Bacolod City and Negros Occidental Province - Compiled Threads

[ngprofflorida]

‘Sipalay catching up with Boracay’BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO

Sipalay is a big boost to the tourism industry in Southern Negros and is now catching up with Boracay, Tourism regional director Edwin Trompeta said yesterday.

He said they will include the development of Silapay as a major area for consideration in the Western Visayas Tourism Master Plan they are proposing.

Trompeta said, considering that there are many nice places in Sipalay plus good roads, there are also two airports there lying idle at the moment. “If we can do something about the two airports there, it will have a tremendous effect on tourism in that area,” he said.

Meanwhile, Trompeta said he believes that the arrival of tourists has improved because of the new Bacolod-Silay Airport. He said it is safe to land and take off there and once the bypass road is completed, this will enhance further the new airport. The only problem is the distance since it will take three hours to get there if the entry point is Bacolod, he added.

“But if we can make use of the two runways that are lying idle (in Sipalay), which are owned by private companies, this will increase the mobility or access to the area, Trompeta said. Small aircrafts will develop fast if there are small airports, he said.

Asked for his opinion on the re-opening of the old Bacolod Airport, Trompeta said that perhaps it would be advantageous to Bacolod if its airport would be developed into an ecotourism zone like Subic or Clark or the old Iloilo Airport.

Meanwhile, Rodolfo “Babes” Alvarez of the Retain Bacolod Airport Movement, said there is no such International Civil Aviation Organization ruling of a 24-kilometer radius distance between airports. He said they have been asking the Air Transportation Office for that ICAO ruling since last year and it has not submitted any document to them until now.

“If they are well traveled, which I am sure they are, they should tell the people the truth. Because I’m sure they have been to America, Singapore, Japan and many other countries and have seen airports that are proximate to one another,” he said. Why can it be allowed there and not here? He asked.

Alvarez said, perhaps many people do not realize that the old Bacolod airport is open for general aviation. He cited that the plane of business tycoon Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco land there and those of others who own planes like Charlie Hagad of RBAM.

Alvarez said the old Bacolod Airport is being used for general aviation aircraft and they are working for its re-opening for commercial operations, like for Air Philippines and, hopefully, other commuter airlines so that people from Bacolod and southern Negros will have an option.

Transportation Secretary Leandro Mendoza also assured them that the old airport can used for general aviation or a flying school, HE said.

On the issue involving safety, Alvarez said every time there are planes landing or taking off from the airport in Silay, they still fly over Bacolod City. He said that all over the world, planes fly over cities before landing or take off.

However, Alvarez said he believes that there are people who do not want the Bacolod airport to be re-opened. It’s all politics, he said, because if the old Bacolod airport is re-opened, it will be good for Mayor Evelio Leonardia because he has been consistent in fighting for it since way back, and it will be bad for his political opponents.

Alvarez also said the transfer of the old airport equipment is not critical. He said they are not surprised since that has been committed to Kabankalan once the new airport in Silay opens. Their stand has always been “the more airports, the better,” he said.

Maybe it’s a blessing in disguise that Bacolod can acquire equipment which are new and more affordable, Alvarez said. They will have no problem concerning brown outs if the old airport acquires solar-powered runway lights, he said.*CGS

www.visayandailystar.com

Soon will overtake Boracay, because of good roads and plenty of land to develop, not only sipalay, Hinoba-an and cauayan on high spirit to..... and an hour distance from Dumaguete city.:banana::banana::banana: this area will soon be the no.1 tourist destination in the country......The Tourist can take either Dumaguete airport or Kabankalan airport to reach this areas. but is distance away from Silay Airport.

[habagatcentral1]

migo, may airplane gali ang isa ka proponent sang RBAM amo rason kon nga a gusto nya i-retain ang old airport...:lol::lol::lol:

Hay maan, wara ko kaintiende sa ila man...:lol: :lol: If I'll be the pilot, I would prefer landing at a new and modern facility rather than the old one. I wouldn't mind the distance. :D

[bacolodchamp]

a scoop guys...an influential and rich polician who's also into real estate is planning to expand in bacolod...his first project is a subdivision somewhere in mandalagan...this was relayed to me by an insider. i'll keep you posted once everything becomes final.:banana::banana::banana:

[derfbcd]

musta na kamo diri guys? havent visited the thread from months na..............:ohno:.....anyway its nice to read the developments of bacolod......una pa diri kis a sang sa news sa tv hehehe:)

[kyle@1008]

oh you mean that project by villar??

[cyclosimon_89]

Can't wait to see more developments in bacolod...

[ngprofflorida]

I know that project, they still looking for the name of that development.....:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

[ngprofflorida]

how about Riverside hospital, any latest update I heard they acquired brand new machine... which one???????

[jaywalker]

is this what you're saying migo jay...

Headlines

GMA takes time out, dives in Sipalay bay

Friday, May 23, 2008

BACOLOD CITY – President Arroyo took time out to dive at Campomanes Bay in Sipalay City, Negros Occidental late Wednesday. She stayed in one of the private villas that dot the cliffs of this southern city.

In her speech during the Western Visayas Peace and Security Assembly here yesterday, Mrs. Arroyo hailed the transformation of Sipalay from a stronghold of the rebel movement in the 1980s into what Women in Travel described as the “best kept secret in tourism destination.”

“It is a secret no more,” she said, stressing that the Sipalay experience also validates the thesis that defeating insurgency promotes growth.

“The way to peace isn’t through the barrel of a gun. Rather it begins with providing a person a job, food on the table and human dignity,” the President, who looked rested, said.

The President was also presented with a Resolution and Action Agenda for Peace, Development and Security that compiles the direction set by local government units, military, police and civil society representatives as output of the two-day assembly held at the La Planta Hotel here.

“The communist rebels have spent years as a low-level threat and it is time for their disruption and violation of human rights to be put to rest so that the nation can move ahead,” stressed Mrs. Arroyo, who has directed the military and police to end the insurgency by 2010.

She also claimed that the government has achieved a great deal in its peace efforts, with Western Visayas improving in terms of security and economic growth.

The government’s peace agreement with the Revolutionary Proletarian Army is making things better, she said, adding that they want this pact to bring a new era of economic development to 15 towns and cities in Negros Occidental, Ibajay in Aklan and Leon and San Joaquin towns in Iloilo.

Mrs. Arroyo also urged localized peace talks by local government units and civil society. – Antonieta Lopez

http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Headlines&p=49&type=2&sec=24&aid=20080522144

a scoop guys...an influential and rich polician who's also into real estate is planning to expand in bacolod...his first project is a subdivision somewhere in mandalagan...this was relayed to me by an insider. i'll keep you posted once everything becomes final.:banana::banana::banana:

:lol::lol:A wish immediately granted!
Suspense gid ang news Migs.We'll keep an eye on this one.:cheers:

musta na kamo diri guys? havent visited the thread from months na..............:ohno:.....anyway its nice to read the developments of bacolod......una pa diri kis a sang sa news sa tv hehehe:)

Welcome back Derf!Correct ka gid.Mas una pa diri pirme ang mga balita pati hinuring huring.:lol:

[jaywalker]

http://www.visayandailystar.com/2008/May/23/pix/gloria1.jpg
Andy Alvarez photos
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo chats with Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia, Gov. Isidro Zayco and Silay Mayor Jose Montelibano (l-r) yesterday.*



^^Daw may kulang sa picture haw?

[jaywalker]

Museum holds intangible cultural heritage workshop
The Museo Sang Bata Sa Negros in Sagay City, Negros Occidental, conducted a five day workshop recently on the vanishing songs and dances of the Visayan islands for children aged 5 to 11 years, a press release from the Negros Museum said.

Children learned songs and dances like Ohoy Alibangbang, Ili-ili, Dandansoy, among others.

The workshop was also in line with the ongoing international project of the museum under the ALAS/Samp or Asia, Latin America, Africa and Sweden, on Safeguarding Traditions, the press release said.

It aimed at increasing awareness and appreciation of the traditional cultural practices, and enhance the artistic abilities of the children. In this fast changing world of television and computers, the children of today no longer have the opportunity to hear and dance our traditional songs and dances.

The free workshop was conducted by Soledad Plana, a retired music teacher of Jose B. Puey Elementary School and Gillie Sumpio of La Consolacion College Gardenville, who are residents of Sagay.

More than 50 children from the puroks around the museum participated in the workshop, the press release added.*

[jaywalker]

Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol
Bacolod City

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[cyclosimon_89]

http://www.visayandailystar.com/2008/May/23/pix/gloria1.jpg
Andy Alvarez photos
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo chats with Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia, Gov. Isidro Zayco and Silay Mayor Jose Montelibano (l-r) yesterday.*



^^Daw may kulang sa picture haw?

Cn-o kulang? c monico?hahahahaha!!!!

[kyle@1008]

^^ the congresman attented a funeral, somone he knew, a little respect lang pls

[cyclosimon_89]

^^ the congresman attented a funeral, somone he knew, a little respect lang pls

sorry guid...i didn't know that...

[ngprofflorida]

Cn-o kulang? c monico?hahahahaha!!!!


Mig monico he did a private meeting at the presidential yacht....wala sya sa hotel......:banana::banana::banana:

[jaywalker]

Cn-o kulang? c monico?hahahahaha!!!!

Makatilingala lang kon nga-a wala siya sa picture kay everytime man nga si Pres Gloria magkadto sa Bacolod ara gid siya sa tupad.
At least nabal-an ta na ang sabat.

Daw lan-in gid ang aura sang aton mga politiko sa Negros Occ, very diffirent.Observation ko lang ni since i've seen some of them personally and some other politikos in Manila.:lol:

[jaywalker]

Bacolod college freshman enrollees to increase by 30%

Edith Colmo

BACOLOD CITY — Enrollment at Bacolod City College (BCC) this school year is expected to increase by 30 percent, as private schools have announced they would be charging higher tuition to meet escalating operational costs.


This was predicted by BCC Administrator Dr. Roger Balo, concurrently the school’s officer-incharge, during a press conference held recently.

Balo said they are expecting a 25 to 30 percent increase in BCC enrolment, or even more, among freshmen enrollees, which is very much higher than the average increase of 7-8 percent.

This is because of the increase in tuition fees in the private schools, he said.

As the BCC tuition is pegged at R30 per unit, "we are expecting an enrollment of 1,000 in the first year," Balo said.

An increase in enrolment would require additional classrooms. Presently there are a total of 17 classrooms in the Taculing and Sum-ag campuses, against the needed 28 classrooms, he said.

To cope with the unprecedented enrollment, Dr. Balo has made representations with the administrations of UNO-R for the use of some classrooms of its Exequiel Moreno Building in Barangay Handumanan, Bacolod City National High School (BCNHS) for use of three classrooms.

The BCC plans to request the holding of some classes at the City Hall once and also at the City Engineer’s Office, aside from repairing the building formerly used by BCC at Fortune Towne.

The use of these facilities is only temporary until the city government is able to construct a bigger building that can accommodate bigger number of enrolled students.

BCC is now within the technology trend of the employment sector. It has opened a ladderized program that would suit the global demand of employers.

Its Bachelor of Science in Office Administration course was shifted to BS Information System, wherein the student who would enroll in this course will be automatically accredited by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for its yearly accomplishment of the course.

First year will cover operating a computer, microsoftword, excell, internet, and others. Second year will enable them to acquire skills on web design and simple programming, and other higher information technolofy skills inputs.

While the Computer Secretarial course was shifted to Industrial Technology course, it will still be accredited with TESDA.

This includes technical/vocational courses like electricity, electronics, and others with specializations on plumbing, carpentry, welding, and others.

Balo said, graduates of this course will be able to find jobs, put up their own business, or apply for job abroad.

[jaywalker]

RP Amateur Golf stakes berths in national pool

The chase for spots in the national pool starts next week when the Philippine Amateur Golf Championship is staged May 28-June 1 at the Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club in Bacolod with the winner assured of a berth in the final six where the four-man member of the RP team will be selected.

The full news here (http://www.mb.com.ph/SPRT20080524125481.html)

[cyclosimon_89]

RP Amateur Golf stakes berths in national pool

The chase for spots in the national pool starts next week when the Philippine Amateur Golf Championship is staged May 28-June 1 at the Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club in Bacolod with the winner assured of a berth in the final six where the four-man member of the RP team will be selected.

The full news here (http://www.mb.com.ph/SPRT20080524125481.html)

maayo gd ni mig pra sa a2n..damu naman d mkd2 nga mga visitors...golf is one game that makes negros popular...

[Christendom]

breaking infos of the day...SUV111 said before that there is 12-storey condo to rise soon beside the sanparq square...glad to found it the rendering while am searching on the net...building design and structure it looks huge and amazing...post it later...abangan

[overtureph]

Josef of the Jungle

By Ross Harper-Alonso
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 14:47:00 05/23/2008

BACOLOD, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL - Being a jewelry designer and gemologist by trade, it’s easy for German-Ilonggo Josef Sagemuller to spot diamonds in the rough. And one such gem he’s been polishing for the past few years is the tropical jungle created by his parents 21 kilometers from Bacolod City.

“These are my parents’ legacy,” Josef says, gently patting a towering tree in his family’s vast property. “This land has been in my family for over a hundred years, but it certainly wasn’t this lush when my mother inherited it,” he grins. “My parents had to plant these trees in the late 60s because the soil had become unsuitable for agriculture. Illegal logging and the rampant practice of slash and burn farming had left the land barren.”

Through the years, Josef’s trailblazing parents, Reinhard and Corazon Sagemuller, painstakingly reforested 140 hectares of the land, creating an oasis the family now calls Tabucol Sanctuary. Located at the foothills of Mt. Kanlaon, it is arguably not only the last lowland forest in Bago City, Negros Occidental supplying communities with free water and irrigating 80 hectares of rice land, but also a rich natural habitat for wildlife.

Hearing a shrill cry from the jungle dimness, Josef pauses, “That’s a Kingfisher, one of the 226 bird species we’ve recorded seeing here. Quite a number are resident and endemic. Some birds are endangered and quite rare.” he adds, glancing up into the Gmelina trees and pointing to a grey-streaked Flycatcher darting through the branches. “I’ve noticed that more migratory birds have started taking refuge here. That’s a good sign. I can almost hear Kevin Costner saying, ‘If you build it, they will come,’” he adds with a chuckle.

At 35, Josef is the youngest of the Sagemuller brood. Despite sounding like a walking encyclopedia on trees, he is quick to demur from being called an expert on flora and fauna. “Whatever I know today, I learned from my parents, experience and books. I owe a lot to the way I was raised. Mom always loved plants, while everyone in Papa’s family was an animal lover. In fact, my German paternal grandfather raised show chickens,” he shares.

“I think my knowledge was also born of my eagerness to understand and protect the environment. My parents have always taught me to be respectful of all living things. Because of them, I learned that birds and trees do have the remarkable ability to make people feel good.”

Tabucol Sanctuary is the first satellite center of the Negros Forests and Ecological Foundation (NFEFI) in Bacolod City, an environmental NGO. Their conservation breeding program produced the first Visayan Tarictic Hornbills bred in captivity. The foundation needed a place where the animals could heal before being released into the wild.

“One of the functions of the Tabucol Sanctuary is to serve as a ’soft release’ site for the NFEFI’s birds and Philippine Leopard cats,” says Josef, slowly approaching a clearing where two Philippine hawk eagles are kept until they’re ready to be released. The wooden cages are built around tree clusters with only nets to keep the animals contained.

“I have several other valuable wards I cater to 24/7,” laughs Josef, peering into a caged owl to check on its wing. “This has become a rehabilitation center for injured animals from time to time.”

Josef’s concerns cover more than just an occasional wounded animal. “I used to see monkeys swinging in the trees, but hunters have wiped out entire families of them. Wild birds are shot in the area for sport and traps are set to catch boars and deer. Some of them gnaw through their legs to break free.” He adds, “At one time 20,000 narra trees were cut down in less than a week in one of the more remote areas of the jungle by illegal loggers. The list of destruction goes on and on.”

Josef realizes the constant struggle between the needs of the local inhabitants and the natural environment, but he remains optimistic that people will learn from his family’s example.

“My parents’ conservation efforts have allowed the sanctuary to take an entirely different evolutionary path, resulting in direct economic benefits for the locals. I cannot take on all the people who violate our country’s environmental laws or the ones who encroach on our property and leave irreversible damage in their wake, but I can try educating them to co-exist with nature without having to deplete our natural resources.”

With a twinkle in his eye, he adds: “Who knows, I may one day be able to turn everyone into a happy tree hugger like me.” He might have added: “And making the wildlife happy.”


Copyright 2008 Philippine Daily Inquirer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


http://globalnation.inquirer.net/sosy/sosy/view/20080523-138361/Josef-of-the-Jungle

[bacolodchamp]

this story saves the day...it's heartwarming. i hope this will be replicated by a new generation of landed families to devote a portion of their land in the preservation of our environment.:master: there's also one couple (a foreigner and a filipina) who owns "pak n save" who have pledged to plant a million trees. i haven't heard of them since...

