the area.

RAW MATERIAL RESOURCES

Crops. Misamis Oriental is self-sufficient in some agricultural crops. Almost half (43%) of the province's total land area is planted to various crops like industrial & non-food, cereal, fruit and vegetable & rootcrops. The top five (5) agricultural products are coconut, banana, corn, rice, papaya and cassava.

The province is also one of the country's major producers of coconut. This explains the presence of coco-based processing plants in the province such as Pilipinas Kao, Inc., Fiesta Brands, IndoPhil Oil Mills, Limketkai and Sons Milling Corporation, Pacific Activated Carbon Company and Cagayan de Oro Oil Mill.

Mineral Resources. Misamis Oriental is rich in some mineral deposits with cement raw material and clay deposits topping the list. The mining activities in the province are for chromite, feldspar, silica, bentonite, gold, coal, phosphatic deposit, guano, shale, and limestone.

Cagayan de Oro is also endowed with mineral resources, both metallic and non-metallic. Non-metallic deposits are the most popular and are widely used for industrial and agricultural purposes. These include sand, gravel, limestone and feldspar. It should be noted that many of the areas in Cagayan de Oro are bedded with limestone bodies. Larger exposed limestone bodies are in the vicinity of Indahag.
Iron boulder deposits (magnetite and hematite) were reported to abound in the vicinities of Barangay Dansolihon. Gold, platinum and iron were also found to be in Tuburan, Pigsag-an and Taglimao.
As of December 2001, DENR Region 10 recorded a total of 832.00 hectares of gold, platinum, iron & silver with mining permits under a small-scale mining in the city.

Marine/Coastal Resources. Twenty-three (23) of the twenty-four (24) municipalities are located along the coastline. Hence, a good number of families depend on fishing as their major source of income. The province has three (3) fishing grounds - Macajalar, Gingoog and Balingasag - but with insufficient production. Thus, it has to continually depend on the steady supply of fish from Zamboanga, Bohol, Cotabato and the Panguil Bay area.

Coral reefs are found along the coastline of Macajalar Bay (Banbayan Point), Gorda Point in Balingasag and Constancia and Agutayan reefs in Jasaan. Mangrove forest covers a total aggregate area of 124 hectares (Opol, El Salvador, Alubijid, Magsaysay). Potential mangrove area planted to Bacauan covers 90 hectares.

Forest Resource. The vegetative cover of the classified forest lands consists of virgin/old growth, residual/young growth, mossy, mangrove, brushlands and other land uses like plantation forest and ISF-cultivated areas. Dipterocarp species abound in old and second growth forest most common are the Philippine Mahogany species such as Red and White Lauan, Mayapis, etc.

INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITIES

Telecommunication. With the advent of information technology, telecommunication facilities of the province and the city have improved considerably over the past years.

As of June, 2004, the seven (7) telephone companies operating in Cagayan de Oro City and Misamis Oriental has installed a total of 88,809 lines of which 31,708 have been subscribed. The two (2) major carriers (MISORTEL and PHILCOM) installed a state-of-the-art digital system that uses Alcatel 12-switch providing IDD & NDD services and are now interconnected.

There are seven (7) available broadband networks and one (1) cable-based company that connect the city to the world. These companies are: PLDT, Globe Telecom, Philcom, ICC/Bayantel, SNI Philippines and Mozcom Philippines. The only cable-based company is the home-grown Cable 21 Technologies, sister-company of the Parasat Cable TV Inc.

Telephone Expansion Program. Based on the existing carrier's expansion plans, over 50,000 additional lines will be installed in the area over the next two (2) years.

Telephone Density. As of March 2002- telephone density index (TDI) of province was estimated at four (4) lines/100 persons.

Power. The power requirement of the province is supplied by the Mindanao Grid of the National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR) in Iligan City and the Pulangi IV Hydroelectric Plant in Bukidnon. It is being served by three (3) power utilities namely Cagayan de Oro Electric Power & Light Company (CEPALCO) and Misamis Oriental Rural Electrific Service Cooperative (Moresco) I & II. CEPALCO has served industrial, commercial and residential consumers in Cagayan de Oro and certain areas in Misamis Oriental like Tagoloan, Jasaan & Villanueva. Some power-intensive companies are directly connected with NAPOCOR. The rest of the municipalities are served by MORESC I (609 MVA - on the eastern side) and MORESCO II (30 MVA - on the western side). These utilities have energized 98% of the province.

The operation of MINERGY and Northern Mindanao Power Corporation and improved further the supply capability and reliability of power in the province. A subsidiary of CEPALCO, MINERGY operates a land-based power generating plant with a total capacity of 18.90 MW. The Northern Mindanao Power Corporation, a project of Alson’s Power Holding Corporation, also operates a Bunker "C" - fired Diesel Power Generating Plant with an annual registered capacity of 58 MW.

A 210-MW coal-fired power project of the STEAG State Power Development Corporation, at the Phividec Industrial Estate is expected to be operational in 2006.

Water. The water supply of the province is sourced from deep and shallow wells and spring. It has 48 rivers (with discharge capacity of 42,600.71 liters/seconds); 60 creeks; 38 springs (48,432 cu.m./day) and 2 natural lakes. All municipalities have efficient waterworks systems. Cagayan de Oro and Gingoog cities have their own water utilities - the Cagayan de Oro City Water District and Gingoog Water District respectively.

A total of 18 rivers (those with high volumetric discharge rates) were tapped by NIA for irrigation purposes. The impounding dams constructed serviced 27 irrigation facilities. DENR also constructed 6 intake boxes, 8 reservoirs, 10 small water-impounding dams for irrigable agricultural areas of 1,538 upland beneficiaries.

The PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate has its own water system with a discharge capacity of 4.2 million cubic meters for industrial use and 4.3 million cubic meters for domestic consumption.

Road Network. The road network of the province and that of Cagayan de Oro City already reached 797.133 and 406.87941 kilometers respectively. This already includes the 210.137 kilometers all-weather, two-lane highway connecting the province to Iligan and Butuan cities. Davao is accessible via Butuan City and the alternative route that passes through the province of Bukidnon.

Bridges. There are 155 bridges spanning a total of 6,598.422 linear meters in the entire province. Bridges length ranges from 6 to 199 linear meters. By type, the bridges are classified into reinforced concrete deck girder bridge (RCDG), steel, bailey, timber, spillway and footbridge.

Airport and Airline Services. A trunkline airport, which can accommodate Airbus 300 and B-737, is located at Lumbia, eight (8) kilometer from city of Cagayan de Oro. It serves Misamis Oriental, the rest of Northern Mindanao provinces & Lanao area.

The proposed international-standard CIC airport will be constructed in the municipality of Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental. The construction of the said airport is targeted second semester of 2003.

Seaport. Considered the most modern outside of Metro Manila, the Port of Cagayan de Oro is classified as an international seaport. It is situated within the Macajalar Bay and near the mouth of the Cagayan de Oro River. The depth of sea anchorage is 18m, which is approximately 400 meters from the shoreline. The following are the port services: pilotage, cargo handling, tug assistance, mooring & unmooring, porterage, parking area, towage, trucking, bunkering chandling, water supply, brokerage/warehousing and waste collection/disposal.

The authorized port cargo handling services is the Task Force Oro Port. The water supply system is provided and maintained by the Port Management Office-Cagayan de Oro at a very minimal cost. Fuel oil is being supplied by local distributors. Tugs assistance is compulsory for vessels with P1,500 GRT & above. Porterage is being serviced by accredited cooperative of porters. The brokerage is provided by private licensed brokers while warehousing by provided by PPA, the shipping lines and the private operators. The garbage receptacles are installed in the port for proper waste collection.

Parking spaces for private vehicles are allowed entry in the port up to the designated parking space located within the greenbelt areas. Barges are being pulled by tugboats. Trucking services are provided by several truck operators that were given permits at the port.

Other Ports. Aside from the Cagayan de Oro Base Port, there are 19 other government and private ports operating in the province. The Philippine Sinter Corporation, located inside the PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate, has its own private port, one of which has the biggest berthing facility in the country that is capable of handling break bulk ships of any capacity. Its quay length measures 350 meters with a depth of 25 meters. It has two (2) cranes for loading and unloading each with capacity of 6,000 TPH and 3,600 TPH respectively. The common berth, which is available for use by the other companies within the PHIVIDEC area, has a quay length measuring 220 meters with a depth of 5.5 meters. Loading and unloading of cargoes however, are done manually.

Port Expansion. CDO Base Port is being served by 14 domestic shipping lines and four (4) foreign shipping companies. As of 2003, the Cagayan de Oro Port's BOR was recorded at 82%. The expansion of the port is one of the priority projects of the Local Government Unit of Cagayan de Oro City in coordination with private and government agencies concerned and exerted efforts at promoting the Port Expansion Project/Port Development Projects for Bulk Fertilizer Facility, Rehabilitation of Berths 1-5, Integrated Passenger Terminal, Fast Craft Terminal and Bulk Grain facilities.

It is also equipped with sports facilities such as basketball, tennis and volleyball courts, and a commercial area of 27,905 Sq. M.

Mindanao Container Terminal Port. The Mindanao Container Terminal Port which is located inside the Phividec Industrial Estate was recently inaugurated. A US$85.32 Million Project, the 30-hectare Yard MCTP, was funded through a loan agreement by the Japan BIC. It was constructed in December 2001 and started operation in January 2004. MCTP is expected to serve any point in the Asia Pacific Rim and the US. Its facilities include:

An initial throughput capacity of 270,000 TEUs “Twenty Equivalent Unit” (container vans) per year expandable to 500,000 TEUs.
A 400-meter long wharf with a deep harbor for 12 meters draft that can accommodate up to 60,000 DWT Local and International Vessels.
Two (2) quay side gantry cranes measuring 30 meters high; 37 meters outreach and 4 rubber-tired gantry cranes that are capable of stacking up to 4-level high containers in 6 rows. With the modern gantry crane unloading time for one container van takes only about 2.5 minutes as compared to the 10 minutes unloading in an ordinary port. Computerized operations make stacking and taking out of vans efficient and orderl
An 11-hectare area for port-related business near the MCTP Container Yard in Phase 1 and in the Bulk Terminal in MCTP Phase 2.
A 38.10-meter high Control tower equipped with a port radar system, telecommunication system and closed circuit television. It will oversee yard and quay operations;
A 6-hectare concrete-paved container yard that can accommodate 6,816 TEU’s at any one time.
279 reefer van outlets for refrigerated vans to cool perishables/frozen cargo items
MCTP – PHASE 2 is the Food and Bulk/Grains Terminal expected to be operational in Year 2005. It will have additional two (2) gantry cranes and four (4) yard cranes.

As directed by President GMA, private initiative was sought to develop Phase 2 with three (3) interested developers, namely Penta Maritime Corp., Mindanao Grains Processing Company, and San Miguel Corporation.

Land Transportation. Land transportation service in Cagayan de Oro City and Misamis Oriental is quite sufficient. A number of private firms provide rent-a-car services; operate taxi cabs, public utility jeepneys and trucking/hauling services. Motor vehicles registered at the Land Transportation Office an increasing trend for the past five years. The increase can be attributed to the growing affluence of the people and the increasing demand for public transport services. The table reflects the registered motor vehicle for the province of Misamis Oriental.

THE ECONOMY

Investments


The province generated a remarkable investment in 1997 when it recorded total investment of Php 16.522B. Infrastructure & services sector contributed 92% of the total with the bulk of the investment poured in Cagayan de Oro City. The investments were largely attributed to the development of mixed-used property development projects of Pueblo de Oro & Xavier Estates and other high-end subdivision projects.

New investments went down in the years that followed (1998- 2002) due to economic crisis in Asia, the devaluation of the currency but mainly by the political and Mindanao crisis. The investment figure picked up again in 1999 owing to the endorsement for funding of the Mindanao Container Terminal Port Project of the Phividec Industrial Estate by the Miyazawa Initiative amounting to PhP4.8B. Pryce Gases’ expansion project also contributed to this figure.
The growing affluence and increasing market influence of the city attracted the retail giants, Shoemart and Robinsons in 2002.

STEAG State Power Inc., which inked a Power Purchase Agreement with National Power Corporation on a Build-Operate-Transfer basis for the design, financing, construction and operation of a 210 MW coal-fired thermal power plant in the Municipality of Villanueva, Misamis Oriental, contributed a to 2003’s performance. The plant is expected to be operational in 2006.

With the establishment of Shoemart & Robinsons, other business enterprises in Manila made their way to establish branches/outlets in city. This contributed to the 43.66% trading sector in 2004 total investment. The initial construction of KORESCO Hotel in Pueblo de Oro also contributed to the total investment in 2004.

Exports. Over the years, exports in Misamis Oriental relied largely on traditional products, the major ones include: canned pineapple, sintered ore, crude coco oil, finished lumber/wood products, activated carbon, fatty alcohol, refined glycerine, dessicated coconut and coco shell charcoal. However, the year 2001 welcomed the entry of a new export product, milk powder, which ranked 5th in 2001 replacing two of the traditional export commodities - refined glycerine and coco milk powder. But canned pineapple, fatty alcohol and sintered ore remained consistently on top of the export commodities. (Please refer to annex 9 for the top 10 export commodities for the past five (5) years).

Exports generated from 1997 to 2001 showed an erratic trend brought about by the decrease in prices of these traditional export products, especially those commodities, which are directly or indirectly affected by the changes in price of the international market.

Misamis Oriental accounts for more than 50% of the total exports of Region X.

Major Imports. The province’s top 10 imports are minerals, hot rolled steel sheet, tinplates, chemicals, fertilizer, live animals, food stuff, logs, cartoon making materials and forest products. Majority of these commodities are used by industries in the manufacturing, repair & services and the agriculture sector.
The major exporting countries are Brazil, Japan, Australia, Canada, USA and among others.

Major Industries. Medium to large industries operate in Misamis Oriental. Major ones include Philippine Sinter Corporation, Pilipinas Kao and the food giants Del Monte Philippines, Inc. (DMPI), Nestle Philippines, Universal Robina Corporation among others. Other major manufacturing industries include coco-based companies (PACCO, Indo-Phil Oil Mills, Fiesta Brands, Cag. De Oro Oil Company, Limketkai Sons Milling Co.); industrial gases (Pryce Gases and Phil Southern Industrial Gases); wood-based (CATIMCO Group, Vicmar,Top Forest) and other agri-based companies.

The 2003 Survey of Business Establishments conducted by the Department of Trade and Industry revealed a total of 16,597 firms registered with the 24 Municipal Treasurers and 2 City Treasurer Offices in the province.

The 2004 Misamis Oriental Business Name Registration is recorded at 2,537.

Industrial Estate Development. The 80-hectare Alwana Business Park located in Barangay Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City, started in 1981 as the site of wood working factories. Ten years later, the management transformed the rest of the site into an industrial and residential area with a neat zoning system. Forty (40) hectares are reserved for industries, 20 hectares for its high-end subdivision, Alwana Village, ten (10) for commercial establishments and 26 for parks and recreation. Presently, a sports & recreation center is in full operation.

The biggest industrial estate in the country is found in Misamis Oriental. The 3,000-hectare PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate-Misamis Oriental (PIEMO) covers the municipalities of Tagoloan and Villanueva.

The first and biggest locator is the Philippine Sinter Corporation (PSC) which is a subsidiary of Kawasaki Steel of Japan. PSC’s sintered ore is one of the top export commodities of the province. There are 33 locators in the estate, of which, 27 are into manufacturing and 6 are service-related firms. Soon to be established in the estate is the Limketkai Food Manufacturing Corporation, San Miguel Corporation and TLC Beatrice Foods, a food processing facility.

The recently inaugurated Mindanao Container Terminal Port (MCTP) which is also located inside the Phividec Industrial Estate was targeted to operate in January 2004. MCTP will have a capacity of 270,000 TEU/year and a deep harbor for 12 meters draft panamax vessels. The port will have a back-up area for state-of-the-art container yard, warehouses and storage facilities. This port will then addresses the traffic congestion of the existing Cagayan de Oro Port and the medium term need of PHIVIDEC itself.

The First Cagayan de Oro Business Park, a project of MINERGY Systems Inc. and All Asia Capital, also involves the development of a 200-hectare area within the PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate. The implementation of the project will be undertaken in three (3) phases.Another business parks are being programmed to be developed in the province is the Laguindingan Industrial Park which will be located just beside the proposed Laguindingan International Airport.

SUPPORT SERVICES/SOCIAL AMENITIES

Banks and Financing Companies. Outside of Manila, the city of Cagayan de Oro has the most number of financial institutions. Almost all of the country’s leading commercial banks have established branches in the city being the trading center of the region.

Almost all municipalities have multi-purpose cooperatives or non-government organizations (NGO). These NGO’s and cooperatives complemented the development efforts by maximizing the use of the available resources and aimed to hopefully satisfy individual needs of members through cooperative efforts.
As of 2002, an inventory of commercial, thrift, rural and specialized government banks revealed a total of 120 banking and credit facilities operating in strategic areas of the city.

Education. For the SY 2002-2003, the province’ inventory of educational institutions, both private and public, is recorded at 536. These institutions cater to primary, secondary, tertiary and vocational/technical education.

The educational system is similar throughout the country. School year starts in June and ends in March. English is the medium of instruction used in most schools.

Cagayan de Oro is known as the center for higher learning for the whole region if not in Mindanao. In pursuit of quality education, the three (3) universities and one of its colleges were selected by the CHED as Centers for Development and Excellence --- Xavier University (Engineering, Chemistry, Medicine, Business Education and Socio-Anthropology), Liceo de Cagayan University (Nursing), Capitol University (Computer Education) and Mindanao Polytechnic State College (Mathematics). Outside of Cagayan de Oro, every municipality in the province has educational institutions of at least secondary level while Gingoog City has five (5) college institutions.

To keep up with technological Advancement in Information Technology, the country’s leading ICT Schools are now in the area namely, STI, AMA College and Informatics.

Medical Facilities. There are 24 hospitals in Misamis Oriental; 10 of which are government-run and 15 are privately-owned. The number of beds is greater than the national standard; therefore, this implies that tertiary health care services cater also to neighboring municipalities. In addition to the hospitals, there are 49 Barangay Health Centers that provide minor health services. For specialized health care, there are 66 family planning clinics and 200 medical or dental clinics. Medical manpower appears to be more than adequate in number.

Most private hospitals and the Northern Mindanao Medical Center are already equipped with the latest medical equipment like the CT-SCAN to provide adequate and immediate relief in cases of emergencies and complicated medical cases. Specialized private clinics for dental, therapeutic, optical and diagnostic services provide additional medical support.

Housing Facilities. Development in construction and real estate has been massive and very aggressive, specifically on housing and commercial centers in the last five (5) years. As of May 2001, Misamis Oriental has a total of one hundred fourteen (114) subdivisions. These subdivisions cater mostly to the needs of the low-income and high-end customers for the executives and the elite groups. Real estate developers usually offer a packaged house and lot with a minimum lot area of 80 square meters.

TOURISM AMENITIES

Hotels/Accommodations. Most of the hotels, tourist inns and lodging houses are located in Cagayan de Oro. One of the classified first class hotels is Pryce Plaza Hotel which is located on top of Carmen Hill overlooking the city and the Macajalar Bay. At least four (4) other hotels offer amenities comparable to those in big cities like Cebu and Manila. There are also two (2) beach hotels; one within the city and the other one in Opol, the nearest municipality to Cagayan de Oro.


At least three (3) real estate developers provide modern facilities and amenities - from commercial centers, educational institutions, churches, sports and country club facilities, golf courses, etc.

For the sports buff, the Pelaez Sports Complex, one of the biggest outside Metro Manila, is designed for indoor and outdoor sports activities. The Xavier Estates Sports and Country Club and Alwana Sports Avenue also provide international standard facilities of almost all kinds of indoors and outdoors sports.
The proximity of the city to the beautiful island of Camiguin is also an added advantage.

Tourism Indicators. Based on the record of DOT-10, Cagayan de Oro-Misamis Oriental remained the favored destination for tourist. For the past years, Cagayan de Oro-Misamis Oriental garnered more than 50% of tourists’ arrival region wide and this is followed by Camiguin.

Don't forget the Gusa Public Market and East Bound Jeepney and Van Terminal... Gamay pa lang hinuon tao... The market is the drop point of fish, if I'm not mistaken! It used to be the Agora Market! Pero, I can say the project is really useful! Just like the Bulua Market and Terminal, its function is to minimize the congestion of the CBD!!! It's located behind the CU Medical City... I'll try to take pics of it soon...
By the way, the Divisoria is not really a market... However, during weekends, it becomes a night Market and Nite Cafe site...



I think the proposed Metro Cagayan de Oro stretches from Laguindingan from the West (which is the site of the future International Airport) to Jasaan (which houses part of the Phividec). So, the future Metro Cagayan de Oro will include Laguindingan, Alubijid, the soon to be city El Salvador, Opol, Cagayan de Oro City, the soon to be city Tagoloan, Villanueva and Jasaan!
So, that would bring the total number of public market in the Future Metro Cagayan de Oro to more than 10...
but for now, as how a metro is accepted, Tagoloan-CDO-Opol it is. these three share conurbation.