[bacolodchamp]

PVH Phase 4 enjoying brisk sales – ALI

Ayala Land Inc. said Plantazionne Verdana Homes in Talisay City is enjoying brisk sales after the launching of its Phase 4 development a week ago.

PVH, Ayala Land’s first affordable subdivision in Visayas and Mindanao, is an integrated residential development intended for overseas workers, professionals, entrepreneurs and retirees who want to live in a peaceful and secure community.

Its latest phase has 95 lots while its Phase 3, which has 147 lots, has still 31 lots available.

Both Phases 1 and 2, which have 159 and 186 lots, respectively, are already sold out.

Among PVH’s features and amenities are the landscaped entrance and guardhouse, open-type Spanish-Mediterranean themed clubhouse, swimming pools, open basketball and beach volleyball sand courts, children’s playground, function rooms and amphitheater.

Phase 3 lot sizes range from 180 square meters to 293 square meters, with an average lot size of 204 square meters while for Phase 4, from 176 square meters to 258 square meters, with an average lot size of 210 square meters.

Ayala Land said it offers a two percent discount for block purchase of three or more lots, for regular payment terms requires a P20,000 non-refundable reservation deposit and also offers a 10 percent sport discount, and five percent deferred cash discount.

It also provides in-house financing up to five years and regular payment scheme without interest.

Ayala Land’s accredited financial institution includes BPI Family Bank, China Banking Corp., Metrobank, Philippine National Bank, Banco de Oro and PSBank.*

[bacolodchamp]

Bacolod to join CDM talks

Bacolod Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, Sanggunian Committee chairperson on Energy, will join a group at the Asian Institute of Management Policy Center next week, to identify the policy gaps and opportunities for the Clean Development Mechanism, a press release from her office said.

The forum dubbed “Energy Policy Series Workshop and Discussion on the CDM and the Energy Sector”, is slated May 29 and 30, and is supported by the Konrad Adenaeur Foundation.

The forum will explore and achieve projects for Bacolod as a highly-urbanized city to ensure that air, water and land pollution problems are addressed before they get out of hand, the press release said.

The Sanggunian of Bacolod has approved various resolutions supporting the call for clean energy and in support of the Philippines’ commitment to reduce carbon emissions under the Kyoto Protocol, the press release also said.

Participants will be government agency officials and local leaders, legislators, AIM local and foreign students and various stakeholders from both the business and non-government organization communities, the press release added.*

[habagatcentral1]

The members of the Chinese community along with Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City and Mayor Bing Leonardina of Bacolod City during the celebration of the Chinese New Year in Iloilo City. (The News Today-Iloilo Yearbook 2007)
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[derfbcd]

i have heard that the buliding that is under construction at the shopping, will be the home of PEOPLE SUPPORT, another big callcenter company....:)

[Christendom]

a commercial building soon to rise along burgos street, bacolod

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[habagatcentral1]

Earlier this week there was a post regarding the certain "phantom at the new airport."

This was posted at Visayan Daily Star today (24 May 2008). Kamo na bahala kon matu-od ni ukon indi...

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/berniemacksouthcentral/airport.jpg
MYSTERY. Philippine Masons Grandmaster Boy Aniag, Past Grandmaster and Mrs. Danilo Angeles, who were in town for their recent national convention, had this send-off shot with friends at the new Bacolod-Silay Airport, and were puzzled when the developed photo showed an eerie shadowy figure of a woman coming down the escalator behind them.*

Source: The Visayan Daily Star (24 May 2008)


IMO, it looks edited. Its just my opinion..

[dmist24]

looks edited.. heheh.. it makes me remember the one from UNOR pero very unclear niya.. this was in the frontpage also of dailystar way back 2005 or 2006 i think

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/9500/unorghosthr3.jpg

[bacolodchamp]

Earlier this week there was a post regarding the certain "phantom at the new airport."

This was posted at Visayan Daily Star today (24 May 2008). Kamo na bahala kon matu-od ni ukon indi...

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/berniemacksouthcentral/airport.jpg
MYSTERY. Philippine Masons Grandmaster Boy Aniag, Past Grandmaster and Mrs. Danilo Angeles, who were in town for their recent national convention, had this send-off shot with friends at the new Bacolod-Silay Airport, and were puzzled when the developed photo showed an eerie shadowy figure of a woman coming down the escalator behind them.*

Source: The Visayan Daily Star (24 May 2008)


IMO, it looks edited. Its just my opinion..

and why is the escalator turned red?:ohno:

[bacolodchamp]

a commercial building soon to rise along burgos street, bacolod

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nice building, migo...

[habagatcentral1]

Actually, its quite easy to create phantom pictures especially night or low-light/indoor shots. Kag daw may noise gamay ang picture...

@Bacolodchamp. What's the colour of the stairs to the left?

[SUV111]

its the stairs not the escalator. its an edited picture. :) hehehehe the one in UNOR...maybe...

[bacolodchamp]

Actually, its quite easy to create phantom pictures especially night or low-light/indoor shots. Kag daw may noise gamay ang picture...

@Bacolodchamp. What's the colour of the stairs to the left?


sorry, i thought its an escalator...its stairs gali. but why its red? is it carpeted?

[SUV111]

^^real ghost doesnt have a visible face. this one looks clear. I've seen a lot so i must say this is not real

[Christendom]

12-Storey Sanparq Condo (proposal)...soon to rise beside of the soon to be an IT park a Sanparq Convergys...perhaps they are planning to make that area into a Sanparq Business Complex...hopefully the soon to rise stand-alone Starbucks,,,the building is own and develop by the Sanparq group...i think at the back lots of Sanparq is still a vacant for the nightstrip or hotel future expansions...how a sweet and sound the word Sanparq

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t226/cosmosnegros/12storeysanparqcondobacolod.jpg

Sanparq Convergys
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t226/cosmosnegros/P4253116.jpg

rendering of the Starbucks in Bacolod and Iloilo
as we see through this pic the building beside the proposed starbucks is obviously similar to the sanparq convergys building
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/1343/2496453576ebf3869724uv5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[habagatcentral1]

Obvious nga ginhampangan sa Photoshop ang morto sa airport, IMO...:D Anyway, maybe its a propaganda of those people from Reopen Bacolod Airport Movement or the likes, hehe!!! :D

[jmok]

12 storey Sanparq condo is a good news for all of us......I hope simulan na to,,,,,,,hehehe,,,

good pm sa lahat,,,nice to be back here,,,,,,,

[cyclosimon_89]

you're right jmok,12 story would be great...and it will be soon the tallest building here bacolod.....

[bacolodchamp]

12-Storey Sanparq Condo (proposal)...soon to rise beside of the soon to be an IT park a Sanparq Convergys...perhaps they are planning to make that area into a Sanparq Business Complex...hopefully the soon to rise stand-alone Starbucks,,,the building is own and develop by the Sanparq group...i think at the back lots of Sanparq is still a vacant for the night strip expansion or hotel...how a sweet and sound the word Sanparq

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t226/cosmosnegros/12storeysanparqcondobacolod.jpg

Sanparq Convergys
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t226/cosmosnegros/P4253116.jpg

rendering of the Starbucks in Bacolod and Iloilo
as we see through this pic the building beside the proposed starbucks is obviously similar to the sanparq convergys building
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/1343/2496453576ebf3869724uv5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

wow, the design is cool...this is the next big thing in bacolod. as in literally BIG. its just right that the city government declared lacson st. as a tourist belt. go go bacolod...

[jmok]

Obvious nga ginhampangan sa Photoshop ang morto sa airport, IMO...:D Anyway, maybe its a propaganda of those people from Reopen Bacolod Airport Movement or the likes, hehe!!! :D

totally agree,,,a black propaganda indeed.......:):):):):)

for me, REopen Bacolod Airport Movement will just fade away soon,,,,,:lol::lol::lol:

[jaywalker]

Earlier this week there was a post regarding the certain "phantom at the new airport."

This was posted at Visayan Daily Star today (24 May 2008). Kamo na bahala kon matu-od ni ukon indi...

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/berniemacksouthcentral/airport.jpg
MYSTERY. Philippine Masons Grandmaster Boy Aniag, Past Grandmaster and Mrs. Danilo Angeles, who were in town for their recent national convention, had this send-off shot with friends at the new Bacolod-Silay Airport, and were puzzled when the developed photo showed an eerie shadowy figure of a woman coming down the escalator behind them.*

Source: The Visayan Daily Star (24 May 2008)


IMO, it looks edited. Its just my opinion..

looks edited.. heheh.. it makes me remember the one from UNOR pero very unclear niya.. this was in the frontpage also of dailystar way back 2005 or 2006 i think

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/9500/unorghosthr3.jpg

Spooky!!!!!!!!!:lol:
Nothing beats the photo of Mig Suv.That was more hair raising.Wala face and it's in white dress as well.The moment you see the photo you will instantly spot it that it floats in the air.

[england boy]

hello every1... i was amazed of that proposal for the newest condo in sanparq, really great. and can i ask what about the under construction of horizon tower sa pavillion? any pix mga peepz? pls post. cant wait to see all the truimph of our city.

[england boy]

itz nice to be back here and really cool the development in bacolod. hope pagpuli ko by oct uli manami na ang city of bacolod. any updates for ongoin constructions around the city plz.

[jaywalker]

^^Welcome back Migs England Boy!

12 storey Sanparq condo is a good news for all of us......I hope simulan na to,,,,,,,hehehe,,,

good pm sa lahat,,,nice to be back here,,,,,,,

you're right jmok,12 story would be great...and it will be soon the tallest building here bacolod.....

wow, the design is cool...this is the next big thing in bacolod. as in literally BIG. its just right that the city government declared lacson st. as a tourist belt. go go bacolod...

Confirm na ina ayhan?I know that was the plan before so it's in the pipeline obviously but with that SB rendetion medyo kinahanglan ta na mabal-an kon ano ang next project sa Sanparq.

[jaywalker]

Josef of the Jungle

By Ross Harper-Alonso
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 14:47:00 05/23/2008

BACOLOD, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL - Being a jewelry designer and gemologist by trade, it’s easy for German-Ilonggo Josef Sagemuller to spot diamonds in the rough. And one such gem he’s been polishing for the past few years is the tropical jungle created by his parents 21 kilometers from Bacolod City.

“These are my parents’ legacy,” Josef says, gently patting a towering tree in his family’s vast property. “This land has been in my family for over a hundred years, but it certainly wasn’t this lush when my mother inherited it,” he grins. “My parents had to plant these trees in the late 60s because the soil had become unsuitable for agriculture. Illegal logging and the rampant practice of slash and burn farming had left the land barren.”

Through the years, Josef’s trailblazing parents, Reinhard and Corazon Sagemuller, painstakingly reforested 140 hectares of the land, creating an oasis the family now calls Tabucol Sanctuary. Located at the foothills of Mt. Kanlaon, it is arguably not only the last lowland forest in Bago City, Negros Occidental supplying communities with free water and irrigating 80 hectares of rice land, but also a rich natural habitat for wildlife.

Hearing a shrill cry from the jungle dimness, Josef pauses, “That’s a Kingfisher, one of the 226 bird species we’ve recorded seeing here. Quite a number are resident and endemic. Some birds are endangered and quite rare.” he adds, glancing up into the Gmelina trees and pointing to a grey-streaked Flycatcher darting through the branches. “I’ve noticed that more migratory birds have started taking refuge here. That’s a good sign. I can almost hear Kevin Costner saying, ‘If you build it, they will come,’” he adds with a chuckle.

At 35, Josef is the youngest of the Sagemuller brood. Despite sounding like a walking encyclopedia on trees, he is quick to demur from being called an expert on flora and fauna. “Whatever I know today, I learned from my parents, experience and books. I owe a lot to the way I was raised. Mom always loved plants, while everyone in Papa’s family was an animal lover. In fact, my German paternal grandfather raised show chickens,” he shares.

“I think my knowledge was also born of my eagerness to understand and protect the environment. My parents have always taught me to be respectful of all living things. Because of them, I learned that birds and trees do have the remarkable ability to make people feel good.”

Tabucol Sanctuary is the first satellite center of the Negros Forests and Ecological Foundation (NFEFI) in Bacolod City, an environmental NGO. Their conservation breeding program produced the first Visayan Tarictic Hornbills bred in captivity. The foundation needed a place where the animals could heal before being released into the wild.

“One of the functions of the Tabucol Sanctuary is to serve as a ’soft release’ site for the NFEFI’s birds and Philippine Leopard cats,” says Josef, slowly approaching a clearing where two Philippine hawk eagles are kept until they’re ready to be released. The wooden cages are built around tree clusters with only nets to keep the animals contained.

“I have several other valuable wards I cater to 24/7,” laughs Josef, peering into a caged owl to check on its wing. “This has become a rehabilitation center for injured animals from time to time.”

Josef’s concerns cover more than just an occasional wounded animal. “I used to see monkeys swinging in the trees, but hunters have wiped out entire families of them. Wild birds are shot in the area for sport and traps are set to catch boars and deer. Some of them gnaw through their legs to break free.” He adds, “At one time 20,000 narra trees were cut down in less than a week in one of the more remote areas of the jungle by illegal loggers. The list of destruction goes on and on.”

Josef realizes the constant struggle between the needs of the local inhabitants and the natural environment, but he remains optimistic that people will learn from his family’s example.

“My parents’ conservation efforts have allowed the sanctuary to take an entirely different evolutionary path, resulting in direct economic benefits for the locals. I cannot take on all the people who violate our country’s environmental laws or the ones who encroach on our property and leave irreversible damage in their wake, but I can try educating them to co-exist with nature without having to deplete our natural resources.”

With a twinkle in his eye, he adds: “Who knows, I may one day be able to turn everyone into a happy tree hugger like me.” He might have added: “And making the wildlife happy.”


Copyright 2008 Philippine Daily Inquirer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


http://globalnation.inquirer.net/sosy/sosy/view/20080523-138361/Josef-of-the-Jungle

A model and inspiration for every Negrense.:cheers:

PVH Phase 4 enjoying brisk sales – ALI

Ayala Land Inc. said Plantazionne Verdana Homes in Talisay City is enjoying brisk sales after the launching of its Phase 4 development a week ago.

PVH, Ayala Land’s first affordable subdivision in Visayas and Mindanao, is an integrated residential development intended for overseas workers, professionals, entrepreneurs and retirees who want to live in a peaceful and secure community.

Its latest phase has 95 lots while its Phase 3, which has 147 lots, has still 31 lots available.

Both Phases 1 and 2, which have 159 and 186 lots, respectively, are already sold out.

Among PVH’s features and amenities are the landscaped entrance and guardhouse, open-type Spanish-Mediterranean themed clubhouse, swimming pools, open basketball and beach volleyball sand courts, children’s playground, function rooms and amphitheater.

Phase 3 lot sizes range from 180 square meters to 293 square meters, with an average lot size of 204 square meters while for Phase 4, from 176 square meters to 258 square meters, with an average lot size of 210 square meters.

Ayala Land said it offers a two percent discount for block purchase of three or more lots, for regular payment terms requires a P20,000 non-refundable reservation deposit and also offers a 10 percent sport discount, and five percent deferred cash discount.

It also provides in-house financing up to five years and regular payment scheme without interest.

Ayala Land’s accredited financial institution includes BPI Family Bank, China Banking Corp., Metrobank, Philippine National Bank, Banco de Oro and PSBank.*

Maskin may pagmahal sang lot price basta Ayala oks gihapon.Mas taas ang value sang lot sa dili magdugay.

i have heard that the buliding that is under construction at the shopping, will be the home of PEOPLE SUPPORT, another big callcenter company....:)

Migo Derf,tuod bala ini?Are you referring to the Depot?

[jaywalker]

IN BACOLOD
Body sought to study offers for improvement of markets

A resolution requesting the mayor to create a special committee to study possible offers from interested private consortium for the improvement of the three markets and other facilities in the city, including the Manokan Country, was approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod Wednesday.

The resolution was authored by Councilors Alex Paglumotan, Celia Flor and Roberto Rojas.

Paglumotan said the city has many idle properties like the annex building at the Libertad South Public Market, Vendors Plaza and Jeepney Terminal at the reclamation area and the Food and Jeepney Terminal in Brgy. Alijis.

He said the city should have a special committee or study group for possible offers from interested private consortiums or partners for the enhancement of services and improvement of these facilities through long-term lease or build-operate-transfer schemes.

Paglumotan said the public markets are supposed to be revenue-gaining machineries of the city. He said the city has collectibles of P27 million from the three major markets as of last year that he believes may have increased to about P30 million this year. The markets could not be enhanced because the city has no money to improve them, he added.

“If we can collect the receivables from the market tenants, we can improve the set-up of the markets,” Paglumotan said.

Meanwhile, the SP also approved a resolution requesting Bacolod City Police director Senior Supt. Ronilo Quebrar and all Police Stations to establish their own individual hotline numbers for easy access and security benefit of the people of Bacolod and for the tourists visiting the city.

The resolution was authored by Councilors Al Victor Espino, Paglumotan and Rojas.*CGS

[derfbcd]

yes that is true na may people support na dri sa bacolod...it is somewhere sa shopping area daw...let us just wait before the year ends they will start recruiting na...:banana::banana:...yes sa depot na xa i believe...ma kwa da space ang people support....

[habagatcentral1]

^^ Yup. Back when I was still working with PS, there was a big bulk of Negrenses who entered PS Cebu. I think this is one of the key determinant factors in the possible investment in Bacolod.

[ngprofflorida]

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t226/cosmosnegros/12storeysanparqcondobacolod.jpg

nice pic, yes this is an office condo..... gin blog ni SUV on thread 21, cool madalagan is on high spirit of development.....

Ang ghost sa airport well edited, its a computer graphics, check the face, even the smile. and the background. ... if matu-od man gid kuno, well she just came back from vacation, she will try airplane man eeeee..... kapoy man mag lupad lupad.......

[jaywalker]

^^Bro Ng,may idea ka na kon dayon na ini nga project?


yes that is true na may people support na dri sa bacolod...it is somewhere sa shopping area daw...let us just wait before the year ends they will start recruiting na...:banana::banana:...yes sa depot na xa i believe...ma kwa da space ang people support....

^^ Yup. Back when I was still working with PS, there was a big bulk of Negrenses who entered PS Cebu. I think this is one of the key determinant factors in the possible investment in Bacolod.

Daw halos mga major call center nga kompanya ara na sa Bacolod.Probably,ang second floor ang i-occupy sang People Support then sa ground floor as usual mga coffee shops kag restos.

[jaywalker]

EYECARE, WECARE MOBILE CLINIC
Giving More People
A Better View of Life

For Dr. James Weyrich, a Washington state-based optometric physician, his wife, Ellen, a native of Bago City, and their volunteers, the acquisition of a mobile clinic is a realization of a long dream to help indigents in Negros. And for their beneficiaries, it means having better vision and, literally, a better view of life.

“It’s a dream come true,” Jim and Ellen said, while conducting an unscheduled free consultation in a Bacolod street earlier this year. With the mobile clinic, the Weyrich team under the EyeCare, WeCare Foundation Inc., can now extend free services to other areas of the province and the region. “The vehicle allows us to go to other places previously unreached even by government and civic eye-care providers as we can bring our sophisticated check-up equipment without worrying of possible damages and the difficulties in transporting it,” said Ellen, who serves as Jim’s optometric assistant.

The blue-colored bus started their 2008 service in the first-semester mission of the foundation which was completed on Jan. 12. The couple and their volunteers conduct their free Philippine mission twice a year. That mission was held for eight days in seven barangays of Bago and Bacolod city, reaching1,159 beneficiaries with 1,538 receiving free eyeglasses and dispensing 153 bottles of expensive eye medications.

The Weyrich couple recalled the joy of a first-grade girl who was found to have a 20/800 vision. This meant she had to go 800 feet away to see what a normal person can see from a 20-foot distance, they said. Now she can see better, including reading well what her teacher writes on the board at school through her new pair of eyeglasses.

Another beneficiary, Gary Abala, a building security guard, found great relief from his nagging left eye problem when he was given eye drops and reading glasses. “Eye care, We Care came as a big help, I’m very grateful,” he told StarLife.

The team conducts eye examinations, donates eyeglasses and sun protection, refers to cataract cases to local specialists, provides eye medications and conducts an information campaign on eye diseases and prevention. It receives the support of U.S.-based civic organizations, individuals and companies who donate equipment and supplies for the Philippine mission.

The next mission will be held in June and will expand to Iloilo as the clinic is now mobile. The foundation can now go to other islands to serve more people, Jim said.

The couple met in the mission field of Jim, who previously worked with Christian vision missions, including the Mercy Ships, which served Filipinos in need of eye care services.

The couple opened their Philippine work in 2005 and has, since then, reached thousands of poor people in rural areas who do not have access to vision services due to their location or lack of financial resources.

“We’re looking to another opportunity to serve my fellow Filipinos, especially those who immensely need help,” Ellen said as she finalizes details of plans and activities for the June clinic.

[SUV111]

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t226/cosmosnegros/12storeysanparqcondobacolod.jpg

nice pic, yes this is an office condo..... gin blog ni SUV on thread 21, cool madalagan is on high spirit of development.....

Ang ghost sa airport well edited, its a computer graphics, check the face, even the smile. and the background. ... if matu-od man gid kuno, well she just came back from vacation, she will try airplane man eeeee..... kapoy man mag lupad lupad.......

i think this is only the perspective of the building. They have this plan to put up another 12 storey building right beside sanparq but theres no news yet as to when the construction will start. But based on the design, its beautiful. I hope they will construct it this year, or basi next project for next year na ini>:)

[dmist24]

Spooky!!!!!!!!!
Nothing beats the photo of Mig Suv.That was more hair raising.Wala face and it's in white dress as well.The moment you see the photo you will instantly spot it that it floats in the air.

Can we see the pix? hehehe... interesting.. yup, maybe propaganda lng pra ma bad image ang NSBA.

[ngprofflorida]

i think this is only the perspective of the building. They have this plan to put up another 12 storey building right beside sanparq but theres no news yet as to when the construction will start. But based on the design, its beautiful. I hope they will construct it this year, or basi next project for next year na ini>:)

yeah its really a beautiful design, hopefully this is the one, if not its ok man gihapon..... as long may starbucks lang....:banana::banana::banana::banana:

[england boy]

hiya people can any1 post the recent update of horizon tower sa pavillion. and also the plan of robinsons place expansion. thanks

[england boy]

i was lookin forward for the upcoming constructions around the city... musta na ang new government center any1 knows?

[jaywalker]

Migs England Boy,based on the news they are trying to finish the Bacolod Government Center this year,August to be exact but Mayor will be delivering his Speech on June if i'm correct,on the said building.I you have time,please read the previous pages of the thread and in the archives for some updates.

i think this is only the perspective of the building. They have this plan to put up another 12 storey building right beside sanparq but theres no news yet as to when the construction will start. But based on the design, its beautiful. I hope they will construct it this year, or basi next project for next year na ini>:)

That could be the plan,Migs Suv.:cheers:

[Blaster_Q]

how can i post a pic here? mr jaywalker i need ur email..theres something i want to send you.. basta e post mo gid di dayon

[cyclosimon_89]

Blaster Q, your pic sounds interesting...is it a new proposal? I hope the proposed 12 story sanparq because it would be a new landmark in the city..

[jaywalker]

how can i post a pic here? mr jaywalker i need ur email..theres something i want to send you.. basta e post mo gid di dayon


Hello Blaster_Q,Here's the link on how to post a photo on the thread.:cheers:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=458527

[SUV111]

how can i post a pic here? mr jaywalker i need ur email..theres something i want to send you.. basta e post mo gid di dayon

just upload your pics in flickr or photobucket. once uploaded, right click the pic and copy the location then paste in in the insert image icon

[cyclosimon_89]

i was lookin forward for the upcoming constructions around the city... musta na ang new government center any1 knows?

sorry england boy we dont have a new pic for the horizon hotel @ the pavillion..but as I saw it this morning, the skeleton is already finished,it looks like it has an 8th floor, but the building is still on going...about the new government center..the contractor of the NGC ask for an extension to finish the building on august..the SOCA of Mayor bing will also be on June 30 as what my mother said to me who is working in the city hall...

[SUV111]

Ice Bar

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[SUV111]

Migs England Boy,based on the news they are trying to finish the Bacolod Government Center this year,August to be exact but Mayor will be delivering his Speech on June if i'm correct,on the said building.I you have time,please read the previous pages of the thread and in the archives for some updates.



That could be the plan,Migs Suv.:cheers:

i'm just crossing my fingers. :) lets hope for the best :) i hope this will be start of the new era where Mega Structures will be built in the City of Bacolod

[jaywalker]

^^Nareincarnate ang Depot paagi sa MO2 Ice Bar.Basta MO2 ang tawo makadto gid.

Same here Migs Suv,it could be.Tani sigurado na gid ina ang Sanparq nga 12 floor building.:cheers:

[jaywalker]

Mayor seeks PGMA’s help on stalled flyover project

By RANIE S. AZUE

BACOLOD City - Mayor Evelio Leonardia sought the intervention of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to fast track the construction of two flyovers here.

In his letter to President Arroyo, Leonardia said the proposed two flyovers is supposed to be constructed at the junctions of Lacson-Burgos streets and Lacson-Benigno Aquino drive.

These were already approved by the President as evidenced by the letter of Emil Sandain, executive director of the Presidents Bridge Program under the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) dated October 19, 2006.

Leonardia said that since September 2004 his administration has exerted efforts in providing assistance to Mabey and Johnson that conducted the feasibility study and to Woodsfield Consultants for the Environmental Impact Analysis related to the flyover project.

After a flyover project in Iloilo City was completed on September 2007, the construction of the flyovers in Bacolod was scheduled next.

But it was temporarily suspended for reasons unknown to him, Leonardia said.

He added that his office sent a tracer to Sandain dated April 26, 2008 inquiring of the new schedule of the flyover construction in Bacolod City but there was no responce.

The Bacolod mayor said the flyover projects will ease up and improve the traffic flow of the major thoroughfares.

Leonardia believes that the personal intercession of Arroyo will facilitate the earliest construction of the flyovers./PN

Source (http://www.panaynewsphilippines.com/negros2.htm)

[IAMME]

^^If he was reading the papers, he'd know all Mabey & Johnson projects in RP were suspended because of the alleged use of substandard materials in the Iloilo flyover.

I'll be in Bacolod May 28-31 for the Shrimp Congress. :)

[cyclosimon_89]

If bacolod would construct a flyover, its better to wait a little while for a quality flyover than to rush a substandard flyover..

[Mr_Fanatic]

If bacolod would construct a flyover, its better to wait a little while for a quality flyover than to rush a substandard flyover..

I just hope nga ma resolve ang issue about sa construction company or mas mayo kng may maka bid nga mas mayo na constructor para sa fly over project.... kng padaliay naman nga ubra, basi mag london bridge is falling down na mga flyover:lol:

[habagatcentral1]

^^ Actually, it is London Bridge falling down. I think the national government has terminated their contract guro with Mabey and Johnson...Its high time that the national government should search for a new contractor.

[ngprofflorida]

how can i post a pic here? mr jaywalker i need ur email..theres something i want to send you.. basta e post mo gid di dayon


Please post right away amigo my BP is 180/70.......am excited....:banana::banana::banana:

[ngprofflorida]

ei guys! visit http://fuorenland.com/azoteaperspective.htm

it is the perspective of AZOTEA BACOLOD , a 9 six-storey condominium project located near Teleperformance. Visit www.fuorenland.com
for more details.

construction will start this year, here are the interiors of AZOTEA BACOLOD:

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii174/wowphp/azotea3.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii174/wowphp/azotea2.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii174/wowphp/azotea.jpg
:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

wow this is great near luxor hotel? GO FORWARD BACOLOD!!!!!!!!!:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

[ngprofflorida]

^^
it is near Teleperformance, there's a map of the location of this project on www.fuorenland.com

It's a great project and it will really change the skyline of Bacolod.

9 six-storey buildings will be built on that area.

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


This project will start on November 2008, pre-construction price is now available.... this was owned by Joseph Tan of Cebu and Teddy Magallona of Iloilo... this is the first project on the country.....kudos and Congratulation:cheers:::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

[ngprofflorida]

Convergys
recruitment transferred

Convergys will transfer its recruitment center to its permanent site at ONE SANPARQ at the San Antonio Park Square at Lacson Street, Mandalagan, Bacolod City on May 26, a press release from the company said.

It previously received applications at its temporary recruitment site at Circle Inn in Lopez Jaena St.

Applicants may apply in person at the Convergys Bacolod site from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Monday to Friday. They should bring two copies of their resumé.

ONE SANPARQ is the first and only built-to-suit PEZA-registered Information Technology Center in Western Visayas.
Convergys has been operating in the Philippines since 2004, and has more than 11,000 employees nationwide.

For more information, those interested may call tel. no. 705-0111

[bacolodchamp]

Mayor forms study group on congressional districts
BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO

Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia signed an Executive Order last week creating a special committee to study the proposal to divide Bacolod City into two congressional districts.

A resolution requesting the House of Representatives to consider the possibility of dividing the political territorial subdivision of Bacolod into two congressional seats or districts was passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod in February.

Its main author, Councilor Alex Paglumotan, yesterday said the mayor has designated him as chairman of the committee.

Paglumotan said they have drafted and submitted recently to Congress, through Negros Occidental, Rep. Jeffrey Ferrer (Neg. Occ., 4th District), the identification of the division of Bacolod City into two congressional districts, the north and south, he said.

Documents prepared by the City Planning and Development Office indicated that the barangays that will fall under the North District are 1 to 9, 17 to 27, Alangilan, Banago, Bata, Estefania, Granada, Mandalagan, Mansilingan, Montevista, Villamonte and Vista Alegre.

Those under the South District are barangays 10 to 16, 28 to 41, Alijis, Cabug, Felisa, Handumanan, Pahanocoy, Punta Taytay, Singcang, Sum-ag, Taculing and Tangub.

The North Districts will have a total population of 259,936 while the South District will have 239,561 based on the report.

Meanwhile, City Legal Officer Allan Zamora said residents of Brgy. Handumanan, Bacolod, whose illegal structures are constructed near the new Bacolod City Slaughterhouse, met with him to ask for assistance. He said they told him that their structures will be affected by the fence being set up by AVM Bernardo Engineering around the slaughterhouse, he said.

Zamora said he believes Mayor Evelio Leonardia will try to request AVM Bernardo if it could put up the fence without removing the illegal structures of the affected families in the area. However, if AVM Bernardo will not agree, there is nothing that the city can do, he said.*CGS

[jmok]

^^
it is near Teleperformance, there's a map of the location of this project on www.fuorenland.com

It's a great project and it will really change the skyline of Bacolod.

9 six-storey buildings will be built on that area.

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


good noon,

is this for real??,,,,,,am too excited about this,,,,,,,ma banana dance mn q ah...:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

[bacolodchamp]

ei guys! visit http://fuorenland.com/azoteaperspective.htm

it is the perspective of AZOTEA BACOLOD , a 9 six-storey condominium project located near Teleperformance. Visit www.fuorenland.com
for more details.

construction will start this year, here are the interiors of AZOTEA BACOLOD:

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii174/wowphp/azotea3.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii174/wowphp/azotea2.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii174/wowphp/azotea.jpg
:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

one good news after another....the location is ideal: very accessible to everything and the fact that the police headquarters is in the vicinity, i think it will sell like hotcakes..:)

[ngprofflorida]

one good news after another....the location is ideal: very accessible to everything and the fact that the police headquarters is in the vicinity, i think it will sell like hotcakes..:)

Condo pricing soon available on this site......:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

[bacolodchamp]

this article is very interesting....

Feedback
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Best place to live

I would like to welcome Ms Hazel Andrea Stuart who has chosen to live in Bacolod. Many of you may not know, Bacolod hosts a big number of foreign nationals, some of them are my friends.

She was introduced to me by another British friend Robert Harland as an English TV documentary maker who has moved from Iloilo to Bacolod.

I met Hazel and, true, she makes TV documentary series and gave me a copy of her documentary on Negros Occidental. I saw the film and I hope to show it on TV for many do not know their province.

Hazel told me she has produced 14 in her TV series called a “Grain of Sand” which won five international communicators award.

I like that term “Grain of Sand” that must have come from a British poet William Blake’s “Auguries of Innocence.” “To see the world in a grain of sand,/ And heaven in a wild flower;/ Hold infinity at the palm of your hand,/ And eternity in an hour.”

* * *

I hope Hazel’s “Grain of Sand” will include Bacolod, a city reputed to be the “best to live.” Could be the reason why she transferred here from Iloilo City, No. 5 city in the list. Cebu is at No. 20.

Hazel was married to Dave Stuart, son of a former American president of Central Philippine University and they lived in Mandurriao, Iloilo while Dave was consultant of CPU.

After they decided to transfer to Bacolod, last March Dave died. Hazel said she planned to stay here for good, especially with the many friends she has made here, among the closest Ms Anna Balcells and Mrs. Belinda Tanpinco.

Hazel adds to the list of many British nationals here.

* * *

Talking of other nationals, I got an e-mail from another British friend, Dave Duckket who has a comment on everything, especially the airport and the roads. He and wife Nelly are taking a vacation to London in July.