Originally Posted by burotski
Don't forget the Gusa Public Market and East Bound Jeepney and Van Terminal... Gamay pa lang hinuon tao... The market is the drop point of fish, if I'm not mistaken! It used to be the Agora Market! Pero, I can say the project is really useful! Just like the Bulua Market and Terminal, its function is to minimize the congestion of the CBD!!! It's located behind the CU Medical City... I'll try to take pics of it soon...
By the way, the Divisoria is not really a market... However, during weekends, it becomes a night Market and Nite Cafe site...



I think the proposed Metro Cagayan de Oro stretches from Laguindingan from the West (which is the site of the future International Airport) to Jasaan (which houses part of the Phividec). So, the future Metro Cagayan de Oro will include Laguindingan, Alubijid, the soon to be city El Salvador, Opol, Cagayan de Oro City, the soon to be city Tagoloan, Villanueva and Jasaan!
So, that would bring the total number of public market in the Future Metro Cagayan de Oro to more than 10...


Originally Posted by FrancisXavier

but for now, as how a metro is accepted, Tagoloan-CDO-Opol it is. these three share conurbation.

I just want to include Manolo Fortich and Libona n Bukidnon provice to be part of metro CDO. So it should be from Jasaan in east to Laguindingan in the west and down to Libona and Manolo Fortich in the south to be so called Metro CDO.

oh no.. Metro on top of the mountains. that could be impossible.. aside from the fact that Manolo Fortitch is an hour away. it'll be no more than costal CDO and nearby.

Really, Manolo Fortich is only 40 mins away and Libona is only 20 minutes. Part of Manolo Fortich is the Camp Philips where the famous Del Monte Golf Course is there and it only 20 minutes away... And much better if the Government will build a wide road leading to Camp Philips via Indahag to shorten the travel to Bukidnon, I think it opens more growth areas...

Here is the map of Northern Minadano, encircled is what I want to be so called metro CDO! I think Baungon could be one of the metro.

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ehehe.. from my house it's an hour away. in your map, would include southeastern iligan.

ahh...18more post to go before the thread V

Cagayan de Oro at night taken from the high ridge. Source:flickr

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View from the Southern Part of the city:

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Post mo na mga old pics Francis, yung pics taken from Carmelite ata yun, yung wide pics mo dati gusto ko yun....

sorry for the quality. i just took this from the paper.
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All i thought we are way behind Western Visayas and Davao region. This is something to be proud of.


Anong year 'to? Di ko mabasa ang figures, can you encode it Francis?

ehehe.. from my house it's an hour away. in your map, would include southeastern iligan.


Isali na rin natin some parts of Iligan, lol, :eek2: :runaway:

See you in the next thread, sign out muna me... bye. Maayong Hapon Cagayan De Oro and Northern Mindanao!!!

Anong year 'to? Di ko mabasa ang figures, can you encode it Francis?
2005 yan.. basta, top tayo jan.yung ranking ang importante,...lol

Post mo na mga old pics Francis, yung pics taken from Carmelite ata yun, yung wide pics mo dati gusto ko yun....
ahh.. hindi sakin yun.. kay cyrusal ata.. nasa thread2 yun kung tama ako. anyways, nice pic from high ridge.. kaw kumuha?

View from the Southern Part of the city:

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sana umaabot d2yung mga white water rafters, para diretso na sa floating restos...lol

Mga natatangi kong kuya dito, Burotski,Cyrusal, Boju, Ilang posts nalang, pwede na tayo mag thread 5... Palagay ko mas magaling kayo sa computer,so kayo na gawa ng banner natin.

BYE BYE na Muna
CAGAYAN
NORMIN
PILIPINAS
still have so many assignments to do na di ko magawa kung naka log in ako dito sa highly addictive ssc. Kitakits sa next thread! Burotski & Cyrusal,kayo na ang tumapos...lol

I just want to include Manolo Fortich and Libona n Bukidnon provice to be part of metro CDO. So it should be from Jasaan in east to Laguindingan in the west and down to Libona and Manolo Fortich in the south to be so called Metro CDO.
Yup! There was a study which included those two municipalities...

Really, Manolo Fortich is only 40 mins away and Libona is only 20 minutes. Part of Manolo Fortich is the Camp Philips where the famous Del Monte Golf Course is there and it only 20 minutes away... And much better if the Government will build a wide road leading to Camp Philips via Indahag to shorten the travel to Bukidnon, I think it opens more growth areas...
Actually, there is a road which connects CdO to Libona via Indahag... It's loose gravel pa hinuon but passable!

Cyrusal, ready na ba daw banner sa Thread V? HEHEHE!

Anong year 'to? Di ko mabasa ang figures, can you encode it Francis?
I think it's the data for the 2005 Gross Regional Domestic Product Per Capita.

Here's the data, but the one i'll post is the one at 1985 prices not the current prices like the one on the newspaper:

REGION / YEAR 2004 2005
PHILIPPINES 13,789 14,186
NCR METRO MANILA 33,867 35,742
CAR CORDILLERA 18,111 17,919
I ILOCOS 7,442 7,727
II CAGAYAN VALLEY 8,228 7,649
III CENTRAL LUZON 11,054 11,142
IVA CALABARZON 14,068 14,159
IVB MIMAROPA 12,284 12,735
V BICOL 6,442 6,632
VI WESTERN VISAYAS 12,347 12,825
VII CENTRAL VISAYAS 13,010 13,518
VIII EASTERN VISAYAS 6,555 6,678
IX ZAMBOANGA PENINSULA 9,672 10,159
X NORTHERN MINDANAO 14,587 14,829
XI DAVAO REGION 13,455 13,892
XII SOCCSKSARGEN 11,487 11,477
ARMM MUSLIM MINDANAO 3,382 3,433
XIII CARAGA 6,589 6,690

NCR registered the biggest improvement in per capita GRDP in 2005, as it increased by 5.5 percent. NCR also posted the highest per capita index relative to the national average with 252.0, followed by CAR with 126.0 and Northern Mindanao with 104.5. All other regions posted indexes lower than the national average with ARMM registering the lowest at 24.2.

di ba mas mataas ang per capita ng mga tiga central luzon? nung nandun ako murag mga dato man gud kaayo mga tao..hehehe

nyek kung isa na sa kinatas-an ang northern ug southern mindanao...unya murag dili man jud ta in ana ka well off, unsa kaha sa uban na mas ubos noh? hahay..

Per capita income of selected regions at current prices, 2005

NCR 184,758
CAR 75,556
NORTHERN MINDANAO 62,850
DAVAO REGION 59,971
CALABARZON 59,320
CENTRAL VISAYAS 59,272
WESTERN VISAYAS 51,872
SOCCSKARGEN 47,826
CENTRAL LUZON 45,789
MIMAROPA 43,406
ZAMBOANGA PENINSULA 38,386
ILOCOS REGION 33,405
EASTERN VISAYAS 31,223
CAGAYAN VALLEY REGION 30,369
CARAGA 28,194
BICOL 26,316
ARMM 15,161
PHILIPPINES 63,556

di ba mas mataas ang per capita ng mga tiga central luzon? nung nandun ako murag mga dato man gud kaayo mga tao..hehehe

nyek kung isa na sa kinatas-an ang northern ug southern mindanao...unya murag dili man jud ta in ana ka well off, unsa kaha sa uban na mas ubos noh? hahay..Kahit ako very surprised when i saw the data from Manila standard... all i knew is pinaka well off ang Calabarzon and CentalLuzon, yun pala ahead pa sa kanla ang dalwang Mindanao regions. Siguro it has something to do with their exeptional huge population since the per capita is measured by dividing the total goods and services produced by the total population.

look how different is the gate of Gran Europa right now.

Before
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Now
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may fountain na w/c is open during peak hours.

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Cagayan de Oro (abbreviated C.D.O.) is one of the important cities in Mindanao. It is the capital of the province of Misamis Oriental, Philippines and the regional center for Northern Mindanao (Region X). According to the 2000 census, it has an estimated population of 461,877 people in 200,000 households.

The city has many names, it is called the Gateway to Northern Mindanao, the City of White Water Rafting and River Trekking. But most of all, it is through its warm and hospitable people that the city got its name as "The City of Golden Friendship".

Cagayan de Oro is base to multinational companies such as Del Monte Philippines (formerly Philippine Packing Corporation). It has been operating in Cagayan de Oro since the 1930's. Pineapples in nearby Bukidnon Province are transported to their Processing Plant in Barangay Bugo and shipped to the entire Philippines, Asia and the Pacific.

Cagayan de Oro City is the center of education in Northern Mindanao. The city is the site of large state-run educational institutions and universities.

Current Mayor of Cagayan de Oro City is Vicente Emano and current Vice-mayor is Michelle Tagarda-Spiers.

Tsada! Thread V: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=373246

Congratulations on the 5th thread yous guys from CDO

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Cagayan de Oro is a bustling regional trade and commercial center, the hub of Northern Mindanao and transshipment point to various key destinations; Cebu in the Central Philippines; Manila, the national capital; and neighboring Asian markets.

The city's strong regional orientation is reflected in its large concentration of service industries, government offices, banks, and the facilities of some of the most successful multinational corporations-Del Monte, Coca-Cola, Nestle, and San Miguel to name a few.

Cagayan de Oro (abbreviated CDO) is one of the important cities in Mindanao which is located in the province of Misamis Oriental, Philippines. Cagayan de Oro is a 1st Class city. It is the capital city of Misamis Oriental. It is one of the most peaceful cities in Mindanao. Its international container port is one of the busiest cargo hubs in the southern Philippines. It is also called the City of White Water Rafting and River Trekking. It is also famous for its river taxi and cruise restaurants. It is one of the best cities for adventure-lovers. It is also the regional center of the Northern Mindanao (Region X). According to the 2000 census, it has an estimated population of 461,877 people in 200,000 households.

Cagayan de Oro is nicknamed the 'City of Golden Friendship'. Cagayan de Oro is one of the places in the world where the Del Monte Plantation is found. This plantation distributes its products in the Philippines, Asia and the Pacific.



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MISAMIS ORIENTAL
“WE ADD VALUE”

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY
"GOLDEN CITY..... GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES"


HISTORY

The name Misamis Oriental was derived from the word Misa, a Spanish term for mass or a church rite. When Christianity was still new in the Philippines, the converts were usually heard to shout "Misa!, Misa!" every time the priests traveled in the area. Thus, over a period of time, the Spanish missionaries called the province "Misamis".

Other sources revealed the word "Misamis" is derived from "KUYAMIS", a variety of sweet coconut which was the staple food of the earliest known Negrito settlers of the territory. The word "KUYAMIS" was corrupted to Misamis when the Spanish colonizers came.

The Cagayan de Oro City’s name can be traced back during the arrival of the Recollect friars in 1622, the area around Himologan was already known as "Cagayan". In fact, early Spanish documents in the 1500s already referred to the place as "Cagayan". The area of Northern Mindanao, which included Cagayan, was granted as an encomienda to a certain Juan Griego on January 25, 1571. How did this name originate, when we also know that there is a Cagayan in Luzon and a Cagayan in Sulu? Language researchers trace the etymology of the name "Cagayan" as coming from the Proto-Philippine language, the root of many Filipino languages. In this language, which was Malayo-Polynesian, the word for water was "ag". "Agus" was the "flow of the water" hence "agusan" was "the place where there is a flow of the water". In that same language, "kagay" meant "river". "Kagay-an" meant "the place of the river". That is the root of the name of Cagayan, derived from the great river that runs through the city.


NATURAL AND PHYSICAL RESOURCES

Location. The Province Misamis Oriental is one of the five (5) provinces of Northern Mindanao and situated along the northern coast of the resource-rich Mindanao island. It is bounded on the north by Macajalar Bay, on the west by Iligan Bay; on the east by Agusan Del Norte; and on the south and southwest by the provinces of Bukidnon and Lanao del Norte respectively.

It has two (2) major bays- Macajalar Bay on the western part and Gingoog Bay on the eastern portion. Its strategic location and large open bays make the province the principal distribution center of the region.

Cagayan de Oro as the capital city of Misamis Oriental is geographically located between the central coastline of Macajalar Bay and the naturally rich plateaus and mountains of Bukidnon and Lanao Del Norte to the south. It is bounded by the two municipalities of Misamis Oriental : Tagoloan and Opol on the east and west respectively.

It is 491 miles (810 air kilometers) or an hour and twenty (20) minutes away by plane from Metro Manila and thirty (30) minutes from Cebu. Traveling by sea, the voyage takes thirty (30) hours from Manila and nine (9) hours from Cebu. By land, the place can be reached within forty (40) hours from Manila.

Political Subdivision. The province has two (2) cities, its capital city Cagayan de Oro and the charter city of Gingoog and 24 municipalities, (14 on the eastern side/10 on the western side. The farthest municipality on the western side is Lugait and on the eastern side is Magsaysay.

Cagayan de Oro City has 57 urban barangays and 23 rural barangays ) while Misamis Oriental has a total of 502 barangays.

Land Area. The province has a total land area of 3,570.01 square kilometers. This includes the cities of Gingoog and Cagayan de Oro. Claveria, the only land-locked municipality, has the largest area at 894.90 square kilometers while the smallest municipality is Binuangan with an area of 30.00 square kilometers.
Cagayan de Oro City’s total land area of 488.86 square kilometers represents 13.7% of the entire Misamis Oriental. It has about 25 kilometers of coastline and a fine deep water harbor within Macajalar Bay.

Topography. Misamis Oriental is characteristically rugged where mountains and hills occupy approximately seventy percent (70%) of total land area. The highlands are punctuated by mountain ranges, coastal plains and valleys are traversed by rivers of various forms and sizes that provide adequate underground water supply throughout the area. On the eastern portion of the province are two (2) inactive volcanic cones - Mt. Balatucan, which at 2,560 meters, is the highest peak and Mt. Lumot.

Cagayan de Oro City is characterized by a narrow coastal plain along the Macajalar Bay and by highland areas separated by steeply inclined slopes. The lowland is relatively flat and elevation is not more than 10 meters above sea level. The highlands bound the city in the south from east to west. They consist of plateaus, terraces, hills, mountains, canyons and gorges bound the city in the south from east to west.

Soil Type. The soil type of the province is predominantly clay, alluvium, shale, sandstone, coralline & limestone, which are abundant in some municipalities. But clay is predominant in Cagayan de Oro. Other textures range from sand, loan to clay loan is also found in the city.

Climate. The Province is blissfully located outside the typhoon belt and earthquake faults. The coldest month is noted in January while the hottest is August. The dry season is from November to April and wet season is from May to October. Average temperature is 27 Centigrade.

Land Use Classification. The province is generally classified into forestland (47% of land area) and 53% are alienable and disposable lands. But as of 1996, DENR-10 reported that forestland now occupies only an area of 6,243 hectares.

As of 2003, Cagayan de Oro's actual land use on the zoning ordinance is generally classified into agricultural and non-agricultural. The agricultural area represents 34.88% of the total area.



THE PEOPLE

Population. As of Censal Year 2000, the province registered the largest population at 1.126 million people among the five (5) provinces of Northern Mindanao, with more or less 41% recorded as Cagayan de Oro’s population. The residents of the province are a mixture of Maranaw, Spanish, American and Chinese blood.

Languages Spoken. The local dialect is Cebuano but majority of the people can speak and understand Tagalog and English. Other ethnic dialects are Higaonon, Ilongo, Waray among others.

Religious Affiliations. Roman Catholic is the dominant religion, represented by almost 80% of the population. Other religious affiliations include Protestants, Baptists, Evangelicals, Iglesia Ni Kristo, Philippine Independent Church, Islam and Pentecostal.

Average Annual Family Income. In 2000, Cagayan de Oro registered an average annual family income and expenditures at PhP176,552.00 and PhP132,237 respectively. While Misamis Oriental has an average annual family income and expenditure of PhP89,640.00 PhP70,989.00 respectively.

Labor Force. Being the region’s educational center, one of the major assets of the province is its human resource. Highly educated and trainable labor force composed of young professionals; technical people and skilled workforce are readily available in the area.

RAW MATERIAL RESOURCES

Crops. Misamis Oriental is self-sufficient in some agricultural crops. Almost half (43%) of the province's total land area is planted to various crops like industrial & non-food, cereal, fruit and vegetable & rootcrops. The top five (5) agricultural products are coconut, banana, corn, rice, papaya and cassava.

The province is also one of the country's major producers of coconut. This explains the presence of coco-based processing plants in the province such as Pilipinas Kao, Inc., Fiesta Brands, IndoPhil Oil Mills, Limketkai and Sons Milling Corporation, Pacific Activated Carbon Company and Cagayan de Oro Oil Mill.

Mineral Resources. Misamis Oriental is rich in some mineral deposits with cement raw material and clay deposits topping the list. The mining activities in the province are for chromite, feldspar, silica, bentonite, gold, coal, phosphatic deposit, guano, shale, and limestone.

Cagayan de Oro is also endowed with mineral resources, both metallic and non-metallic. Non-metallic deposits are the most popular and are widely used for industrial and agricultural purposes. These include sand, gravel, limestone and feldspar. It should be noted that many of the areas in Cagayan de Oro are bedded with limestone bodies. Larger exposed limestone bodies are in the vicinity of Indahag.
Iron boulder deposits (magnetite and hematite) were reported to abound in the vicinities of Barangay Dansolihon. Gold, platinum and iron were also found to be in Tuburan, Pigsag-an and Taglimao.
As of December 2001, DENR Region 10 recorded a total of 832.00 hectares of gold, platinum, iron & silver with mining permits under a small-scale mining in the city.

Marine/Coastal Resources. Twenty-three (23) of the twenty-four (24) municipalities are located along the coastline. Hence, a good number of families depend on fishing as their major source of income. The province has three (3) fishing grounds - Macajalar, Gingoog and Balingasag - but with insufficient production. Thus, it has to continually depend on the steady supply of fish from Zamboanga, Bohol, Cotabato and the Panguil Bay area.

Coral reefs are found along the coastline of Macajalar Bay (Banbayan Point), Gorda Point in Balingasag and Constancia and Agutayan reefs in Jasaan. Mangrove forest covers a total aggregate area of 124 hectares (Opol, El Salvador, Alubijid, Magsaysay). Potential mangrove area planted to Bacauan covers 90 hectares.

Forest Resource. The vegetative cover of the classified forest lands consists of virgin/old growth, residual/young growth, mossy, mangrove, brushlands and other land uses like plantation forest and ISF-cultivated areas. Dipterocarp species abound in old and second growth forest most common are the Philippine Mahogany species such as Red and White Lauan, Mayapis, etc.


INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITIES

Telecommunication. With the advent of information technology, telecommunication facilities of the province and the city have improved considerably over the past years.

As of June, 2004, the seven (7) telephone companies operating in Cagayan de Oro City and Misamis Oriental has installed a total of 88,809 lines of which 31,708 have been subscribed. The two (2) major carriers (MISORTEL and PHILCOM) installed a state-of-the-art digital system that uses Alcatel 12-switch providing IDD & NDD services and are now interconnected.

There are seven (7) available broadband networks and one (1) cable-based company that connect the city to the world. These companies are: PLDT, Globe Telecom, Philcom, ICC/Bayantel, SNI Philippines and Mozcom Philippines. The only cable-based company is the home-grown Cable 21 Technologies, sister-company of the Parasat Cable TV Inc.

Telephone Expansion Program. Based on the existing carrier's expansion plans, over 50,000 additional lines will be installed in the area over the next two (2) years.

Telephone Density. As of March 2002- telephone density index (TDI) of province was estimated at four (4) lines/100 persons.

Power. The power requirement of the province is supplied by the Mindanao Grid of the National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR) in Iligan City and the Pulangi IV Hydroelectric Plant in Bukidnon. It is being served by three (3) power utilities namely Cagayan de Oro Electric Power & Light Company (CEPALCO) and Misamis Oriental Rural Electrific Service Cooperative (Moresco) I & II. CEPALCO has served industrial, commercial and residential consumers in Cagayan de Oro and certain areas in Misamis Oriental like Tagoloan, Jasaan & Villanueva. Some power-intensive companies are directly connected with NAPOCOR. The rest of the municipalities are served by MORESC I (609 MVA - on the eastern side) and MORESCO II (30 MVA - on the western side). These utilities have energized 98% of the province.

The operation of MINERGY and Northern Mindanao Power Corporation and improved further the supply capability and reliability of power in the province. A subsidiary of CEPALCO, MINERGY operates a land-based power generating plant with a total capacity of 18.90 MW. The Northern Mindanao Power Corporation, a project of Alson’s Power Holding Corporation, also operates a Bunker "C" - fired Diesel Power Generating Plant with an annual registered capacity of 58 MW.

A 210-MW coal-fired power project of the STEAG State Power Development Corporation, at the Phividec Industrial Estate is expected to be operational in 2006.

Water. The water supply of the province is sourced from deep and shallow wells and spring. It has 48 rivers (with discharge capacity of 42,600.71 liters/seconds); 60 creeks; 38 springs (48,432 cu.m./day) and 2 natural lakes. All municipalities have efficient waterworks systems. Cagayan de Oro and Gingoog cities have their own water utilities - the Cagayan de Oro City Water District and Gingoog Water District respectively.

A total of 18 rivers (those with high volumetric discharge rates) were tapped by NIA for irrigation purposes. The impounding dams constructed serviced 27 irrigation facilities. DENR also constructed 6 intake boxes, 8 reservoirs, 10 small water-impounding dams for irrigable agricultural areas of 1,538 upland beneficiaries.

The PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate has its own water system with a discharge capacity of 4.2 million cubic meters for industrial use and 4.3 million cubic meters for domestic consumption.

Road Network. The road network of the province and that of Cagayan de Oro City already reached 797.133 and 406.87941 kilometers respectively. This already includes the 210.137 kilometers all-weather, two-lane highway connecting the province to Iligan and Butuan cities. Davao is accessible via Butuan City and the alternative route that passes through the province of Bukidnon.

Bridges. There are 155 bridges spanning a total of 6,598.422 linear meters in the entire province. Bridges length ranges from 6 to 199 linear meters. By type, the bridges are classified into reinforced concrete deck girder bridge (RCDG), steel, bailey, timber, spillway and footbridge.

Airport and Airline Services. A trunkline airport, which can accommodate Airbus 300 and B-737, is located at Lumbia, eight (8) kilometer from city of Cagayan de Oro. It serves Misamis Oriental, the rest of Northern Mindanao provinces & Lanao area.

The proposed international-standard CIC airport will be constructed in the municipality of Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental. The construction of the said airport is targeted second semester of 2003.

Seaport. Considered the most modern outside of Metro Manila, the Port of Cagayan de Oro is classified as an international seaport. It is situated within the Macajalar Bay and near the mouth of the Cagayan de Oro River. The depth of sea anchorage is 18m, which is approximately 400 meters from the shoreline. The following are the port services: pilotage, cargo handling, tug assistance, mooring & unmooring, porterage, parking area, towage, trucking, bunkering chandling, water supply, brokerage/warehousing and waste collection/disposal.

The authorized port cargo handling services is the Task Force Oro Port. The water supply system is provided and maintained by the Port Management Office-Cagayan de Oro at a very minimal cost. Fuel oil is being supplied by local distributors. Tugs assistance is compulsory for vessels with P1,500 GRT & above. Porterage is being serviced by accredited cooperative of porters. The brokerage is provided by private licensed brokers while warehousing by provided by PPA, the shipping lines and the private operators. The garbage receptacles are installed in the port for proper waste collection.

Parking spaces for private vehicles are allowed entry in the port up to the designated parking space located within the greenbelt areas. Barges are being pulled by tugboats. Trucking services are provided by several truck operators that were given permits at the port.

Other Ports. Aside from the Cagayan de Oro Base Port, there are 19 other government and private ports operating in the province. The Philippine Sinter Corporation, located inside the PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate, has its own private port, one of which has the biggest berthing facility in the country that is capable of handling break bulk ships of any capacity. Its quay length measures 350 meters with a depth of 25 meters. It has two (2) cranes for loading and unloading each with capacity of 6,000 TPH and 3,600 TPH respectively. The common berth, which is available for use by the other companies within the PHIVIDEC area, has a quay length measuring 220 meters with a depth of 5.5 meters. Loading and unloading of cargoes however, are done manually.

Port Expansion. CDO Base Port is being served by 14 domestic shipping lines and four (4) foreign shipping companies. As of 2003, the Cagayan de Oro Port's BOR was recorded at 82%. The expansion of the port is one of the priority projects of the Local Government Unit of Cagayan de Oro City in coordination with private and government agencies concerned and exerted efforts at promoting the Port Expansion Project/Port Development Projects for Bulk Fertilizer Facility, Rehabilitation of Berths 1-5, Integrated Passenger Terminal, Fast Craft Terminal and Bulk Grain facilities.

It is also equipped with sports facilities such as basketball, tennis and volleyball courts, and a commercial area of 27,905 Sq. M.

Mindanao Container Terminal Port. The Mindanao Container Terminal Port which is located inside the Phividec Industrial Estate was recently inaugurated. A US$85.32 Million Project, the 30-hectare Yard MCTP, was funded through a loan agreement by the Japan BIC. It was constructed in December 2001 and started operation in January 2004. MCTP is expected to serve any point in the Asia Pacific Rim and the US. Its facilities include:

An initial throughput capacity of 270,000 TEUs “Twenty Equivalent Unit” (container vans) per year expandable to 500,000 TEUs.
A 400-meter long wharf with a deep harbor for 12 meters draft that can accommodate up to 60,000 DWT Local and International Vessels.
Two (2) quay side gantry cranes measuring 30 meters high; 37 meters outreach and 4 rubber-tired gantry cranes that are capable of stacking up to 4-level high containers in 6 rows. With the modern gantry crane unloading time for one container van takes only about 2.5 minutes as compared to the 10 minutes unloading in an ordinary port. Computerized operations make stacking and taking out of vans efficient and orderl
An 11-hectare area for port-related business near the MCTP Container Yard in Phase 1 and in the Bulk Terminal in MCTP Phase 2.
A 38.10-meter high Control tower equipped with a port radar system, telecommunication system and closed circuit television. It will oversee yard and quay operations;
A 6-hectare concrete-paved container yard that can accommodate 6,816 TEU’s at any one time.
279 reefer van outlets for refrigerated vans to cool perishables/frozen cargo items
MCTP – PHASE 2 is the Food and Bulk/Grains Terminal expected to be operational in Year 2005. It will have additional two (2) gantry cranes and four (4) yard cranes.

As directed by President GMA, private initiative was sought to develop Phase 2 with three (3) interested developers, namely Penta Maritime Corp., Mindanao Grains Processing Company, and San Miguel Corporation.

Land Transportation. Land transportation service in Cagayan de Oro City and Misamis Oriental is quite sufficient. A number of private firms provide rent-a-car services; operate taxi cabs, public utility jeepneys and trucking/hauling services. Motor vehicles registered at the Land Transportation Office an increasing trend for the past five years. The increase can be attributed to the growing affluence of the people and the increasing demand for public transport services. The table reflects the registered motor vehicle for the province of Misamis Oriental.



THE ECONOMY

Investments


The province generated a remarkable investment in 1997 when it recorded total investment of Php 16.522B. Infrastructure & services sector contributed 92% of the total with the bulk of the investment poured in Cagayan de Oro City. The investments were largely attributed to the development of mixed-used property development projects of Pueblo de Oro & Xavier Estates and other high-end subdivision projects.

New investments went down in the years that followed (1998- 2002) due to economic crisis in Asia, the devaluation of the currency but mainly by the political and Mindanao crisis. The investment figure picked up again in 1999 owing to the endorsement for funding of the Mindanao Container Terminal Port Project of the Phividec Industrial Estate by the Miyazawa Initiative amounting to PhP4.8B. Pryce Gases’ expansion project also contributed to this figure.
The growing affluence and increasing market influence of the city attracted the retail giants, Shoemart and Robinsons in 2002.

STEAG State Power Inc., which inked a Power Purchase Agreement with National Power Corporation on a Build-Operate-Transfer basis for the design, financing, construction and operation of a 210 MW coal-fired thermal power plant in the Municipality of Villanueva, Misamis Oriental, contributed a to 2003’s performance. The plant is expected to be operational in 2006.

With the establishment of Shoemart & Robinsons, other business enterprises in Manila made their way to establish branches/outlets in city. This contributed to the 43.66% trading sector in 2004 total investment. The initial construction of KORESCO Hotel in Pueblo de Oro also contributed to the total investment in 2004.

Exports. Over the years, exports in Misamis Oriental relied largely on traditional products, the major ones include: canned pineapple, sintered ore, crude coco oil, finished lumber/wood products, activated carbon, fatty alcohol, refined glycerine, dessicated coconut and coco shell charcoal. However, the year 2001 welcomed the entry of a new export product, milk powder, which ranked 5th in 2001 replacing two of the traditional export commodities - refined glycerine and coco milk powder. But canned pineapple, fatty alcohol and sintered ore remained consistently on top of the export commodities. (Please refer to annex 9 for the top 10 export commodities for the past five (5) years).

Exports generated from 1997 to 2001 showed an erratic trend brought about by the decrease in prices of these traditional export products, especially those commodities, which are directly or indirectly affected by the changes in price of the international market.

Misamis Oriental accounts for more than 50% of the total exports of Region X.

Major Imports. The province’s top 10 imports are minerals, hot rolled steel sheet, tinplates, chemicals, fertilizer, live animals, food stuff, logs, cartoon making materials and forest products. Majority of these commodities are used by industries in the manufacturing, repair & services and the agriculture sector.
The major exporting countries are Brazil, Japan, Australia, Canada, USA and among others.

Major Industries. Medium to large industries operate in Misamis Oriental. Major ones include Philippine Sinter Corporation, Pilipinas Kao and the food giants Del Monte Philippines, Inc. (DMPI), Nestle Philippines, Universal Robina Corporation among others. Other major manufacturing industries include coco-based companies (PACCO, Indo-Phil Oil Mills, Fiesta Brands, Cag. De Oro Oil Company, Limketkai Sons Milling Co.); industrial gases (Pryce Gases and Phil Southern Industrial Gases); wood-based (CATIMCO Group, Vicmar,Top Forest) and other agri-based companies.

The 2003 Survey of Business Establishments conducted by the Department of Trade and Industry revealed a total of 16,597 firms registered with the 24 Municipal Treasurers and 2 City Treasurer Offices in the province.

The 2004 Misamis Oriental Business Name Registration is recorded at 2,537.

Industrial Estate Development. The 80-hectare Alwana Business Park located in Barangay Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City, started in 1981 as the site of wood working factories. Ten years later, the management transformed the rest of the site into an industrial and residential area with a neat zoning system. Forty (40) hectares are reserved for industries, 20 hectares for its high-end subdivision, Alwana Village, ten (10) for commercial establishments and 26 for parks and recreation. Presently, a sports & recreation center is in full operation.

The biggest industrial estate in the country is found in Misamis Oriental. The 3,000-hectare PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate-Misamis Oriental (PIEMO) covers the municipalities of Tagoloan and Villanueva.

The first and biggest locator is the Philippine Sinter Corporation (PSC) which is a subsidiary of Kawasaki Steel of Japan. PSC’s sintered ore is one of the top export commodities of the province. There are 33 locators in the estate, of which, 27 are into manufacturing and 6 are service-related firms. Soon to be established in the estate is the Limketkai Food Manufacturing Corporation, San Miguel Corporation and TLC Beatrice Foods, a food processing facility.

The recently inaugurated Mindanao Container Terminal Port (MCTP) which is also located inside the Phividec Industrial Estate was targeted to operate in January 2004. MCTP will have a capacity of 270,000 TEU/year and a deep harbor for 12 meters draft panamax vessels. The port will have a back-up area for state-of-the-art container yard, warehouses and storage facilities. This port will then addresses the traffic congestion of the existing Cagayan de Oro Port and the medium term need of PHIVIDEC itself.

The First Cagayan de Oro Business Park, a project of MINERGY Systems Inc. and All Asia Capital, also involves the development of a 200-hectare area within the PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate. The implementation of the project will be undertaken in three (3) phases.Another business parks are being programmed to be developed in the province is the Laguindingan Industrial Park which will be located just beside the proposed Laguindingan International Airport.



SUPPORT SERVICES/SOCIAL AMENITIES

Banks and Financing Companies. Outside of Manila, the city of Cagayan de Oro has the most number of financial institutions. Almost all of the country’s leading commercial banks have established branches in the city being the trading center of the region.

Almost all municipalities have multi-purpose cooperatives or non-government organizations (NGO). These NGO’s and cooperatives complemented the development efforts by maximizing the use of the available resources and aimed to hopefully satisfy individual needs of members through cooperative efforts.
As of 2002, an inventory of commercial, thrift, rural and specialized government banks revealed a total of 120 banking and credit facilities operating in strategic areas of the city.

Education. For the SY 2002-2003, the province’ inventory of educational institutions, both private and public, is recorded at 536. These institutions cater to primary, secondary, tertiary and vocational/technical education.

The educational system is similar throughout the country. School year starts in June and ends in March. English is the medium of instruction used in most schools.

Cagayan de Oro is known as the center for higher learning for the whole region if not in Mindanao. In pursuit of quality education, the three (3) universities and one of its colleges were selected by the CHED as Centers for Development and Excellence --- Xavier University (Engineering, Chemistry, Medicine, Business Education and Socio-Anthropology), Liceo de Cagayan University (Nursing), Capitol University (Computer Education) and Mindanao Polytechnic State College (Mathematics). Outside of Cagayan de Oro, every municipality in the province has educational institutions of at least secondary level while Gingoog City has five (5) college institutions.

To keep up with technological Advancement in Information Technology, the country’s leading ICT Schools are now in the area namely, STI, AMA College and Informatics.

Medical Facilities. There are 24 hospitals in Misamis Oriental; 10 of which are government-run and 15 are privately-owned. The number of beds is greater than the national standard; therefore, this implies that tertiary health care services cater also to neighboring municipalities. In addition to the hospitals, there are 49 Barangay Health Centers that provide minor health services. For specialized health care, there are 66 family planning clinics and 200 medical or dental clinics. Medical manpower appears to be more than adequate in number.

Most private hospitals and the Northern Mindanao Medical Center are already equipped with the latest medical equipment like the CT-SCAN to provide adequate and immediate relief in cases of emergencies and complicated medical cases. Specialized private clinics for dental, therapeutic, optical and diagnostic services provide additional medical support.

Housing Facilities. Development in construction and real estate has been massive and very aggressive, specifically on housing and commercial centers in the last five (5) years. As of May 2001, Misamis Oriental has a total of one hundred fourteen (114) subdivisions. These subdivisions cater mostly to the needs of the low-income and high-end customers for the executives and the elite groups. Real estate developers usually offer a packaged house and lot with a minimum lot area of 80 square meters.

TOURISM AMENITIES

Hotels/Accommodations. Most of the hotels, tourist inns and lodging houses are located in Cagayan de Oro. One of the classified first class hotels is Pryce Plaza Hotel which is located on top of Carmen Hill overlooking the city and the Macajalar Bay. At least four (4) other hotels offer amenities comparable to those in big cities like Cebu and Manila. There are also two (2) beach hotels; one within the city and the other one in Opol, the nearest municipality to Cagayan de Oro. (See annex 10 for list of hotels, inns, lodging houses & pension houses).


At least three (3) real estate developers provide modern facilities and amenities - from commercial centers, educational institutions, churches, sports and country club facilities, golf courses, etc.

For the sports buff, the Pelaez Sports Complex, one of the biggest outside Metro Manila, is designed for indoor and outdoor sports activities. The Xavier Estates Sports and Country Club and Alwana Sports Avenue also provide international standard facilities of almost all kinds of indoors and outdoors sports.
The proximity of the city to the beautiful island of Camiguin is also an added advantage.

Tourism Indicators. Based on the record of DOT-10, Cagayan de Oro-Misamis Oriental remained the favored destination for tourist. For the past years, Cagayan de Oro-Misamis Oriental garnered more than 50% of tourists’ arrival region wide and this is followed by Camiguin.

Friday, July 14, 2006
Oro hinterland barangays now a phone call away

WITH the advent of the information and communications technology, the world figuratively gets smaller everyday.

In the 56 years of Cagayan de Oro's history as a city, what used to be the hinterland and far-flung barangays of the city is now just a phone call away.

Mayor Vicente Emano approved a P49 Million budget for the implementation of the Telepono Sa Barangay Project, a rural barangay telephone system, which aims to connect even the remotest parts of the city to the local telecommunications network and the rest of the ICT world.

Today, six of the envisioned 17 hinterland barangays are enjoying uninterrupted telephone connection. These barangays include Indahag, Bayanga, Mambuaya, Dansolihon, Tignapoloan and Baikingon.

To get connected to these barangays, simply dial any of the following PhilCom lines: 857-3053; 857-3054; 857-3055; 857-3056 and 857-3057. Once dialed, a voice prompt will provide instruction on how to get connected to the specific hinterland barangay by pressing the local numbers assigned to the barangays.

The local numbers of hinterland barangays connected under the Telepono sa Barangay are as follows: Indahag--55021 or 55022; Bayanga--57001 or 57002; Mambuaya--57011 or 57012; Dansolihon--57021 or 57022; Tignapoloan--57031 or 57032; and Baikingon--56032 or 56033.

Eleven other barangays such as Balubal, F.S. Catanico, San Simon, Pagatpat, Tumpagon, Pigsag-an, Tuburan, Taglimao, Tagpangi, Pagalungan and Besigan are now undergoing signal optimization and will soon be connected to the local telephone network.

Aside from the barangays mentioned, five agencies of the city government located outside of the city hall compound are also connected to the Telepono sa Barangay.

These offices and their corresponding local numbers are City Engineer's Office--56001 or 56002; City Health Office--56003 or 56004; Cagayan de Oro City Police Office--56005 or 56006; COMCENTER--56007 or 56008; and J.R. Borja Memorial City Hospital--56009 or 56010.

Emano had emphasized that through the barangay telephone system, the residents in the hinterland barangays can now readily communicate with the government agencies on matters related to public services.

The city mayor is hopeful that the Telepono sa Barangay project will change the lives of the people in the city's remote areas for the better by being able to enjoy the positive effect of the city's economic development through an improved economic condition.

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from FrancisXavier:
ahh.. hindi sakin yun.. kay cyrusal ata.. nasa thread2 yun kung tama ako. anyways, nice pic from high ridge.. kaw kumuha?

Gikan lang kadto sa flickr.com.

:cheers: Thread V na ang Tsada CDO. CONGRATS! - from Iliganons. VIVA CDO! VIVA ILIGAN! VIVA Region X! :)

ei, this is the latest! fast i must say... :D

Since thread V na,share ko na mga pic ko last july 7...On my way to wao Lanao Sur to attend a conference. (sorry for the size of the pic ha. kakatamad mag resize eh.)
CDO river.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/Picture001-2.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/Picture002-2.jpg


at Velez, Divisoria
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Capitol Medical City(U/C)
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Gusa Highway leading to Butuan city

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Puerto Heights Plus Macajalar bay

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/Picture008-1.jpg


i love this. this is somewhere in Quezolon, Bukidnon.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/Picture009.jpg


and, view from the longest bridge in bukidnon.. pretty scary...

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/Picture010.jpg

My latest Limketkai Center Pics.Taken: 11:30Today.

i went at the Limketkai Center to check out what's new there since i haven't droped there by for quite a while.
@Burotski,bai wala man nila gi update ang interiors sa cinema lobby. So what were those construction materials really for? It badly needs to be renovate. i hate those disco ball-like lights. Very 80's ang dating.

anyways, i find the on going constructions interesting. These is the on-going construction of the skywalk w/c would connect the North Concourse of the Limketkai mall to Rosario strip.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/Picture011.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/Picture012-1.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/Picture013-1.jpg

Robinsons CDO.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/Picture014.jpg

Underpass at Limketkai Center
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/Picture015.jpg
Upon checking my bag,the guard told me not to take pictures inside the mall.. bawal daw.. i wonder tuloy kung bakit ako sinabihan ng gaNUN. Narealize ko agad na glass pala yung pader , at kitang kita sa loob ng Robinsons ang mga pinag gagagawa ko. Nakita nya siguro ako while kinukunan ko ang underpass. Kakahiya talaga.


Eww..Wala lang.. Gusto ko lang pakita ang hitech na CRs ng Limketkai.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/Picture016-1.jpg


i guess they are to construct something here. This is just across the food court. along the South Concourse.. Baka eto na yung office building w/c will house several government agencies and others(as written in a news paper article).
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/Picture017-1.jpg

pasaway talaga si FrancisXavier. ang lalaki ng mga pictures.

Congrats sa 5th thread...

Mindanao Economic Development Council Chair Romy Serra was in town recently to inspire participants at the recent launch of the 5th ICT Congress Cagayan de Oro will be hosting this coming September.

One of the salient points of his talk was his exhortation to all present to support Mindanao-One, his moniker for the crusade to unite Mindanaoans as One People for growth with equity, for just and lasting peace in Mindanao.

I was fascinated by the term and thought how appropriate a similar one could be used to gather the dissimilar peoples of Northern Mindanao and unite them in one dream, one vision and one goal for Region 10.

To start with, I believe many share my sentiment that the region needs a more inspiring name than Region 10 or Northern Mindanao. Seven years ago, the Region Ten Tourism Council passed a resolution to rename Northern Mindanao as Misamis region, similar to how Region 13 is more commonly known as the Caraga Region. Misamis was the former name of the present Region 10 (well, almost all of it) .

The council's initiative was based on the paper submitted by my good friend Nono Montalvan entitled "Resurgence of Identity: The Heritage of Misamis, 1818-1945" tracing the Misamis region's rich cultural and historical heritage from the times of the Himologan settlement at the Huluga caves site dating back to the Late Neolithic Age down to contemporary history in World War II when Cagayan de Misamis (as Cagayan de Oro was then known) and Bukidnon became rallying points for the underground resistance against the Japanese invaders.

Nono's paper tells us how the Misamis region had its beginnings during the early 1800s when the Spanish government decided to pacify Mindanao. The island was made into one province with Zamboanga as its capital and divided into three politico-military districts: the Primero Distrito de Zamboanga, Segundo Distrito de Misamis and Tercio Distrito de Surigao.

The largest of the three was the Segundo Distrito de Misamis which includes present day Zamboanga del Norte, the Lanao and Misamis provinces, Camiguin, Bukidnon, and the northern portions of Cotabato and Maguindanao.

Now, how does Misamis Uno (kay Bisaya man ta diri) sound to you?