My other friend American Robert Strause is taking his vacation in the U.S. where he e-mailed me, very much updated on everything happening in the country and in Bacolod. He reads DAILY STAR everyday.

Robert, in his mid eighties, got sick when he reached the U.S. and was in and out of two veterans hospitals in Boise, Idaho and Seattle in Washington.

And even with his many relatives there he still thinks of Bacolod as his home. Like Dave Duckett, he thinks I write a forceful column. That’s passion, my friends, which invites either admiring or adverse opinions.

Strause said he enjoyed my writeup of the literary masters as a part of promoting literacy among our people. He wrote me he really loved “Les Miserables” of Victor Hugo, and other authors like Oliver Twist, David Cooperfield, and Charles Dickens’ “Christmas Carol.”

I like comments by foreigners. The comments show who we are and their thinking of us and our place.

We must welcome and help them as much as possible. These people are mostly retirees who spend their money here. And they need our help. But, of course, those who are trying to push us around, we also put them in their right place.

These white people are game. You stand up to them and they respect you. They push you only when you allow them to push you. But, be their friends. They love Bacolod and the Philippines. Otherwise they would have not been here.

They criticize our government and criticize us. Criticize their government and criticize them also. Robert Strause sympathized with the mass killing in Calamba but added, “We have that, too, in America”.

* * *

The way the cost of fertilizer is zooming up, we are afraid this will affect our rice production. But, we should learn from our neighbors using organic fertilizers.

Negros Occidental Mayors League president, Manapla Mayor Manolet Escalante told us, in Singapore those who have gardens are made to use organic fertilizers from their garbage.

Mayor Escalante and the mayors learned plenty in their recent study tour there. I hope to sit down with him and write about or have him interviewed on television on what we can learn from their trip.

They are being criticized for allegedly spending people’s money. No, they spent their own money. We should appreciate them for doing it.

Mayor Escalante is a very well respected mayor all over the country. He is the Secretary General of the country’s Municipal Mayors League.*

http://www.visayandailystar.com/2008/May/26/feedback.htm

[habagatcentral1]

DOES ANYONE HAVE THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF ROBINSONS PLACE BACOLOD?

I think they have posted the update several threads ago. Basta, Rob BCD is on queue for expansion already.

After they decided to transfer to Bacolod, last March Dave died. Hazel said she planned to stay here for good, especially with the many friends she has made here, among the closest Ms Anna Balcells and Mrs. Belinda Tanpinco.
Hala, napatay na gali ang asawa nya? Ahay... :ohno: Kabuot man kay madamme Andrea.

[JuIcYdUdE22]

http://www.fuorenland.com/images/landscape.jpg

ganda, its near my location now.

[JuIcYdUdE22]

hahahhaa

[jmok]

this is really a BIG THING for bacolod and for all of us......

[SUV111]

this is really a BIG THING for bacolod and for all of us......

it is indeed a BIG thing for Bacolod...they will build a 9 6 storeys high building. wow!!!!! this is near sanitarium. I remember a friend of mine who told me about this. I wasnt just so sure about the said project coz it was just a passing conversation. If you can remember, boynegros and i mentioned about this. It was last year. But we were told that its going to be at the back of goldenfields. But i think this is the one. A friend of mine is an engineer who will take part in constructing this project :)

[SUV111]

kapoy naman ni pang picture :) hehehehe i'm glad by that time medyo indi na tight schedule namon ni boynegros :) Bacolod is becoming BIG...Boom Bacolod just fits the title. :)

by the way, lets pray for the board exam of boynegros and jasontt on june1 and 2. :)

[bacolodchamp]

kapoy naman ni pang picture :) hehehehe i'm glad by that time medyo indi na tight schedule namon ni boynegros :) Bacolod is becoming BIG...Boom Bacolod just fits the title. :)


by the way, lets pray for the board exam of boynegros and jasontt on june1 and 2. :)

i hope migo, with all of these BIG developments, you'll cook up something for all of us for our next thread...i'm so excited to see another banner for our new thread. hehehehe

we'll do it migo suv...for boynegros and jasontt, good luck to both of you and may the force be with you!!!

[cyclosimon_89]

it is indeed a BIG thing for Bacolod...they will build a 9 6 storeys high building. wow!!!!! this is near sanitarium. I remember a friend of mine who told me about this. I wasnt just so sure about the said project coz it was just a passing conversation. If you can remember, boynegros and i mentioned about this. It was last year. But we were told that its going to be at the back of goldenfields. But i think this is the one. A friend of mine is an engineer who will take part in constructing this project :)

It's really big but it would be better if its near downtown area...but its still ok to have it near sanitarium, but the problem is, it's kinda hidden from the main streets of bacolod..

[england boy]

wow... its a great news that will have a new condos to be built. in na ang condo sa bacolod ha, meaning, business in the city is good and stable. love it....

[Christendom]

condos in bacolod is now very active to construct...excluding the proposed 12-storey sanparq square condo that i have posted in a previous page,,,another 1 condo will be rise beside Sanparq Convergy also,,,it is a 11-storey,,,the rendering also is a nice design but not much as good compare to the 12-storey...ill post it later on

[bacolodchamp]

condos in bacolod is now very active to construct...excluding the proposed 12-storey sanparq square condo that i have posted in a previous page,,,another 1 condo will be rise beside Sanparq Convergy also,,,it is a 11-storey,,,the rendering also is a nice design but not much as good compare to the 12-storey...ill post it later on

what, migo zyanz? another one...hehehe. :banana::banana::banana:

"when it rains, it pours" na gid ya....can't wait to see the design migo. i hope it will complement the design of the 2 other buildings.:)

[england boy]

so when it'll be started to construct? another wow talaga. anu update sa u/c hotel in east side?

[england boy]

its good to be back in bacolod, to see the development in the city, cant wait til oct. hep...hep...hurryyyyy

[Christendom]

what, migo zyanz? another one...hehehe. :banana::banana::banana:

"when it rains, it pours" na gid ya....can't wait to see the design migo. i hope it will complement the design of the 2 other buildings.:)
so when it'll be started to construct? another wow talaga. anu update sa u/c hotel in east side?

but not a sure pa if it is a 2 separate building to be build,,,perhaps this 2 building is an option for the scheme or perspective only...lets wait for the later update soon

How many floors will the Hotel near Lopue's East be?

welcome our new buddies...6-storey daw

[england boy]

i hope that lacson st. will be like a center for businesses and more highrise bldgs. nice to see that

[england boy]

zyanz, have they post now the building proposal somewhere in that area?

[bacolodchamp]

How many floors will the Hotel near Lopue's East be?

as posted here in the previous pages, migo, its a 6-storey hotel.

[england boy]

as far as i know one-bacolod its about 6 storey yeah.... hope may shangrila man sa bacolod

[england boy]

any idea sa propose expansion sang gaisano city singcang? i heared they will build some buildings and mall expansion.

[bacolodchamp]

i hope that lacson st. will be like a center for businesses and more highrise bldgs. nice to see that

actually migo that's what its heading to...and recently the SP passed a resolution naming that stretch of lacson st. as the tourist belt of bacolod. so, expect that the city government will pour in more beautification projects like lanscaping maybe and more lightings along with the construction boom that is going to happen in that area.:)

[england boy]

how many floors ba ang bldg near tay tung bro one bacolod

[bacolodchamp]

any idea sa propose expansion sang gaisano city singcang? i heared they will build some buildings and mall expansion.

what they are proposing i think is to build another one in the east area @england boy.:)

[england boy]

i wish that proposal will approve soon para more businesses will sprout in that area. will be like makati na ang lacson hah?

[england boy]

whereabout ang new mall sang gaisano sa east? when they gonna start to construct? the best na gid ang bacolod. one reason why i cant resist not to go home every year sa bacolod.

[bacolodchamp]

^^its just a 3-storey building but it looks good and modern.

wow. just as everybody's complaining about the US recession, the rice shortage and the sky rocketing prices of crude oil and other commodities, a bright prospect is happening in bacolod with this construction boom...boom boom bacolod...:banana:

[england boy]

is that riverside condo will pursue? when it will be? grabe na gid ang riverside they give also more improvement sa city not only the hospital and school.

[bacolodchamp]

i wish that proposal will approve soon para more businesses will sprout in that area. will be like makati na ang lacson hah?

we're getting there migo..:lol:

[england boy]

any idea gali about the active group sa eroreco? whats the plan now? i keep on waitin for that big project.

[Christendom]

i hope that lacson st. will be like a center for businesses and more highrise bldgs. nice to see that

yup,,,believe it bro from lacson of mandalagan going to talisay city is for the highrise building..silay city is not allowed na coz the new airport is there...lets wait also of the ayala plan along the national highway of talisay city beside their ayala subdivision after the completion of the ayala-davao,,,it takes a long time pa

By the Way, the name of the mall in the Shopping area is Triangle Island Plaza, not Depot Mall, Depot is just apart of the mall.:nuts:

there is a nice building under construction near tay tung in lacson street.:banana:

thats a nice name bagay,,,kasi ang location niya is a triangle shape

Bacolod Skyline by 2010. . .

1. Sanparq Tower [12f]
2. Riverside Condo [12f]
3. Horizon Towers [9f]
4. Riverside College [8f]
5. Pnb bldg. [7f]
6. 9 Azotea towers[6f each]

huh,,is that true riverside pursue this 12-storey condo?

any idea gali about the active group sa eroreco? whats the plan now? i keep on waitin for that big project.

it takes a long years pa siguro but they have already a renderings of the complex and buildings,,,and it because they have many projects to construct nationwide mostly within negros

[bacolodchamp]

any idea gali about the active group sa eroreco? whats the plan now? i keep on waitin for that big project.

if you look at their website, it says on-going. well, maybe they need some ironing out because if you remember they started clearing the area in the late 90's but it was stalled because of some land disputes with the squatters i think. but, with the way things are going on in bacolod, i think active group will pursue the project in the near future.:)

[england boy]

i got a frend in bacolod that hes father own a company, he told me they started to construct a new bldg near along burgos st. i think he said at the back of pldt. its about 10 flr bldg. i dont know kung patapos na.

[bacolodchamp]

huh,,is that true riverside pursue this 12-storey condo?




it takes a long years pa siguro

ha ha. i remember somebody posted this on april fools day and i, among others was made to believe that it was a serious proposal. well, who knows...

[SUV111]

Azotea Bacolod

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2120/2524057220_9d84c620c0.jpg?v=0
this is how the actual building would look like when its done

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2058/2524057346_287cab9748.jpg?v=0

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2243/2524057456_48441dc402.jpg?v=0

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2081/2523233953_9217a74b66.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3233/2524064674_f5ac70f4bf.jpg?v=0

[england boy]

grabe lacson is one of the longest street in bacolod, so pag more highrise bldg na dyan it will be one of a kind street in the phils. hehe

[bacolodchamp]

i got a frend in bacolod that hes father own a company, he told me they started to construct a new bldg near along burgos st. i think he said at the back of pldt. its about 10 flr bldg. i dont know kung patapos na.


i don't know if that's the one suv posted here a few days ago. it's somewhere near the pldt compound. i'll find it for you.:)

[SUV111]

i got a frend in bacolod that hes father own a company, he told me they started to construct a new bldg near along burgos st. i think he said at the back of pldt. its about 10 flr bldg. i dont know kung patapos na.

the building at the back of PLDT is just a 5 storey building. :) i posted it in the previous page

and the horizon tower is just an 8 storey building. Kindly edit na lang your posts. :)

[england boy]

wow... azotea bacolod rendering projects? is this real? nice hah

[england boy]

im not really sure if its at the back of pldt, he said its near over there. i think he said papasok sa maliit na street daw dyan. ill ask him again pagnag chat kami.

[bacolodchamp]

Another Beautifully designed Building at the back of PLDT

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2204/2475147485_5f040fea80.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3214/2475147759_bb6485a512.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3293/2475148097_456bcc5bf3.jpg?v=0

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2042/2475148571_b30888247b.jpg?v=0



here it is migo. i'm sure this is the one you're referring to..

[england boy]

how many storeys yung proposed bldg of a call center beside pnb lacson?

[SUV111]

im not really sure if its at the back of pldt, he said its near over there. i think he said papasok sa maliit na street daw dyan. ill ask him again pagnag chat kami.

@england, thats the one i'm referring...

btw, lihog lang ko quote and gather your replies in one post para di usik sa page kag para di ta maakigan. thanks

[england boy]

i dont think so thats the one. ill ask him again later. confirm ko

[SUV111]

i dont think so thats the one. ill ask him again later. confirm ko

this is located at the back of PLDT sa may gamay na street

[bacolodchamp]

migo suv, remember you've posted your own rendition of the condos, well, as i see it, it doesn't look different from the one's you've posted here.:lol:

[SUV111]

migo suv, remember you've posted your own rendition of the condos, well, as i see it, it doesn't look different from the one's you've posted here.:lol:

yah i did...tama man kay daw nag tugma. :) hahahaha

[SUV111]

@one, just a piece of advice...please dont post or brag anything about Bacolod in other thread in order to avoid CvC's. This is our thread...post whatever you want but dont try to compare.

I appreciate the infos your sharing but please dont go beyond that point. thanks

[habagatcentral1]

Irepost ko na lang ni para reminder sa aton nga kita magbinuligay, indi hisa-ay. Amo na ang makapagbutang sa aton sa matuod nga progreso para sa sini nga parte sang pungsod.

Tan-awa si Jerry kag Bing...Good vibes. :D
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/berniemacksouthcentral/P5241717.jpg

Bisan gani si Oti kag Jerry good vibes sila..:D
http://images.habagatcentral.multiply.com/image/2/photos/113/600x600/57/IMGP2280.JPG?et=yVavIwSItNNRXimoGNJ5QA&nmid=67545164

[SUV111]

^^amen berns :) hehehehehe

[Christendom]

Azotea Bacolod

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2120/2524057220_9d84c620c0.jpg?v=0
this is how the actual building would look like when its done

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2058/2524057346_287cab9748.jpg?v=0

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2243/2524057456_48441dc402.jpg?v=0

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2081/2523233953_9217a74b66.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3233/2524064674_f5ac70f4bf.jpg?v=0




AZOTEA, luxury residential condominiums in Bacolod City, Philippines with an exciting 9,000 sqm. tropical resort spa!

The AZOTEA is a cluster of nine 5-storey luxury condominiums located beside Golden River Valley Subdivision, near Golden Field, less than 300 meters from Luxur Hotel in Bacolod City. A beautiful tropical resort spa (occupying about 9,000 square-meters of the total 1.8 hectare Azotea land area) consisting of the main pool with a floating cabana, a lapping pool, a leisure pool, waterfalls, and landscaped gardens surround the sprawling condominiums which will appear like lanterns at night and a cool sight to behold during the day. Residents of the Azotea can live in a hotel-like setting while enjoying nature and a leisurely life amidst privacy, prestige, security, and good value appreciation on their investment. The Azotea will soon become a “premier home address� in the city of Bacolod . . . and you are welcome to be part of this exciting place!

The Condo Units:
o There will be 733 condo units with a standard size of 28 sqms, expandable to 56, 84 or 112 sqms.
o Some units have lofts on the upper floor levels
o Price Range: P840,000 up to P2,500,000 payable on easy installment terms
o Balcony with glass sliding door
o Toilet & Bath, Kitchen Sink, with provision for hot & cold water
o Provision for installation of aircon unit
o Free use of 6th floor roof deck open space for sun tanning or evening relaxation
o Units not occupied may be rented out for profit (to be managed by FuoRen Property Management Corp.)
o A unit owner will also become part-owner of the building, the land, and all the exciting amenities of Azotea

The Condo Buildings:
o Elevator System and Stairways
o Closed Circuit Cameras and Card Slots to allow entry only to residents’ own floor levels
o Elegant Lobby for visitors
o Potable Water Supply
o Power Generator for brownouts
o Basement Parking
o Concierge Service
o Butler Service to answer residents’ needs like food, laundry, car hire, housekeeping, golf plans, travel bookings, show reservations, etc.
o Golf Cart Service for residents leaving or coming to their own units
o 24-hour Security

Owner-Developer
FuoRen Land and Housing Development Corporation

Architect / Master Planner
Lor Calma & Partners (a major designer-planner in the Philippines)

Landscape Architects
Arch. Dolores Perez (Philippines’ First Landscape Architect)
Arch. Frederick Altavas (President, Philippine Landscape Architects)

For inquiries, please contact ALEX LEDESMA DELFIN at
starworks28@gmail.com
alex_delfin28@yahoo.com

source (http://epage.com/js/mi/2380274.html)

[bacolodchamp]

AZOTEA, luxury residential condominiums in Bacolod City, Philippines with an exciting 9,000 sqm. tropical resort spa!


For inquiries, please contact ALEX LEDESMA DELFIN at
starworks28@gmail.com
alex_delfin28@yahoo.com

source (http://epage.com/js/mi/2380274.html)

thanks for this valuable info migo zyanz. i'm sure a lot of us here are very eager to know this. :okay:

[BYAHILO]

ngaa daw nag damo uban ni mayor bing haw? ahihih damo gid ginapaligban?

excited na ko makita liwat ang masskara sa pasangyaw festival sa tacloban sa june. Yey!!

[Christendom]

heyday,,,the Azotea Residences thread is here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=21100384#post21100384) under projects on the rise sub-forums

thanks for this valuable info migo zyanz. i'm sure a lot of us here are very eager to know this. :okay:

:okay:

[jaywalker]

Azotea Bacolod

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2120/2524057220_9d84c620c0.jpg?v=0
this is how the actual building would look like when its done

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2058/2524057346_287cab9748.jpg?v=0

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2243/2524057456_48441dc402.jpg?v=0

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2081/2523233953_9217a74b66.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3233/2524064674_f5ac70f4bf.jpg?v=0




A new kind of lifestyle living in Bacolod has began.This is really amazing.:cheers:

Thanks Mig Suv,One-Bacolod,Ng and Zyans for this wonderful news.

[jaywalker]

wow. just as everybody's complaining about the US recession, the rice shortage and the sky rocketing prices of crude oil and other commodities, a bright prospect is happening in bacolod with this construction boom...boom boom bacolod...:banana:

What i like most is,it is on the South this time.Previously only the North and the East are taking the spotlight.:lol:

[butz]

mga migos kag migas kung damo investment sa bacolod, damo man maka-ubra sa mga taga bacolod kag lapit banwa:master:

[ngprofflorida]

What i like most is,it is on the South this time.Previously the only the North and East are taking the spotlight.:lol:

I was amazed with this project the onwer are Joseph Tan of Cebu and Teddy Magallona of Iloilo..... another good news I just chica bag-o lang they just approved new building permit along Mandalagan area, lacson street. and east block, ...... he said big building....:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

Wow Tropical setting, Florida lifestyles!!!!!!! gin patterned nila.....


Paging Dr. Lucio Tan make-up your mind about the Bacolod Airport. please bring your condo project in Bacolod.....

[bacolodchamp]

I was amazed with this project the onwer are Joseph Tan of Cebu and Teddy Magallona of Iloilo..... another good news I just chica bag-o lang they just approved new building permit along Mandalagan area, lacson street. and east block, ...... he said big building....:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:


Paging Dr. Lucio Tan make-up your mind about the Bacolod Airport. please bring your condo project in Bacolod.....

migo, don't make us wait too long...hehehe:banana:

What i like most is,it is on the South this time.Previously only the North and the East are taking the spotlight.:lol:

migo jay, they're everywhere.:banana:

[jaywalker]

I was amazed with this project the onwer are Joseph Tan of Cebu and Teddy Magallona of Iloilo..... another good news I just chica bag-o lang they just approved new building permit along Mandalagan area, lacson street. and east block, ...... he said big building....:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

Wow Tropical setting, Florida lifestyles!!!!!!! gin patterned nila.....


Paging Dr. Lucio Tan make-up your mind about the Bacolod Airport. please bring your condo project in Bacolod.....

migo, don't make us wait too
long...hehehe:banana:

migo jay, they're everywhere.:banana:
Bro Ng,check mo na BP mo?i hope its normal:lol:
We know reliable gid ang sources ni Bro Ng and sometime it may take a while before it will materialized due to paperworks.So let just set back,relax and do the banana dance.:lol::lol::banana::banana:

[ngprofflorida]

Bro Ng,check mo na BP mo?i hope its normal:lol:
We know reliable gid ang sources ni Bro Ng and sometime it may take a while before it will materialized due to paperworks.So let just set back,relax and do the banana dance.:lol::lol::banana::banana:

Jay my B/P naga up/down , kaina, gin bitin naman nya ako, he said he cant reveal any info. because of confidentiality.... he told me before about the building in magsaysay ave.... but his no info about the project..naga konwari lang sya... he approved and approved.lang ang trabaho nya.... he said nag exceed daw and expectation nila about the construction project, daw wala kuno naga batyag recession ang bacolod, he told me 10 hotel project was approved so far 5 down and 5 more to go....according to my another my councilor nga amigo their goal about 3000 hotel rooms by 2010.....

[jaywalker]

^^Bro Ng,i know you are excited as much as we do but please take it easy.:lol:
5 more hotels to break ground this year,this is so unreal.It doesn't matter if its big or small,the bigger the better(:lol:).It will helps address the demand in hotel rooms availability in the City of Smile.I think most of these hotel at this time has been receiving room reservations for the Masskara Festival.

[jaywalker]

Monday, May 26, 2008
Angara to grace shrimp congress

SENATOR Edgardo Angara and Agriculture Undersecretary Jesus Emmanuel Paras confirmed attendance to the 6th Philippine Shrimp Congress (PSC 2008) to be held at Bacolod Pavilion Resort Hotel on May 28 to 30.

However, Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap cannot attend because he is to accompany President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to an official trip in Tawi-Tawi.

Organized under this year's theme: "Production Innovation and Market Access,"
PhilShrimp president Roberto Gatuslao disclosed Sunday that 400 delegates have confirmed registration while 200 others signified intention.

The PhilShrimp target attendance of 700 participants will surely be reached this year, boosting the Bacolod consumption economy over the week when the convention delegates are here, Gatuslao said in a discussion with organizers Sunday.

Gatuslao further discussed that the focal point of this national shrimp congress will be issues on technologies and issues on cost-efficiency, bio-security, and the development of new markets, both for the black tiger and the white shrimp.

He counted some 33 resource persons, Filipinos and foreign experts who would tackle issues in their various capacities as stakeholders, entrepreneurs, academicians, researchers and inventors.

Gatuslao said the three-day congress and simultaneous trade exhibit, which expects 700 delegates and guests, are industry leaders and practitioners engaged in grow-out farming, hatchery operations, feed milling, processing/exporting, and input supplies.

It can be recalled that the black tiger shrimp industry almost died down here in Negros, owing to diseases while the white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) farming in the Philippines is gaining nationwide acceptance.

"Personally, I am hoping to have serious discussions of this white shrimp species as this could stimulate the expansion of the industry, after decades of stagnation," Gatuslao stressed.

Gatuslao further stressed, "I am quite optimistic also that the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (Jpepa) which was already signed by the President will now be ratified by the Senate as this will augment profitability of our present market in Japan .All the rest of Asia had ratified theirs and the Philippine Senate has not yet. What if Japan will prefer their shrimps over and above ours?"

Meanwhile, from the list of programs and topics, PSC 2008 reels off in the afternoon of May 28 with the opening of the exhibit and the pre-conference seminars on domestic marketing and hatchery operations.

The congress formally opens at 5 p.m. The technical sessions starts May 29 with regional reports and country presentations from Thailand, Vietnam, India, and Ecuador.

The last day May 30 will focus on bio-security and nutrition, Philippine shrimp industry updates, and the business meeting of PhilShrimp. (GABS)

[jaywalker]

Monday, May 26, 2008
Scoop's 'Know the Game' kickoff set Wednesday

THE Sports Communicators Organization of the Philippines (Scoop) Bacolod headed by George R. Liza is set to launch its monthly "Know-the-Game" sports information program on Wednesday, 9:30 a.m., at the Lopue's Table Tennis Association (Loptta) Table Tennis Center located at the basement of Lopue's San Sebastian.

"Know-the-Game" is a project aimed at enabling sports mediamen to learn more about the technical aspects of the various sports disciplines that they cover," said Liza.

"Many of us who are professional sports journalists have difficulty making our coverage of events technically sound since we are not well-equipped with even the technical vocabulary of the event we cover. In this regard, Know-the-Game will help us all brush-up even with sports lingo," Liza further explained.

Loptta, headed by businessman/sportsman Leonito "Diutay" Lopue has offered the facilities of the Loptta Table Tennis Center as venue for the launching of Scoop's "Know-the-Game" coinciding with the arrival of visiting table tennis national coach Jet Yatco from the Table Tennis Association of the Philippines (Tatap) in Manila who will conduct a three-day clinic at Loptta.

Liza said they are also inviting broadcast practitioners who cover sports to come and attend the initial edition of Scoop's "Know-the-Game" on Wednesday.

"We're even inviting student writers from the school papers of Bacolod City schools to come and attend the "Know-the-Game" launching so the program can be of help to editors of school publications," he added. (Henry C. Villalva)

[cyclosimon_89]

Jay my B/P naga up/down , kaina, gin bitin naman nya ako, he said he cant reveal any info. because of confidentiality.... he told me before about the building in magsaysay ave.... but his no info about the project..naga konwari lang sya... he approved and approved.lang ang trabaho nya.... he said nag exceed daw and expectation nila about the construction project, daw wala kuno naga batyag recession ang bacolod, he told me 10 hotel project was approved so far 5 down and 5 more to go....according to my another my councilor nga amigo their goal about 3000 hotel rooms by 2010.....

Hotels in bacolod are everywhere...it's a good sign of progress..many tourist can comfortably live here...we truely deserve to be called the next convention destination in the visayas....3000 more rooms is a boom...:banana::banana::banana:

[cyclosimon_89]

Azotea Bacolod is really a new landmark in bacolod...a one of it's kind here in bacolod...we really are on the right track to progress..

[ngprofflorida]

Capitol, BJMP inks MOA on jail mgt

By GEORGE M. DE LA CRUZ

BACOLOD City – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) yesterday for the transfer, construction and management of the old provincial jail to its new site in Brgy. Tabunan, Bago City.

BJMP’s Chief Supt. Rosendo Dial said they will take over the management of the provincial jail in three years’ time.

The construction of the P100-million jail is ongoing. Gov. Isidro Zayco said it will be completed in one year.

Section 61 of Republic Act No. 6975 mandates the province to exercise direction, supervision and control over all municipal, district and city jails, except provincial jails that fall under the authority of provincial governments.

But in the MOA, the province expressed its desire to improve the security and correctional facilities of the provincial jail through the BJMP as mandated by Republic Act 7160 (Local Government Code of 1991).

Dial said the BJMP, upon the approval of the Office of the President, will assume supervision and control of the new three-hectare district jail under a new name: Negros Occidental Integrated Jail Facility.

Upon completion of the facility, Zayco said the province will turn over control and management of the jail to the BJMP.

The Capitol donated the property.

The BJMP will provide funds for the maintenance and operation of the jail, exercise administrative disciplinary jurisdiction over the deployed BJMP personnel, determine qualified jail personnel, and regularize them under Republic Act 9263./PN

[JEFFjr_25]

Convergys
recruitment transferred

Convergys will transfer its recruitment center to its permanent site at ONE SANPARQ at the San Antonio Park Square at Lacson Street, Mandalagan, Bacolod City on May 26, a press release from the company said.

It previously received applications at its temporary recruitment site at Circle Inn in Lopez Jaena St.

Applicants may apply in person at the Convergys Bacolod site from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Monday to Friday. They should bring two copies of their resumé.

ONE SANPARQ is the first and only built-to-suit PEZA-registered Information Technology Center in Western Visayas.

Convergys has been operating in the Philippines since 2004, and has more than 11,000 employees nationwide.

For more information, those interested may call tel. no. 705-0111.

[SUV111]

Convergys
recruitment transferred

Convergys will transfer its recruitment center to its permanent site at ONE SANPARQ at the San Antonio Park Square at Lacson Street, Mandalagan, Bacolod City on May 26, a press release from the company said.

It previously received applications at its temporary recruitment site at Circle Inn in Lopez Jaena St.

Applicants may apply in person at the Convergys Bacolod site from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Monday to Friday. They should bring two copies of their resumé.

ONE SANPARQ is the first and only built-to-suit PEZA-registered Information Technology Center in Western Visayas.

Convergys has been operating in the Philippines since 2004, and has more than 11,000 employees nationwide.

For more information, those interested may call tel. no. 705-0111.

hello migs...so your in sing na? anyway, have you read the update about azotea?

[ngprofflorida]

UNO-R College of IT Holds Seminar Workshop

The UNO-R College of Information Technology held a seminar -workshop on Web and Mobile application development last May 22-24, 2008 at the St. Ezekiel Moreno Hall, laboratory 9. The seminar - workshop was attended by College of Information Technology Educators from Bacolod City and Negros Occidental.

Tim Vergel de Dios of Microsoft and Anne Ivy Mirasol of UP - Diliman were the guest speakers of this seminar -workshop. The said activity is part of the UNO-R College of Information Technology Center of Development for Excellence project in assisting other IT schools in the region and technology transfer. This is sponsored by UNOR College of Information Technology headed by Dr. Elmer Haro and Microsoft -Philippines.*

[SUV111]

^^ baw, daw ka taliwis gid sang dila sang iban maghambal migs na wala ta inog plete puli bacolod halin iloilo? sin o ayhan nagahatag sang inog plete sa taga iloilo na wala inog plete puli halin bacolod man? basi kwentahanay gusto niya. tani lang bala indi pag e generalize ang tanan haw. its over already. indi man ni guro mistake of one mistake of all. dira gid na ga gwa ang tood na pagka lain sang tao. why cant he be like the other forumers of iloilo na wala ga tira sa tanan kundi sa isa lang ka tao nga naghimo sang sala.

[JuIcYdUdE22]

^^ baw, daw ka taliwis gid sang dila sang iban maghambal migs na wala ta inog plete puli bacolod halin iloilo? sin o ayhan nagahatag sang inog plete sa iloilo na wala inog plete puli man? basi kwentahanay gusto niya. tani lang bala indi pag e generalize ang tanan haw. its over already.

ang mahambal ko, kay may maplete na mo. lolx, meaning may magasto. cant blame those tarnished elites, naanad sila nga magasto tudo mo. thats before.
pero just imagine ha, may kwarta ka, and you seem not to know what to do with it. what would you do? dba? amo na ila nga mga rasones before, its wrong. bad, bad, bad...

[SUV111]

ang mahambal ko, kay may maplete na mo. lolx, meaning may magasto. cant blame those tarnished elites, naanad sila nga magasto tudo mo. thats before.
pero just imagine ha, may kwarta ka, and you seem not to know what to do with it. what would you do? dba? amo na ila nga mga rasones before, its wrong. bad, bad, bad...

forget it...its enough that he said those things towards us. Dira mo na da makita ang breeding sang isa ka tao kung ano siya.

[habagatcentral1]

^^ baw, daw ka taliwis gid sang dila sang iban maghambal migs na wala ta inog plete puli bacolod halin iloilo? sin o ayhan nagahatag sang inog plete sa iloilo na wala inog plete puli man? basi kwentahanay gusto niya. tani lang bala indi pag e generalize ang tanan haw. its over already. indi man ni guro mistake of one mistake of all. dira gid na ga gwa ang tood na pagka lain sang tao. why cant he be like the other forumers of iloilo na wala ga tira sa tanan kundi sa isa lang ka tao nga naghimo sang sala.

ang mahambal ko, kay may maplete na mo. lolx, meaning may magasto. cant blame those tarnished elites, naanad sila nga magasto tudo mo. thats before.
pero just imagine ha, may kwarta ka, and you seem not to know what to do with it. what would you do? dba? amo na ila nga mga rasones before, its wrong. bad, bad, bad...

Guys, rather than lingering with that post, why don't we just move on? I really can't blame others why they think of such stereotyping amongst ourselves. I guess culturally speaking it is part of us...history and culture has written who we are. The damage has been done, no need to cry over spilled milk and respond as such.

But if we are to be like talangka, tikalanay and hisa-anay, then it will just lead to nothing.

Lets stop living in the past, lets move on...Katalaka sige sige ta inamuna kay wala man na pakadtu-an.

Again that is his personal opinion but you may report him if you want as that is an option.

And I think personal comments here (especially negative ones) is a no-no in SSC...


I really like to post this over and over again in both Iloilo and Bacolod threads kay maayo pa ang mga pulitiko wala ga-inamuna instead gabuliganay pa.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/berniemacksouthcentral/P5241717.jpg

[dmist24]

yehey! lapit lng sa taculing ang Azotea if ever ma build lapit lng sa balay.. hehehe

[SUV111]

^^ indi na lang berns, isa man lang na siya kag lain man na siya na breed sang sa inyo. Wala man kami naga hisa kag naga tikal a. Indi na to namon sala ang natabo sa thread niyo and you know i told that person not to do that. But the guy in your thread, daw ka rude gid katama sang gina panghambal niya e. daw halin sa basurahan ang ga gwa sa baba niya amo na na nag react lang ko. but its ok... nakahambal naman ko a

[JuIcYdUdE22]

forget it...its enough that he said those things towards us. Dira mo na da makita ang breeding sang isa ka tao kung ano siya.

yup true, well, thats just it, one opinion, pabay-e da sya, iya na right, like what bernie said, pangalipay ta ya, ugyon ang maugyon.