Besides uniting our people in the region into one, it could also be taken by our Misamis-nons (I just placed this hyphen, or glottal stop, as Nono calls it, to wake up our friend Elson who detests our use of this device as un-aesthetic, o matud pa, dili maayong porma!) as an inspiration to make Misamis the best region in Mindanao (for starters).

Not that it already is the best performing region in Mindanao. Even our friends from further down south have acknowledged that for the moment, Misamis is Numero Uno! But I digress and am taking forever to get to my point.

For starters, if it was just up to me, I'd use Misamis Uno to have our airports and sea ports operating as an independent system instead of moving as autonomous, separate units not totally aware of what the others in Mindanao are doing and oftentimes moving in contravening directions to the detriment of all Mindanaoans.

For instance, the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) has been advocating with the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) and the Phividec Industrial Authority (PIA) for the longest time to "rationalize" the Cagayan de Oro Base Port (managed by PPA at Bgy Macabalan) and the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT, managed by PIA) which are just 25 kms away from each other by land and 8 kms by sea, as ONE integrated port system for Northern Mindanao.

NEDA says operating as one would make both more efficient in their operations, ensure viability of investments, maximize government's scarce financial resources and provide clear opportunities for private sector participation in port development.

As envisioned by NEDA, the two ports will compete as ONE system with ports outside the system. Though both are operated by different GOCCs, the national government can assign specific tasks for each port in order for the system to work. The RDC, MEDCO and NEDA will make sure that the PIA and PPA will comply with the roles assigned to them. From a government perspective, it is unhealthy to see the PIA catering to passenger ships and RORO vessels directly competing with PPA.

Planned projects for both ports should complement each other, rather than duplicate functions or compete to avoid dissipating scarce public funds.

While it is true as PPA contends that market forces would ultimately decide where the cargoes would be discharged or a vessel would call, the availability of infrastructure facilities and specialized port services will affect the decision of the shipper or shipping company. Inasmuch as the government for the most part decides the construction of port infrastructure, future port development should suit to its role in the integrated port system.

Both ports must be components of an efficient Northern Mindanao port system that meets the projected market demand in the area as well as its captured hinterlands. Port developments in the rest of the Mindanao principal ports should take into consideration the port system in Northern Mindanao. Operational and management arrangements should lead to greater efficiency in services throughout the Northern Mindanao port system.

In his paper, "Analysis of MCTP and CDO Ports" (Making Northern Mindanao truly the Mindanao Gateway and An Investment for Mindanao Food Security) Engr. Manuel "Jam" Jamonir, infrastructure specialist with the Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) program, has recommended the adoption of a win-win proposition to pursue the MCTP-2 project with the adoption of the integrated port system in Northern Mindanao.

Since the PPA budget process is outside the Government Appropriations Act, the Mindanao community has little say and is literally at the mercy of PPA for port development except for the PIA's efforts and initiative to develop the Phividec Industrial Estate's port infrastructure.

Because of Government's limited financial resources; therefore, any available funds should be spent wisely. Private sector participation is also encouraged when feasible and appropriate to make up for the lack of government investments without necessarily increasing the transaction cost.

For Mindanao to truly become the country's food basket, our leaders have to undertake strong and smart lobbying and focused advocacy to fund our priority projects. If Mindanao cannot ship its food efficiently and the cost of transporting Mindanao products remains high, raising agricultural products becomes an exercise in futility.

A rationalized MCT and Cagayan de Oro Port development is a vital element to achieve the role of Northern Mindanao as Mindanao's gateway to the rest of the country and to realize our development goal of becoming the country's food basket.

That, is Misamis Uno in action.

@Burotski,bai wala man nila gi update ang interiors sa cinema lobby. So what were those construction materials really for? It badly needs to be renovate. i hate those disco ball-like lights. Very 80's ang dating
Bai, gi-repaint nila... Di lang kaayo ma-klaro kay same color man... I actually like the disco balls... LOL!!!

Since thread V na,share ko na mga pic ko last july 7...On my way to wao Lanao Sur to attend a conference. (sorry for the size of the pic ha. kakatamad mag resize eh.)

i love this. this is somewhere in Quezolon, Bukidnon.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/Picture009.jpg


and, view from the longest bridge in bukidnon.. pretty scary...

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/Picture010.jpg

Yes Francis, gustong gusto ko yan na view, kaya lang ang kuha blard kasi mabilis ata ang takbo nyan. Lalo na pag may clouds sa gilid niya or fogs para kang wala sa pinas!

Mindanao Economic Development Council Chair Romy Serra was in town recently to inspire participants at the recent launch of the 5th ICT Congress Cagayan de Oro will be hosting this coming September.

One of the salient points of his talk was his exhortation to all present to support Mindanao-One, his moniker for the crusade to unite Mindanaoans as One People for growth with equity, for just and lasting peace in Mindanao.

I was fascinated by the term and thought how appropriate a similar one could be used to gather the dissimilar peoples of Northern Mindanao and unite them in one dream, one vision and one goal for Region 10.

To start with, I believe many share my sentiment that the region needs a more inspiring name than Region 10 or Northern Mindanao. Seven years ago, the Region Ten Tourism Council passed a resolution to rename Northern Mindanao as Misamis region, similar to how Region 13 is more commonly known as the Caraga Region. Misamis was the former name of the present Region 10 (well, almost all of it) .

The council's initiative was based on the paper submitted by my good friend Nono Montalvan entitled "Resurgence of Identity: The Heritage of Misamis, 1818-1945" tracing the Misamis region's rich cultural and historical heritage from the times of the Himologan settlement at the Huluga caves site dating back to the Late Neolithic Age down to contemporary history in World War II when Cagayan de Misamis (as Cagayan de Oro was then known) and Bukidnon became rallying points for the underground resistance against the Japanese invaders.

Nono's paper tells us how the Misamis region had its beginnings during the early 1800s when the Spanish government decided to pacify Mindanao. The island was made into one province with Zamboanga as its capital and divided into three politico-military districts: the Primero Distrito de Zamboanga, Segundo Distrito de Misamis and Tercio Distrito de Surigao.

The largest of the three was the Segundo Distrito de Misamis which includes present day Zamboanga del Norte, the Lanao and Misamis provinces, Camiguin, Bukidnon, and the northern portions of Cotabato and Maguindanao.

Now, how does Misamis Uno (kay Bisaya man ta diri) sound to you?

Besides uniting our people in the region into one, it could also be taken by our Misamis-nons (I just placed this hyphen, or glottal stop, as Nono calls it, to wake up our friend Elson who detests our use of this device as un-aesthetic, o matud pa, dili maayong porma!) as an inspiration to make Misamis the best region in Mindanao (for starters).

Not that it already is the best performing region in Mindanao. Even our friends from further down south have acknowledged that for the moment, Misamis is Numero Uno! But I digress and am taking forever to get to my point.

For starters, if it was just up to me, I'd use Misamis Uno to have our airports and sea ports operating as an independent system instead of moving as autonomous, separate units not totally aware of what the others in Mindanao are doing and oftentimes moving in contravening directions to the detriment of all Mindanaoans.

For instance, the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) has been advocating with the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) and the Phividec Industrial Authority (PIA) for the longest time to "rationalize" the Cagayan de Oro Base Port (managed by PPA at Bgy Macabalan) and the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT, managed by PIA) which are just 25 kms away from each other by land and 8 kms by sea, as ONE integrated port system for Northern Mindanao.

NEDA says operating as one would make both more efficient in their operations, ensure viability of investments, maximize government's scarce financial resources and provide clear opportunities for private sector participation in port development.

As envisioned by NEDA, the two ports will compete as ONE system with ports outside the system. Though both are operated by different GOCCs, the national government can assign specific tasks for each port in order for the system to work. The RDC, MEDCO and NEDA will make sure that the PIA and PPA will comply with the roles assigned to them. From a government perspective, it is unhealthy to see the PIA catering to passenger ships and RORO vessels directly competing with PPA.

Planned projects for both ports should complement each other, rather than duplicate functions or compete to avoid dissipating scarce public funds.

While it is true as PPA contends that market forces would ultimately decide where the cargoes would be discharged or a vessel would call, the availability of infrastructure facilities and specialized port services will affect the decision of the shipper or shipping company. Inasmuch as the government for the most part decides the construction of port infrastructure, future port development should suit to its role in the integrated port system.

Both ports must be components of an efficient Northern Mindanao port system that meets the projected market demand in the area as well as its captured hinterlands. Port developments in the rest of the Mindanao principal ports should take into consideration the port system in Northern Mindanao. Operational and management arrangements should lead to greater efficiency in services throughout the Northern Mindanao port system.

In his paper, "Analysis of MCTP and CDO Ports" (Making Northern Mindanao truly the Mindanao Gateway and An Investment for Mindanao Food Security) Engr. Manuel "Jam" Jamonir, infrastructure specialist with the Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) program, has recommended the adoption of a win-win proposition to pursue the MCTP-2 project with the adoption of the integrated port system in Northern Mindanao.

Since the PPA budget process is outside the Government Appropriations Act, the Mindanao community has little say and is literally at the mercy of PPA for port development except for the PIA's efforts and initiative to develop the Phividec Industrial Estate's port infrastructure.

Because of Government's limited financial resources; therefore, any available funds should be spent wisely. Private sector participation is also encouraged when feasible and appropriate to make up for the lack of government investments without necessarily increasing the transaction cost.

For Mindanao to truly become the country's food basket, our leaders have to undertake strong and smart lobbying and focused advocacy to fund our priority projects. If Mindanao cannot ship its food efficiently and the cost of transporting Mindanao products remains high, raising agricultural products becomes an exercise in futility.

A rationalized MCT and Cagayan de Oro Port development is a vital element to achieve the role of Northern Mindanao as Mindanao's gateway to the rest of the country and to realize our development goal of becoming the country's food basket.

That, is Misamis Uno in action.


Well, his goal is alright that R-10 to be called as Misamis region for the one identity. I don't think so if the people of Bukidnon, Lanao, and Camiguin will support it. For me, I stick to be called Northern Mindanao.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/t3_5.jpg



kaila ka aning mga tawo na ni bai? mga celebity2x man ni sila sa amoa..hehe gwapa lagi si jeanette leuterio sa pic..

i actually dont know them personally.. they wet here yata a year ago..

Saturday, July 15, 2006
25 Misamis Oriental mayors off to US for dairy program
By Lizanilla J. Amarga

SOME 25 mayors from the Province of Misamis Oriental are planning on leaving the country with second district of Misamis Oriental Representative Augusto Baculio Jr. again for the establishment of their own dairy program.

The group will this time travel to Wisconsin, United States and other areas in coordination with the United States-Department of Agriculture.

"We are being invited by the United States Government to visit them there so that we can observe their dairy program there," Baculio told reporters who gathered recently at the Radio Mindanao Network (RMN) for a mini-press conference.

Reports revealed that the mayors are now gearing up for the trip slated for on or before October this year. Their passports and other documents have already been submitted for compliance with US laws.

Earlier, Baculio and almost all the mayors went to Bangkok, Thailand to look into their dairy programs in the area and how they could possibly apply some technologies there in their own locality.

Meanwhile, Baculio said some 150 imported dairy cows and 30 imported bulls will be arriving for this dairy program.

He nevertheless said these cows and bulls will first be properly quarantined with the assistance of the National Dairy Authority.

"Each of these cows are capably of giving milk at 40 liters per day," he said.

Also, Baculio said some 200 cows will also be bought out of his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).

He said this as the mayors have already signified their support for the putting up of "model dairy farms" in their respective municipality.

"The mayors are now preparing for the putting up of their model dairy farms they will be taken cared of," he said.

With these model farms in place and these 40-liters-per-day dairy cows, Baculio hopes to make Misamis Oriental one of the National Dairy Capitals of the country.

He said not only will these towns have a livelihood that will translate to hundreds of jobs and propel the growth of local municipal economies but also a local source of milk that would have been expensive if bought and imported outside the country.

"We will also have our own nutrition programs in line with this dairy program," he said.

Mindanao Economic Development Council Chair Romy Serra was in town recently to inspire participants at the recent launch of the 5th ICT Congress Cagayan de Oro will be hosting this coming September.

One of the salient points of his talk was his exhortation to all present to support Mindanao-One, his moniker for the crusade to unite Mindanaoans as One People for growth with equity, for just and lasting peace in Mindanao.

I was fascinated by the term and thought how appropriate a similar one could be used to gather the dissimilar peoples of Northern Mindanao and unite them in one dream, one vision and one goal for Region 10.

To start with, I believe many share my sentiment that the region needs a more inspiring name than Region 10 or Northern Mindanao. Seven years ago, the Region Ten Tourism Council passed a resolution to rename Northern Mindanao as Misamis region, similar to how Region 13 is more commonly known as the Caraga Region. Misamis was the former name of the present Region 10 (well, almost all of it) .

The council's initiative was based on the paper submitted by my good friend Nono Montalvan entitled "Resurgence of Identity: The Heritage of Misamis, 1818-1945" tracing the Misamis region's rich cultural and historical heritage from the times of the Himologan settlement at the Huluga caves site dating back to the Late Neolithic Age down to contemporary history in World War II when Cagayan de Misamis (as Cagayan de Oro was then known) and Bukidnon became rallying points for the underground resistance against the Japanese invaders.

Nono's paper tells us how the Misamis region had its beginnings during the early 1800s when the Spanish government decided to pacify Mindanao. The island was made into one province with Zamboanga as its capital and divided into three politico-military districts: the Primero Distrito de Zamboanga, Segundo Distrito de Misamis and Tercio Distrito de Surigao.

The largest of the three was the Segundo Distrito de Misamis which includes present day Zamboanga del Norte, the Lanao and Misamis provinces, Camiguin, Bukidnon, and the northern portions of Cotabato and Maguindanao.

Now, how does Misamis Uno (kay Bisaya man ta diri) sound to you?

Besides uniting our people in the region into one, it could also be taken by our Misamis-nons (I just placed this hyphen, or glottal stop, as Nono calls it, to wake up our friend Elson who detests our use of this device as un-aesthetic, o matud pa, dili maayong porma!) as an inspiration to make Misamis the best region in Mindanao (for starters).

Not that it already is the best performing region in Mindanao. Even our friends from further down south have acknowledged that for the moment, Misamis is Numero Uno! But I digress and am taking forever to get to my point.

For starters, if it was just up to me, I'd use Misamis Uno to have our airports and sea ports operating as an independent system instead of moving as autonomous, separate units not totally aware of what the others in Mindanao are doing and oftentimes moving in contravening directions to the detriment of all Mindanaoans.

For instance, the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) has been advocating with the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) and the Phividec Industrial Authority (PIA) for the longest time to "rationalize" the Cagayan de Oro Base Port (managed by PPA at Bgy Macabalan) and the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT, managed by PIA) which are just 25 kms away from each other by land and 8 kms by sea, as ONE integrated port system for Northern Mindanao.

NEDA says operating as one would make both more efficient in their operations, ensure viability of investments, maximize government's scarce financial resources and provide clear opportunities for private sector participation in port development.

As envisioned by NEDA, the two ports will compete as ONE system with ports outside the system. Though both are operated by different GOCCs, the national government can assign specific tasks for each port in order for the system to work. The RDC, MEDCO and NEDA will make sure that the PIA and PPA will comply with the roles assigned to them. From a government perspective, it is unhealthy to see the PIA catering to passenger ships and RORO vessels directly competing with PPA.

Planned projects for both ports should complement each other, rather than duplicate functions or compete to avoid dissipating scarce public funds.

While it is true as PPA contends that market forces would ultimately decide where the cargoes would be discharged or a vessel would call, the availability of infrastructure facilities and specialized port services will affect the decision of the shipper or shipping company. Inasmuch as the government for the most part decides the construction of port infrastructure, future port development should suit to its role in the integrated port system.

Both ports must be components of an efficient Northern Mindanao port system that meets the projected market demand in the area as well as its captured hinterlands. Port developments in the rest of the Mindanao principal ports should take into consideration the port system in Northern Mindanao. Operational and management arrangements should lead to greater efficiency in services throughout the Northern Mindanao port system.

In his paper, "Analysis of MCTP and CDO Ports" (Making Northern Mindanao truly the Mindanao Gateway and An Investment for Mindanao Food Security) Engr. Manuel "Jam" Jamonir, infrastructure specialist with the Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) program, has recommended the adoption of a win-win proposition to pursue the MCTP-2 project with the adoption of the integrated port system in Northern Mindanao.

Since the PPA budget process is outside the Government Appropriations Act, the Mindanao community has little say and is literally at the mercy of PPA for port development except for the PIA's efforts and initiative to develop the Phividec Industrial Estate's port infrastructure.

Because of Government's limited financial resources; therefore, any available funds should be spent wisely. Private sector participation is also encouraged when feasible and appropriate to make up for the lack of government investments without necessarily increasing the transaction cost.

For Mindanao to truly become the country's food basket, our leaders have to undertake strong and smart lobbying and focused advocacy to fund our priority projects. If Mindanao cannot ship its food efficiently and the cost of transporting Mindanao products remains high, raising agricultural products becomes an exercise in futility.

A rationalized MCT and Cagayan de Oro Port development is a vital element to achieve the role of Northern Mindanao as Mindanao's gateway to the rest of the country and to realize our development goal of becoming the country's food basket.

That, is Misamis Uno in action.

Btw, CONGRATS TO CDO THREAD 5 :grouphug:

Changing a name of a region or area is the least important issue of any Region in country right now, though it maybe possible in the future. About the Normin's seaport, I do think that they should consolidate operations of the CDO Port with the MCT to maximize efficiency :)

correct! i agree.

Northern Mindanao to beef up RP exports

NORTHERN Mindanao expects to contribute substantially to the export performance of the Philippines this year given the increasing investors’ confidence and massive investments in energy and material resources in the region.

The regional development council, during the localization of the national export congress, recently forecasted a contribution of $644 million to the country’s export revenue in 2006 or about 19-percent improvement over the 2005 export revenues.

“The high forecast of the region reflects exporters’ faith in their goods and in the energy and resources they are investing to produce more and better products for the overseas markets,” Trade Secretary Peter B. Favila said, lauding the optimism of the region’s businessmen.

Investors in the region, however, reported that the high cost of doing business such as high shipping cost, high cost of power and high cost of labor may hinder export growth.

But Favila said the government is looking at scrapping various fees imposed on exporters to lower the cost of doing business. “The government is aware of the plight of exporters and the measures we are putting in place intend to make local businessmen more competitive in the international arena,” he said.

A regional PhilExport office reported that Northern Mindanao is growing at a rate even faster than the national exports with 19-percent to 21-percent average growth rate from 2003 to 2005. The government forecasts 10-percent growth for this year.

Local businessmen have identified key areas that needs attention to sustain export growth in the region such as financial support for the exporting SMEs, access to market information, reduction of government charges and fees, improvement of packaging materials, sustaining raw material supply, investment in logistics, transportation, communications and technology support.

Northern Mindanao, which is composed of Bukidnon, Camiguin, Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental, Lanao del Norte and Iligan City, produces South Sea pearls, hand-woven clothes, terra cota, porcelain, coral and mother of pearl home accessories. It is also known for artifacts, pineapple fiber shirts, prehistoric jars, native handicrafts and footwear.

The localization forum, held in Cagayan de Oro City, aims to translate the strategies and goals of the Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan 2005-2010 and the Philippine Export Development Plan 2005-2007 into a Northern Mindanao Plan.
--Angelo S. Samonte

Correct ka dyan..! Lalo na if magstart na ang operation ng Laguindingan International Airport, it will quadruple the business activities in this region especially the export-import sectors!

PAYMENT of income taxes amounting to P506.402 million comprises the biggest source of revenues in Northern Mindanao during the first quarter, this year.

Data gathered by the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) in the region from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Regional Office 16 show that the figure actually represents 66.30 percent of P763.702 million, the total regional revenue collection (TRRC) for the period," Regional Director Myra V. Balandra of Neda said.

This was followed by Value Added Taxes amounting to P167.838 million or 21.90 percent, percentage taxes of P37.783 million or 4.90 percent, "other" sources such as penalties, fines and surcharges of P51.556 million or 6.70 percent and excise taxes of P0.121 million or 0.20 percent.

In terms of share in the TRRC, Revenue District 98 of Cagayan de Oro City posted the biggest share of P393.894 million or 51.6 percent, followed by RD 101 of Iligan City with P151.214 million or 19.8 percent, RD 99 of Malaybalay City with P111.331 million or 14.6 percent.

RD 100 of Ozamiz City was next with P66.491 million or 8.7 percent and RD 97 of Gingoog City with P40.770 million or 5.3 percent.

Meanwhile, the government is seeking the support of the business community to discourage the payment of bribes and to expose those public functionaries who demand bribes even as it continues the fight against graft and corruption.

"The strong support of the private sector, particularly the large corporate taxpayers sector, is a major factor in the continuing improvement in the revenue generation effort of the agency," BIR Commissioner Jose Mario Bunag said.

"We are well aware that fighting graft and corruption is not simply filing cases and gaining convictions, but also entails an overhaul of deeply embedded negative values in our society. The guilt is equally shared by the corrupt and the corruptors," Bunag added. (Trends)

^^ Wow! I can't believe that Malaybalay is already Catching-Up with Iligan City. Imagine if Malaybalay, Valencia, Tagoloan & Gingoog become progressive too then they will form a Metro-Area that will be the Food & Industrial center of Mindanao.

Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Kagay-an festival becomes 'Tsada Kagay-an Festival'

IT WILL definitely be a global celebration of the Cagayan de Oro City fiesta in honor of St. Augustine not only for the Cagayanons in the city but elsewhere in the world.

Councilor Jose Banjamin Benaldo, chair of this year's fiesta executive committee, emphasized this point as he met members of the execom to finalize the details of all activities related to the city fiesta celebration.

"We will do our best to make this year' celebration an occasion to celebrate even for Cagayanons who are now living in the different parts of the globe," Councilor Benaldo pointed out.

Along this intention, councilor Benaldo appointed Iponan Barangay Chair Anthony Brilleta to chair the special events committee of the city fiesta to ensure that even Cagayanons residing abroad can participate in the annual fiesta event.

Another significant development in this year's fiesta celebration is the renaming of the Kagay-an Festival to "Tsada Kagay-an Festival" to highlight the distinctly Cagayanon word "patsada."

Patsada, a local adjective encompassing such descriptions as beautiful, great, wonderful and enjoyable, is a famous expression that is accordingly used only by Cagayanons.

With the "Tsada Kagay-an Festival" Cagayanons and guests alike can expect a festive street dancing of performers clad in golden costumes along the whole stretch of the Apolinar Velez Street, with the Kiosko Kagawasan being the centerpoint of the street dancing.

Participants of the street dancing competition will interpret this year's celebration theme: "Saulogon ta ang Bulawanong Kagikan" (Let's celebrate our Golden Origin).

Other highlights of the fiesta celebration this year are the Lambagohan, a fluvial parade and boat racing competition along the Cagayan de Oro River, Search for the Miss Cagayan de Oro, Mayor's Marathon, civic military parade, and nightly cultural presentations. (CIO)

Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Telepono sa Barangay operational by August

A FUNCTIONAL telephone system that will link 17 barangays and some government agencies will be operational by August 28, 2006, according to Mayor Vicente Emano.

This, even as the city expects the needed antenna, ordered from the United States of America, to be installed soon.

Emano said at present six out of 17 hinterland barangays covered under the P49-million project are already connected by the telephone system.

The barangays of Indahag, Bayanga, Cansolihon, Mambuaya, Baikingon and Tignapoloan can now also connect with six City Hall departments, namely the Office of the City Mayor, City Engineer, City Hospital, City Health Office, Comcenter and the Geographical Information System of the City Planning and Development Office.

Other barangays to be interconnected soon are Balubal, F. S. Catabico, San Simon, Pagatpat, Tumpagon, Pigsag-an, tuburan, Taglimao, tagpangi, Pagalungan and Besigan.

Emano said this will pave the way for faster communication between residents of barangays, City Government, and business groups and will boost efforts to spur development of rural areas.

This development also boosts the City Government's effort to develop Cagayan de Oro as one of the country's Information and Technology hub.

The official switching of the Barangay Telephone system took place during the ICT Month celebration in June, this year.

The ambitious Telepono sa Barangay program is one of the flagship projects of Emano that will change the lives of the people in hinterland barangay

^^ Wow! I can't believe that Malaybalay is already Catching-Up with Iligan City. Imagine if Malaybalay, Valencia, Tagoloan & Gingoog become progressive too then they will form a Metro-Area that will be the Food & Industrial center of Mindanao.

Just one question; is Bukidnon the coldest place in Mindanao? Just a side question. It's a very beautiful place by the way...

I think so, because it is sorrounded by mountain ranges and second highest mountain peak is located here (Bukidnon).

opps na double post nako. :)

is our parallel bridge there in Tagoloan done already?

the last time I saw the highway link between CDO-BUTUAN, seems there is a need to widen this highway link... the volume of highway traffic in between the cities seems to be growing.

Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Del Monte Cannery now ISO-certified

THE pineapple cannery of Del Monte Philippines Inc. in Bugo, Cagayan de Oro received its first ISO 9001-2000 certificate from SGS Philippines Inc., an affiliate of the world's leading industrial systems certifying body on June 26.

Del Monte's ISO certificate affirms its conformance to international standards of quality management in the "design and development, processing, packaging and shipping of fruit and fruit products, and in the manufacture of cans and can ends." The certificate is valid until 2009.

Del Monte Philippines is one of only three food companies in Mindanao that have been ISO-certified by SGS. The other two are Stanfilco-Dole Philippines (General Santos City) and Pilmico Foods Corp (Iligan City).

Del Monte was certified on its first certification audit, considered a rare feat among Philippine companies. Most firms are certified after repeated systems audits.

Cannery director Raul Leonen and Corporation Quality Assurance senior manager Cloy Abejuela presented the ISO certificate to Del Monte Philippines general manager and chief operating officer Luis Alejandro and assistant general manager Henry Lao on, July 1.

Also presented were certificates for HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) issued to the company for the second time.

The ISO certificate is the "certificate of preference" among food exporters and distributors worldwide. Nearly 80 member-countries of ISO, acronym for "International Organization of Standardization," set standards for quality management of industrial facilities, processes, products and services.

Del Monte Philippines manufactures over 100 pineapple fruit and beverage products under the "Del Monte" label for both domestic and export markets and "Today's" label for the domestic market. (Press release)

is our parallel bridge there in Tagoloan done already?

the last time I saw the highway link between CDO-BUTUAN, seems there is a need to widen this highway link... the volume of highway traffic in between the cities seems to be growing.
i think it's not done yet.. anyway, will it be a parallel bridge? all i thought the old bridge will be closed when the new one opens.

You're right! the CDO-Butuan road should be 4 lane... CDO has already done its part.. the entire stretch of CDO is already 4 and 6 lanes.. The MisOr and Agusan Norte Gov't should initiate it. Especially when Laguindingan Int'l Airport's operation starts, the west part of the city would surely be a hell traffic jam. Opol, El Salvador, and Laguindingan Highways need to be widen.

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ganahan jud ko dira sa nite cafe ninyo...
giksaba-an ra ko sa ako amigo kay nag pasagad kog pagawas sa akong cellphone kuha kuha ug picture kay delikado daw :(

murag piging sa da'n diri sa roxas avenue sa davao..galing lang kada araw ng davao ug kadayawan ra ni cya sa amoa..

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Sorry huh, but i hate it on weekends becauseof that nite cafe... sobrang traffic jan na part for many grids have to be closed.

i think it's not done yet.. anyway, will it be a parallel bridge? all i thought the old bridge will be closed when the new one opens.

You're right! the CDO-Butuan road should be 4 lane... CDO has already done its part.. the entire stretch of CDO is already 4 and 6 lanes.. The MisOr and Agusan Norte Gov't should initiate it. Especially when Laguindingan Int'l Airport's operation starts, the west part of the city would surely be a hell traffic jam. Opol, El Salvador, and Laguindingan Highways need to be widen.

Widening on the Butuan side will start at Nasipit going to Bancasi....there is a need to this widening due to the increasing traffic load coming from the Nasipit International Port.....from Bancasi, the new by pass highway will originate going to Bonbon to San Vicente towards the 2nd Bridge na. then unto Baan and Ampayon.

Thursday, July 20, 2006
Oro to host major IT summit in September
By Danilo V. Adorador III

SOME good news on the local information technology (IT) front -- problems on human resources will not deter Cagayan de Oro from becoming the hub of IT in Mindanao, a business leader said Wednesday.

Ruben Vegafria, president of the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said with the city's built-in IT infrastructure support, the goal of becoming a regional center for information and communications developments was within reach.

The city's business sector, Vegafria said, is relentlessly pursuing programs and partnerships with local and foreign firms to boost Cagayan de Oro's nascent information and communications (ICT) technology developments.

On September, Oro Chamber will host the fifth Mindanao ICT congress, which is expected to draw ICT players from all over Mindanao and even countries under the Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines-East Asian Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA).

Behind the event's backdrop, however, an ominous reality for ICT players -- especially for the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry -- can hardly be ignored.

Vegfaria acknowledged that the scarcity of English speakers in Cagayan de Oro and other parts of Northern Mindanao has become an obstacle to the goal of transforming the region into a call center bastion.

At present, the city has three call centers, but the Oro Chamber official noted that these BPO firms are hard pressed on extracting local professionals who have the desired English proficiency suited for contact agents.

The city may, however, compensate on other ICT fields that do not require English speaking ability as the needed primary skill, he said.

Earlier, Councilor Jose Benjamin Benaldo who heads the trade and commerce committee sounded the alarm bell on the labor problems facing BPO companies, warning this may discouraged other players from investing in the city.

To offset this trend, Vefafria said the business sector under the aegis of Oro Chamber has embarked on a series of collaborations with educational institutions to develop short courses for call center agents and strengthen existing English curricula.

The City Government for its part is also embarking on a partnership with the Technical Education and Skill Development Authority (Tesda) to fund the training of call center "near-hires," or those applicants who failed in the hiring process because of a minor lack on a specific skill.

Friday, July 21, 2006
Cebu Pacific adds frequency to CDO

CEBU Pacific (CEB) announced it will add another flight to its Manila-Cagayan de Oro route to meet the increasing demand of passengers availing of the airline's "Go" fares.

Starting August 17, CEB will have three times daily flights from Manila to Cagayan de Oro. The additional daily schedule leaves Manila at 4:15 p.m. to arrive in Cagayan de Oro at 5:40 p.m. and departs from Cagayan de Oro at 6:10 p.m. to arrive back in Manila at 7:35 p.m.

The additional frequency comes after the airline introduced its reduced "Go" fares last June 2, 2006, where the lowest fares were brought down further by 43 percent.

"Go" fares for Manila-Cagayan de Oro route starts at P868. The "Go" fares are exclusive of surcharges and government taxes.

"Since the introduction of our 'Go' fares, we have seen the steady growth in our passenger numbers not only during peak but even more so during the lean season. This is evident with our 41 percent market share for the month of June. With the additional daily frequency to Cagayan de Oro we will be able to offer more seats at the lowest fares which also means further stimulation of travel for this destination." Candice Iyog, CEB marketing director said.

"We really believe that it's time every Juan flies. We also encourage travelers to book early to enjoy the lowest fares available," Iyog added.

Now in its 11th year, CEB pioneered the lowest fares in the country in March 1996. It also introduced travelers to on-time service, e-ticketing and on-line booking, setting the standards for the airline innovation in the local aviation industry. (Press Release)

Sorry huh, but i hate it on weekends becauseof that nite cafe... sobrang traffic jan na part for many grids have to be closed.


Yun nga lang sobrang traffic. I hope the city governmet pursue now the JR Borja bridge that traverse Cagayan de Oro river to Carmen so that it will become an access road for the motorist to go to the west and not by pasing the DV Soria area.

Hi! Just new at CDO forum.

Gotta ask you guys kon pila gyud ang plete from Agora to Puntod Port? Kay when I went out from Davao to CDO na red-eye trip (3AM baya me nag-abot CDO) for trip back to Iloilo (w/c was 2PM that day), wa me sakyanan nga lahi except for motorela. Guipanukot nila me plete nga P35! Is it that wala na me choice sa mao na nga oras or naloko me?

And if magbalik me CDO, asa di-ay pwede me motambay if ever the bus arrives very early from Davao? Thanks! :)

Sa pagkatinuod bai, dugay-duagay na pod ko wala nakauli sa sa CDO. So wala nako nakahibalo sa mga updates sa plitihan. Ang aga naman nyong bumiyahe kaya tuloy naalangain kayo, lol, sinisi pa no... Holy hour yung mga 3 pm, kakasarado lang sa mga night life, siguro mangape nalang mo sa Agora Market. Ah.. Chowking Gaisano is 24 hours pwede didto mo moadto, duol lang na mag-jeep lang minimum fare (Agora to Gaisano) tapos pagpunta na kayo sa pier, minimum fare lang din sa jeep (Gaisano to Pier).

^^ uli ko this December... weeeeeee... :colgate:

Hi! Just new at CDO forum.

Gotta ask you guys kon pila gyud ang plete from Agora to Puntod Port? Kay when I went out from Davao to CDO na red-eye trip (3AM baya me nag-abot CDO) for trip back to Iloilo (w/c was 2PM that day), wa me sakyanan nga lahi except for motorela. Guipanukot nila me plete nga P35! Is it that wala na me choice sa mao na nga oras or naloko me?

And if magbalik me CDO, asa di-ay pwede me motambay if ever the bus arrives very early from Davao? Thanks! :)

hmm.. i tried once nga musakay ug motorela from divisoria to patag at around 2am... the driver charged me 20.

20 pesos Divisoria to Patag is reasonable.

@berniemacksouthcentr, baka marami kayong kargamento kaya siningil kayo ng 35?

Saturday, July 22, 2006
N. Mindanao trade outlook still sharp: traders

NORTHERN Mindanao's investment outlook remains positive as can be seen by the increase in the number of business registrations, particularly on agriculture, noted this year compared to the same period last year.

This is the statement of Ruben Vegafria, president of the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation Inc. (Orochamber), who said the relentless drive to invite investors in the region, specifically in Cagayan de Oro City, by Mayor Vicente Emano in his trade missions abroad has paid off.

"In fact, there are more business name registrations in the region from the agri-based sector, during the first few months this year than the previous one, which is a good indicator for the investors' confidence in the local economy," he said.

What can hamper this growth is the present situation in Israel and Lebanon because their relationship has affected the production of oil in that part of the globe, he said.

"And as we all know, our country is entirely dependent from the profitability of the industries that uses oil," Vegafria added.

As reported by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), some P12.124 billion worth of investments, mostly coming from the agriculture sector, have been poured in the region from January to May this year.

Of the region's five provinces, Misamis Oriental got the biggest share in investment that totaled P10.565 billion or 87.13%, followed by Lanao del Norte with P746.41 million or 6.16%, Bukidnon with P448.39 million or 4.70%, Misamis Occidental with P320.44 million or 1.64% and Camiguin with P44.65 million or 0.37%.

The country's outsourcing industry is expected to reap a windfall as India, its biggest rival since the beginning, gives in to high attrition and sharp wage inflation.

On the back of expanding remittance-led consumption and improved information technology exports, the ADB expects our economy to grow 5 percent this year.

20 pesos Divisoria to Patag is reasonable.

@berniemacksouthcentr, baka marami kayong kargamento kaya siningil kayo ng 35?

Just a box (karton lang ng rice cooker) and a luggage/backpack. Wala talaga akong kamalay-malay sa CDO at that time. Ang gusto ko lang kasing gawin nun, tumambay kung saan. Wala tuloy akong choice pero pumunta sa pier at dun natulog sa pre-departure area kahit 2PM pa ang alis ng barko. huhu! Next time, consult na me pagpumunta na ako sa CDO. Mao na ra ang dakbayan sa Mindanao na wa pa ko kakabisado.

Just a box (karton lang ng rice cooker) and a luggage/backpack. Wala talaga akong kamalay-malay sa CDO at that time. Ang gusto ko lang kasing gawin nun, tumambay kung saan. Wala tuloy akong choice pero pumunta sa pier at dun natulog sa pre-departure area kahit 2PM pa ang alis ng barko. huhu! Next time, consult na me pagpumunta na ako sa CDO. Mao na ra ang dakbayan sa Mindanao na wa pa ko kakabisado.
if kaadlawon, ing ana jud maningil ang mga drivers.. even jeepneys i think. better ride a cab, kay naay metro. di sila kaangal.

haha ma remeber nako akong barkada..naa mi sa CDO that time unya naulahi cyag abot..from the bus terminal to COA near carmen bridge, nag tricycle cya..iya gibayaran 100! danghag kaayo.lol, cge mig pangatawa kay less than a hundred ra gud kung mag taxi cya..

anyway.. i was watching ABS CBNs bayaning filipino awards..there was this lady from marawi who won an award..i was just pissed off at the commentary ng ABS stating "tubong mindanao, sanay na sya sa karahasan at paglalaban sa kanyan lugar" (not exatcly an accurate quote but more or less the gist of the comment)

WTF?!? bat ba ganun most media or non-mindanaoans.."tuboing mindanao, sanay na sa gyera?" like if insurgents are abound in central luzon..di naman sinasabi na NPAs are all over Luzon ah, they isolate it to the specific area..pero if its here in mindanao..maksi sa Lanao lang ang gulo they will say 'war in Mindanao"...tsk tsk eFF You ABS...

wala lang naiiinis lang ako.

Nakakainis talaga! There were many prospects foriegn investor to invest here in this region but they aborted their plan after they'd know that we're belong to the island "Mindanao". I always thinking about how could we change the picture of Mindanao. Can we change it or we will bolt out in Mindanao?

i dont know but they think of mindanao as "probinsya" when the locals at the cities would be insulted if they call us "probinsyanos" or maybe its because of linking mindanao to the rebel groups and instability in peace... or simply because mindanao is what they think as a problematic island of the philippines... this is quite sad

Northern Mindanao on the rise

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FOR three years, Ozamiz City in Northern Mindanao had actively joined the Department of Tourism’s WOW Philippines Best of the Regions fair at Intramuros, Manila. As with any city or provincial participant to the well-attended but now sorely missed national tourism showcase, the home to the second-largest pipe organ in the country sent over its prime products and talents to Manila with an important goal: to put its own region, particularly the Southern Philippines, on the map of local and foreign tourists.

This year, “that dream has become a reality,” said Undersecretary Oscar Palabyab of Tourism, for Northern Mindanao had finally managed to organize its own cultural festival despite financial limitations.

“This is the first time that we are holding the festival here in Ozamiz, where tourists can see for themselves what the region has to offer,” Palabyab said in his speech on July 1, congratulating the people behind the successful opening of the Pasundayag Northern Mindanao Festival. “I am proud to witness this event. This is a dream come true for all of us.”

And indeed it is. Led by Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog of Ozamiz City, the festival organizers remained quiet throughout Palabyab’s speech, but their eyes were moist with tears of pride and joy. Their preparations for the month-long festival were not only grand; it was a product of sleepless nights and painstaking labor. The locals, who came in full force on the festival’s opening weekend, rejoiced in the rare grand occasion that came complete with a long fireworks display.

As one local exclaimed: “Minsan lang ’to dito [This seldom happens here].”

Locals and tourists can still catch the Pasundayag Festival until July 31 at the Cotta, or the 250-year-old Spanish fortress at the bay area of Ozamiz City.

Known as the Fuerte de Nuestra Señora de la Concepcion del Triunfo, the former Spanish garrison and headquarters of the Japanese army (which resembles Manila’s Intramuros in design) is now the venue of what will be a yearly festival celebrating the anniversary of its foundation in 1756, as well as the rich culture, heritage and beautiful attractions of Northern Mindanao.

Fresh attractions

If you’re tired of vacationing in Luzon and the Visayas, Northern Mindanao is a must-see. And the best place to orient you about the region’s attractions and available travel packages is the Pasundayag Festival.

On showcase at the fair are the region’s prime destinations: the award-winning aquamarine park and heritage structures of Misamis Occidental; the ostrich farm, dive sites and falls of Misamis Oriental; the eco-adventure sites of Lanao del Norte; the vast fruit and flower plantations of Bukidnon and the pristine beaches of Camiguin.

Products are also offered for tasting and sale, such as native hams, Camiguin’s sweet pastel, fresh and processed fruits, Bukidnon’s Monk’s coffee and fresh seafood. Demos and sale of arts and crafts are held daily for products such as beadwork, pottery, sinamay and abaca fabric and ethnic instruments. Business matching sessions between suppliers and traders are arranged for every request. Live performances and cultural shows are held from 7 to 10 p.m.

The region still has a long way to go before it can fully establish itself on the tourism map. But it has for a good start the much-needed brochures, user-friendly website and warm, hard-working locals to lure travelers to its shores. Said Palabyab at the end of his speech: “Our new goal now is to have tourists visiting the region every year. I strongly believe that’s possible.”

Daily flights from Manila to Dipolog City and back are available. There is also a full-service port in Ozamiz City, which offers sea trips from Manila-Ozamiz, Manila-Cebu and back. Fast crafts and ferryboats are available in the ports of Plaridel and Pulawan, Dapitan City. Call (63) (88) 531-1333, fax (63) (88) 531-1632, e-mail tour_misocc@yahoo.com or visit www.misocc.gov.ph

CDO river
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View from the 2nd level of SM Carpark
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Divisoria Kiosko
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Mt. Kitanglad, from Gran Europa
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^^ Cagayan De Oro sure looks very busy. :)

Hey, has anyone of you guys have the pic or pic of the plan for the Laguindingan Airport of Int'l Standards? Bisag ang site ba.

I find it intriguing pa kay wala pa ko kakita sa pix.
Abante CDO!

Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Cold storage facility soon to rise in Phividec

A POLAR Bear Freezing and Storage Corporation (Polar Bear) held its groundbreaking ceremonies last July 14, 2006 for their cold storage facility in the PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate in Misamis Oriental (PIE-MO).

Polar Bear, a Filipino-owned company, is one of the first industries to locate in the Mindanao Container Terminal Business Park and the first cold storage facility in the Estate.

The facility is meant for food processors, importers, and exporters in Northern Mindanao for the storing of their frozen and chilled commodities.

According to the company, PIE-MO is the ideal place for their facility due to the Estate's Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT), a container terminal of international standards. They said that it is easier and more convenient for them to ship out their refrigerated products to their domestic and international destinations since the MCT is accessible to them.