[SUV111]

^^ si bernie ya kay peacekeeper na daan. pati ko na sa iya ya. hjehehehe....ugyon kami na daan :)

[habagatcentral1]

^^ indi na lang berns, isa man lang na siya kag lain man na siya na breed sang sa inyo. Wala man kami naga hisa kag naga tikal a. Indi na to namon sala ang natabo sa thread niyo and you know i told that person not to do that. But the guy in your thread, daw ka rude gid katama sang gina panghambal niya e. daw halin sa basurahan ang ga gwa sa baba niya amo na na nag react lang ko. but its ok... nakahambal naman ko a

Amo na gani, kalma na. Rather than ending this thread in such way, just post on and move on...after all, this thread is all about the development of Bacolod and Negros Occidental. Lets be professional and just leave his comment as it is his.

Lets also accept the fact that we cannot please all people. If that is what he believes, let him be. Never mind him and instead lets move on with the next topic or better posts instead.

We may never know what these 2 cities' potential if combined as one. ;)

Kay amo ni mahambal ko: "Tikalon man kita nga matu-od mga Ilonggo, mas maayu pa mag-tikal nga may kamatu-oran kumpara sa puro hangin kag kabutigan, padayon Ilonggo, padayon Negrosanon! Indi kita magpapridi sa pagatubang sang mga kalain sang tyempo." :)

[JuIcYdUdE22]

"The Tale of Two Cities- BACOLOD And ILOILO, of smiles and granduer"

[ngprofflorida]

^^ baw, daw ka taliwis gid sang dila sang iban maghambal migs na wala ta inog plete puli bacolod halin iloilo? sin o ayhan nagahatag sang inog plete sa taga iloilo na wala inog plete puli halin bacolod man? basi kwentahanay gusto niya. tani lang bala indi pag e generalize ang tanan haw. its over already. indi man ni guro mistake of one mistake of all. dira gid na ga gwa ang tood na pagka lain sang tao. why cant he be like the other forumers of iloilo na wala ga tira sa tanan kundi sa isa lang ka tao nga naghimo sang sala.

Ay mig relax, pahambala lang da sila, gin generalized naman nya.... daw siyang lang maayo sa tanan.....:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Lets focused our development here in Bacolod na hindi na mapungan......

[bacolodchamp]

^^ indi na lang berns, isa man lang na siya kag lain man na siya na breed sang sa inyo. Wala man kami naga hisa kag naga tikal a. Indi na to namon sala ang natabo sa thread niyo and you know i told that person not to do that. But the guy in your thread, daw ka rude gid katama sang gina panghambal niya e. daw halin sa basurahan ang ga gwa sa baba niya amo na na nag react lang ko. but its ok... nakahambal naman ko a

what's it all about migo suv...daw ka-ilintriga sang mga natabo-a? kag daw clueless sa amon...:lol::lol::lol:

[habagatcentral1]

Ay mig relax, pahambala lang da sila, gin generalized naman nya.... daw silang lang maayo sa tanan.....:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Lets focused our development here in Bacolod na hindi na mapungan......

Megs, what did you just said? Hasty generalization? Umm, we better have to ask ourselves who's generalizing who...:sly: Halong halong lang sa mga ginahambal kay indi kami tanan sa Iloilo ga-generalize.

Edit: Baw gin-edit mo gale post mo? Kay sa matuod lang, katalaka gid ang batasan sang his-anay ...kay daw wala pakadtuan...tuod lang, kay daw talangka sa aton kis-a. Indi tani kita magtinalangka-ay kay where will all of these go if we keep on bashing and bashing? Kon palangga naton ang aton nga mga lugar, buligan naton ni nga mag-uswag kag magbulig man sa iban.

Let us stop bashing each other because both of our cities are facing problems right now...especially kuryente.

[ngprofflorida]

what's it all about migo suv...daw ka-ilintriga sang mga natabo-a? kag daw clueless sa amon...:lol::lol::lol:

ay mig lets focuse our development here in negros ka gamay lang nga baisay amiguhay man na gihapon.......:banana::banana::banana::banana: lets celebrate the independece day next month.....:lol::lol::lol::lol:

lets talk about the Azotea..... I already called the company..... she said resort style and designed.... patterned in Florida......

[bacolodchamp]

wahahaha...so HE said that...anyway guys, who cares, lets move on with our lives...every places have its own woes. even the US have experienced hunger during the depression era...what's important is that we have risen to the challenge and become victorious...just forget about those nasty comments...

i also have encountered in some other threads regarding those "inapproriate" words.

[Christendom]

psssstttt,,,,hoooooyyyy tama na ina...kay ma post naku sang proposed 11-storey sa sanparq scheme 1...btw, calling thread starters lapit na maglopok ang thread natun huh

[ngprofflorida]

psssstttt,,,,hoooooyyyy tama na ina...kay ma post naku sang proposed 11-storey sa sanparq scheme 1...btw, calling thread starters lapit na maglopok ang thread natun huh

Sige na post na ang BP ko naga ta-as naman:banana::banana::banana::banana: amigo aside sang 12 storey may 11 pa gid.....ay ambot basi 10 na lang na
ah....

Sige na post na.....

[habagatcentral1]

ay mig lets focus our development here in negros ka gamay lang nga baisay amiguhay man na gihapon.......:banana::banana::banana::banana: lets celebrate the independece day next month.....:lol::lol::lol::lol:

lets talk about the Azotea..... I already called the company..... she said resort style and designed.... patterned in Florida......

wahahaha...so they said that...anyway guys, who cares, lets move with our lives...every places have it its woes. even the US have experienced hunger during the depression era...what's important is that we have risen to the challenge and become victorious...just forget about those nasty comments...

i also have encountered in some other threads regarding those "inapproriate" words.

Good, then lets move on shall we? This way, we can help ourselves and our people towards real prosperity and progress....and we're speaking the same language, same mother culture. ;) So why bash and fight di bala?

[habagatcentral1]

wahahaha...so they said that...anyway guys, who cares, lets move with our lives...every places have its own woes. even the US have experienced hunger during the depression era...what's important is that we have risen to the challenge and become victorious...just forget about those nasty comments...

i also have encountered in some other threads regarding those "inapproriate" words.

Why do we keep on generalizing man? Nakapoy na gid ko bais diri kay daw wala bala ginakadtuan ang efforts ko nga maghimo sang paghidait diri sa aton....kalulu-oy kita sini....

[bacolodchamp]

ay mig lets focuse our development here in negros ka gamay lang nga baisay amiguhay man na gihapon.......:banana::banana::banana::banana: lets celebrate the independece day next month.....:lol::lol::lol::lol:

lets talk about the Azotea..... I already called the company..... she said resort style and designed.... patterned in Florida......

migo ng, siguro nagpa reserve ka na kay nagtawag ka gid....sadyahon ta ni di ya thread ta mga migos.:)

[bacolodchamp]

Why do we keep on generalizing man? Nakapoy na gid ko bais diri kay daw wala bala ginakadtuan ang efforts ko nga maghimo sang paghidait diri sa aton....kalulu-oy kita sini....

uy, sorry migo. i'll edit it...peace man

[ngprofflorida]

migo ng, siguro nagpa reserve ka na kay nagtawag ka gid....sadyahon ta ni di ya thread ta mga migos.:)

wala ah nag check lang ako sang price......I cant afford.....:lol::lol::lol::lol: Actually nag pa appointment ako next year sa ila office......

[SUV111]

^^ gani man...ga generalize na naman...hehehehe Bacolod people...indi ta mag generalize gani kay isa lang to siya ang naghambal...please edit your posts...lets show the world were well educated, down to earth and friendly individuals. :) enough of this...

now zyanz, i will make our new thread...post na na ang sa sanparq. :) hehehehehe

[habagatcentral1]

uy, sorry migo. i'll edit it...peace man

Apologies accepted. Ok lang na Migo Champ...sa matuod lang ang akong damgo para sa banwa ta magbuliganay kag maghimo sang isa ka "power bloc" nga lain kag pinasahi sa "sugar bloc" sa una.

May mga karakter ang aton nga mga pinalanggang ciudad nga pinasahi sa tagsa-tagsa amo na nga indi naton ni makumparar. Magp-paryentehay pa kita gani kay daw kalabanan sa aton isa lang ang ginhalinan.

I apologize if I have to flood this thread with such statements as this is a statement of frustration over how we act with ourselves. Because Bacolod and Iloilo share the same blood, same culture. We may have declined economically, maybe for one because of our separation from each other, but look at the past...both Iloilo and Negros benefited from the sugar economy, the sugar boom. We made it big then.

So if we really want to make ourselves big again, we should learn our lessons from the past, the mistakes of our forefathers and move on and unite, biskan dagat pa ang naga-separar sa aton duha.

[bacolodchamp]

wala ah nag check lang ako sang price......I cant afford.....:lol::lol::lol::lol: Actually nag pa appointment ako next year sa ila office......

azotea and all the others have a lot to be thankful coz they're getting a lot of media mileage in our thread...even to the point of us becoming their salesman...hehehehe. anyway for the greater good of our city and province, we'll do it.

[SUV111]

^^ thats really true :) even the restos here in Bacolod, other people from other places knew about it because of our thread. :) hahahaha!!! were the first to report whats new and whats hot...kita mo ang moneysense? a week after pa iya na ABS. :) hahahahaha dapat hambalon ko gani ang friend ko sa ABS na ulihi na kamo sa balita :) hahahahaha

[ngprofflorida]

azotea and all the others have a lot to be thankful coz they're getting a lot of media mileage in our thread...even to the point of us becoming their salesman...hehehehe. anyway for the greater good of our city and province, we'll do it.

Dont worry theres another one coming, bigger than azotea...... relax and enjoy the progress of Bacolod City.
zyanz post na ang B/P ko naga taas na......

[SUV111]

^^zyanz, i am waiting. :) please post it na. :) btw, i will be there on june2. :) please PM your number, kitaay ta :)

[Christendom]

Sanparq Square Office Condo (proposal)

11-Storey Scheme 1
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t226/cosmosnegros/11storeycondoscheme1.jpg

12-Storey Perspective 2
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t226/cosmosnegros/12storeysanparqcondobacolod.jpg

sorry for late mejo busy lang

[bacolodchamp]

Negros governors vow to address climate change
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE

A united Negros Island response to climate change was forged during the Negros Island-wide summit held Friday at the Negros Oriental Convention Center in Dumaguete City.

Negros Occidental Gov. Isidro Zayco and Negros Oriental Gov. Emilio Macias II led their constituents in raising awareness on the effects of climate change, and in doing their share in reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

Former Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Dr. Angel Alcala and Silliman University president Dr. Ben Malayang III, took turns in sharing their expertise, stressing that the island of Negros is very vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

These include destructive rainfall and wind strength, sea level rise, storm surge and ocean warming that might negatively affect the biodiversity and fishing in the Bohol and Sulu seas.

Alcala pointed out that when productivity of the ocean is reduced due to continuous increase in sea temperature as a result of climate change, time will come when there will be less fish in the markets.

Worse is when it will cause the destruction of coral reefs and acidification of the sea water, Alcala noted, adding that floodings have occurred accompanied by landslides that are too risky to life and properties.

In the event of a tsunami, an environmental study predicted that Sipalay City in Negros Occidental will be affected due to lack of mangroves serving as first line of defense.

The experts also predicted the intrusion of salt water that also threatens the agriculture sector.

In welcoming the more than 400 participants, Macias stressed the importance of forging a single move to address the ills of the time, one of which is global warming.

Macias said after his assumption as governor he immediately formed the climate change council that made the plan for the first- ever island-wide summit.*JG

[ngprofflorida]

11-Storey Sanparq Square Office Condo

Scheme 1
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t226/cosmosnegros/11storeycondoscheme1.jpg

Perspective 2
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t226/cosmosnegros/12storeysanparqcondobacolod.jpg


ay the best gid hahahahaha:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: daw naga nubo na haw the other one is 12 basi next 10 na lang na ah.....

[JuIcYdUdE22]

i find the first proposal like the pnb, the second is ok, pero ang ginahulat ko ang starbucks

[bacolodchamp]

i find the first proposal like the pnb, the second is ok, pero ang ginahulat ko ang starbucks

i agree with you migo. i like the design of the second one better. its more modern ans stylish...the first one looks like a copycat of manila hotel.

[Christendom]

Mausoleum in Bacolod Chinese cemetery (dunno kung finished na'to)
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t226/cosmosnegros/mausoleum.jpg

now zyanz, i will make our new thread...post na na ang sa sanparq. :) hehehehehe
^^zyanz, i am waiting. :) please post it na. :) btw, i will be there on june2. :) please PM your number, kitaay ta :)
ok done...i will pm my # later

[SUV111]

^^ thank you migs :) i will include this in our intro :)

[BYAHILO]

ara ko da trhis saturday-monday kay may emergency ako.


oi Bhoyet kag tukayo juicydude. kitakits.
who wants to meet? i am free siguro mga afternoon sang sabado. PM nyo lng ako

[JuIcYdUdE22]

ara ko da trhis saturday-monday kay may emergency ako.


oi Bhoyet kag tukayo juicydude. kitakits.
who wants to meet? i am free siguro mga afternoon sang sabado. PM nyo lng ako

hoy napatay lang lola mo ang lagaw ang imo
hahaha

[bacolodchamp]

Mausoleum in Bacolod Chinese cemetery (dunno kung finished na'to)
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t226/cosmosnegros/mausoleum.jpg

ok done...

grabe naman ang mausoleum nga ni...daw balay na kadaku...living in sytle na, "dying" in style pa...:lol::lol::lol:

[jaywalker]

^^:lol::lol::lol: Naham-ot gid ko sa mga nabasahan ko halin sa pihak nga thread nagtabok pakadto diri sa thread sang Bacolod.So,no comment na lang ko.:lol::lol::lol:

About the new rendering sang the Sanparq,i like sa bag-o nga ginpost maskin may pagkasimilar sa PNB.Mas glassy kag macomplement siya sa una nga building.

[bacolodchamp]

same here migo jay...i didn't feel bad at all, instead, i couldn't help myself laughing at those posts....:lol::lol::lol:

anyway migo, let's end this thread on a happy note...:banana::banana::banana:

any of the two proposed buildings once materialized will definitely set the trend on how lacson st. will eventually look like in the future...that will be the ayala avenue of bacolod...:banana::banana::banana:

[jaywalker]

^^This forum dapat sadya sadya lang.Kung may comment negative ignore na lang asta kaya pa.

Basta we choose to consider the brighter side and bring some good to some fellow of our Bacolodnon and Negrense out there.So that they would be inspire to come back home and invest and of course para madula/mabulong ang ila kahidlaw.:banana::banana::banana:

Goodbye thread 23 and say Hello to Bacolod Thread 24!

[SUV111]

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e262/freeman280/Untitled-1.jpg?t=1211875893

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e262/freeman280/cooltext89835336.jpg?t=1211872582
The Most Livable City in the Philippines

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e262/freeman280/cooltext89835434.jpg?t=1211872749

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e262/freeman280/anton3.jpg?t=1211872771


http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e262/freeman280/cooltext89835474.jpg?t=1211872796

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e262/freeman280/anton2.jpg?t=1211872822


http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e262/freeman280/cooltext89835519.jpg?t=1211872855

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thank you zyanz for the pictures :)


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[SUV111]

^^ new thread is up...let's continue rocking Bacolod!!!!

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=634664

[bacolodchamp]

:bow:

this is amazingly beauuuuutiful....you never fail to amaze us migo suv and you too, zyanz and jay...

[SUV111]

thank you @champ :) I'm just inpired to do the intro because of the Big projects lined up :) hahahaha

I can't wait to see it coming :)

[Christendom]

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[SUV111]

hahahaha!!!! i know who took these photos :) give him some credit migo zyanz

nga a gin delete mo ang pics? put it back sugar :) nami to :)

[jaywalker]

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Only one thing i can say Migs Suv sa intro sang thread "I LOVE IT!":banana:
Migs please add na lang sa mga photos sang mga hotels sa Bacolod.

[SUV111]

^^ i will jay :) thanks for sharing your photos too :) i will try to put it in a posterlike banner :)

[jaywalker]

Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Leonardia to Bacoleños: Observe flag days

BACOLOD Mayor Evelio Leonardia Monday signed Executive Order (EO) 19-2008, ordering the observance of flag days from May 28 to June as part of the 110th Philippine Independence celebration.

As per the EO, the City Government also urged all business establishments, private and government offices, non-government organizations (NGOs), barangays, residents of the community, and owners of public and private motor vehicles to display the Philippine flag in practicable places as an expression of nationalism and patriotism.

Leonardia also signed EO 18, which created a committee to undertake various activities for the Independence Day commemoration.

Chairman of the committee is Councilor Alex Paglumotan with City Council member Homer Bais as vice chairman. The members include City Council members Greg Gasataya, Celia Matea Flor, and Wilson Gamboa Jr; City Tourism head Imogene Kanaan, City Accountant. Eduardo Ravena, OIC City Treasurer Annabelle Badajos, OIC City Engineer Teresita Guadalupe, CPDO's Lemuel Reynaldo, DepEd's Milagros Gonzales, Bacolod police chief Ronilo Quebrar, GSO's Efren Canlas, BAC's Melvin Recabar, Paad's Santiago Adorio Jr., City Legal officer Allan Zamora, BTAO's Levy Pangue, executive assistants Benjamin Torre and Edwina Javier and Ruby Pelagio of the City Mayor's Office.

The Secretariat is composed of executive assistant Reynaldo Ebreo, Conchita Castillo, Connie Galeno, Misty Gustilo, and Hazel Vallende.

The committee is tasked to plan and secure the necessary budgetary, technical and human resource support for the effective implementation and execution of activities for the celebration; coordinate with persons, agencies or organizations, both in government and the private sectors, who will be able to make the celebration a success; and perform all such other functions as may be related to all the foregoing.

[SUV111]

zyanz, ibalik to ang pics sang mga models sang SM

[jaywalker]

http://www.visayandailystar.com/2008/May/27/pix/signing.jpg
Governor Isidro Zayco (right) shakes hands with Bureau of Jail Management and Penology Chief, Rosendo Dial, after signing the MOA for the Negros Occidental Integrated Jail Facility.*

Guv – No ‘godfathers’ allowed in jail bidding
BY CARLA GOMEZ

Gov. Isidro Zayco and Chief Supt. Rosendo Dial, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology head, yesterday signed a Memorandum of Agreement for the construction of a Negros Occidental Integrated Jail Facility, tagged as a pilot venture.

The provincial government will build the facility estimated to cost about P100 million on its 3-hectare property in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City, Zayco said.

Zayco assured that the provincial government bidding for the construction of the new jail facility will be transparent. It will be watched, and all qualified contractors can participate in it, he said.

There will be no “godfathers” who will be allowed to get their favored contractors to win the contracts for the jail construction, Zayco said.

On the completion of the facility, the provincial government will turn over its control and management to BJMP after a three-year transition period or on the enactment of new law that will transfer its jurisdiction to the BJMP, which ever comes first, Zayco said.

When the BJMP assumes control of the facility, it will be responsible for the cost of its maintenance and personnel, Zayco said.

It will also absorb its qualified personnel, Dial said, and those not qualified will probably be absorbed by the provincial government.

The provincial government currently spends P25 million a year running the NOPJ, so, with its turnover to the BJMP, the province can save that annual expense, Zayco said.*CPG

[jaywalker]

Subsidy for miscellaneous fees still on
BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO

The Bacolod City government will continue to subsidize the miscellaneous fees of public elementary and high school students despite a projected increase in the number of enrollment this year, Bacolod Councilor Alex Paglumotan said yesterday.

The Department of Education has predicted a two percent increase in enrollment in both public elementary and high school in Bacolod City this year.

Last year’s enrollment was 57,000 in the elementary and 28,829 in high school. An increase of two percent would mean a total enrollment of about 58,140 for the elementary and about 29,406 for high school.

Paglumotan said it has been a campaign promise of the Grupo Progreso, to which he belongs, that, for as long as Mayor Evelio Leonardia remains the mayor, the city will continue to provide free education for public schools students in Bacolod City.

He said the city will continue to subsidize the miscellaneous fees which include Anti-TB, and membership in the Boys or Girls Scouts and Red Cross fees.

All other fees, if any, will be subject to the agreement between the parents and the teachers through the Parents Teachers and Community Association, Paglumotan said. This is on a purely voluntary basis in order not to burden the parents, he said.

The Bacolod City School Board has approved a total of P20 million last month that included about P3 million for payment of miscellaneous fees of elementary and high school students in Bacolod.

The budget also includes free school bags and school supplies that will be provided by the city to the public elementary students, repairs and construction of classrooms, and an allocation for the scholars of the Bacolod City National High School Arts and Science class under “Project BING”, or the Building Intelligence for Growth program of the city.*CGS

[SUV111]

that remains to be seen. for now, lets just be merry to something thats visible. :) thank you for the info

[SUV111]

^^ please, if you cant say something good to other threads better keep quiet. i told you yesterday. dont do such things that would instigate CvC's.

Thank you mod for deleting his posts :)

[Christendom]

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zyanz, ibalik to ang pics sang mga models sang SM

basi kigan ta lipat nako kun cnu ang owner

[SUV111]

indi ta niya pag akigan...butang lang da initials niya. R.D. :)

[Christendom]

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t226/cosmosnegros/fghgfhg.jpg
(Photo Courtesy by Ronnie Diez)

[SUV111]

^^ migs, its ronnie diez :) hehehehehehe

[bacolodchamp]

Only one thing i can say Migs Suv sa intro sang thread "I LOVE IT!":banana:
Migs please add na lang sa mga photos sang mga hotels sa Bacolod.

and the pics of la planta and luxur also, migo.

[SUV111]

i will take pa night shots of those hotels para idugang ko sa poster ta :) hehehehehe I'm trying to experiment photoshop daan :) indi gid ako kabalo :)

[bacolodchamp]

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t226/cosmosnegros/KJLJKL.jpg

i haven't seen MOA having this crowd as many as shown in the picture above even during the staging of the world pyrolympics...i hope the organizers of next year's pyrolympics should consider SM city bacolod as their next venue...i'm sure bacolod peeps will surpass the crowd in moa...:)

[Mr_Fanatic]

indi ta niya pag akigan...butang lang da initials niya. R.D. :)

Ronnie ang taga Gtech?

[jaywalker]

PIA Press Release
2008/05/27

Bacolod City to join CDM talks
Bacolod City (27 May) -- Bacolod Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, Sanggunian Committee chairperson on Energy, will join group at the Asian Institute of Management Policy Center, to identify the policy gaps and opportunities for the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).

The forum dubbed "Energy Policy Series Workshop and Discussion on the CDM and the Energy Sector", is slated May 29 and 30, and it is supported by the Konrad Adenaeur Foundation.

It will explore and achieve projects for Bacolod City as a highly-urbanized city to ensure that air, water and land pollution problems are addressed before they get out of hand.

The Sanggunian of Bacolod has approved various resolutions supporting the call for clean energy and in support of the Philippines commitment to reduce carbon emissions under the Kyoto Protocol.

Participants will be government agency officials and local leaders, legislators, AIM local and foreign students and various stakeholders from both the business and non-government organization communities. (PIA/cad)

[jaywalker]

PIA Press Release
2008/05/27

Bacolod to celebrate Independence Day thru energy caravan
Bacolod City (27 May) -- The 110th Independence Day celebration will veer away from the traditional military fanfares and will instead focus on showcasing various government projects in selected areas nationwide.

Presidential Management Staff (PMS) head Cerge Remonde announced that instead of the "traditional civic and military parade, we will showcase the government programs and projects at various points where members of the Cabinet members are assigned to the different regions that have historical places and they will launch their respective programs in those regions.

In Bacolod City, energy independence will be featured via a caravan featuring the government's biofuel projects.

Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes is expected to speak at the Independence Day celebration in the city as assigned by Malacañang.

Press Secretary Ignacio R. Bunye revealed the President's directive to her Cabinet to celebrate the country's Independence Day by augmenting the traditional flag-raising activities with programs that will "honor the sacrifices of our heroes, not by words alone but through deeds that give flesh to their vision.

Meanwhile, Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia issued Executive Order No. 19, ordering the observance of Flag Days from May 28 to June, of this year, as part of the celebration of the 110th Philippine Independence.

In the Executive Order, the City Government of Bacolod enjoins all business establishments, private and government offices, non-government organizations, barangays, residents of the community and owners of public and private motor vehicles to display the Philippine Flag in practicable places as an expression of nationalism and patriotism.(PIA/EAD)

[jaywalker]

http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t226/cosmosnegros/fghgfhg.jpg
(Photo Courtesy by Ronnie Diez)

Very nice.Pangfashion magazine ang shots.Any new outlet in SM City?

[Christendom]

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The Most Livable City in the Philippines


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wow in the next few years this is the icons of the city of smiles...no wonder why azotea is very interested to put up the residential condos coz the city is now cited the most livable city of the philippines,,,surely more people will challenge to live and retire to this city...tani magmanggaranon man ko bah para makatilaw man ko sining ginatawag nga high and 1st class nga pagpangabuhi

[bacolodchamp]

PIA Press Release
2008/05/27

Bacolod to celebrate Independence Day thru energy caravan
Bacolod City (27 May) -- The 110th Independence Day celebration will veer away from the traditional military fanfares and will instead focus on showcasing various government projects in selected areas nationwide.

Presidential Management Staff (PMS) head Cerge Remonde announced that instead of the "traditional civic and military parade, we will showcase the government programs and projects at various points where members of the Cabinet members are assigned to the different regions that have historical places and they will launch their respective programs in those regions.

In Bacolod City, energy independence will be featured via a caravan featuring the government's biofuel projects.

Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes is expected to speak at the Independence Day celebration in the city as assigned by Malacañang.......

(PIA/EAD)

so, its official, we're the energy/bio-fuels capital of the philippines by this pronouncement. i hope PGMA will transfer the DOE to bacolod as what she did with the other government agencies like the DAR to Davao to decentralize the seat of power.:)

[jaywalker]

Bacolod wifi hotspots


L'fisher
Robinson's Place foodcourt
Sylvia Manor
Mayfair
Sorrento
Business Inn
Palmas del Mar
Executive Inn
University Courtyard
La Salle campus
UNO-R campus
Circle Inn Hotel
Northwest Inn
Tamera Inn
Pietro Kaffee
McDonald's Lacson
Mister Donut
Cafe Greens
Chowking Lacson
Chantilly Cakes and Pastries
11th St. Pension House
Lopues East Center
M02 days inn
Kundutel
Casino Filipino Hotel
Bob's Lacson
East Block
Planta Hotel

[bacolodchamp]

wow in the next few years this is the icons of the city of smiles...no wonder why azotea is very interested to put up the residential condos coz the city is now cited the most livable city of the philippines...tani magmanggaranon man ko bah para makatilaw man ko sining ginatawag nga high and 1st class nga pagpangabuhi


don't be in a rush migo, we'll have our time...and by that time, new and fancier condos will sprout our city...that's for sure...hehehe:lol:

[Christendom]

^^hahah,,,wish it might be granted hopefully

[ngprofflorida]

Wow super beautiful gid, very progressive city, gusto na ako ma retired.......Congratulations SUV, Zyanz, Jaywalker, tahom gid and very classy......

[cyclosimon_89]

wow new thread nta gli? nice ang intro ah! compliment ko lang ang mga nice pics sang mga migo ta...

[jaywalker]

Bacolod's Newest Hotels

Westown Hotel
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The Planta Hotel
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Bacolod Pavillion Hotel

(sorry no pic available,ehemmmm paging ang ara sa Bacolod):lol:


Bacolod Newest Resort/Hotel

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Photos from SUV111

[postergirl]

Bacolod wifi hotspots


L'fisher
Robinson's Place foodcourt
Sylvia Manor
Mayfair
Sorrento
Business Inn
Palmas del Mar
Executive Inn
University Courtyard
La Salle campus
UNO-R campus
Circle Inn Hotel
Northwest Inn
Tamera Inn
Pietro Kaffee
McDonald's Lacson
Mister Donut
Cafe Greens
Chowking Lacson
Chantilly Cakes and Pastries
11th St. Pension House
Lopues East Center
M02 days inn
Kundutel
Casino Filipino Hotel
Bob's Lacson
East Block
Planta Hotel

La Consolacion College Main Campus :)

Good evening, Bacolod! Naks, new thread naman ta! hehe I'm super excited for our city, damo gd new developments. I LOVE IT!!!! :banana::banana::banana::banana:

[jaywalker]

Bacolod wifi hotspots


L'fisher
Robinson's Place foodcourt
Sylvia Manor
Mayfair
Sorrento
Business Inn
Palmas del Mar
Executive Inn
University Courtyard
La Salle campus
UNO-R campus
Circle Inn Hotel
Northwest Inn
Tamera Inn
Pietro Kaffee
McDonald's Lacson
Mister Donut
Cafe Greens
Chowking Lacson
Chantilly Cakes and Pastries
11th St. Pension House
Lopues East Center
M02 days inn
Kundutel
Casino Filipino Hotel
Bob's Lacson
East Block
Planta Hotel
La Consolacion College Main Campus



Right away Mam!:lol:Thanks @Postergirl!

[cyclosimon_89]

mayo ky damu na d wifi hot spots...it only means that modern and hi-tech na gd ang bacolod...it's really good to know na many places are wifi zone..mas nami pa gd kung free hahahaha!!!ang laptop!

[SUV111]

^^ kindly add figaro :) wifi naman sila :) hehehehe btw, open na ang old pab :) i will try it there soon :)

[bacolodchamp]

I.T. Competition

This is to invite the public to join the IT Competition sponsored by Convergys on June 9- 11, 2008 at the Sen. Jose C. Locsin Cultural and Civic Center, Silay City.

Participants must submit the draft of their entries at the IT Division, 3rd Floor, Silay City Hall to Mr. Jomar Pabuaya, IT Head.

For more information, please call 495-0928.

So join and avail of the cash prizes to be given to the lucky winners.


By: the I.T. Department, Silay City


Newsflash

Good news to all Silaynons and guests! Silay City Library is now wi-fi ready and is now accessible for anybody who wishes to surf the net using their own laptops, PCs and other IT gadgets within the range of the router at least 300 to 400 meters circumference

[JEFFjr_25]

Yes @Smile , am back here in SG. And still a bit disoriented. haaayyy... :) Btw, you never fail to impress us with our thread intro, as always. Our warm thanks my friend.

About this pic, were all the structures included in the Azotea urban development area ???
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Memories behind these photos:

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e262/freeman280/anton2.jpg?t=1211872822

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2105/2509516796_bc1104abaf.jpg?v=0

Thanks again @Smile, @BoyNegros, @Jasontt and @Postergirl for the wonderful time in Bacolod.:okay::okay:

[ngprofflorida]

Bacolod City gears for the 110th Philippine Independence Day celebration

BACOLOD CITY, May 28 (PNA) – Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes is Bacolod City’s guest of honor during the 110th Philippine Independence Day celebration here.

City councilor Alex Paglomutan, who was designated by Mayor Evelio Leonardia to chair the celebration, said the commemoration here will be colorful and memorable with both the government and private sector participating in the activity.

Reyes has been designated by the Malacañang to grace the celebration in Bacolod City where he is expected to join the wreath-laying ceremony for the unknown soldiers at the city plaza.

Paglomutan said there will be a civic military parade in the afternoon to be participated in by barangays, schools and the private sector.

A concert is also slated in the evening to cap the celebration.

Meantime, Mayor Leonardia enjoined the public, especially vehicle owners and those with commercial establishments, to display the Philippine flaglets from May 28–June 30, 2008. (PNA)

[neomind]

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The Most Livable City in the Philippines

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thank you zyanz for the pictures :)


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Love the Intro amigo, Seeing what Bacolod have become makes me really proud being a Bacoleño. Thank you very much.:banana:

[neomind]

Very nice.Pangfashion magazine ang shots.Any new outlet in SM City?

Ronnie's Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ronniediez/
To bad nasa Singapore na xa sbng, working abroad.

[neomind]

Looks familiar?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3042/2529834482_4123de1f58.jpg?v=0

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/berniemacksouthcentral/airport.jpg

the Photo of the Ghost in the New Bacolod Airport was Edited. I have a Copy of the Original File of the edited photo of the airport ghost with the masons. Using Photoshop, you can Actually see the properties of the picture, there is an info SOFTWARE: PHOTOSHOP 7.0,if it wasn't edited, it would just be blank. His camera is Canon EOS, I forgot what model specifically because I forgot the original photo at home, iupload ko tani together with this one, and another thing is that the photo that it was created is not the same as it was modified. For sure it was edited.

My friend said his brother George Pontino, Emailed Daily Star with regards to the ghost thing that It was fake, the Daily Star didn't replied.

[bacolodchamp]

hmmmm, i smell something fishy huh? the visayan daily star is owned by the leonardias and one of their own is the number proponent of the RBAM. bad....they'll do that dirty trick just to advance their own agenda. very selfish...:down:

[bacolodchamp]

Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Silay tops tourist arrivals in 2007
By Erwin Ambo S. Delilan

THE City of Silay in northern Negros topped various localities in the province for having the most number of tourist arrivals last year.

Records from the Provincial Tourism Office (PTO) revealed that Silay City, dubbed as the 'Paris of Negros,' has recorded a total of 120,300 domestic and foreign tourists, including overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and excursionists who visited the city from January to December 2007.

Silay is also famous for its Balay Negrense, Patag Mountain Resort and native delicacies such as fresh lumpia, empanada, buko pie, guapple pie, ensaymada, among others. It is also the home of the new Bacolod-Silay Airport, which boasts of international standards.