Their facilities will have storage, chiller, and blast freezing rooms. It will also have a Sorting Room for pre-packaging. Aside from this facility in PIE-MO, Polar Bear has existing facilities in Manila and Davao City. The company is recognized by local and international associations in the cold storage business like the World Food Logistics Organization.

Polar Bear signed its lease contract with the PHIVIDEC Industrial Authority, a government owned and controlled corporation, which manages the 3,000 hectare PIE-MO located in the towns of Tagoloan and Villanueva in Misamis Oriental.

ATTN: FRANCIS XAVIER


Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Living a grand Europa life

IT'S like grandiosely living your life in Europe. This is how Crown Communities treats its clients living in Grand Europa: La Buena Vida, Portico (with Spanish-inspired style of living), Montaña Vista and Frontiera all located at Lumbia and a five-minute drive away from SM-CDO.

Crown Communities is moving things very fast in Cagayan de Oro, in fact its aggressiveness to be able to dominate the real estate in Cagayan de Oro can be felt already, thus said Mr. Marlon Niño B. Escalicas, general manager of Crown Communities.

Just recently, a blessing was held at their new office which is now located at the heart of the city (2nd Flr Pelaez Arcade, R.N Abejuela Cor. JP Rizal Sts).

Being a professional and stable company, it invested millions of pesos to bring a lot of improvements to its office for convenience of clients who do transactions and inquiries.

Grand Europa, who embraces four subdivisions, will soon be a famous sight of growing pine trees, with lush green environment and a nature park that will add more splendor to the place.

In their 13th years of existence here in Cagayan de Oro, they continue their commitment to deliver quality houses. In building and developing houses, they always maintain the drama of the terrain, thus giving more value on the beauty of its natural land formation, one can see the beauty of the houses progressing from the slopes.

There are 1,200 actual move-in households now living in Grand Europa. A clubhouse, with different amenities for each subdivision caters to the needs of the homeowners. They also have thirty shuttle services to answer their transportation needs.

Eventually, a church will rise inside Grand Europa for the spiritual nourishment of the people. Crown Communities is not only building houses, it also help people realize their dreams.

One can really say that Grand Europa is truly an "oasis of peace and quietness" wherein one can feel the serenity of the place, relaxing yourself from the humdrums of the everyday struggles of life.

A church? wow... need not to go downtown or SM by then.

I hace invited a classmate to join us here... yehey... Francis+Cyrusa+Boju+Burotski+Sera+ Van....

Yeaahhhhhh, sana active din.... para marami tayo online.....

Hey, has anyone of you guys have the pic or pic of the plan for the Laguindingan Airport of Int'l Standards? Bisag ang site ba.

I find it intriguing pa kay wala pa ko kakita sa pix.
Abante CDO!

@bern, ito yung perspective view ng proposed Laguindingan International Airport. This will cost 5.5 billion peso.

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Guys, the article bleo is part of the PGMA's SONA in regards of his megaregion plan. What are your views with this?


Mindanao is our priority for agribusiness investments in the south. Mindanao is mostly fertile and largely typhoon-free, exporting coconut products and high value crops, and from its waters come 40% of the country's fish catch. Our investment priorities mirror those for North Luzon, and more because Mindanao has the poorest regions and poorest provinces and because we have to spend on a logistics system linking it to the north.

In 2003 we introduced the RORO from Zamboanga del Norte through Negros, Panay and Mindoro to Batangas. This system has slashed travel time from Mindanao to Luzon from 36 hours to 24 hours, and freight cost by 30 percent, so crucial to food shipments. Now we will develop more routes like the one from Cagayan de Oro through Camiguin, Bohol, Cebu and Masbate to Bicol, the Central Nautical Highway.

Also in 2003, Sulu, Lanao del Sur, and Tawitawi registered double-digit declines in poverty incidence from the year 2000. Congratulations.

Kitang-kita ang pag-ibayo ng mga isla ng Sulu, Basilan at Tawi-Tawi. Nagbukas ang Jollibee sa Basilan. The Balikatan exercises with the United States, combined with the US GEM program and other donor-assisted projects, have no doubt contributed to this.

Sa Sulu, isang araw ng Mayo, umuulan, nagwakas ang isang mahabang pagtutunggali nang pumasok ang mga kawal at sibilyan sa Kampong Bitan-ag sa Panamao na hawak ng mga rebelde. Nagyakapan at nagkamayan ang dalawang panig. Dahil sa matinding pagnanais para sa kapayapaan ni Marine General Ben Dolorfino, naganap ang pagkakasundo. Gayon natapos ang isang madugong kabanata. Congratulations, General Ben Dolorfino.

Susi sa anumang pag-ibayo ang malakas na suporta at ma-abilidad na liderato ng pamahalaang local. Halimbawa, iyong "from arms to farms¡¨ ni Governor Ben Loong ng Sulu, with his caravan of tractors literally invading former rebel camps in his province. Congratulations.

Mahigit isang linggong nakaraan, dumating sa "Eleven Islands" ang daan-daang rebeldeng at kanilang pamilya, sa pamumuno ng dating MNLF Commander na si Aribari Samson. Dito sa mga pulo na kilalang "no man's island," dati nagtatago ang mga rebelde at criminal. Ngayon sa tulong ng isang programa ng United Nations, nagtayo tayo ng dalawang daang tahanan at panibagong buhay para sa pangkat ni Samson. Thank you for giving peace a chance. Congratulations, Commander Samson.

I take this occasion to express our gratitude to the donor community from the US, the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the European Union, Australia, Japan, our ASEAN neighbors, the multilaterals and the rest of the world. Thank you for helping us in our peace process.

If we can harness the forces of good in our nation, the positive force at work here at home and those from abroad such as the US, Malaysia, the OIC and others, we shall prevail in Mindanao with a peace agreement that brings freedom and hope to all Filipinos. With this peace, we would reap dividends in resources invested in agribusiness, not aggression, to build up, not tear down, the Philippine south.

Among the possible peace dividends would be pro-poor road projects like the Siocon-Sirawai-Sibuco-Baligyan Road in Zamboanga del Norte; the Lebak to Maguindanao which Sim Datumanong started when he was Secretary of Public Works; the Dinagat Island road network in Surigao Del Norte; the Hawilian-Salug-Sinakungan barangay road in Agusan del Sur; the Pangil Bay Bridge; and the Surigao-Davao Road, which we want to be as beautiful as the Bukidnon Highway completed during the administration of Joe Zubiri and the term of Migs Zubiri.

Mindanao's number one export, coconuts, has been growing continuously for the last three years, at the rate of 10% a year. The coconut farmers deserve a portion of the peace dividend. I invite Congress and the Bishops-Ulama-Priests-Pastors-Farmer-Lumad Conference led by Archbishop Fernando Capalla to help me ensure their rightful share.

On top of peace and investment, progress also demands good governance. I congratulate Donkoy Emano for the drop in reports of corruption for public contracts in Cagayan de Oro from 65% of firms last year to 38 this year. Also Rudy Duterte and the other leaders of Metro Davao led by Majority Leader Boy Nograles for a similar drop, 57% last year to 49 now. Things are coming together for Mindanao, a prelude to their readiness for eventual federalism.

@bern, ito yung perspective view ng proposed Laguindingan International Airport. This will cost 5.5 billion peso.

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

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g283/boju4289/lia2.jpg
This is just a (walay ayo)perspective, the LIA will not look exactly like that.. Murag mas dako pa man ang Current Lumbia airport ana.
BTW, they are still on land acquisition stage to jumpstart the construction of LIA-Highway link. Horizontal works, as scheduled would start this august. Same period next year they could already be on Vertical works, if no delays will be encountered.

Ewan ko ba, nagtataka din ako hindi man lang nabanggit ni PGMA sa kanyang SONA itong LAguindingan airportproject.

Ewan ko ba, nagtataka din ako hindi man lang nabanggit ni PGMA sa kanyang SONA itong LAguindingan airportproject.
But according to Gov. Moreno , LIA is part of the SONA's substance... Silay airport ra man tingali na mention ba?

Maraming na mention na mga airport sa Central Philippines (mostly Visayas area), International or upgrade or gagawa pa...

Nakakadismaya nga eh kasi sa Mindanao megaregion, mga maliliit lang na mga project ang binanggit. Mga kalsada lang ng maga maliliit na barangay ang nasambit. Ang pinakamarami mga peace process pero mga maliliit lang din na peace accomplishment.

hahay, as for Moreno nga, "we shouldn't wait for the national government to act on this project, we, the local government should initiate it"..

Van, Aha na ka... pag post na... pakita lang kas-a...

This is a rude message, believe me! There are a lot of things of which i as a filipino can be proud of....my english professor told us that we filipinos have wonderful smiles(approve!). its so nice to hear something about development and stuffs but.... i think that our president is not doing a wonderful job (not even a bit)...something about her is lacking....or at least, she's not really doing her best...everybody shares the blame on anything and everything that is happening in our country right now but, i think she's more likely to carry the burden of our economic calamities since she's really the one who would rather face all the allegations against her (by her political rivals), rather than shut up and do all the task that she is obliged to do... focus on the economic problems and not focus on anything that can be fatal to her reputation... besides she is an economist. She talks a lot of things about progress and development...that SONA thing is a piece of c*#$, its all lie...compensating on anything but mere words. i don't like it all. im so sorry if im so rude but im just trying to voice out what i think is true and correct...my opinion that is. P-o-v-e-r-t-y..its worst! C-o-r-r-u-p-t-i-o-n...maybe? E-l-e-c-t-o-r-a-l f-a-k-i-n-g...the "im sorry line" of her's is not working for me, im not buying on it! Im sure anyone who will read read this will really rise an eyebrow (specially lew!), but who cares? its my opinion after all...peace to all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ps: this is a wonderful site! ty lew!

in a asecond thought...everyone in this site is...a political or economic GEEKS?

hahay, as for Moreno nga, "we shouldn't wait for the national government to act on this project, we, the local government should initiate it"..


Pasalamat nalang tayo meron tayong Moreno, Emano, Baculio, etc. na mga public officials na gumagawa ng paraan with thier own iniatives. As what I've see, PGMA has favored most of her Cabalens and rich votes Visayas region that's why great outlook and huge projects are made possible in these area kahit mangutang pa ng ilang billion.

Boju and Francis X. are wearing the same shirt? color orange??? weird...isn't it?
JUST KIDDING!

:cheers: WELCOME VHAN ROBERT!!! :scouserd:

Boju and Francis X. are wearing the same shirt? color orange??? weird...isn't it?
JUST KIDDING!


Lol, its a uniform! biro lang. Coincidence lang :runaway:

This is a rude message, believe me! There are a lot of things of which i as a filipino can be proud of....my english professor told us that we filipinos have wonderful smiles(approve!). its so nice to hear something about development and stuffs but.... i think that our president is not doing a wonderful job (not even a bit)...something about her is lacking....or at least, she's not really doing her best...everybody shares the blame on anything and everything that is happening in our country right now but, i think she's more likely to carry the burden of our economic calamities since she's really the one who would rather face all the allegations against her (by her political rivals), rather than shut up and do all the task that she is obliged to do... focus on the economic problems and not focus on anything that can be fatal to her reputation... besides she is an economist. She talks a lot of things about progress and development...that SONA thing is a piece of c*#$, its all lie...compensating on anything but mere words. i don't like it all. im so sorry if im so rude but im just trying to voice out what i think is true and correct...my opinion that is. P-o-v-e-r-t-y..its worst! C-o-r-r-u-p-t-i-o-n...maybe? E-l-e-c-t-o-r-a-l f-a-k-i-n-g...the "im sorry line" of her's is not working for me, im not buying on it! Im sure anyone who will read read this will really rise an eyebrow (specially lew!), but who cares? its my opinion after all...peace to all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ps: this is a wonderful site! ty lew!
i shouldn't say "wel said" not because it's against my opinion or something, but because.... Have we ever had a president, atleast after martia law, who achieved or made our economy grow by 5.1%? Not even ramos right, where during his time, our economy was labeled "almost tiger"? But why can't we call us "almost tiger" right now?Considering that our economy grew this rapid? Probably because we are left behind by our neighbors(Thailand and Malaysia)w/c grew more rapidly. If we compare ourselves with them, we are just a cat, they are tigers. If THailand and Malaysia didin't grow that rapid, we could call our economy rapid then. The poin't here is there is a world to catch up. if WE don't work as hard as our neighbors do, then what could we expect? Again, WE, WE.... Not just the president but WE, US... How could we alleviate poverty if crab mentality wins our ego? Last night, watching the news, Loi estrada said, "we will stay as opposition and pull GMA down", not exactly same words but has a substance like that. OMG, a senator saying that.

We are left behind, probably 5 years behind Thiland and 10 years behind Malaysia. If we continue pulling down each other, not even the smartest,and wisiest president in this globe could ever solve or at least lessen the problems we are facing right now.

Anyway, nice entrance Vhan... Very agressive and militant.lol..Kahit mejo pinainit mo ang ulo ko....lol... :bash:

Hay Pilipinas!

Bakit ganun, its worth Billions pero para yatang ang liit. I believe that CDO has one of the busiest airports in the Philippines. Mas prefer ko pa ang terminal pa-Iligan/Zamboanga. hehe!

maliit yan kc hindi yan yung perspective talaga.. actually mas malaki pa kung titingnan ang current airport ng cdo kesa jan sa perspective na yan.. Hindi pa sila nag rerelease ng perspective talaga kc they're still on horizontal works. LIA would look similar to Silay and Sta Barbara's airports.

Sign off na muna ako... ma-le-late na ko...

Cagayan de Oro City (26 July) -- Polar Bear Freezing and Storage Corporation (Polar Bear) held its groundbreaking ceremonies last Friday (July 14, 2006) for their cold storage facility in the PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate in Misamis Oriental (PIE-MO).

Polar Bear, a Filipino-owned company, is one of the first industries to locate in the Mindanao Container Terminal Business Park and the first cold storage facility in the Estate.

The facility is meant for Food Processors, Importers and Exporters in Northern Mindanao for the storing of its frozen and chilled commodities.

According to the company, PIE-MO is the ideal place for their facility due to the Estate's Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT), a container terminal of international standards. They said that it is easier and more convenient for them to ship out their refrigerated products to their domestic and international destinations since the MCT is accessible to them.

Their facilities will have Storage, Chiller, and Blast Freezing Rooms. It will also have a Sorting Room for pre-packaging. Aside from this facility in PIE-MO, Polar Bear has existing facilities in Manila and Davao City. The company is recognized by local and international associations in the cold storage business like the World Food Logistics Organization.

Polar Bear signed its lease contract with the PHIVIDEC Industrial Authority, a government owned and controlled corporation which manages the 3,000 hectare PIE-MO located in the towns of Tagoloan and Villanueva in Misamis Oriental. (PHIVIDEC Industrial Authority)

hi lew...thanks for inviting me in this website...i know that this kind of things really make you more than a genius...you can be a better enconomist than a psychologist....
you know a lot of things that stricklyn or ella didn't know...godspeed and godbless! drama kaayo q noh?

i think that our president is not doing a wonderful job (not even a bit)...something about her is lacking....or at least, she's not really doing her best...


meh, im quite the opposite... she is doing her best and what i expect a president to do after all these turmoil and the erap scandal, the marcos problem.. cory and FVR hasnt done the job better than GMA.

She made our GDP grow on a very promising level
Thought of decentralising the fundings (i.e. deciding to put the convention center in cebu, and holding the asean summit there)
etc etc, which i cant be bothered.

although it seems very little to us, economy is much more complicated than that.

to tell you the truth, even in the most developed countries there is corruption, theres corruption here in the uk, even to the highest level.. one big example is that a head of the police department.. the metropolitan police (which is the highest and primary police force in uk) received a bribe to impede justice to a murdered black man because it was fuelled by institutional racism.

dont you know that a quarter of the population here in uk is considered to be below the national poverty line?? a lot of people here are in debts and all that stuff???

our country is no different, we have corruption yes it is a problem... we have poverty which is really a big problem... you dont expect in 5 years that we are going to solve all these???

what our president is doing is trying to attract investors into the country... thats why she always speak about economy.. because thats OUR problem... and thats what she is prioritising... she doesnt talk a lot about the bad things surrounding her because thats HER problem.. and that is not what we are ALL interested in... because if we dwell too much in these problems whereby even if its gonna get solved, its not gonna do anything good to the economy isnt it???

the point is we gotta stop pointing fingers.

The government is the people by the people for the people (correct me if im wrong)

The government is the people by the people for the people (correct me if im wrong)

lol i think so and it shud be and it never was in the marcos era LOL

PIA Press Release
07/27/2006
NorMin hikes MV registration by 14.15% in Q1 of 2006 - LTO X


by Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob

Cagayan de Oro City (27 July) -- A total of 41,517 motor vehicles were registered in Northern Mindanao by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) during the first three (3) months of 2006, up by 14.15% compared to 36,369 MVs registered in the same period, last year.

Of these MVs, those registered as “new” rose by 17.73%, from 6,081 to 7,159 while “renewals” rose by 13.44%, from 30,288 to 34,358,” Regional Director Porcawa B. Dia of LTO-X said.

The new privately-owned MVs, also, increased by 17.38%, from 5991 to 7,032 while renewals registered 16.40% higher, from 24,416 to 28,421.

New “For Hire” MVs, likewise, posted 15.87% higher, from 63 to 73 while renewals dropped by 0.8o%, from 5,026 to 4,986.

On the other hand, registration of new government-owned MVs rose by 100%, from 27 to 54 while renewals posted 12.29% higher, from 846 to 950. Only one (1) diplomatic MV and none on “tax exempt” was registered during the period.

Dia said a12.39% increase in registration transactions was handled by LTO-X during the period, from 42,882 to 48,197 while it also posted a 12.18% increase in licenses/permits issued, from 30,163 to 33,836. Apprehensions, likewise, rose by 83.40%, from 2,928 to 5,370.

“As to revenue collections for all our services, we were able to post a regional total of Php74.726 million during the period, up by 16.61% over the Php64.082 million we collected in the same period of 2005,” Dia added.

Meanwhile, Pres. Arroyo said the revenue measures Congress has painstakingly put up are now reaping rewards for the people and has made the momentum of our economy strong.

Strong leadership has proven the doctrine of the bitter pill and payback time is at hand for the people. This should signal the administration’s critics that the President’s plan is solid and backed by the real resources to get the job done.

“We need to put flesh, however, to these plans of developing our countryside,” the President said during the recent 2006 State of the Nation Address she delivered at the Batasang Pambansa. (PIA 10)

Mindanao solons welcome GMA’s mega-region plan

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — When President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo mentioned in her SoNA (State-of-the-Nation Address) last Monday the establishment of what she called the "super regions," the Mindanao lawmakers welcomed the initiative.


"Super regions," as conceptualized by President Arroyo, are composed of several provinces clustered into regions. These would be developed according to their potentials and resources.

Among the Mindanao lawmakers who welcomed the President’s super-region plan what would make the provinces progressive were Congressmen Constantino Jaurala, lone district of Cagayan de Oro City; Abdullah "Bobby" Dimaporo, 2nd District, Lanao del Norte and member of the Commission on Appointments; Juan Miguel Zubiri, 3rd District, Bukidnon; Manuel Zamora "Way Kurat," 1st District, Compostela Valley; Prospero Nograles, 1st District, Davao; Faysah Dumarpa, 1st District, Lanao del Sur; Hussin Amin, 1st District, Sulu; and Munir Arbison, 2nd District, Sulu; and Jurdin Romualdo, lone district of Camiguin.

Congressman Dimaporo was thankful to President Arroyo for providing funds for the cementing of the roads in Iligan City, Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur, Linamon and Panguil Bay in Ozamiz City, and Misamis Occidental.

Dimaporo said that most of the projects the President cited in her SoNA were already accomplished, although some are still in progress. The other projects will be completed once her term is finished in 2010.

According to data of the National Statistics Office, Lanao del Norte is one of the progressive and developed provinces in the country in terms of peace and economic stability.

Congressman Zubiri lauded President Arroyo’s advocacy for the promotion of Jatropha, copra, and ethanol as alternatives for bio-diesel fuels whose prices have been rising.

"I’m so glad that President Arroyo included those things because this is now what our people need," Zubiri said.

Congressman Romualdo said that President Arroyo is sincere when she said "that she would give back the power and well-being to the provinces instead of focusing it on Metro Manila as the provinces in turn would provide all the needs of the center cities."

He said his province, Camiguin, is also fit for the planting of tuba-tuba or Jatropha that can be used as bio-diesel fuel. (Ali Macabalang)

meh, im quite the opposite... she is doing her best and what i expect a president to do after all these turmoil and the erap scandal, the marcos problem.. cory and FVR hasnt done the job better than GMA.

She made our GDP grow on a very promising level
Thought of decentralising the fundings (i.e. deciding to put the convention center in cebu, and holding the asean summit there)
etc etc, which i cant be bothered.

although it seems very little to us, economy is much more complicated than that.

to tell you the truth, even in the most developed countries there is corruption, theres corruption here in the uk, even to the highest level.. one big example is that a head of the police department.. the metropolitan police (which is the highest and primary police force in uk) received a bribe to impede justice to a murdered black man because it was fuelled by institutional racism.

dont you know that a quarter of the population here in uk is considered to be below the national poverty line?? a lot of people here are in debts and all that stuff???

our country is no different, we have corruption yes it is a problem... we have poverty which is really a big problem... you dont expect in 5 years that we are going to solve all these???

what our president is doing is trying to attract investors into the country... thats why she always speak about economy.. because thats OUR problem... and thats what she is prioritising... she doesnt talk a lot about the bad things surrounding her because thats HER problem.. and that is not what we are ALL interested in... because if we dwell too much in these problems whereby even if its gonna get solved, its not gonna do anything good to the economy isnt it???

the point is we gotta stop pointing fingers.

Exactly.. But aside from stoping pointing fingers, we should also stop pulling each other down...

oh no, this thread has turned into ECONOMICS thread, too much for these things... @Vhan :bash: , never provoke similar discusion again in the future for this is a thread intended for CDO's development and progress...

Let's go back to the essence. :runaway:

meh, im quite the opposite... she is doing her best and what i expect a president to do after all these turmoil and the erap scandal, the marcos problem.. cory and FVR hasnt done the job better than GMA.

She made our GDP grow on a very promising level
Thought of decentralising the fundings (i.e. deciding to put the convention center in cebu, and holding the asean summit there)
etc etc, which i cant be bothered.

although it seems very little to us, economy is much more complicated than that.

to tell you the truth, even in the most developed countries there is corruption, theres corruption here in the uk, even to the highest level.. one big example is that a head of the police department.. the metropolitan police (which is the highest and primary police force in uk) received a bribe to impede justice to a murdered black man because it was fuelled by institutional racism.

dont you know that a quarter of the population here in uk is considered to be below the national poverty line?? a lot of people here are in debts and all that stuff???

our country is no different, we have corruption yes it is a problem... we have poverty which is really a big problem... you dont expect in 5 years that we are going to solve all these???

what our president is doing is trying to attract investors into the country... thats why she always speak about economy.. because thats OUR problem... and thats what she is prioritising... she doesnt talk a lot about the bad things surrounding her because thats HER problem.. and that is not what we are ALL interested in... because if we dwell too much in these problems whereby even if its gonna get solved, its not gonna do anything good to the economy isnt it???

the point is we gotta stop pointing fingers.

Spreading the gospel of decentralization, lets stop the bad blood from spreading in the body.

Isang munting alaala mula sa Lungsod ng Gintong Pagkakaibigan:
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/berniemacksouthcentral/chada.jpg

Hello Hello Moto Moto?!! Rella!

Looking forward to be back at the city where "Chada" is home!

^^ berniemack, looks like its so homey to me. the blending of trees and cement looked, so serene.. parang uulan :D

Talagang parang uulan d2 ngayon.. pero humid pa rin, kakaasar.

^^ berniemack, looks like its so homey to me. the blending of trees and cement looked, so serene.. parang uulan :D

It was overcast but hot and humid noon. Around 8AM ko kinuha yan, galing pa akong Puntod Port (wala kasing magawa sa pier habang nag-aantay ng barkong pauwi sa Iloilo).

^^ mao diay, morag naa'y sunlight sa bridge nga part...

^^ mao diay, morag naa'y sunlight sa bridge nga part...
west man na diha sa bridge, so kung 8 m pa, wala pay sun diha, pero hayag gihapon...lol... Hahay... CDO, always hot, unsa pay i-expect.

Cagayan de Oro City (28 July) -- City Councilor Alexander Dacer, chair of this year’s Lambagohan Festival vowed to make the annual occasion a more festive celebration not only for Cagayanons in the city but even for those who have already settled abroad.

Already, Councilor Dacer, president of the Liga ng mga Barangay Cagayan de Oro chapter, is mobilizing the four districts in the city to ensure a massive participation from all sectors in the city.

“The economic progress that Cagayan de Oro is experiencing these days is a product of the collaborative effort of all sectors in the city, thus, the Lambagohan Festival should be a fitting occasion to gather them all together in one festive celebration,” Councilor Dacer explained.

Councilor Dacer disclosed that the “Bangkete”, a festive gathering that serves as a prelude to the fluvial parade and boat racing competition, is designed to serve as a reunion of all barangays, government and non-government agencies, civic organizations, business sector, including balikbayans.

“This is going to be one big happy celebration for all the peace-loving people of Cagayan de Oro,” Dacer enthused.

The Lambagohan Festival will include among others, a Rigodon de Honor by the various officials and department heads of the city government and national line agencies in the city, a search for the clean and green riverside barangay, boat racing competition, a fluvial parade and a kayaking and jet ski exhibition at the Cagayan de Oro River.

The Lambagohan Festival, one of the major activities of the annual fiesta celebration aims to revive the old glory of the Cagayan de Oro River while at the same time, raising the level of awareness among city residents on the need to protect and rehabilitate the city’s major river.

Lambagohan Festival is a tribute to the riverine life of the early settlers of Cagayan de Oro, which in olden days was also known as Kalambaguhan, a vernacular word which means, a place where lush lambago trees abound. (City Information Office/RAGCOM) [top]

PIA Press Release
07/28/2006
Oro’s economic growth unstoppable - Emano


Cagayan de Oro City (28 July) -- There’s no stopping the progress of Cagayan de Oro.

This, as three giant corporations are already scheduled to begin their multi-million investments in Cagayan de Oro this year.

City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano said that in September this year, A.Brown Company will already start the construction of yet the biggest and most luxurious subdivision in the island of Mindanao.

The P250 million real estate investment will be situated in the highlands of barangay Agusan, bordering Balubal, another hinterland barangay in Cagayan de Oro.

The city chief executive is optimistic that the project, which is an outcome of the recent trade mission he led in India and Germany, will signal the opening of a new growth area in Cagayan de Oro.

A foreign investor is also set to establish a 100-door apartment and villa at the Pueblo de Oro Township in September this year. The project is designed to cater to the needs of international tourists who want to stay in Cagayan de Oro for more than a month.

In December this year, the Ayala Group of Companies will also groundbreak its P4.7 Billion investment in barangay Indahag which covers an area of 50 hectares.

Mayor Emano expressed hope that the influx of more investments here would spell more employment opportunities and uplifted socio-economic condition for the thousands of Cagayanons in the city.

In line with the effort of attracting more investors, the city government has already put in place good bridge and road infrastructure networks and telecommunications facility that are meant to open new growth areas and provide access to and from all parts of the city. (City Information Office/RAGCOM)

PIA Press Release
07/28/2006
BOC-10 collections up 2.16% in 1Q of 2006


by Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob

Cagayan de Oro City (28 July) -- A total revenue of Php460.562M have been collected by the Bureau of Customs, District 10 (BOC-10), for the first three months of 2006, higher by 2.16% compared to Php450.822M it collected during the same period last year.

Data gathered by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) in Northern Mindanao show that the BOC-10 collections in the region for the month of February posted the highest increase of 31.94%, from Php136.857M to Php180.566M, Regional Director Myra V. Balandra of NEDA-10 said.

This was followed by January which posted a 1.76% increase, from Php121.400M to Php123.537M with the month of March on a downtrend by 18.75%, from Php192.566M to Php156.459M.

Of the three (3) ports covered by BOC-10 in the region, Iligan posted the highest increase in collection of 28.36%, from Php77.259M to Php99.170M with the month of January noting a 79.55% increase, from Php20.276M to Php36.405M, February by 22.43%, from Php25.088M to Php30.714M and March by 0.49%, from Php31.896M to Php32.051M.

The other ports, however, were in a downtrend: Cagayan de Oro by 3.04% and Ozamiz by 91.78%. “But the increase of collections in the port of Iligan more than made up for the decrease in their collections for the period,” Balandra said.

Meanwhile, Pres. Arroyo said the government has trimmed the public sector deficit by 35% in the first quarter due to an improved fiscal position as well as strong performances by government-owned and controlled corporations, local government units and social security institutions.

In her State of the Nation Address, this year, the President urged Congress to pass a national budget that would respond to its imperatives and hoped that with the new leadership in the Senate, both chambers of Congress would be able to get their acts together for the sake of the people who must not be forced to stand and wait too long. (PIA 10)

Can someone please place pics of the Gaisano mall of CDO? I missed it na baya. the tunnel... :D

MAAYONG BUNTAG KAGAY-ANON, MINGAW MAN?


How's your day there? It's stormy again here in Manila and I think the rest of Luzon and some parts of Visayas region may the same. Suspension of classes maybe declared later... ang saya-saya!

PIA Press Release
07/29/2006
CdO "Indigay Sa Banda sa Divisoria" kicks off next week


Cagayan de Oro City (29 July) -- The City Administrator’s Office is enjoining all local bands in the city to join the Indigay sa Banda sa Divisoria, a live band competition in line with the celebration of the City Fiesta in honor of St. Augustine.

City Administrator Wilma Polley-Rugay disclosed that the battle of the bands is open to residents of Cagayan de Oro who shall form a band composed of five to eight members aging 16 to 25 years old.

The maiden competition will be held on August 4, during the Friday edition of the Nite Café in Divisoria. Preliminary competitions for the Indigay sa Banda sa Divisoria are also scheduled on August 5, 11, 12, 18, 19 and 25.

Rugay said that only four groups shall compete in each of the seven preliminary competitions. Winners of the preliminary rounds will compete in the final competition on August 26, 7:30 in the evening at the Kiosko Kagawasan.

The city administrator, who also chairs the Night Café Committee added that each of the competing bands shall perform one love song, jazz, disco, slow rock and Tagalog song.

Winners in the preliminary competition will receive a cash prize of P1,000 while non-winners receive a consolation prize of P500 per group.

Preliminary winners will get a chance to win P7,500 for the champion, P5,000 for the 1st runner up, P3,000 for the 2nd runner up and P800 for the consolation prizes.

Competing bands will be judged on musicality—50%; Voice Quality—25%; Stage Presence—15% and Audience Impact—10%.

Interested groups must secure the official registration form at the City Administrator’s Office on or before August 2, 2006. For inquiries, call 857-2255 and ask for Michael Go. (City Information Office/RAGCOM) [top]

PIA Press Release
07/29/2006
Mayor Emano to meet with 5 business groups in Melbourne


Cagayan de Oro City (29 July) -- City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano will have his hands full with at least five meetings with various business groups in Melbourne when he visits Australia for a trade mission in September this year.

Initial preparations made by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has scheduled Emano and his trade delegation for five separate business meetings in Melbourne.

Emano is looking forward to these interactions with Australian businessmen to bear solid fruits in terms of foreign investment generation here in the city.

The city mayor underscored that the influx of investment in Cagayan de Oro would mean employment opportunities for thousands of Cagayanons who shall be the priority choice for employment in any investment that will be established in the city.

While in Australia, Emano is also set to meet with two business organizations in Sydney before he and the Cagayan de Oro business delegation will head for New Zealand.

Emano’s scheduled trade mission to the land down under is prompted by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s suggestion that the mayor should visit Australia because a lot of their investors are keen on putting up investments here in Cagayan de Oro.

To date, Cagayan de Oro is being touted as the fastest growing economy in the country, owing to the influx of ICT, retail and real estate investments here. (City Information Office/RAGCOM) [top]

Wow! I'm just a newbie here and yes, I am a Kagay-anon. However, I study in Dubai since my parents are working there as well. Nevertheless, I'm currently on the city right now, particularly in Barangay Bugo having my vacation. Anyway, I've been seeing this fora lately and decided to register. It's so good to read and see everything about CDO, the City of Golden Friendship.

^^ welcome martyness...:) taga bugo diay ka... duol ra diay tah.. ako sa Tagoloan..:)

CDO circumferential system.
CM Recto - Skyblue "the usual route"
East Diversion road - Yellow
South Diversion road - Red
Mastersons Ave. - Blue
West Diversion road - Orange
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d190/angeleslew/CDOgoogleearth.jpg

Goodluck passers by... But it would be better if you drop by our establishments.. :scouserd:

^^ Di ba naa kuno mabungguan na murag historical caves diha sa circumferential road? Correct me if im wrong.

Not exactly the cave but it is the HULUGA site. Part of the huluga site is the cave. The article below is all about the Huluga site.

Huluga Caves
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Huluga Cave is a prehistoric site in the Philippines. It is located in the south end of the city of Cagayan de Oro, about eight kilometers away. Composed of two main caverns, it is situated on the eastern side of Cagayan River, along the brow of a vertical limestone cliff. The skeletal fragment from these caves were found to belong to a child and a woman who inhabited Cagayan 377 A.D. This was based on the acid racemization done by Scripps Institute in La Jolla, California.


Heritage
The Huluga Site is more than 80 feet high. It has an area of 50 meters across it northern and southern parts and measures 40 meters from the western edge of the precipice to the eastern slope. Cogon grass covers much of the area with big balete trees on both the northern and southern flanks.

Huluga, according to the Heritage Conservation Advocates, is "the home of the original native people of Cagayan de Oro". It is considered by many people, to be a sacred site. Which lacks protection and guidance by the government. Inside, they have found native tools such as glass beads, spoons, pendants, bracelets, stone tools, axe tip and pieces of iron.

In 1977, Burton sent bone samples taken from the caves for acid racemization to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California in San Diego, California, and the sample was traced to 1600 BP or 377 AD.

Experts at the National Museum earlier said they were convinced that these caves were used by early Cagayanons from the late Neolithic Age to the Iron Age.

At present, archeological artifacts can still be retrieved at the damaged portion of the open site.

Antonio Montalvan II, a former commissioner at the City Hall’s Historical Commission, said no pits were ever dug by scientists at the open site but only surface scans.

"It is therefore possible that the site will still yield unearthed artifacts and evidences of prehistoric Cagayan culture. This was in fact one of the recommendations of the National Museum team," he said.

Aside from its continuing archeological yields, the Huluga Site is believed to have been the site of prehistoric Cagayan known in written historical documents as "Himologan".

When the Spanish soldiers and Augustinian friars arrived in Cagayan in the year 1622, there was no town in the area that existed. They founded only a large cave fortress called Himologan.

It was only in 1626 that Himologan's chief, Datu Salangsang and his people were persuaded by Fray Agustin de San Pedro to move the town site to the present Gaston Park, the St. Augustine Cathedral complex.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huluga_Caves"

^^ welcome martyness...:) taga bugo diay ka... duol ra diay tah.. ako sa Tagoloan..:)

Aww. Hehe. Yeah, I'm from Bugo. :D

WELCOME martyness :cheers:

PIA Press Release
08/01/2006
CdO lines up activities for Fiesta de Oro '06


Cagayan de Oro City (1 August) -- As the city fiesta goes global this year, the city government led by City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano lined-up a series of activities for the month-long celebration were designed and prepared for international tourists.

City Fiesta Executive Committee chair Jose Benjamin Benaldo stressed that all the fiesta activities managed and organized by the city government and the private sector are in line with the city's vision to make it globally attractive.

The month-long celebration will kick-off with the Indigay sa Banda sa Divisoria that will start on August 4, during the Friday edition of the Night Café, Miss Cagayan de Oro press presentation on August 12 at the Kagay-an Resort; Agro-Fair (Pista sa Kaumahan) from August 14-20 at the City Hall Quadrangle, Miss Cagayan de Oro talent competition at SM city on August 17, Lambagohan Festival's launching of riverside barangay cleanliness and beautification contest on August 18 followed by Rigodon de Honor in the evening.

The 14th swimming competition will be staged in Marco Hotel on the 19th followed by a Miss Cagayan de Oro swimsuit competition and sponsor's night both at Koresco Hotel on the same day.

On the 20th, Lambagohan Festival's Bangkite will be at Gaston Park followed by a concert of international balladeer David Pomeranz at Lim Ket Kai Mall. A cultural show by government agencies will be staged at the Amphitheater on the 21st followed by a neo-cultural show of the universities in the city on 22-24.

On the evening of August 24, 15 ladies will vie for the Miss Cagayan de Oro 2006 title at Lim Ket Kai Mall during the pageant night.

On August 25, the festive Kagay-an Festival will be held in the major streets of the city, followed by a Motocross clinic and competition in Kauswagan until the 27th, rodeo cup in Lim Ket Kai until the 27th, marathon around the city and a cultural show at Lim Ket Kai center.

A mountain bike race, basketball with the stars at Liceo de Cagayan University Gym, and grand championship of the Indigay sa Banda at Kiosko Kagawasan will be held on August 26.

On August 27, the annual civic military parade will be held around the city, a continuation of the mountain bike race, Lambagohan Festival's Whitewater Rafting Race in the river, midnight marathon around the city and cultural presentation at the Amphitheater.

On the fiesta day, August 28, there will be a "Diana" or early morning serenade with the 4th ID band around the city, marathon, and the famous activities of Lambagohan Festival such as Kayak and Jetski exhibition, Boat Paddle Race and Fluvial Parade in the river. It will be capped with a singing contest, Tsada Pop Music Festival at the Amphitheater on the evening of the city fiesta. (City Information Office / Ragcom)

CTO vows to make city fiesta a global tourism showcase for CdO


Cagayan de Oro City (1 August) -- The City Tourism Office is going full swing in promoting the Cagayan de Oro City Fiesta celebration as an international tourism event that is worth the attention and visit not only of local guests but international tourists as well.

This is in line with City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano's aggressive campaign to the international community about the city's vast potentials as a premier tourism and investment destination in the country.

Acting City Tourism Officer Imma Rae D. Gatuslao disclosed that this year's fiesta celebration will focus not only on the major activities done each year but also of promoting the best things that Cagayan de Oro can boast of.

"We want to let our guests know that aside from witnessing the colorful events associated with the city fiesta celebration, they can also try the various adventure and cultural activities, as well as the best products that only Cagayan de Oro can offer," Gatuslao pointed out.

Tourists who will visit Cagayan de Oro for the city fiesta activities can explore the natural beauty that this highly-urbanized city has managed to preserve, through such adventures as the whitewater rafting, pinoy rafting, spelunking, kayaking and a visit to the Macahambus Adventure Park for its skybridge, rapelling and ziplining.

Guests may also try a rare encounter with nature through the various adventure activities offered at the Mapawa Nature Park such as horse back riding, river trekking, ziplining, rappelling down waterfalls, and camping.

Gatuslao added that tourists are also in for a deeper appreciation of Cagayan de Oro's culture as a city of tri-people by learning Higaonon and Tinikling dances, weaving and beadworks at the tribal houses situated at the Malasag Eco-Village.

One of the various interesting activities that guests may experience while enjoying the festive celebration of the city fiesta is the pot rowing at the famous ceramics and stoneware potteries in barangay Bulua.

For the best products and pasalubong treats, every Cagayanon visitor must try the city's famous delicacies among them are the S&N Peanuts; cashew nuts; famous ham from Slers, Pine, Oro Ham and Darling Foods; candied fruits; manticado; leche fresca puto; ostrich meat, handmade paper; and sinamay fabric; among others.

This year's celebration of the city fiesta promises to be a globally spectacular event through a series of activities that include the fluvial parade and boat racing competition, streetdancing, beauty pageant, civic military parade, agricultural trade fair, horse show and rodeo, Filipiniana fashion show, nightly cultural entertainment, culinary show, sportsfest, live band competition, dancesport competition, concerts, garden show, among others. (City Information Office / Ragcom)

PIA Press Release
08/01/2006

Palace upgrades Mindanao Container Terminal to sub-port of entry


Cagayan de Oro City (1 August) -- The Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) was declared by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as a Sub-Port of Entry through Executive Order 542 dated July 14, 2006.

The declaration specifically stated that "the Mindanao Container Terminal, as a sub-port of entry, is to be known as the Mindanao Container Terminal Sub-Port, pursuant to Section 606 of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as amended."

This declaration places the MCT under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Customs as a Sub-Port of Entry.

Being declared as a sub-port, this will spur economic growth and development, improve the administrative efficiency of the Bureau of Customs in Northern Mindanao and ensure that the needs of importers and passengers utilizing its facilities are attended to.

The MCT will serve as a Sub-Port of Entry of Northern Mindanao while the port of Cagayan de Oro will serve as Principal Port of Entry.

The MCT is the only existing international container terminal in Mindanao located in the PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate in Misamis Oriental (PIE-MO).

The PHIVIDEC Industrial Authority, a government owned and controlled corporation, manages the 3,000 hectare PIE-MO located in the towns of Tagoloan and Villanueva in Misamis Oriental. (Phividec)

Finex-CDO mid-year economic briefing slated on Aug 9

WITH the grim specter of an P8 increase in oil prices in the next two months, the Financial Executives Institute of Cagayan de Oro (Finex-CDO) has scheduled the 1st CIBI Information -- Idea Mid-Year Economic Briefing on August 9, 2006 from 1:30 to 6 p.m. at the Pearlmont Hotel, Limketkai Drive, Cagayan de Oro City.

Reservations for the briefing have been piling up since last week. This was disclosed by Finex-CDO President Jasmin Agbon, who expects a full house with bankers, company finance and planning officers, insurance agents, business owners and professionals wishing to get a sense of the immediate future in the light of renewed impeachment moves against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the continuing Middle East conflict.

The 1st CIBI Information -- Idea Mid-Year Economic Briefing with the theme: "The Philippine Economic Landscape: Fast-forward to 2010" will feature a native of the region, highly-respected economist Dr. Cayetano Paderanga Jr.

In this rare face-to-face encounter with the financial and business community of Cagayan de Oro and Northern Mindanao, Paderanga shares his sought-after views on the current risks of the Philippine economy is facing.

Paderanga's discourse is expected to be information-filled considering his wealth of experience being a former president of the Philippine Stock Exchange, a director of the Bank of the Philippine Islands, a member of the Philippine Monetary Board, socio-economic planning secretary and director-general of the National Economic Development Authority, and executive director of the Asian Development Bank.

With his unique perspective as business executive, government economic planner and academician, Paderanga shall include extensive discussions on promising industries, the agenda of the Arroyo administration and investors' views on the Philippine economy. Inputs from one of the country's leading economists will definitely help chart the directions of Cagayan de Oro businesses and professional careers as the country enters the more challenging times of election year 2007 and the final stretch of the Arroyo administration.

Interested parties are advised immediately to request for reservation forms and place them with Jasmin PG Agbon, President of Finex-CDO or Donna at 8574657 or Jona (Finex Secretariat) at 8564499 or finexcagayandeoro@yahoo.com. Investment fee is only P1,500 per participant, inclusive of seminar reference materials, snacks and cocktails. A 10 percent group discount is available for groups of four or more participants. (Press release)

"Tsada Kagay an Festival"
"Kumbira"
Wuhuuu.

WELCOME martyness :cheers:

Thanks thanks! :)

wala nay lain topic diri sa skyscrapercity kundili mga tulay ug mga semento?
can't we post something about cagayan na mas interesting other than bridges, buildings and airports? like...... there's one time in our lecture time when our english teacher said that all cagayanons are boastful and hambog....... (e.g. they won't ride on any taxi other than altis.....)

to lew:
nagpost nako lew ha...basin makaingon ka nga pabaya ko!hehehehe...joke lang :banana:

martyness....where in bugo are you from?
..im from bugo too!!!!!
from villa trinitas?
reyes?
greymar?
baliti?
mabini?
bantiles?
zone 4?
zone 3?
alliance?

wala nay lain topic diri sa skyscrapercity kundili mga tulay ug mga semento?
can't we post something about cagayan na mas interesting other than bridges, buildings and airports? like...... there's one time in our lecture time when our english teacher said that all cagayanons are boastful and hambog....... (e.g. they won't ride on any taxi other than altis.....)

to lew:
nagpost nako lew ha...basin makaingon ka nga pabaya ko!hehehehe...joke lang :banana:


That's one of the menus here but I don't consider it "hambog". If we can support it to justify it, there's no wrong. When I'd been there in CDO, I rode "sikad" or "motorela". I rode taxi when it is needed but why choose the old model if there's the best.


What we're talking here is not only telling the world of what we did and what we can offer but the essence for me - is what we can share to our community. By this medium, is one thing you can raise your opinion towards the development of our place. I hope time come we(the CDO forumers) will be heard by the government officials and business sectors and used our inputs for the future of our city.

^^ Oi, don't pick up fights like they did in the Bacolod thread.

Anyway, Boju is right. CDO should be proud of their Altis Taxis.

And SSC is for urbanity right? "In Urbanity We Trust."

Anyway, another topic to bring about in the thread other than concrete and cement are some problems.

I'm just wondering Boju, katag ang mga buildings sa main road sa CDO going to Iligan. I passed by Oro Rama, Gaisano (which I think is the most beautiful) and some small stalls.

The Flyover, although not out of place, would've been better if placed in other areas...

I didn't take a long time in CDO though... sorry...

martyness....where in bugo are you from?
..im from bugo too!!!!!
from villa trinitas?
reyes?
greymar?
baliti?
mabini?
bantiles?
zone 4?
zone 3?
alliance?


haha. reyes. :D

^^ I was wondering why they called the place Bugo... :D

wala nay lain topic diri sa skyscrapercity kundili mga tulay ug mga semento?
can't we post something about cagayan na mas interesting other than bridges, buildings and airports? like...... there's one time in our lecture time when our english teacher said that all cagayanons are boastful and hambog....... (e.g. they won't ride on any taxi other than altis.....)

to lew:
nagpost nako lew ha...basin makaingon ka nga pabaya ko!hehehehe...joke lang :banana:
What else would you expect... "Skyscrapercity" nga eh.. If you want you could create another thread in SAMAHAN sub forum so we can discuss there the things you want to discuss.Okay Vhan...

^^ I was wondering why they called the place Bugo... :D
I also wonder... Well, there's also a place in Cebu called BUGO. Another one i wonder is the barangay Patag, when infact it is hilly... it's not patag at all...lol..

^^ It's BOGO...

Baka sister place.. :D lols

Ah yeah, something like that..lol...yeah,sister nya..

Spanish firms set sights on rail projects
By NIEL V. MUGAS
The Manila Times Reporter

A number of Spanish firms have expressed interest in the construction of major railway projects in the Philippines, including the extension of the country’s first overhead railway, according to the Department of Trade and Industry.

Their interest was expressed during the recent visit of Trade Secretary Peter B. Favila to Spain.

The firms include Isoluz-Corsan, Pro-Intec and Dimetronics, which the DTI said, are eyeing the proposed extension of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 1 from Baclaran to Cavite.

Pro-Intec, for one, is said to have committed securing from the Spanish government some 800,000 euros (approximately $1.025 million) for a technical grant for the LRT I and LRT Line 2 expansion projects.

Dimetronics is said to be interested in the supply contracts for signaling equipment for the same two projects, while Spain’s national railway operator Red Nacional de los Ferro-carriles Españoles (RENFE), expressed interest in the Iligan-Cagayan de Oro railway project, for which it is ready to spend 100,000 euros for the feasibility study alone.

RENFE is also interested in the NorthRail project.

Soluziona is eyeing the NorthRail project, and is exploring a partnership with the SM Group of Companies for an integrated property development complex.

Spanish railroad construction firm Construccion Y Auxilliar De Ferrocarles (CAF), meantime, is looking at 33 million euros worth of funds for the Philippines’ railway systems.

Pro-Intec is also interested in build-operate-transfer (BOT) projects, such as the Laguindingan Airport and Mindanao Airport Development Project in Cagayan de Oro. The Spanish firm will provide a technical study grant for an agricultural and industrial project in the Cagayan Export Zone Authority. It is also proposing a technical study grant for the fabrication of oil drilling equipment in Subic.

Burgundy Global Asset Management Corp., meantime, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Spain’s second-largest bank, for a 250 million euro credit line for BOT projects it is planning in the Philippines such as hotels and resort development projects, and the development of Port Irene in Cagayan.

The company also has oil and gas interests in the Northeast and Southeast Palawan. It also participated in the bidding for the Camago-Malampaya Oil Leg.

Lastly, Winace Holdings Philippines Inc. signed a joint declaration with BBVA for the conclusion of an agreement for a credit line of 280 million euros for infrastructure and energy projects.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=43906

^^ Oi, don't pick up fights like they did in the Bacolod thread.

Anyway, Boju is right. CDO should be proud of their Altis Taxis.

And SSC is for urbanity right? "In Urbanity We Trust."

Anyway, another topic to bring about in the thread other than concrete and cement are some problems.

I'm just wondering Boju, katag ang mga buildings sa main road sa CDO going to Iligan. I passed by Oro Rama, Gaisano (which I think is the most beautiful) and some small stalls.

The Flyover, although not out of place, would've been better if placed in other areas...

I didn't take a long time in CDO though... sorry...


Is that sound provoking.. :) nver mind it, peace to all, peace to vhan.. :)

Re main road: The CM Recto Ave. that runs from Ororama Megacenter to Limketkai, MPSC, NMMC, Gaisano Citimall Central Bank, and to Licoan which I think the busiest avenue in the city. You know three years ago I heard the price of the land located in this vicinity climed up more or less a million per square meter! I dunno whats true but that's what I heard in the local radio station on thier coverage regarding in the attempt of the police force to demolished houses near Palaña Grocers I forgot what barangay is that. The demolition was not successful because of the intervention of some politicians.

This main road (CM Recto Ave.) is part of the Central Business District of CDO. I'm hoping in the near time the land zoning of this area will materialized by the government without prejudicing the poor citizen.

You have noticed that within this vicinity, Coca Cola Plant is located here. I hope it will relocated outside this CBD, pangit naman may planta sa loob ng Business district.

Looking back again, the Limketakai Sons had planned to buy the Mindanao Polytechnic State College land but it was preempted because of the protest of some students and alumni of the said school.

PIA Press Release
08/04/2006
Emano to meet with Korean investors anew


Cagayan de Oro City (4 August) -- City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano is scheduled to meet with a group of Korean investors who are now in the city to invest in real estate development.

Emano disclosed that at least 70 Korean nationals are now in the city to present to him their proposal for the construction of a 100-door apartment building in the uptown area of the city.

The city mayor said that these Korean investors are putting up investments in Cagayan de Oro by billions of pesos through the construction of luxurious apartments and villas near the Korean-and-Filipino-owned Hotel KORESCO at the Pueblo de Oro Township.

Emano pointed out that the influx of Korean and other foreign investors in Cagayan de Oro only speaks of the growing trust and confidence placed by the international business community on the city government as an investor-friendly local government unit.

No less than the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Incorporated (Oro Chamber) recognized the city government’s role in Cagayan de Oro’s rapid economic growth when it nominated the city in the search for the Most Business Friendly Local Government Unit of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI).

The Oro Chamber had cited Emano’s dynamic and purpose-driven leadership as an important factor in the city’s successful investment promotions campaign.

This, on top of the tax incentives provided by the city government for new investors and the cutting of the bureaucratic red tape in the issuance of business permits.

Aside from the new Korean investment that will be placed here, two other giant construction companies in the country have expressed interest to undertake the reclamation of more than 280 hectares of coastal area in two barangays in the city.

These projects include a 60-hectare reclamation project in Bonbon and another 160 hectares in barangay Bayabas.

Once completed, Emano said, these reclamation projects are ideal for warehouses, subdivisions and private wharves, among others. (City Information Office /RAGCOM)

27th National Quiz Bee now on


Cagayan de Oro City (4 August) -- Interested elementary, secondary and college students who are currently enrolled in private and public educational schools are urged to join the 27th National Quiz Bee.

This was disclosed by Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) city director Clodualdo Espedilla based on the circular issued by the DILG central office on the launching of the said activity.

Dir. Espedilla said that the nationwide schedule of eliminations are as follows: July 1-August 31, 2006 school eliminations; September 1-30, 2006 district eliminations; October 1-15, 2006 division eliminations; October 16-31, 2006 regional eliminations. The quiz bee summit will be held on November 30 to December 3, 2006 while the national grand finals will be on December 2, 2006.

Interested parties may contact the city DILG or regional DILG for further details.

The activity is in line with the government’s objective to promote good values, academic excellence, leadership, peace and harmony, love of country, brotherhood and unity among the youth and students. (City Information Office/RAGCOM)

Friday, August 04, 2006
MICT gab features ICT quiz show, design contest


THE Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry, together with the Mindanao Business Council, will be conducting the 5th Mindanao Information and Communications Technology (MICT) Congress on September 20 to 22, 2006 in Cagayan de Oro City.

In line with this congress, special events will also take place: Tertiary Schools ICT Quiz Show, Graphic Design Open Competition, and Digital Photography Open Competition.


Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo



The ICT Quiz Show is open to all Mindanao post secondary and tertiary institutions and a maximum of 30 teams from all over Mindanao shall be allowed to compete.

All professional and amateur graphic and digital designers and artists are also encouraged to join the Graphic Design Competition while the Digital Photography Competition is open to all professional and amateur photographers.

With the positioning of the country as Asia's e-services hub for call centers and business process outsourcing, indeed ICT is strengthening its role as a major sector contributing to the country's economic development.

For those who are interested, please contact the secretariat at the Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry through telefax (08822) 726-492 and (088) 856-3764 or email orocham@yahoo.com

^^ It's BOGO...

Baka sister place.. :D lols

Yeah, baka nga... :D Meron pa ngang lugar dito na karhyme ng Bogo, hmm, Lugo, haha

I watched the interview with Mayor Emano by ABS-SBN news last night. He disclosed that 2 groups of investors are to start the Bonbon-Bayabas reclamation project under Build-Operate-Transfer scheme. The reclamation project will cover a total area of 150 hectars, 100 hectars in barangay Bonbon, and 50 hectars in barangay Bayabas. He failed to mention the names of these keen investors though.

QUESTION...
Why is there a need to reclaim when that Bonbon and Bayabas area are not even developed yet.. Does CDO need additional space?

Yeah, baka nga... :D Meron pa ngang lugar dito na karhyme ng Bogo, hmm, Lugo, haha
Maybe cousin of Bugo and Bogo.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/3 Aug) -- A group of Korean investors are planning to put up a 100-door apartment in the uptown area of this city as more and more of their nationals are coming over to settle for good. Mayor Vicente Y. Emano, as quoted by the Philippine Information Agency, said he is scheduled to meet with the 70 Korean investors to discuss the planned apartment. Emano said that the Korean businessmen are spending billions of pesos for their real estate projects, like the construction of luxurious apartments and villas near the Korean and Filipino-owned Hotel Koresco at the Pueblo de Oro Township.

The mayor said that the influx of Korean and other foreign investors speaks of the growing trust and confidence placed by the international business community on the city government as an investor-friendly local government unit.

Aside from the Korean investments, two other giant construction companies in the country have reportedly expressed interest to undertake the reclamation of more than 280 hectares of land in two barangays in the city.

These projects include a 60-hectare reclamation project in Bonbon and another 160 hectares in Barangay Bayabas.

Once completed, Emano said, these reclamation projects are ideal for warehouses, subdivisions and private wharves, among others.

GOOD NEWS

QUESTION...
Why is there a need to reclaim when that Bonbon and Bayabas area are not even developed yet.. Does CDO need additional space?

Siguro mas madali maiprocess ang reclaimation kaysa pagbili ng mga lupain dyan....

Gkan ko sa cagayan last summer dghan na kaayog improvement sah. Go Go Mindanao!!!

^^ I was wondering why they called the place Bugo... :D

I am also wondering. Hehe. Perhaps, they formed the word Bugo from "bugoy" meaning the people who resides here are bugoy. HAR HAR HAR. Hehe.

Regarding the Patag thing, what can i say?
Hmm.. How ironic! Haha! Yes, the place is sort of not of the same level and they call it "Patag." WTF. Haha.

Hmm.. Basta, Bugo rocks! Haha. (Just to end my comment, folks. LOL.)

Meron ding Brgy. Puntod pero low level area, magbaha pa gani... :runaway:

PIA Press Release
08/05/2006
More air routes proposed for Oro


Cagayan de Oro City (5 August) -- Two airline companies are set to present to City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano their respective plans of including Cagayan de Oro in their air routes.

Rhia Rita Abalos, chair of the city tourism board disclosed that the upcoming entry of more airline companies into the city’s air transportation sector is a result of the proposal made by the board to the different air transport service operators during the recently concluded 3rd BIMP-EAGA Cluster Meeting in Koronadal City.

Abalos identified the two airlines who responded to their call as the Frontier Aviation and the MesPhil Aero.

Abalos said that in order for foreign tourists and investors to easily access Cagayan de Oro, more airline links are needed to directly connect Cagayan de Oro to the rest of the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia- Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA).

The 3rd BIMP-EAGA Cluster Meeting in South Cotabato also became an avenue where Cagayan de Oro through the Department of Tourism-10 with Cagayan de Oro Hotel and Restaurant Association (COHARA) and the Cagayan de Oro Tour and Travel Association (COTTA) showcased its best products and services to the BIMP-EAGA tourism delegates.

Free travel tax for those who will use the BIMP-EAGA route was also proposed by the Cagayan de Oro group to encourage more tourists to visit Cagayan de Oro.

Abalos is hopeful that the proposal will be positively considered by air transport providers in the BIMP-EAGA as it will position the city as the premier destination in Southern Philippines. (City Information Office / RAGCOM)

DENR head foresees green national highway


Cagayan de Oro City (5 August) -- “The best time to plant a tree was ten years ago. The second best time to do it is now,”

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Angelo Reyes stressed this point at a recent press conference on the agency’s Greening the Philippine Highway Project (GPHP) held at the Grand Caprice, Limketkai Center this city.

The project aims to conduct massive tree planting on August 25 which will simultaneously take place along the country’s three major highways, covering a total length of 3,349 kilometers. With a target of planting both sides of the highways at intervals of 10 meters per seedling, some 500,000 seedlings will be needed for the project.

Reyes spearheaded the project in the face of the growing frequency of floods nationwide brought about by a succession of typhoons. With the country’s watersheds denuded by decades of indiscriminate logging, rampaging floodwaters have even caused a number of dikes across Central Luzon to collapse and inundate the provinces.

Reyes gave his assurance that the project would be sustainable, not like the short-lived reforestation projects carried out in the past.

“The landscape is filled with failed projects because previous projects did not involve everybody. We’re trying not to repeat that, that’s why we’re involving the local government units (LGUs),” Reyes stressed.

Expert DENR foresters will be tapped to ensure that endemic species will be planted in the localities to ensure the seedlings’ survival. Diverse species will also be planted to prevent a wipeout should one tree become diseased and infect others of the same species.

Following the maxim that environmental protection is not DENR’s monopoly but rather the responsibility of every member of society, parts of the highway shall be given to local government units, NGOs, companies and other organizations for “adoption.”

MOA shall be forged among concerned agencies to ensure sustainability. DENR shall provide the necessary planting materials and technical assistance, DPWH for the hole digging and earthworks, DepEd and CHED have agreed to mobilize their students and faculties, while DILG, the PNP, PND and AFP have committed to provide seedlings and transportation to participants.

Representatives from the local government, law enforcement, academe, church, NGOs and the business sector nationwide have come forward to support the reforestations project.

Antonio Olison, President of the Philippine Wood Producers’ Association, has already committed to donate 150,000 seedlings for Luzon alone. Chambers of Commerce and the Mindanao Business Council (MBC) likewise threw their support behind the greening project.

For his part, Misamis Oriental Governor Oscar Moreno was also all the way behind DENR’s initiative. “I’d like to thank DENR and Secretary Reyes for their bold, aggressive move at reversing the environmental degradation which has gone on for centuries. It is an initiative we all should support.” The town of Balingasag, Misamis Oriental recently got hit by flashfloods, causing damage to crops, livestock, infrastructure and properties and claiming the lives of some residents.

“The Pan-Philippine Highway spans Laoag City in the North down to Davao City in Mindanao. It links the country, it’s the ‘glue’ that binds all of us. By working together to plant trees along the highway, we’re showing the world that we can be cohesive, that we can work together,” Reyes said, adding that greening the country’s highways is only the first big step in a planned reforestation campaign that will cover the rest of the countryside. (PIA-10

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/3 Aug) -- A group of Korean investors are planning to put up a 100-door apartment in the uptown area of this city as more and more of their nationals are coming over to settle for good. Mayor Vicente Y. Emano, as quoted by the Philippine Information Agency, said he is scheduled to meet with the 70 Korean investors to discuss the planned apartment. Emano said that the Korean businessmen are spending billions of pesos for their real estate projects, like the construction of luxurious apartments and villas near the Korean and Filipino-owned Hotel Koresco at the Pueblo de Oro Township.

The mayor said that the influx of Korean and other foreign investors speaks of the growing trust and confidence placed by the international business community on the city government as an investor-friendly local government unit.

Aside from the Korean investments, two other giant construction companies in the country have reportedly expressed interest to undertake the reclamation of more than 280 hectares of land in two barangays in the city.

These projects include a 60-hectare reclamation project in Bonbon and another 160 hectares in Barangay Bayabas.

Once completed, Emano said, these reclamation projects are ideal for warehouses, subdivisions and private wharves, among others.

GOOD NEWS


Sa tingin mo bai, ilang floors kaya ang mabuo sa 100 door apartment?

PIA Press Release
08/05/2006
More air routes proposed for Oro


Cagayan de Oro City (5 August) -- Two airline companies are set to present to City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano their respective plans of including Cagayan de Oro in their air routes.

Rhia Rita Abalos, chair of the city tourism board disclosed that the upcoming entry of more airline companies into the city’s air transportation sector is a result of the proposal made by the board to the different air transport service operators during the recently concluded 3rd BIMP-EAGA Cluster Meeting in Koronadal City.

Abalos identified the two airlines who responded to their call as the Frontier Aviation and the MesPhil Aero.

Abalos said that in order for foreign tourists and investors to easily access Cagayan de Oro, more airline links are needed to directly connect Cagayan de Oro to the rest of the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia- Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA).

The 3rd BIMP-EAGA Cluster Meeting in South Cotabato also became an avenue where Cagayan de Oro through the Department of Tourism-10 with Cagayan de Oro Hotel and Restaurant Association (COHARA) and the Cagayan de Oro Tour and Travel Association (COTTA) showcased its best products and services to the BIMP-EAGA tourism delegates.

Free travel tax for those who will use the BIMP-EAGA route was also proposed by the Cagayan de Oro group to encourage more tourists to visit Cagayan de Oro.

Abalos is hopeful that the proposal will be positively considered by air transport providers in the BIMP-EAGA as it will position the city as the premier destination in Southern Philippines. (City Information Office / RAGCOM)
Di ko gets eh... This article hopes that the proposal push through right? And that proposal is to connect CDO with BIMP-EAGA right? So, does it mean an international flight? For CDO having not even started its international airport yet? Wow.... How much more if we have it(LIA)..

Sa tingin mo bai, ilang floors kaya ang mabuo sa 100 door apartment?
If in pueblo, it shouldnt be over 12 storeys as set by the ATO, because of its proximity to the Lumbia Airport.