The City of Bago, well-known for its Buenos Aires Mountain Resort, followed with 83,850, while the town of Hinigaran and City of Escalante are in the third and fourth spots, respectively.

Hinigaran, known for its Canonoy Beach and tasty talaba, has recorded 60,043 tourists while Escalante City, known for its amazing caves and Jomabo Island Resort, got 49,754 visitors.

Kabankalan City, home to Mag-aso Falls and Balicaocao Mountain Resort, also got a total of 41,754 tourists while Sagay City, which boasts of Carbin Reef, has 47,258 tourists. Sipalay City, the 'Jeweled City' in the south, has recorded 34,989 tourist arrivals.

La Carlota City, famous for its Guintubdan Mountain Resort and Pasalamat Festival, has 32,414, followed by Cadiz City - 15,202; Pontevedra - 8,958; Murcia-6,235; Don Salvador Benedicto (DSB)- 4,499; Talisay City - 2,007; San Carlos City - 1,695 and Hinoba-an - 604.

Cadiz City is known for its dried fish and Lakawon Island Resort, Pontevedra for ECJ Farm, San Carlos for Pinta Flores Festival and Translink Highway, Hinoba-an for white and fine beaches, DSB for pinetree plantation and Malatan-og Falls, and Valladolid for the oldest Guadalupe Church and Humay-Humay Festival.

The localities of Bacolod, Victorias, Binalbagan, Calatrava, Candoni, Cauayan, EB Magalona, Ilog, Isabela, La Castellana, Moises Padilla, Manapla, Pulupandan, San Enrique and Toboso have no reports of tourist arrivals as of press time.

However, Bacolod, famous for its MassKara and Bacoloadiat festivals, and Mambukal Resort in Murcia, topped the list of Negros' localities with the most number of tourist arrivals last 2006.

Bacolod got 254,000 tourists while Mambukal has a share of 226,398.

The PTO is urging other local government units (LGUs) to file their reports on respective tourist arrivals so as to complete the province's comparative report from 2003 to 2007.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/05/28/bus/silay.tops.tourist.arrivals.in.2007.html

[bacolodchamp]

Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Tanpinco defends RP crown at home
By Henry C. Villalva

HOMEGROWN talent Anya Tanpinco aims to make it back-to-back starting today as she tries to use her familiarity with the Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club when the Philippine Amateur Golf Championship reels off.

Tanpinco, who defeated Sunshine Baraquiel of Southwoods en route to winning last year's crown in Iloilo, is picked as the player to beat in the race for top honors on the ladies side this year, in this centerpiece event that also features the cream of the country's men's amateur golfers.

Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo

Expected to give Tanpinco a run for top honors are her ICTSI teammates Chichero Ikeda, whom she defeated in last February's Southern Ladies Open at the Bacolod Golf and Country Club in Binitin, Murcia, as well as Louise Manalo, Irina Gabasa of Alta Vista,
Del Monte's Kristene Leonen and Cebu standouts Abby Olea and Lois Go.

On the men's side, Anthony Fernando is likewise gunning for a repeat but is expected to face tough opposition from DHL Open titlist Rufino Bayron as well as Cangolf frontliners Mark Fernando, Jessie Balasabas and Mario Labajo, among others.

The event is being held in honor of Negrense golfing great Luis 'Golem' Silverio and is sponsored by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), Yamaha Golf Car and Tanduay Distillers Inc. and also serves as part of the eliminations for members of the national pool from where members of the RP team for the World Amateurs and the Putra Cup would be named.

Expected to grace today's opening rites are National Golf Association of the Philippines (NGAP) president and DoTC Secretary Leandro Mendoza, Bacolod Rep. Monico Puentevella, PSC chairman William Ramirez and NOGCC president Epifanio Torre.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/05/28/sports/tanpinco.defends.rp.crown.at.home.html

[ngprofflorida]

Looks familiar?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3042/2529834482_4123de1f58.jpg?v=0

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/berniemacksouthcentral/airport.jpg

the Photo of the Ghost in the New Bacolod Airport was Edited. I have a Copy of the Original File of the edited photo of the airport ghost with the masons. Using Photoshop, you can Actually see the properties of the picture, there is an info SOFTWARE: PHOTOSHOP 7.0,if it wasn't edited, it would just be blank. His camera is Canon EOS, I forgot what model specifically because I forgot the original photo at home, iupload ko tani together with this one, and another thing is that the photo that it was created is not the same as it was modified. For sure it was edited.

My friend said his brother George Pontino, Emailed Daily Star with regards to the ghost thing that It was fake, the Daily Star didn't replied.


ang ghost na yan pangalan ay si Imelda, taken last halloween party......of course taga negros gid..... diin pa abi.

[bacolodchamp]

ang ghost na yan pangalan ay si Imelda, taken last halloween party......of course taga negros gid..... diin pa abi.

hahaha...imelda, the queen of ghosts (projects)....:lol::lol::lol:

[jmok]

WNU routs JPV in
Brgy. Handumanan
BY NIDA BUENAFE


The West Negros University Mustangs, recently-crowned Negros Basketball Association 2008 Mayor’s Cup Summer Basketball Tournament champions, continued their dominance over JPV squad with a 93-52 rout in a rematch Barangay Handumanan, Bacolod City, Sunday.

Playing without keymen Johnson Salazar, Mamerto Santillan, and Leo Bat-og, coach Oca Aquino’s JPV was simply not able to keep pace with the Mustangs who went on a rampage in the second half after taking the lead at halftime, 37-30.

Jeff Jacinto topscored the WNU with 18 points while NBA most valuable player Ely Olarte finished with 16 points.

Meanwhile, NBA president Oscar Bascon yesterday said he is happy to receive invitations for the top teams of the league to play out-of-town exhibition games.

After the game in Handumanan, where the teams and NBA officials received very good accommodations from the barangay officials led by captain Rick Danoy, Bascon said he is sending two other teams to Escalante City this week for an exhibition match.

“It only goes to show that Negrenses look up to the kind of game we play at the NBA and our players can inspire all aspiring cagers out there,” Bascon said.*NAB

source:visayandailystar.com

[ngprofflorida]

hahaha...imelda, the queen of ghosts (projects)....:lol::lol::lol:

you can tell nga fake gid, check their face, looks bigger....ay daily star you tried us to believed in ghost...... tell to our lola and lolo.:lol::lol::lol:

[habagatcentral1]

Looks familiar?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3042/2529834482_4123de1f58.jpg?v=0

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/berniemacksouthcentral/airport.jpg

the Photo of the Ghost in the New Bacolod Airport was Edited. I have a Copy of the Original File of the edited photo of the airport ghost with the masons. Using Photoshop, you can Actually see the properties of the picture, there is an info SOFTWARE: PHOTOSHOP 7.0,if it wasn't edited, it would just be blank. His camera is Canon EOS, I forgot what model specifically because I forgot the original photo at home, iupload ko tani together with this one, and another thing is that the photo that it was created is not the same as it was modified. For sure it was edited.

My friend said his brother George Pontino, Emailed Daily Star with regards to the ghost thing that It was fake, the Daily Star didn't replied.

@Neomind, what was their purpose why do they have to pull out such prank in a respectable news agency like the Visayan Daily Star? This is a classical example of yellow journalism.

Thanks for exposing the truth Neomind. :okay:

By the way, do some of its staff (or its management) are inclined with the Reopen Bacolod Airport Movement in Visayan Daily Star?

[bacolodchamp]

@Neomind, what was their purpose why do they have to pull out such prank in a respectable news agency like the Visayan Daily Star? This is a classical example of yellow journalism.

Thanks for exposing the truth Neomind. :okay:

By the way, do some of its staff (or its management) are inclined with the Reopen Bacolod Airport Movement in Visayan Daily Star?


one of their own migo is the number one proponent of the RBAM. i just don't wanna name names, for sure you know who's i'm referrring to. its just disgusting how they resort to this dirty trick just to advance whatever their agenda are...

yellow journalism? or shall we say "green" journalism...hehehe

[neomind]

@Neomind, what was their purpose why do they have to pull out such prank in a respectable news agency like the Visayan Daily Star? This is a classical example of yellow journalism.

Thanks for exposing the truth Neomind. :okay:

By the way, do some of its staff (or its management) are inclined with the Reopen Bacolod Airport Movement in Visayan Daily Star?

I'm not sure whats really their purpose, probably because they want to repoen the old airport. My friend who was working in Sun Star before emailed daily star that the photo was fake and even send this photo to them, he didn't received any reply from Daily Star.

[ngprofflorida]

http://www.active-construction.info/negros.htm

[habagatcentral1]

one of their own migo is the number one proponent of the RBAM. i just don't wanna name names, for sure you know who's i'm referrring to. its just disgusting how they resort to this dirty trick just to advance whatever their agenda are...

yellow journalism? or shall we say "green" journalism...hehehe

Green na lang, nyahaha!!! :D Pero in a way, IMO they are practicing "envelopmental journalism" in which they let their biases or ideas influence the way they treat news. Its a no-no to journalism ethics. :nono:

I'm not sure whats really their purpose, probably because they want to repoen the old airport. My friend who was working in Sun Star before emailed daily star that the photo was fake and even send this photo to them, he didn't received any reply from Daily Star.

Yeah, unfortunately this practice is so prevalent in local journalism. No response means they are possibly guilty of that crime. Anyway, I hope some local daily in Bacolod (of course other than Visayan Daily Star) would expose the fake photos.

[SUV111]

^^ are they that desperate to believe that everyone who read their paper will believe such lame idea? if i were them, i will hire someone to edit a photo and make it more believable...ka cheap sang ila gin ubra ya ha. daw basura. :) hahahahaha lets try negros daily or sunstar and expose this stuff! mayo na mahuy an ang daily star sa ila na binata bata na gina feature

[bacolodchamp]

^^ are they that desperate to believe that everyone who read their paper will believe such lame idea? if i were them, i will hire someone to edit a photo and make it more believable...ka cheap sang ila gin ubra ya ha. daw basura. :) hahahahaha lets try negros daily or sunstar and expose this stuff! mayo na mahuy an ang daily star sa ila na binata bata na gina feature

i hope somebody from their ranks reads this migo and if necessary, they'll make an erratum or something like that to save their face. i have nothing against the daily star as a matter of fact my day is not complete without reading it but as @habagatcentral said its "yellow journalism" which i prefer to call it "green journalism" (green being the color of you know who, hehehe) and this has to stop. :ohno:

[bacolodchamp]

Negrense food stars in film BY CARLA GOMEZ

http://www.visayandailystar.com/2008/May/28/pix/negrenses.jpg
Christian Vasquez, Angel Jacob, Dante Amaguin, Peque Gallaga and Dwight Gaston (l-r) in a scene from Namets!*

“It’s the most Negrense film that I have ever known.”

That is how Negrense director Jay Abello yesterday described the movie, “Namets!,” that he is currently filming in Negros Occidental.

The main character of the film is the food of Negros Occidental, it is filmed entirely in the province, more than 70 percent of its cast and crew are Negrenses, and the dialog is in Ilonggo, Abello said.

“Namets! is a colorful celebration of food as well as love, and the love of food above all, which is central to being Negrosanon, and being Filipino,” Palanca Award winner Vicente Groyon, who wrote the script, said.

“Every region in the Philippines has a cuisine unique to it, and the island of Negros is no exception. Forget your diet if you’re planning to visit – from piaya to chicken inasal to guapple pie to kinilaw, Negrosanon food is irresistible,” Groyon said.

Abello, who is from Silay City that is known for its many mouth-watering delicacies, said the film works at capturing how life revolves around food in Negros, and how it affects people’s lives.

Abello, who was shooting some of the scenes of the movie at the house of Millie Kilayko at Lizares Avenue in Bacolod City yesterday, said they were filming in places they normally could not afford to rent because Negrenses were allowing them to borrow their homes for free since the film is all about Negros.

Scenes of the movie have been shot in Isabela, Carbin Reef in Sagay City, Silay City and all over Bacolod City, he said.

Namets! follows the ongoing flirtation between Jacko (Christian Vasquez) and Cassie (Angel Jacob), two Negrense chefs who grew up in Bacolod, and whose lives revolve around food, Abello said.

Trouble starts when Jacko loses his Italian restaurant, Puccini’s, to a giant cockfighting debt. The moneylender Dolpo (renowned Negrense director Peque Gallaga) takes control of Puccini’s and hires Cassie as a consultant for a total restaurant makeover, Groyon said.

“Cassie re-visions Puccini’s into a place that serves traditional Negrosanon food, and we are treated to the full panorama of Negrosanon cuisine and the idiosyncrasies of Negrosanon eating. Along the way, Jacko and Cassie find time to finally fall in love and set aside their differences,” he added.

Namets! will premiere at the 2008 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, to be held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines from July 11 to 20, 2008. A weeklong screening at the University of the Philippines-Diliman Film Center follows, before a regular theatrical run in Metro Manila cinemas.

The film will have its Visayas premiere at the SM Cinema in Bacolod City in mid-August before going on a nationwide campus tour, Abello said.

The filmmakers will then take Namets! on the international film festival circuit, bringing a unique slice of Philippine life to cinema enthusiasts all over the world.

Namets! promises to be an important contribution to Philippine and Negrense cinema, and to the professionalization of filmmaking activity outside Metro Manila. It also reveals aspects of Philippine culture not often seen in our movies, Groyon said.

“Namets! is clearly a groundbreaking project, the likes of which have not been seen since Peque Gallaga’s Oro, Plata, Mata in the 1980s. It is a testament to the burgeoning filmmaking scene outside Metro Manila and proof of the vitality of Philippine independent cinema,” Groyon added.

The digital film is being produced with funding from Cinemalaya Foundation Inc., the National Center for Culture and the Arts, and the Film Development Council of the Philippines, as well as support from private donors, Abello said.

The cast includes actors with Bacolod roots, like Vasquez, Gallaga, Monsour del Rosario, Ronnie Lazaro and Dwight Gaston, among other local theatrical talent.

The production designer is RJ Lacson.

The production crew and creative staff were also sourced from various theatre groups and workshops in the province.

Cameo roles include special appearances by Negrense thespians and personalities including Michelle Gallaga, John Arceo, Andre Jalandoni, JM Rodriguez, Mel Yanson, Carmela Arcolas Gamboa, Madie Gallaga, Dennis Ascalon, Charlie Co, Jade Snow Dionson, Charles Hilado and Luis Zabalhaurregi, among many others.

It is amazing how everybody from our veteran theater and production people to our young crew are jelling, Abello said.

He said Jacob who is not a Negrense has adopted into her role so well, she speaks her Ilonggo lines like a native.

Her Ilonggo dialog was recorded, she loaded it on to her iPod and she began listening to it two months before filming began, and the result has been very good, Abello said.*CPG

http://www.visayandailystar.com/2008/May/28/topstory2.htm

[jaywalker]

Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Artists unite for worthy cause in exhibit

IN A show of unity for a very worthy cause, Arfien Forever! will gather artists from over 15 artists' groups in a benefit exhibit entitled One! at Gallery Orange, Lopue's Mandalagan Annex along Lacson Street, Bacolod City.

Arfien Forever! is a group of architects, artists, engineers, students and enthusiasts who have been influenced by the late Arch. Perfecto 'Petok' Marzoña and have banded together to pursue his passion in architecture, the arts and benevolence.

The membership of Arfien Forever! crosses vast social and economic boundaries and have individually impacted their respective areas of influence.

Collectors and avid art enthusiasts are invited to view the exhibit and bring home pieces that they will like. The pieces will be priced from P10,000 and below.

Artists from the Art Association of Bacolod-Negros, LCC's School of Architecture, Fine Arts & Interior Design, Arte Negrense, Association of Talisay Artists, Art Attack, Babaye, Black Artists in Asia, Bugkos, Guhit Pinoy, Kamarikutan Kape at Galeri, Pwersa Pintura, Pamilya Pintura, Third Eye and Arfien Forever! will be showing their works.

The exhibit will run from May 31 to June 14 at the Gallery Orange. The same exhibit will be displayed in other venues to be announced later.

[jaywalker]

one of their own migo is the number one proponent of the RBAM. i just don't wanna name names, for sure you know who's i'm referrring to. its just disgusting how they resort to this dirty trick just to advance whatever their agenda are...

yellow journalism? or shall we say "green" journalism...hehehe

^^ are they that desperate to believe that everyone who read their paper will believe such lame idea? if i were them, i will hire someone to edit a photo and make it more believable...ka cheap sang ila gin ubra ya ha. daw basura. :) hahahahaha lets try negros daily or sunstar and expose this stuff! mayo na mahuy an ang daily star sa ila na binata bata na gina feature

Wala gid nagdugay checkmate dayon.Thanks Neomind for showing the proof.
The moral of the story "Truth always previals!":lol: