Philippine National Heritage Watch [Archive] - Page 21

LordCarnal

May 17th, 2008, 05:40 PM

With the overwhelming support of the Cebu Provincial Gov't., lots of towns in Cebu are now establishing "heritage groups." The Cebu Archdiocesan Commission on the Cultural Heritage of the Church went to these towns to conduct seminars/trainings, etc.

Photos below: A seminar about Church Patrimony, History of Dalaguete Church, etc.. conducted at the San Guillermo del Hermitaño Church in Dalaguete, Cebu.

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PHOTOS BELOW: Detailed shots of DALAGUETE CHURCH

The church exteriors

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s223/arnold_carl/WordPress/Old_Churches/Dalaguete/08_dalaguete.jpg

The interiors

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s223/arnold_carl/WordPress/Old_Churches/Dalaguete/16_dalaguete.jpg

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The ceiling of the church was painted in 1935 with Biblical scenes by famous Cebuano artist Canuto Avila. He was also the same artist who painted the church ceilings in Bohol.

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s223/arnold_carl/WordPress/Old_Churches/Dalaguete/05_dalaguete.jpg

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Heavily damaged Pipe Organ

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This is the mechanism used to produce air for the pipe organ.

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Mechanism of the belltower's clock, eaten away through time by rust. The pendulum and weights are still there.

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s223/arnold_carl/WordPress/Old_Churches/Dalaguete/14_dalaguete.jpg

At the convent

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An organ at the convento, damaged through time

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LordCarnal

May 17th, 2008, 05:40 PM

BOB-bXu

May 17th, 2008, 06:29 PM

Here's a clipping from sunstar davao archives maybe this answers your query Bob if this is the same bank in the photo.

thanks Ibex:)

BOB-bXu

May 17th, 2008, 06:29 PM

Here's a clipping from sunstar davao archives maybe this answers your query Bob if this is the same bank in the photo.

thanks Ibex:)

overtureph

May 17th, 2008, 07:14 PM

Thats great news that their establishing heritage groups.

overtureph

May 17th, 2008, 07:14 PM

Thats great news that their establishing heritage groups.

bacolodchamp

May 18th, 2008, 03:00 AM

How about this, Industrial heritage that is well preserved and still being used for its original functions

The Iron Dinosaurs of Negros

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team Locomotives at Hawaiian Philippines Co. or known as “Iron Dinosaurs” are among the oldest in the world.

this one is from La Carlota City

http://www.wowphilippines.com.ph/images/Explore/province/35_2.jpg
http://www.wowphilippines.com.ph/images/Explore/province/35_2.jpg

alcogoodwin

May 18th, 2008, 04:26 AM

Las Estaciones Ferrocarril Manila-Dagupan
The management of the Philippine National Railroad as yet has not signified their intentions of retaining these structures prompting some local government particularly those of San Fernando in Pampanga to declare these stations as historic. But unfortunately not all-local officials are enlightened. With time fast ticking by and with the proposed revitalization not only a dream but also now a reality. The demolition of these stations is fast becoming a reality as well.

Hi,
I have heard many conflicting reports about the future of these structures through the Philippine Railways SIG.
Perhaps one should be approaching Northrail Corp, as opposed to PNR who have little to do with the Northrail rebuild despite retaining ownership of the land.
One assumes the Chinese have little interest in the important history of the MRR/PNR and would just like to get the project down and making a return on its investment.
Its a big ask, but interest needs to be raised and the government made to ensure that 'Northrail Corp' dosen't destroy all this.

Cheers
Brad

alcogoodwin

May 18th, 2008, 04:30 AM

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/391710284_a1ef968bd1.jpg?v=0

Whats the deal with this shot.
Is that a real locomotive under all that fountain junk or just a mock up?

Thanks
Brad

alcogoodwin

May 18th, 2008, 04:37 AM

^^

Thanks Ivan.. By the way, next to it once stood the Central Station of the Old Cebu Railroad. Wala na siya ngayon, a school and a mall now stands there.

The railroad too, I think, was destroyed during the war (or I read somewhere that it fell into decay after it was no longer patronized) although a "railroad bridge" still stands somewhere south of Cebu going to Carcar; I saw it when I was on my way south of Cebu around 10 years ago pa, :D I hope it's still there..

Cebu Central Station

http://philippinerailwayhistoricalsociety.blogspot.com/2008/04/where-is-it.html

Cheers
Brad

plmetzen

May 18th, 2008, 04:38 PM

plmetzen

May 18th, 2008, 04:38 PM

habagatcentral1

May 18th, 2008, 04:40 PM

http://mail.google.com/mail/?attid=0.1.0.1&disp=emb&view=att&th=119fc5e8fe518f66

habagatcentral1

May 18th, 2008, 04:40 PM

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LordCarnal

May 18th, 2008, 06:23 PM

^^

Hey thanks for the photo, allow me to post it in the Cebu Heritage Thread..

..

flesh_is_weak

May 18th, 2008, 06:43 PM

^^i thought that the old lumber store was the Central Station...

overtureph

May 19th, 2008, 02:53 AM

Hi overtureph,

I saw your photos and well I've been there before :) That's my friend's ancentral house somewhere in Batangas but I do remember seeing that Juan Luna painting which was donated by himself to the family. The place is quite stunning and yeah they are a nice family, sure hope to meet them again some day.

I have some photos from that place in which I'll try and search for it. We made fun of that big table because it was the place where we ate and it looked a lot like the last supper. The errie bed in which the grandmother died is still there, and those photos of those ladies wearing black was something about rebellion which was quite an interesting story.

Did you manage to take photos of the neighbouring houses too?

regards
Paolo

Hello Paolo,

I feel fortunate to have been given a tour of the house.

I think the 2 Luna paintings currently displayed are both reproductions. I forgot to ask as to the location of the original paintings.

I wasn't able to take photographs of the other old houses in Taal (Batangas) during this visit as it was already dark by that time.

Hopefully, one of these days you can join us in one of our trips.

Best regards,

Bogs

overtureph

May 19th, 2008, 02:53 AM

alcogoodwin

May 19th, 2008, 03:00 AM

^^

Hey thanks for the photo, allow me to post it in the Cebu Heritage Thread..

..

Go for it mate, thats fine.

BXU AngelC

May 19th, 2008, 05:14 AM

Here's a clipping from sunstar davao archives maybe this answers your query Bob if this is the same bank in the photo.

in short.. the bank is based on lianga ,surigao del sur...:)

BXU AngelC

May 19th, 2008, 05:14 AM

Here's a clipping from sunstar davao archives maybe this answers your query Bob if this is the same bank in the photo.

in short.. the bank is based on lianga ,surigao del sur...:)

BOB-bXu

May 19th, 2008, 06:10 AM

I guess today is the ground breaking of that Filinvest project out there in Baan?

BOB-bXu

May 19th, 2008, 06:10 AM

I guess today is the ground breaking of that Filinvest project out there in Baan?

yoncha789

May 19th, 2008, 10:06 AM

I guess today is the ground breaking of that Filinvest project out there in Baan?

is this the place along the high way with a new fence erected...

yoncha789

May 19th, 2008, 10:06 AM

I guess today is the ground breaking of that Filinvest project out there in Baan?

is this the place along the high way with a new fence erected...

Pinoy_ako

May 19th, 2008, 12:00 PM

^^

The 2 original paintings are in the original house, right next door.

Pinoy_ako

May 19th, 2008, 12:00 PM

^^

The 2 original paintings are in the original house, right next door.

Animo

May 19th, 2008, 06:02 PM

http://media1.pioneerlocal.com/multimedia/dc-cleland-050808-p1_pp_feed_20080513_12_24_29_84-0-0.imageContent
http://media1.pioneerlocal.com/multimedia/dc-cleland-051508-p2_pp_feed_20080513_12_24_19_79-0-0.imageContent

By MYRNA PETLICKI Contributor (http://www.pioneerlocal.com/parkridge/entertainment/946833,dc-cleland-051508-s1.article)

James Edward Cleland didn't visit the San Pablo Apostol de Cabagan Church until 2006, but the Lincolnwood resident has spent a decade trying to save the historic Philippines edifice. He is hoping to attract interest in that cause with his first book, "The Silent Sentinel" (AuthorHouse, 2008; thesilentsentinal.com), which tells the architectural importance of the structure, as well as its significance to the history and people of the town in which it is located.

Cleland first became interested in the 300-year-old church after his wife, Natividad, visited her family in the Philippines in the late '90s. "I was looking over the photographs she had taken and I noticed the church, which immediately evoked the Spanish Southwest in the U.S., and I was intrigued with it," said Cleland. "I had forgotten that the colonial period in the Philippines was so heavily imbued with Spanish culture. I fell in love with it from that moment on."

It was a natural attraction for Cleland, who has taught architecture and design at Loyola Academy in Wilmette for 20 years and serves at the faculty moderator for the school's chapter of the American Institute of Architecture Students.

Cleland noted that even though he didn't see the church in person until he was well into his research, the parish priest sent him several hundred pictures of the building.

His initial impression of the church was that "It was very much as the Alamo would have been in the 1860s. It was crying out to be saved and nobody was saving it." Cleland added that because the building is constructed of "nothing fancier than dried earth and stone, it can easily be rebuilt."

It wasn't only the architecture that inspired Cleland's efforts to help raise funds for restoration. "There's a very close intimacy of the people with the church," he reported.

Cleland's wife can attest to that. "I grew up with it. I went there ever since I was a child," Natividad said. She added that the church is very important to her parents. "It's the oldest church in our place and they adore it. It's huge and a very impressive church. If possible, the people back home want to preserve the church and they're trying hard to raise money to rebuild the church."

"Eight generations of forefathers and foremothers were born there, were baptized there, were married there and are buried there," Cleland said. "They're actually buried across the national highway in an area about one mile west of [the church] in an above-ground burial area because they're in the flood plains of the Cagayan River."

In addition to its location in a flood plain, the church is also threatened by being in an earthquake zone. And it is located in one of the most impoverished areas of the Philippines.

Currently, only the quarter of the sanctuary nearest to the altar is used. "They made a makeshift cover out of sheet metal," Cleland said. "They reinforced it in 1995 with a modernist touch which waterproofs that quarter of the sanctuary. But there's still three-quarters of it that lies open to nature."

Cleland's extensive research process for his book began in 2000 with his reading everything he could locate in English on Philippine history. After three years, he hired a Spanish language expert to assist him in culling data from literature in that language. "Then several of my friends and associates who are Filipino would do the Philippine translations," Cleland said.

The scholarly book contains over 50 pages of sources and bibliographic details.

Cleland said that he wrote "The Silent Sentinel" for two reasons. "I want to save [the church], and I want to be part of the very fledgling Filipino architectural preservation movement. There are other churches in the Cagayan Valley which are just about as old and certainly very beautiful, too, and I plan on doing a lot more research on those in years to come. They are jewels that the world doesn't know about."

Animo

May 19th, 2008, 06:02 PM

overtureph

May 20th, 2008, 12:11 AM

^^Great article, encouraging for heritage conservation. And it took a foreigner to bring this to light and public attention.

overtureph

May 20th, 2008, 12:11 AM

^^Great article, encouraging for heritage conservation. And it took a foreigner to bring this to light and public attention.

overtureph

May 20th, 2008, 08:08 AM

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THE MAIN sala of the Museo De La Salle, decorated in the late Spanish colonial period style, today a repository of the finest 19th- and 20th-century Filipina decorative arts.

WEEKEND DESTINATION
‘I like my 19th century fresh’

Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:36:00 05/18/2008

MANILA, Philippines - I like my 19th century fresh.” Joey Panlilio was rephrasing the famous line of fashion giant Karl Lagerfeld who was explaining in one interview his fuss and fascination with his mansion in Montecarlo.

Panlilio, a hardline advocate of heritage and conservation, doesn’t have his own mansion to speak of. What he has is perhaps even better. As executive director of Museo De La Salle, he has the ambitious task of the maintenance and growth of what is arguably the biggest lifestyle museum in the country-biggest in terms of size and bequeathed acquisitions.

The light showers had just cooled that humid October day last year, when the Museo held La Naval procession. The intermittent rain didn’t dampen the candlelit procession that brought the resplendent carroza bearing Nuestra Señora del Santissimo Rosario de La Naval around the Museo. In fact the fine-as-needle rain was like a gauze curtain through which you glimpsed the tableau of a procession as it slowly went past the aged trees around the Museo. As the endless threads of candlelight stirred in the dark, you felt as if you were sneaking a peek into a past long gone—an intruder into a century of genteel lifestyle, elaborate rites and pious devotion to the Virgin.

That night, true to his word of keeping the 19th century “fresh,” Panlilio replicated that tradition for his 21st century guests on a 21st century harried pace. We say harried because many of the guests were caught up in traffic, and a few, like us, had to leave shortly for Makati because it was a busy Friday evening.

But for that ethereal moment, the Virgin of La Naval had the limelight all to herself, on that all-white carroza covered with pristine white blossoms and glistening silver accents. It was her coming-out event in a way, her image recently retrieved from the Santos Joven-Panlilio’s ancestral home that was buried in lahar in Bacolor, Pampanga. (The image has been with the family since the 18th century.)

The vast two-story Museo De La Salle is an act of both retrieval, conservation, and as we learned from Bro. Andrew Gonzalez’s message of 2003—an act of “letting go.”

Today marks the anniversary of the cornerstone laying in 1998.

Now on its eighth year, it draws foreign and local tourists to the nearly 30-hectare campus of De La Salle University in Dasmariñas, Cavite, a 45-minute drive from Makati. Indeed it is a good weekend destination. (Museo is open Tuesdays to Saturdays, and by appointment, on Sundays.)

A reproduction (in liberal terms) of the 19th century Filipino “bahay na bato,” the Museo has the architecture details, furniture, home accents and art objects of a 19th century Christian home.

Today there’s a café on the ground floor where guests can dine overlooking the garden, and upstairs an azotea where they can have merienda amid the scent of sampaguita or champaca.

The garden, now available for wedding receptions and other events, has old Philippine trees and flowering plants.

As many know now, the Museo was the vision of Brother Gonzalez, FSC. When De La Salle opened its college in Cavite, Brother Gonzalez knew that to build a community, the La Salle Brothers had to go beyond academics and science, and into sports and culture. Having built the Palaruang De La Salle gym, he shifted his focus to building a church, reminiscent of medieval villages where the church would be the center of settlement. Even then the De La Salle community had already patterned its 28 hectares after the Hispanic “pueblo” in the style of Vigan and Intramuros—with “puertas” along the old Aguinaldo highway.

Pinatubo

Then came the Mt. Pinatubo eruption in 1991 and in 1994, the lahar that buried towns of Pampanga, among them the historic and culture-rich Bacolor.

“God works in mysterious ways. We need to discern the signs of the times, see His finger writing on the wall…” Bro. Gonzalez said in his message at the Museo blessing in 2000. “The museum we are dedicating is a product of boldness, chance, risk-taking, but likewise vision and faith.”

Lahar buried Bacolor, its houses and its priceless heirloom pieces, including those in the ancestral home of the Santos Joven-Panlilios. “I suggested to him [Jose Ricardo or ‘Joey,’ a son of the Panlilios] my dream of building a 19th century Philippine Spanish house on the Cavite campus,” Brother Gonzalez recalled in his message. “My idea was to retrieve the work in Bacolor, dig up what could be spared, provide the Panlilio family a repository of their collection…”

With the full support of the entire De La Salle community led by Bro. Roly Dizon, the museum was built. Major remnants of the Santos Joven-Panlilio home—from the house parts to the colonial furniture—were incorporated in the Museo.

Christian heritage

Also behind the Museo, aside from Brothers Gonzalez and Dizon, were Bro. Armin Luistro, FSC, Bro. Edmundo Fernandez, FSC, Bro. Gus Boquer, FSC, president of DLSU Dasmarinas; Dr. Carmelita Quebengco, and Bro. Manuel Pajarillo, FSC.

Brother Gonzalez explained in his 2000 message, “My dream is to make this corner of Cavite and the province a place where Christian heritage will be maintained to give the present and the future generations of students a feel for the rich past that Joey and I experienced as young people growing up in the post-War; living the liturgical cycle of the calendar with its observance of Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter done with traditional processions and celebrations…”

In time the Museo became the repository of family heirlooms, including furniture, donated or lent for long-term display by some leading collectors, notably Marie Theresa Lammoglia-Virata, Paulino and Hetty Que, Vicky Vizcarra Amalingan, Jaime Laya, Fe Sarmiento-Panlilio.

In 2003 came the biggest turnover to the Museo from a family—the Philippine lifestyle collection of Domingo and Carmen Guevara. The collection consisted of about 700 objects collected through the decades by the industrialist and his wife-from furniture to indigenous fabrics, photographs.

Letting go

Brother Gonzalez himself donated his clan’s heirloom possessions—those of the Arnedo-Gonzalez family of Sulipan, Apalit, Pampanga.

At the turnover rites in 2003, Brother Gonzalez titled his remarks “The Fine Art of Letting Go”—an articulation that bore a mix of exhilaration (over the process of acquiring fine objects), melancholia and ultimately, acceptance and humility in the face of mortality.

His words of wisdom: “The joy in the process of acquiring, exchanging, purchasing, completing a collection and then displaying it for optimal benefit of those interested in the field is often more important than the acquisition activities themselves. What happens then when one has had this fulfillment and one is in the process of slowing down and inevitably facing the prospect of mortality?”

He said that one inevitably realized that institutions—more than families and heirs—have greater chances of passing these culture objects down the generations.

Brother Gonzalez talked of his own separation from the family heirlooms: “Having gone through a similar experience with our own family’s modest collection, so painstakingly collected by my grandparents and parents, I built up some of the collection not much in furniture but in crystal and silver, and now in the last phase of my life realize that I must let go and let go graciously, to the point of making it a fine art.”

Indeed the Museo is both a retrieval of the past, and relinquishing of it. It is man’s surrender to time.
TSS

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overtureph

May 20th, 2008, 08:08 AM

habagatcentral1

May 21st, 2008, 06:32 PM

Here's our activity in today's Heritage Month celebration of our country:

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habagatcentral1

May 21st, 2008, 06:32 PM

overtureph

May 21st, 2008, 08:50 PM

What happened to the structure, I think it was a sports complex that was constructed near the walls of Intramuros? Did it push through? It doesn't seem that Barber's was sacked or sanctioned for it. He appeared in a tv commercial promoting tourism.

overtureph

May 21st, 2008, 08:50 PM

richard24

May 22nd, 2008, 03:57 PM

sorry for the quality., this is the carriedo fountain located inside the LWUA-MWSS complex in balara. :)

http://i28.tinypic.com/2u4nhhz.jpg

at least it looks a thousand times better than that glammed-up birthday cake in binondo.

richard24

May 22nd, 2008, 03:57 PM

LordCarnal

May 22nd, 2008, 04:07 PM

LordCarnal

May 22nd, 2008, 04:07 PM

LordCarnal

May 22nd, 2008, 04:10 PM

Regarding why the National Museum looks like a chiffon cake, was able to talk with Engr. Abinion (?) of the National Museum a while ago and he said that when they scraped the then white paint of the building they found a layer that was not white but rather somewhat flesh/yellowish.

I think that was really its original color when it was built during the American colonial period. A perfect example that we can give is the Cebu Normal University whose architecture is similar to the National Museum but the color of the paint is yellowish.

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s223/arnold_carl/manila/acfs_aknas24.jpg

for comparison.. Cebu Normal School building built in the early 1900s..

http://cebuheritage.files.wordpress.com/2006/12/cnu_new02.jpe

LordCarnal

May 22nd, 2008, 04:10 PM

Sinjin P.

May 22nd, 2008, 04:25 PM

The Fort San Pedro in Cebu will soon be inscribed in NCCA's list of national cultural treasures.. :okay:

Tomorrow, some officials from the National Museum will meet with the Cebu City Vice Mayor..

:banana:

What qualifications have to be met for one to be inscribed in the list of national cultural treasures?

Sinjin P.

May 22nd, 2008, 04:25 PM

LordCarnal

May 22nd, 2008, 04:54 PM

^^

uniqueness among all other structures would be one of the criteria. tapos aside from that of course, there should have been no modifications like what was done in Argao church where the retablo was painted with gold and some Capilla Posas demolished. Sayang, according to Ricky Jose's book Simbahan, Argao is the only church in the country with a "capilla posa" daw... so surely it might have been included in the list too if it weren't touched.

Boljoon Church is the only one in our province that's included in the list.

LordCarnal

May 22nd, 2008, 04:54 PM

BOB-bXu

May 22nd, 2008, 05:08 PM

FSUU Archbishop Carmelo D.F. Morelos Campus Now Opens at Libertad,
Butuan City

By: Jess Anthony S. Atup

The biggest Basic Education Campus in the Region opens in Libertad,
Butuan City. The Archbishop Carmelo D.F. Morelos Campus will house
the preparatory school, elementary and secondary education of Father
Saturnino Urios University effective June 2008.

The campus which is situated just 500 meters away from the national
highway is named after Archbishop Carmelo D.F. Morelos, the first
Filipino appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Butuan who served as
Chairman of the Board of Trustees immediately after Urios College was
registered and recognized by Securities and Exchange Commission its
Certificate of Incorporation; and whose invaluable service for almost
three decades laid the foundations for the school's long term
development program that culminated in the granting of the
university status in 2006.

The Harmony of Campus

Father Saturnino Urios University new campus's architectural
design is a blend of intelligent engineering with significant marks
of Butuanon history that carves a careful modern architectural design
structured to respond to the necessities of today and the
requirements of every university student. The school's design
resembles that of a sea and the historic Balanghai boat. Its state-
of-the-art facade sets a warm welcoming ambiance to everyone. The
campus also offers a beautiful panoramic view of Mt. Mayapay on a
clear day.

Concretes that Rise From the Dead Earth

There are two phases of the campus. The first phase includes:
the grade school building, the high school building, the gymnasium,
medical/dental clinic, chapel and canteen. The phase two is composed
of the Science building, Faculty building, Administration building,
Instructional Media Center, HELE Practice building, Industrial Arts
building and the Computer Laboratory building. These buildings are
unified in structure and design vital for their functional purposes.

The 14 new buildings constructed in a 3.48 hectares land area
add new vibrancy to FSUU's core academic environment. The three
storey high school building with floor area of 3,156 sq.m. and grade
school building with floor area of 2,838.20 sq.m. are all made of
concrete, steel and glass structures. There are 24 international
standard classroom units available for the former and another 24
classroom units of the same standard for the latter plus one air-
conditioned playroom for nursery pupils. Inside are furnished with
arm chairs, whiteboards, blackboards and a crucifix mounted right on
top of the blackboard, a constant reminder of the Christian formation
the institution provides. These pastel colored classrooms are well
ventilated with insulators installed in the roof to resist direct
heat from the sun. The buildings have metal and aluminum solar
screens that help maintain optimal ambient temperature without need
for air-conditioning .

Stainless steel rain eaves were also mounted to prevent students from
getting wet while walking along the corridors. The grade school
building aside from its wide stairs on both ends also has spacious
hallways with metal railings. In addition to such convenience,
lockers are mounted for the convenience of students.

A covered walkway is provided that runs through the whole
campus of which need not to worry from the direct heat of the sun or
from getting wet on a rainy day. It starts from the very moment
the students step off from their service vehicles and stretches down
to the buildings .

A parking area inside the campus is available that can accommodate 50
cars excluding the 4.5 meters offset space outside the gates which
can also be used as parking space. Car stickers as entry permits are
required to enter the campus for security reasons.

As one walks through the entry canopy, one sees right away the Data
Administration Office, Cashier, Registrar, Administrative and Faculty
buildings that were put up for better customer services. Next to
these buildings is the medical/dental clinic which is strategically
situated near the quadrangle . As one moves farther, one can find
the artistically designed open chapel made of castle stones and
special Banawe roof design- a significant sight.

One of the best features of Carmelo D.F. Morelos Campus is the two
storey Instructional Media Center which is composed of the 232
sitting capacity audio visual room with cushion theater seats that
uses advanced technology equipment, sophisticated computer assisted
speech laboratory and a comfortable library.

The Gymnasium can accommodate close to 3000 people. It has two
basketball courts and two volleyball courts convertible into
badminton courts. The gymn uses motor type exhaust fans; thus, it
gives not only good ventilation but also a noise free atmosphere.

Another building from phase II is the Computer Building that is made
up of two computer rooms with one student is to one computer ratio.
Next is the Home Economics Building that gives the students an
experience of the basic amenities of an ideal home. Its "sense of
place"' architectural design allows one to rediscover the best
features of a home like living room and dining area. It also has two
bedrooms open for visitors of the university. The school's
Industrial Center is composed of three divisions namely: carpentry,
industrial arts room and internet laboratory.

There is no need to pick up the kids for lunch .Busy and
budget conscious parents can let their children choose from the
hand reach nutritious and affordable food available at the canteen
or bring their home prepared lunch box thus allowing them to save
time in preparing their food without jeopardizing the health of their
children. The 923 sq.m. Canteen has well painted interior and
exterior surfaces, four concessionaires, colorful chairs and steel
tables that could seat 300 persons . The bookstore is also found at
the same building where students can purchase P.E. uniforms , school
supplies and book needs.

Technological Features

The academe works in a paperless environment. Almost all of the transactions such as the enrollment system of the university are
electronic. A Motorolla Point to Point Wireless Ethernet Bridge placed above the canopy of the high school building facilitates as an Access Point to the main campus's backhaul for a faster and more efficient wireless information exchange. And instead of the usual bulletin boards, three big electronic screens are distributed at the entrance canopy, high school building and canteen for more convenient and efficient information dissemination.

On Security

All three automated gates are centralized and controlled in the guard
house positioned strategically that keepers can visibly see all
incoming and outgoing vehicles and visitors. The 2.4 meter tall wall
that surrounds the whole campus is installed with perimeter lights
that make the campus visible even during the night. Not to mention
the presence of 24 hour on duty and roving security guards.

To create a secure environment , surveillance cameras are installed
in different areas to monitor the children until they leave for home
after the day's learning experiences. Parents are basically worry-
free from the very moment they leave their children in school at six
forty-five in the morning and by the time they fetch them at five
o'clock in the afternoon.

Fire Protection

The FSUU new campus has a well designed contingency plan in cases of
fire. The school satisfied the requirements stipulated in the
statute in terms of fire protection. Fire extinguishers with fire
hose cabinets are made available in every floor of all the buildings
especially in the grade school and high school buildings. And
because the campus uses the wet type, every hose already has water
supply coming from the fire irrigation tank that can hold 85,000
gallons of water. Fire pumps and jockey pumps are also installed to
supply water and to maintain constant pressure to the fire protection
pipes with 150 pound per square inch.

The fire alarm is synchronized and a centralized school bells are
provided. The alarms automatically register from which area of the
campus the fire is first seen. Fire lanes were also intelligently
included in the design making it possible for fire trucks to run
through the whole campus.

On sanitation and irrigation

Every building and every floor is provided with separate comfort
rooms for boys and girls with sufficient water supply of 40-60 pound
per square inch (psi). Underground storm and drainage lines were
also made to assure a negative flood possibility.

The site has two tanks that can hold 85,000 gallons of water each.
One is an aboveground water tank that stores potable drinking water
needed to supply the two drinking fountains found on each floor of
the grade school and high school buildings and the other is a
belowground irrigation tank as reserve in cases of fire and for any
other purposes like watering the greens.

The Spaces Between

Open spaces are left within the academe that can serve for
multiple purposes such as social and educational functions. Further,
they promote chance encounters among people inside the community that
enriches not only campus life, but also comprise a fundamental part
of the learning process. Endangered species of trees endemic of
Butuan will be planted within the campus to provide a quiet, relaxing
retreat from the active pace of university life. And a one hectare open field at the back of the basic education buildings will also be utilized for future expansions so is with the 3 more hectares of land
area in front of the campus.

Behind the Blueprint

The construction teams of the Libertad campus are all Manila based
with JITS Construction Corporation . Engr. Nemesio C. Alvior of NCA
Engineering Consultancy, the Project Manager and Structural Engineer
made into reality the designs of Architect Renato O. Martinez.

The University President, Rev. Fr. John Christian U. Young, and The
Vice-President for Academic and Student Affairs, Rev. Fr.
Chito "kits" G. Butardo with the mandate from the Board of
Trustees of FSUU spearheaded the creation of the FSUU Archbishop
Carmelo D.F. Morelos Campus.

Starting June 2008, the new campus will continue to form the new
breed of Urian students through the headship of Ms. Bernadette
Lourdes V. Sanchez as the first Principal of the University Basic
Education .Even with this huge investment for this new state- of-the- art infrastructure, FSUU poses NO TUITION FEE INCREASE this year.

Urians believe that FSUU is a place where education means becoming
the best of what you are and what you can be. And with the standard
university quality education reinforced with its new academic
environment, the young Urians will truly let their light shine!

BOB-bXu

May 22nd, 2008, 05:08 PM

LordCarnal

May 22nd, 2008, 05:12 PM

Last week, May 15-16, a seminar and workshop on museums and conservation was conducted by the Cebu Provincial Government which was attended by representatives from the municipalities in Cebu. The attendees brought with them artifacts to measure and to practice accessioning, proper conservation/handling, etc.

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In May 18, members and officers of the newly formed heritage council in Dalaguete Parish were formally installed by Bishop Julito Cortes, chairman of the CBCP Episcopal Committee for the Cultural Heritage of the Church.

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The following days later, a forum on museums and conservation was conducted by the Visayas Association of Museums and Guides, Inc. (VAMGI) which were attended by representatives from Cebu and Bohol. The seminar culminated with a tour of different museums in Cebu.

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LordCarnal

May 22nd, 2008, 05:12 PM

BOB-bXu

May 22nd, 2008, 05:30 PM

bridge again...
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hopefully the government can install high beam halogen flood lights to illuminate the bridge tower...it would be such a majestic sight to behold at night :)

BOB-bXu

May 22nd, 2008, 05:30 PM

BOB-bXu

May 22nd, 2008, 05:33 PM

BOB-bXu

May 22nd, 2008, 05:33 PM

ph_matrix

May 22nd, 2008, 05:44 PM

^^ i hope dyan n e held yong next alumni home coming para sali ako. :cheers:

ph_matrix

May 22nd, 2008, 05:44 PM

^^ i hope dyan n e held yong next alumni home coming para sali ako. :cheers:

overtureph

May 23rd, 2008, 09:57 AM

How we treat, show importance and view our history and heritage!

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LIGHTS OUT The museum of the Armed Forces of the Philippines has been in darkness the past year; its exhibits, like the rayadillo uniform which Emilio Aguinaldo wore during the 1898 Revolution, are turning moldy. In the stockroom (above), things go bump in the endless night. RAFFY LERMA

AFP museum relics wasting in the dark

By Nikko Dizon
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:54:00 05/23/2008

MANILA, Philippines—For a year now, the museum of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has gone without enough electricity to keep it well-lit and air-conditioned, endangering priceless artifacts like Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo’s uniform and hand-written letters of Apolinario Mabini.

The problem has yet to be fixed since a transformer outside Camp Aguinaldo’s AFP Theater, the building that houses the museum, broke down amid heavy rains on May 22, 2007, the Philippine Daily Inquirer (parent company of INQUIRER.net) learned Thursday.

Lighting inside the museum was partially restored in October by tapping into the power lines meant for the theater proper, but this temporary solution was not enough to run the museum’s air-conditioning system as well.

“You can now smell the molds,” museum administrator Elizabeth Dapiton said in an interview. Formerly employed at the Metropolitan Museum, Dapiton began working at the AFP Museum in July last year.

She recalled being assaulted by the stuffy air the moment she stepped inside the military museum on her first day at work. Dapiton wondered aloud what had been keeping the AFP from having the busted transformer replaced.

Molds and fungi

Without temperature controls, Dapiton and staff have since been waging a war against molds and fungi that threaten to eat away at the museum’s fragile collection.

Despite keeping a regular schedule wiping and dusting the pieces clean, the staff just can’t stem the growth of molds which thrive in warm, damp areas, Dapiton explained.

“Our displays and the paintings are in danger. Most have fungi on them and [to think] these are valuable pieces,” said retired Police Director Rufino Ibay Jr., president of the AFP Museum and Historical Library Foundation Inc.

Prized exhibits

Among the prized items on display is the rayadillo uniform that was worn in battle by General Aguinaldo, the country’s first President and leader of the 1898 Revolution against Spain.

Aguinaldo, who passed away in 1964 at age 95, donated the uniform to the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) in December 1959. The PMA later turned it over to the AFP Museum.

The museum also features authenticated, handwritten letters of Mabini, the “Sublime Paralytic” who served as Aguinaldo’s chief adviser. The letters are on loan from former Tarlac Gov. Margarita “Tingting” Cojuangco.

An 1899 letter on display has Mabini complaining to Aguinaldo about the “abusive manner” displayed by one of his generals, Antonio Luna.

Dioramas

Also on exhibit are vintage weaponry and other military hardware, field uniforms, documents and photographs that retrace the evolution of Philippine soldiery since pre-colonial times.

Dioramas also feature the military’s decades-old campaign against communist insurgents and Moro separatists. The two-story museum also has specialized exhibits depicting the AFP’s three major services—the Army, Navy and Air Force.

Conceptualized in 1992, the museum was completed three years later during the administration of President Fidel Ramos. It now has an entire section featuring memorabilia from Ramos’ military and political career.

Because of the power outage, however, Ramos’ blue golf cap, which bears the presidential seal, is now almost completely coated with mold.

‘Snowing in Mindanao’

A museum staff member showed the Inquirer a diorama of the AFP’s Mindanao campaign and said: “Look, it’s snowing,” referring to the white powdery growth covering the figurines.

Lt. Col. Ernesto Torres, the recently appointed AFP spokesperson, sounded surprised when told of the year-long brownout at the museum. Torres said he would take up the matter with higher-ups.

Rechargeable lamps

Dapiton recalled that when the museum had not yet tapped into the theater’s power supply, tours were still being conducted—thanks to rechargeable lamps.

“Visitors insisted on coming in even after being told that we didn’t have power. But the lack of air-conditioning really discourages visitors now,” she said.

The museum relies on both government funding and private donations, and also charges a minimal entrance fee of P5 to P20 per visitor.

No walk-in visitors

Dapiton said the museum’s earnings would normally peak between July and November, when schools include it in their educational field trips.

But rarely does the museum get “walk-in” visitors, or those who are not on organized tours, probably because it’s “out of the way” for most tourists who may not have the patience to undergo several security checks inside a military camp, she said.

Ibay sadly observed that “very few” AFP personnel had checked out the museum together with their families in their spare time, considering that many of them live right inside Camp Aguinaldo.

Once, a group of military officers toured the museum as part of their “training,” but their commander told them that they only had “five minutes” to go around, another staffer told the Inquirer.

“We still haven’t inculcated in people the value of a museum and of history,” Ibay said. “The pieces here reflect [our soldier’s] heroism and accomplishments in the field.”

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

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080523-138273/AFP-museum-relics-wasting-in-the-dark

overtureph

May 23rd, 2008, 09:57 AM

IndioBravo

May 23rd, 2008, 10:37 PM

:ohno:Another bad news for our already endangered culture.

IndioBravo

May 23rd, 2008, 10:37 PM

:ohno:Another bad news for our already endangered culture.

BOB-bXu

May 24th, 2008, 07:06 AM

^^ i hope dyan n e held yong next alumni home coming para sali ako. :cheers:

i-enrol mo na mga anak mo dito FSUU ph:)^^

latest pics....almost done^^

FSUU, Bishop Morelos Campus, Ambago, Butuan

sample pics
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BOB-bXu

May 24th, 2008, 07:06 AM

LordCarnal

May 24th, 2008, 08:48 AM

GABII SA KABILIN
(A Night of Heritage)

May 30, 2008, 6 p.m. to 12 midnight

This coming Friday May 30, 2008 from 6 p.m. until 12 midnight, one will be able to visit five museums in Cebu City for just a single ticket worth P100. Aside from that, there will be tartanillas stationed at each museum that will bring you to all the participating museums for just a one time fee of P50.

The event dubbed as “Gabii sa Kabilin (A Night of Heritage)” aims to boost the public’s awareness about the museums in Cebu City in order for them to be able to appreciate history and heritage. It also coincides with the Heritage Month celebrated throughout the month of May.

Security assistance at the museums will be handled by the City Tourist Police (CTP) while traffic order for the tartanillas along the route will be taken cared of by CITOM.

One may buy the tickets at any of the participating museums on the day of the event itself.

Below are the museums that will be participting in the Gabii sa Kabilin:

1.) Fort San Pedro

- A tri-bastion Spanish military fort that is the smallest in the country. This structure will soon be inscribed in the National Commission for the Culture and the Arts (NCCA) list of national cultural treasures according to Engineer Abinion of the National Museum. The National Museum itself operates a museum there showcasing some artifacts from the San Diego wreck which was found off Manila Bay. The San Diego was a galleon that was built in Cebu and was used for the Manila galleon trade which once plied between Manila and Acapulco in Mexico during the Spanish colonial times.

2.) Basilica Minore del Santo Niño Museum

- Contains past vestments of the image of the Sto. Niño de Cebu with some dating back to the Spanish era. Other displays include old documents and books, history of the Basilica and the finding of the image of the Sto. Niño de Cebu and its devotion, church accouterments, religious icons, archaeological finds, etc.

3.) The Cathedral Museum of Cebu

- An ecclesiastical museum of the Archdiocese of Cebu that contains some memorabilia of Ricardo Cardinal Vidal and Julio Cardinal Rosales, text panels detailing the history of Christianity in the Philippines, an old panoramic photo of the Cathedral and its environs, old books and documents, religious icons made of wood and ivory, church accouterments, etc.

4.) Yap-Sandiego House

- Though not yet officially open as a museum on ordinary days, the house is open during special events and occasions. It is basically a lifestyle museum that features old furnitures, chinaware, and other fixtures that gives one a picture of what a typical Pari-an household was during the Spanish era. The house is located in Pari-an, a district where Chinese-Filipinos and other prominent personalities of the city once lived.

5.) Casa Gorordo

- A house built by Alejandro Reynes and bought by the Gorordo Family. A scion of the family, Juan Gorordo, became the first Filipino Bishop of Cebu. The house is now a lifestyle museum showcasing the Gorordo household.

//acfs

LordCarnal

May 24th, 2008, 08:48 AM

BOB-bXu

May 24th, 2008, 01:08 PM

Mandaue Foam Bldg., JC Aquino

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BOB-bXu

May 24th, 2008, 01:08 PM

Mandaue Foam Bldg., JC Aquino

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BOB-bXu

May 25th, 2008, 06:19 AM

New Subdivisions under construction in Villa Kanangga^^

Inglewood Realty & Dev't. Corp.
1. Monte Vista Villas

VCDU Realty Corporation
1. Pines Mansion
2. Princess Homes I
3. Princess Homes II
4. Cinderella South Villa II

BOB-bXu

May 25th, 2008, 06:19 AM

BXU AngelC

May 25th, 2008, 09:52 AM

i-enrol mo na mga anak mo dito FSUU ph:)^^

latest pics....almost done^^

FSUU, Bishop Morelos Campus, Ambago, Butuan

sample pics
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j97/boybleauxx/FSUU.jpg?t=1211626369

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j97/boybleauxx/FSUU1.jpg?t=1211626407

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j97/boybleauxx/FSUU2.jpg?t=1211626441

superb infrastructure...:lol:

BXU AngelC

May 25th, 2008, 09:52 AM

BOB-bXu

May 26th, 2008, 06:17 AM

The center islands of Montilla Blvd. had a face lift and re painting...this time with much ethnic tones of bright red, yellow and dark maroon...Manobo inspired^^^^

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BOB-bXu

May 26th, 2008, 06:17 AM

BOB-bXu

May 26th, 2008, 06:52 AM

bahay at bigas

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BOB-bXu

May 26th, 2008, 06:52 AM

bahay at bigas

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habagatcentral1

May 26th, 2008, 10:38 AM

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habagatcentral1

May 26th, 2008, 10:38 AM

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BOB-bXu

May 26th, 2008, 12:58 PM

junction box

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BOB-bXu

May 26th, 2008, 12:58 PM

junction box

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red_jasper

May 27th, 2008, 05:35 PM

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Where was the Filipino Flag first unfurled? (http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/may/28/yehey/opinion/20080528opi7.html)

By Augusto de Viana, Chief History Researcher, National Historical Institute

May 28 is National Flag Day, honoring the glorious banner that inspired our heroes and heroines in the Great Revolution against colonial Spain and during the seven-year Filipino-American War. The tricolors were first unfurled on May 28, 1898,in Cavite Viejo and formally raised at the proclamation of independence on June 12, 1898, in Kawit, Cavite.

One of the historical errors being perpetuated in history textbooks and commemorative rites is the place where the Philippine flag was first displayed. One signboard in Cavite claims that the national standard was first raised in Alapan, Imus, Cavite, on May 28, 1898.

The source of this claim is Proclamation No. 374, issued by then-President Diosdado Macapagal on March 6, 1965. One of its “whereases” states: ”Our flags was (sic) first raised and received its baptism and victory in the Battle of Alapan, Imus, Cavite on May 28, 1898.” Alapan is a barrio in Imus.

Primary historical accounts indicate that the first display of the Philippine flag took place in Cavite City. Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo made this narrative. In Exhibit No. 71, Vol. 1 of the Philippine Insurgent Records, a printed pamphlet that was written originally in Spanish, Aguinaldo narrates:

“On the following day [May 28, 1898] and at the time when the arms were delivered to those of Kawit, in said barrio, a column of more than 270 Spanish soldiers, of the Marine Corps, surrendered, which was set by the Spanish General, Sr. Peña, in pursuit of said arms.

“It was there where the first fight of the Philippine Revolution of 1898 was started, which we may call the continuation of the campaign of 1896 to 1897, a fight which lasted from ten o’clock in the morning to three o’clock in the afternoon, when on account of lack of ammunition the Spaniards with all their arms surrendered to the Filipino Revolutionaries who entered into Cavite [port] with the prisoners. I took advantage of the glorious opportunity to bring to light and undulate the national flag which was saluted by an immense multitude, with cheers of delirious joy and great hurrahs ‘vivas’ for Independent Philippines and for the generous nation of the United States, all of which was witnessed by several officers and marines of the American Squadron, who plainly showed their sympathy for the cause of the Filipinos by taking part in their great rejoicing.”

The flag waving at Cavite port (then called Cavite Nuevo, now Cavite City) was duplicated later at Binakayan, Kawit, in a place called polvorin where the Filipino revolutionaries attacked a Spanish detachment. The Spanish defenders, numbering 250, surrendered in a few hours after exhausting their ammunition.

Aguinaldo again took advantage of this victorious moment to unfurl the national flag atop the polvorin barracks where it could be seen by foreign warships anchored on Manila Bay. According to his account, the foreign ships represented all the greatest and civilized nations of the world and those aboard were witnessing providential events after 300 years of Spanish domination.

Aguinaldo wrote that this glorious triumph was the prelude to continued victories. On May 31, the date set for the general uprising, the whole country rose as one to shake off the power of Spain.

The first flag-waving therefore took place near the port of Cavite Nuevo, not in Alapan. The latter was where a famous battle took place. Historical accounts do not say that the flag fluttered at the battle. Clearly, it was the sight of the prisoners marching into the Cavite port that prompted Aguinaldo to bring out the flag made in Hong Kong and to display it publicly. It was a festive occasion imbued with patriotism, according to the general, the first battle of the second phase of the Philippine Revolution.

The use of historic documents, which corrects our views of the past, does not diminish in anyway the pride and courage displayed by our heroes during this important episode in our history.

red_jasper

May 27th, 2008, 05:35 PM

habagatcentral1

May 28th, 2008, 06:14 AM

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Aguinaldo wrote that this glorious triumph was the prelude to continued victories. On May 31, the date set for the general uprising, the whole country rose as one to shake off the power of Spain.

Di naman ata the whole country pa ata ang nag-uprise during those times that is being indicated. In so far as Panay is concerned, the major revolution broke out at around late October and 09 November of 1898. During the time that the Spanish administration was moved to Iloilo after the surrender of Manila in a mock battle against the Yankees in August.

The Philippine Revolution (or some scholars say it is Visayan Revol'n) was late in penetrating the Visayas. Even the Visayans were the ones who supported the Spanish forces in fighting against the Katipuneros and Aguinaldo in the first phase of the Philippine Revol'n.

But anyway, if the Philippine flag was first raised in Cavite Nuevo and not Alapan, Imus (still it is in Cavite) 28 May 1898 and in the Visayas was in Santa Barbara, Iloilo 09 November 1898, where and when was the first Philippine flag raising in Mindanao?

The use of historic documents, which corrects our views of the past, does not diminish in anyway the pride and courage displayed by our heroes during this important episode in our history.
One of the purposes why the degree program of history still exists in the academe despite its unpopularity. It may reveal that the conventional may not be the final.

habagatcentral1

May 28th, 2008, 06:14 AM

BOB-bXu

May 28th, 2008, 06:17 AM

Fil-invest pours P300-M investment in Butuan City

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1621565/

Tuesday, May 27, 2008; Posted: 10:58 PM

BUTUAN CITY, May 27, 2008 (Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) -- FVSTF

Economy continues to grow in this region's capital city as Filinvest Land Inc. poured in P300-million investment for construction of a first class subdivision.

Mayor Democrito Plaza II said on Tuesday that the project is a joint venture of Filinvest and the Plazas that aims to bring opportunity to people of Butuan and the Caraga region to live in the first class subdivision.

This first of its kind multi-million project is good for the Butuanons, Agusanons and Surigaonons, said Plaza.

The city's first exclusive community called Filinvest Homes Butuan will have parks, markets, playground and pool.

Filinvest plans to acquire more lands in Butuan City and neighboring areas as part of its P15-billion investment for Mindanao for 2008.

Plaza said more investors are coming in, creating not only job in the region but more tax revenues for the city.

The Filinvest officials led by its vice chair Andrew T. Gutianon, Jr. have been touring around particularly in northeastern and southern Mindanao regions in search for more investment sites.

Tristan Las Marias of Filinvest described Davao as one of the ideal places to investment, bowing to build more residential projects including P2.5-billion medium-rise condominium.

We are building affordable properties for the upper middle class that would cost them a package of P1.5 to P2 million, Las Marias said.

Filinvest is also eyeing to build townhouses with local partners. (PNA)<br>DCT/jfm/MUC/mec

BOB-bXu

May 28th, 2008, 06:17 AM

overtureph

May 28th, 2008, 07:46 AM

The revolution reached the various areas of our country at different times and I guess was also enacted or interpreted in various manners. Like Negros and Bohol establishing their own government in the form of cantons.

It would be interesting to know indeed where was the Philippine flag first raised in Mindanao. But if I'm not mistaken, Zamboanga was the last bastion of the Spaniards before the whole country fell into American hands.

overtureph

May 28th, 2008, 07:46 AM

sinapot

May 28th, 2008, 09:01 AM

Hi. The Gabaldon Building in our town in Camarines Sur will be demolished this year by the Municipal Government. May I please receive any kind of advise from this Forum or from any other concerned groups or individuals on how we can protest the demolition of one of our town's remaining cultural heritage? I am not quite sure how to proceed with our complaints. So far, we have drafted a petition letter which will hopefully be signed by concerned people in and out of the town. It would be great if we can receive any kind of support from the HCS.

Dada
kulturavolunteers@gmail.com.

habagatcentral1

May 28th, 2008, 11:24 AM

According to some accounts that I read, after the fall of Gov-Gen Del Rios to appease the Visayan revolucionarios, they surrendered in Plaza Libertad in Iloilo City on 25 December 1898. The Spanish administration waited for their peoples from Cebu, Negros and other places in the Visayas before proceeding to Zamboanga then fleeing to España.

The difficulty is that most of the people thought that by 12 June 1898, Independence have been won and the Spaniards already left the Philippines, but as a matter of fact they were "trapped" in Intramuros before the mock battle of Manila of August. Al

Unfortunately most of the Visayans don't know their local history and instead knows Manila and Tagalog provinces' events better than their own turf. They don't know Nay Isa, Leon Kilat, Araneta and Lacson, Delgado and the likes.

But the good thing is, history is being interpreted as such that people will remember like what they did in Kahilwayan Festival of Santa Barbara Iloilo and Cinco de Noviembre of Negros and Tres de Abril of Cebu. I just hope that the educators can focus also on local history as IMHO this is not a contributor to national disintegration but integration and enforcing nationalism amongst the students.

habagatcentral1

May 28th, 2008, 11:24 AM

BOB-bXu

May 28th, 2008, 12:37 PM

Fil-invest pours P300-M investment in Butuan City
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1621565/

Tuesday, May 27, 2008; Posted: 10:58 PM
BUTUAN CITY, May 27, 2008 (Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) -- FVSTF

Filinvest plans to acquire more lands in Butuan City

perhaps soon a well planned CBD or a township project ??:)

BOB-bXu

May 28th, 2008, 12:37 PM

Fil-invest pours P300-M investment in Butuan City
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1621565/

Tuesday, May 27, 2008; Posted: 10:58 PM
BUTUAN CITY, May 27, 2008 (Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) -- FVSTF

Filinvest plans to acquire more lands in Butuan City

perhaps soon a well planned CBD or a township project ??:)

LordCarnal

May 28th, 2008, 04:49 PM

^^

And it was the first attempt at Federalism. :okay:

Here in Cebu we have street names such as B. Aranas, Gen. Maxilom, Leon Kilat, N. Bacalso, etc.. Little did I know that these streets some of which are major thoroughfares have something to do with the revolution.

..

LordCarnal

May 28th, 2008, 04:49 PM

BOB-bXu

May 28th, 2008, 05:59 PM

Build UP! Build UP!! Butuan Airport on the Go!^^
Butuan's Bancasi Airport shall soon have an international standard runway and navigational facilities
runway rendering
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3228/2532377071_d54b8309fd_o.jpg

Wide and Tree covered airport parking space
http://k43.pbase.com/g3/78/737778/2/95782055.MQvfldGA.jpg

control tower and ground equipments
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2022/2532377151_e0b9428798_o.jpg

VOR (Very High Frequency Omni Range) Beacons and DMEs (Distance Measuring Equipment shall be upgraded under the Butuan Airport Development Package
Bancasi's northern approach runway section
http://i.pbase.com/g3/78/737778/2/95782057.596dMJKc.jpg

PAL Cargo, among Butuan's valuable cargo include prawns/sugpo and other high value aquamarine products
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3021/2533192894_1737e91070_o.jpg

auto pilots dis engaged, full reverse thrusters applied...a PAL A320 taxiing after arrival from MNL
"..Mga binibini,ginang at ginoo, kalalapag lang po natin sa paliparan ng Butuan...mangyari po lamang manatili sa inyong uouan.... Maligayang pagdating sa Butuan.."
http://k43.pbase.com/g3/78/737778/2/95864252.adGhXR6G.jpg

another big bird arrives, CEBU PAC A320
http://k53.pbase.com/g3/78/737778/2/95864260.y4MnVjtd.jpg

a dose of suntan for your pale skin Joe:)
http://k43.pbase.com/g3/78/737778/2/95962852.Vl1javXt.jpg

Love Birds (Butuan Tarmac can accomodate 4 A320s/A319 at present capacity)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2059/2532377341_72b2ebe6fe_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2407/2532377691_db1871c691_o.jpg

Boarding, single file mga inday
http://k53.pbase.com/g3/78/737778/2/95864264.HRsMZF20.jpg

"...Ground crew prepare for departure.."
http://k41.pbase.com/g3/78/737778/2/95864256.4IrNxWuy.jpg

smile naman dyan kapitan:)
http://k43.pbase.com/g3/78/737778/2/95864265.yNu9Wopv.jpg

"..PR 477 MNL...this is Bancasi flight control....take north approach...assigned FA (flight altitude) at 31,000 feet...cleared for take-off..."
PAL A320, at max speed and TOW (take-off weight) for MNL
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3236/2533193498_c38c54ecf2_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3185/2532377405_2d7e79fc98_o.jpg

Cebu Pacific A320 will also take Butuan tourism and economy to new soaring heights
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3154/2533193214_cd3f2dafa0_o.jpg

with improved airport facility in the offing and better airline connectivity....Butuan is definitely on the take off:)

BOB-bXu

May 28th, 2008, 05:59 PM

overtureph

May 28th, 2008, 09:39 PM

overtureph

May 28th, 2008, 09:39 PM

BOB-bXu

May 29th, 2008, 06:50 AM

Stairs, Butuan Bood Promontory and Eco Park

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2414/2535017285_2248316d95_o.jpg

BOB-bXu

May 29th, 2008, 06:50 AM

Stairs, Butuan Bood Promontory and Eco Park

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2414/2535017285_2248316d95_o.jpg

overtureph

May 29th, 2008, 05:39 PM

Historian found guilty of stealing Katipunan documents

By Allison Lopez
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 18:48:00 05/29/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- A historian was found guilty on Thursday by the Manila Regional Trial Court of stealing from the National Library nearly 2,000 documents of the revolutionary movement Katipunan which were sold to antique shops and collectors in the 1990s.

The Katipunan (Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalang na Katipunan ng mnga Anak ng Bayan, or Most Elevated and Esteemed Society of the Sons of the People) was the secret society founded by Andres Bonifacio that launched the revolution against the Spanish colonizers.

In a 16-page decision, Judge Thelma Bunyi Medina of the Manila RTC Branch 32 convicted Rolando Facinado Bayhon, formerly of the National Historical Institute, for qualified theft after he pilfered 1,859 documents valued at P800,000 from the Filipiniana and Asia Division (FAD) of the National Library.

Another case against him for taking 40 Philippine revolutionary letters valued at P2,000 was dismissed because the prosecution was unable to present his supposed buyer.

His friend and alleged accomplice, Maria Luisa Moral, ex-chief of the FAD, was acquitted by Judge Medina Thursday in a separate qualified theft case due to lack of evidence that she stole 51 items, including Rizaliana letters, for the same purpose.

Bayhon, who was sentenced by the court to 10-20 years imprisonment, was caught red-handed in September 1993 by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) as he was about to sell 45 documents to an antique store on Mabini Street, Ermita.

An anonymous call made to then acting National Library director Adoracion Bolos that precious documents from the FAD were being stolen led to the surveillance on and eventual arrest of Bayhon.

Bolos' appeal to the public to return the national treasures yielded more than 7,000 documents, including the manuscript of Andres Bonifacio's trial, the Declaration of Independence, the Pact of Biak-na-Bato and Leonor Rivera's letter to parents of national hero Jose Rizal dated December 10, 1893.

In its ruling, the court said the testimony of Vincent Padua, owner of the Manila International Coins and Stamps Center, that Bayhon sold him the documents was made "in clear and unequivocal terms."

Padua’s testimony was deemed substantially corroborated by Bolos, who conducted a surveillance of the accused and eventually sought the help of the NBI.

Padua said the historian first went to his shop in February 1992 and offered original documents from the Revolutionary period. After verifying their authenticity, he bought the materials in seven to eight batches for P150,000, and sold it to collectors at P800,000, making a profit of P650,000.

Upon learning from media reports that the documents were stolen from the National Library, Padua spent over a million pesos to buy the items back from the collectors, and returned over 700 of these.

Bayhon said in his defense that he was merely a victim of Bolos' revenge since he was supposedly being groomed as National Library director, being a protegé of NHI director Serafin Quiazon. He said Padua, whom he apparently did not know, was likely asked by Bolos to testify against him.

The court, however, did not buy his claims.

"To all these accusations and occurrences, which obviously brought accused in disgrace and humiliation, he simply put up as a defense that the same were sheer acts of vindictiveness on the part of director Bolos, who developed rancor and enmity against him for the reason that she had learned of the background check he made," the judge said.

Judge Medina also pointed out that the historian did not offer any explanation on his arrest.

In Moral's case, the court ruled that the prosecution failed to establish that there was "unlawful taking" of the documents stored in Vaults 1 and 2 of the FAD's rare manuscripts section.

The former FAD chief, who was charged with taking 51 items from the vaults to which she had access, claimed the allegedly missing documents were inadvertently placed with her personal belongings when she moved to the Catalogue Division Office in July 1993.

Moral surrendered the items to the NBI only in May 1994. It included letters of Rizal to his family and to Leonor Rivera from 1881 to 1885.

The accused explained the delay was caused by her agony of giving them to Bolos, with whom she had a strained relationship.

It was Bolos who directed Moral's transfer to the Catalogue Division after the accused protested an inventory of the Filipiniana section and called it a "waste of time."

The court ruled that Moral's version appeared "credible and convincing," and that her fear to disclose the incident to someone hostile was "consistent with human nature."

The determinative characteristic of theft, which was to dispose of the items, was also deemed not present in Moral's case because the documents never left the National Library, stressed the court.

"In the same way, the element of intent to gain was not also established by the prosecution...The voluntary act of accused Moral in turning over said documents negates intent to gain," Medina said.

Since the prosecution had fallen short of producing the required quantum of proof, the court said Moral was presumed innocent and must therefore be set free.

"This leaves the court with no option but to acquit Moral for insufficiency of evidence, at the very least, on reasonable doubt," said the court.

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

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20080529-139575/Historian-found-guilty-of-stealing-Katipunan-documents

overtureph

May 29th, 2008, 05:39 PM

habagatcentral1

May 29th, 2008, 06:03 PM

^^ Nakupo! Because of this, it might be harder to get in with the archives, tsk tsk! :ohno:

habagatcentral1

May 29th, 2008, 06:03 PM

^^ Nakupo! Because of this, it might be harder to get in with the archives, tsk tsk! :ohno:

Pinoy_ako

May 30th, 2008, 06:15 AM

^^

This happened in the National Library. I think this would somehow ease the restriction since the investigation is now over.

Pinoy_ako

May 30th, 2008, 06:15 AM

^^

This happened in the National Library. I think this would somehow ease the restriction since the investigation is now over.

habagatcentral1

May 30th, 2008, 06:19 AM

Hay sana naman Manong Jun...I almost went bezerk back then when I found out that the National Archives does not allow undergraduate students, I wasn't informed of this policy.

habagatcentral1

May 30th, 2008, 06:19 AM

Hay sana naman Manong Jun...I almost went bezerk back then when I found out that the National Archives does not allow undergraduate students, I wasn't informed of this policy.

BOB-bXu

May 30th, 2008, 06:50 AM

Google Earth, Barangay Libertad

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2268/2535002921_dd1e39d406_o.jpg

BOB-bXu

May 30th, 2008, 06:50 AM

Google Earth, Barangay Libertad

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2268/2535002921_dd1e39d406_o.jpg

vince_rilian

May 30th, 2008, 10:40 AM

Not exactly a Gabaldon type school house/building, but nevertheless a very good looking structure. Probably built during the Spanish colonial era. I'm curious as to what was it originally built for, like was it use to be a house or a public/government structure? Where in Laguna is it and does it still exist (my best guest would be Sta. Cruz)?

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a89/overtureph/jan06_09.jpg

i think the laguna high school is now pedro guevarra memorial national high school. i dont know if the building is still existing. correct me on this info if i am wrong..

it still exists, not part of PGMNHS though..., rather, it is now part of the Provincial Government Complex in Sta. Cruz.... hindi nga lang siya yung main building.... teka, tama nga ba ako? or did i get confused? hehehe, correct me if i'm wrong din, hehehehehehe

paulkrps

May 30th, 2008, 11:48 AM

hopefully the government can install high beam halogen flood lights to illuminate the bridge tower...it would be such a majestic sight to behold at night :)

they should. the bridge is really iconic, butuan and butuanons can really maximize it to their own benefit.

paulkrps

May 30th, 2008, 11:48 AM

paulkrps

May 30th, 2008, 11:50 AM

paulkrps

May 30th, 2008, 11:50 AM

BOB-bXu

May 30th, 2008, 12:37 PM

naa bay plans for a new and bigger terminal?

yup there is pau...its written in the rendering billboard in red....di nako mabasa...need eyeglasses:)

BOB-bXu

May 30th, 2008, 12:37 PM

naa bay plans for a new and bigger terminal?

yup there is pau...its written in the rendering billboard in red....di nako mabasa...need eyeglasses:)

paulkrps

May 30th, 2008, 12:44 PM

k, i thought it was just the lengthening of the runway. a growing butuan definitely needs a new terminal.

paulkrps

May 30th, 2008, 12:44 PM

k, i thought it was just the lengthening of the runway. a growing butuan definitely needs a new terminal.

BOB-bXu

May 30th, 2008, 02:43 PM

k, i thought it was just the lengthening of the runway. a growing butuan definitely needs a new terminal.

yup, definitely agree...but what was written on their rendering billboard (written in red) is just "Improvement of Terminal Building" lang.... :rant:

renovation plus a bit of expansion most likely only...pastilan

BOB-bXu

May 30th, 2008, 02:43 PM

paulkrps

May 30th, 2008, 02:51 PM

bitaw. having a new one is cheaper in the long run than doing a patchy renovation here and there.

paulkrps

May 30th, 2008, 02:51 PM

bitaw. having a new one is cheaper in the long run than doing a patchy renovation here and there.

BOB-bXu

May 30th, 2008, 02:57 PM

bitaw. having a new one is cheaper in the long run than doing a patchy renovation here and there.

yup...extension and expansion...renovations...why not build an entirely new building kaya.....demolish the whole old terminal...

like this one, the other half of the terminal is the product of previous extension works...
http://inlinethumb23.webshots.com/9046/2966321610101826882S600x600Q85.jpg

BOB-bXu

May 30th, 2008, 02:57 PM

paulkrps

May 30th, 2008, 03:30 PM

^^ airports are usually the frontliners when you sell a city. i hope that they repaint the whole roof kung ing-ana man lang.

paulkrps

May 30th, 2008, 03:30 PM

^^ airports are usually the frontliners when you sell a city. i hope that they repaint the whole roof kung ing-ana man lang.

BOB-bXu

May 30th, 2008, 03:42 PM

^^ airports are usually the frontliners when you sell a city. i hope that they repaint the whole roof kung ing-ana man lang.

unfortunately our airports (domestic and international) are NOT owned by LGUs...

LGUs need to "pray" to central ATO for turtle paced action....no wonder Philippines got a down graded status by US Federal Aviation...

even a few of our airports in Pinas is planned to be under the control of MIAA...

if this airport is wholly owned by the city....dugay ra cguro ni gi buldozed and replaced with a modern structure...:lol:

BOB-bXu

May 30th, 2008, 03:42 PM

overtureph

May 30th, 2008, 09:14 PM

^^Any current photos? If it still does exist.

icarusrising

May 31st, 2008, 08:19 AM

Esmyuskee, pa-epal lang...

Is the Administration Building for the National Center for Mental Health in Mandaluyong a Gabaldon?

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/6251/imgp2207zq7.jpg

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/7369/imgp2205ib5.jpg

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/2622/imgp2206xe0.jpg

BOB-bXu

June 1st, 2008, 05:19 AM

City Library and Butuan Historical Archives entrance, J. Rosales Ave.
the gates is as pretty as the library building:)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2224/2541075442_ba7c0de69f_o.jpg

BOB-bXu

June 1st, 2008, 05:19 AM

City Library and Butuan Historical Archives entrance, J. Rosales Ave.
the gates is as pretty as the library building:)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2224/2541075442_ba7c0de69f_o.jpg

BXU AngelC

June 1st, 2008, 08:26 AM

BXU AngelC

June 1st, 2008, 08:26 AM

BOB-bXu

June 1st, 2008, 09:46 AM

salamat kadiyaw AngelC :)

asa naman to si Jameslab ba?.....hilig ra ba to mga eroplano

BOB-bXu

June 1st, 2008, 09:46 AM

salamat kadiyaw AngelC :)

asa naman to si Jameslab ba?.....hilig ra ba to mga eroplano

BOB-bXu

June 1st, 2008, 10:15 AM

City Library and Butuan Historical Archives entrance, J. Rosales Ave.
the gates is as pretty as the library building:)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2224/2541075442_ba7c0de69f_o.jpg

looks like an embassy gate^^

BOB-bXu

June 1st, 2008, 10:15 AM

ph_matrix

June 1st, 2008, 10:16 AM

^^ dream nako mag pilot pero di lang ta ka afford. :)

ph_matrix

June 1st, 2008, 10:16 AM

^^ dream nako mag pilot pero di lang ta ka afford. :)

ph_matrix

June 1st, 2008, 10:17 AM

Bago diay building sa City Lib bob ? aha located ?

looks like an embassy gate^^

ph_matrix

June 1st, 2008, 10:17 AM

Bago diay building sa City Lib bob ? aha located ?

looks like an embassy gate^^

BOB-bXu

June 1st, 2008, 10:17 AM

^^ dream nako mag pilot pero di lang ta ka afford. :)

well, sa nature of your work ph..you will be flying naman without the stress of piloting

BOB-bXu

June 1st, 2008, 10:17 AM

^^ dream nako mag pilot pero di lang ta ka afford. :)

well, sa nature of your work ph..you will be flying naman without the stress of piloting

BOB-bXu

June 1st, 2008, 10:19 AM

Bago diay building sa City Lib bob ? aha located ?

sa J. Rosales Ave. na siya...padulong Doongan..

not many places in pinas have this kind of modern library..(pan hambug pod ko ginagmay ha):)

BOB-bXu

June 1st, 2008, 10:19 AM

Bago diay building sa City Lib bob ? aha located ?

sa J. Rosales Ave. na siya...padulong Doongan..

not many places in pinas have this kind of modern library..(pan hambug pod ko ginagmay ha):)

ph_matrix

June 1st, 2008, 10:21 AM

^^ I even have a Flight Simulator Software, I found it so amusing piloting the plane, so how's the realty/insurance business bob ?

ph_matrix

June 1st, 2008, 10:21 AM

^^ I even have a Flight Simulator Software, I found it so amusing piloting the plane, so how's the realty/insurance business bob ?

BOB-bXu

June 1st, 2008, 10:26 AM

^^ I even have a Flight Simulator Software, I found it so amusing piloting the plane, so how's the realty/insurance business bob ?

i am not actually no longer in the insurance....i am back to the work I am most fond of.....:)

BOB-bXu

June 1st, 2008, 10:26 AM

ph_matrix

June 1st, 2008, 10:28 AM

^^ so your always in butuan already ? ano kaya yang work na your fond with ha.. :lol: wag kalang mag dancer ha..

ph_matrix

June 1st, 2008, 10:28 AM

^^ so your always in butuan already ? ano kaya yang work na your fond with ha.. :lol: wag kalang mag dancer ha..

BOB-bXu

June 1st, 2008, 10:32 AM

idol at crush ko si miss GearX kase...so secret and elusive effect ako :lol:

BOB-bXu

June 1st, 2008, 10:32 AM

idol at crush ko si miss GearX kase...so secret and elusive effect ako :lol:

ph_matrix

June 1st, 2008, 10:38 AM

Dako kaayo lawas bf ad2, pangita nalang ug lain. :lol:

ph_matrix

June 1st, 2008, 10:38 AM

Dako kaayo lawas bf ad2, pangita nalang ug lain. :lol:

paulkrps

June 1st, 2008, 02:37 PM

^^ I even have a Flight Simulator Software, I found it so amusing piloting the plane, so how's the realty/insurance business bob ?

sorry for the o.t., ph_matrix, i have this for my son. but i find it slow to respond. would it be better to have with a joystick? akong pamati, murag bagal kaayo with a mouse.

paulkrps

June 1st, 2008, 02:37 PM

sinapot

June 1st, 2008, 03:38 PM

Hi... Patulong naman please how I can contact the Heritage Conservation Society, We have been emailing them through the email adds na nakapost sa website nila pero puro bounce emails. We also sent emails to Ms. Gemma Araneta using the address posted at http://gabaldon.blogspot.com pero hindi na ata ginagamit un... We also emailed Mr. Ivan Henares and hopefully we will receive a response from him. We badly need support to prevent the demolition of the one and only Gabaldon Building in our town, Nabua, in Camarines Sur. Our townsfolk are also not very supportive of our petition to save the building... because of other issues in the town, they think that cultural preservation is of lesser importance. Please help us!

Here is a link to the photo of our poor Gabaldon Building: http://nabuaforum.kulturavolunteers.org/component/option,com_zoom/Itemid,27/page,view/catid,64/PageNo,1/key,0/hit,1/

Please help us get to the right people who can support our action to save our town's century-old Gabaldon Building...

Email Dada Docot
kulturavolunteers@gmail.com

[dx]

June 1st, 2008, 03:51 PM

Classic Gabaldon (one of two inside Bicol University)

Bicol University High School (formerly Albay High School)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/190/494632028_4d69c261bf_b.jpg
Source (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dxpsycho/)

[dx]

June 1st, 2008, 03:52 PM

sinapot

June 1st, 2008, 05:42 PM

;21314759']That's sad. I hope we can save and restore this Gabaldon structure in Nabua.

Hi Legazpeno!

I heard that Bicol University spent 3million for the restoration of their Gabaldon Building... Can u help me get to the people there who are/were active in restoring their school building? Perhaps they can help us connect with people who are willing to help us! Tabang tabi...

Dios Mabalos!

Dada Docot

BOB-bXu

June 2nd, 2008, 06:34 AM

a joystick would be better for simulators...the feel is almost as that of the real thing :)

BOB-bXu

June 2nd, 2008, 06:34 AM

a joystick would be better for simulators...the feel is almost as that of the real thing :)

kevinb

June 2nd, 2008, 09:14 AM

This is Camarines Sur National High School in Naga City, an exact twin of the old Pampanga High School building in San Fernando. We will be basing the restoration of old PHS on this...

http://static.flickr.com/68/200253777_d6737e5b68.jpg?v=0

This is my school! :D When will it be renovated? The halls on the second floor is really an eye-sore. :(

Heritage school buildings include those in old universities as well such as UP Manila, Diliman, Los Banos, Cebu and Iloilo; DLSU and all those old school buildings along Taft Avenue, UST, etc.

Here is Silliman University's Main Building...

http://static.flickr.com/77/199466612_1ede0ee0b7.jpg?v=0

and Adamson University in San Marcelino...

http://static.flickr.com/72/199557674_f4e324a4d9.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/44/199557596_677ca10167.jpg?v=0

SU's Main Hall looks really American. Very nice! AU's looks British naman. Ewan ko ba. Siguro kasi pati ung environment. Lots of leaves on the ground. Parang sa Harry Potter lang. Hehe. Basta it looks nice. :D

^^ Ateneo demolished that? Sayang! Of all the big universities, only Ateneo de Manila does not have old buildings left. The only heritage structure I know in the Ateneo system is the one of Ateneo de Naga...

http://www.geocities.com/adnascla/pillar3a.jpg

Really now? I hope this doesn't get demolished, and I think they won't. Will this be renovated as well? It doesn't need it, IMO.

Not exactly a Gabaldon type school house/building, but nevertheless a very good looking structure. Probably built during the Spanish colonial era. I'm curious as to what was it originally built for, like was it use to be a house or a public/government structure? Where in Laguna is it and does it still exist (my best guest would be Sta. Cruz)?

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a89/overtureph/jan06_09.jpg

It looks a bit like the Baker Hall in UPLB.

;21314729']Classic Gabaldon (one of two inside Bicol University)

Bicol University High School (formerly Albay High School)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/190/494632028_4d69c261bf_b.jpg
Source (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dxpsycho/)

It looks like the new Administration Bldg in CamSur Natl HS.

Hi... Patulong naman please how I can contact the Heritage Conservation Society, We have been emailing them through the email adds na nakapost sa website nila pero puro bounce emails. We also sent emails to Ms. Gemma Araneta using the address posted at http://gabaldon.blogspot.com pero hindi na ata ginagamit un... We also emailed Mr. Ivan Henares and hopefully we will receive a response from him. We badly need support to prevent the demolition of the one and only Gabaldon Building in our town, Nabua, in Camarines Sur. Our townsfolk are also not very supportive of our petition to save the building... because of other issues in the town, they think that cultural preservation is of lesser importance. Please help us!

Here is a link to the photo of our poor Gabaldon Building: http://nabuaforum.kulturavolunteers.org/component/option,com_zoom/Itemid,27/page,view/catid,64/PageNo,1/key,0/hit,1/

Please help us get to the right people who can support our action to save our town's century-old Gabaldon Building...

Email Dada Docot
kulturavolunteers@gmail.com

Aaaw. I hope this is attended to. It's really sad to see beautiful buildings get demolished. :(

paulkrps

June 2nd, 2008, 12:32 PM

thanks bob-bxu.

paulkrps

June 2nd, 2008, 12:32 PM

thanks bob-bxu.

ph_matrix

June 2nd, 2008, 05:19 PM

^^ keyboard lang po gamit ko paul.. pero ok daw joystick. :)

ph_matrix

June 2nd, 2008, 05:19 PM

^^ keyboard lang po gamit ko paul.. pero ok daw joystick. :)

paulkrps

June 2nd, 2008, 06:03 PM

^^thanks ser. kinahanglan napud ire-install.

paulkrps

June 2nd, 2008, 06:03 PM

^^thanks ser. kinahanglan napud ire-install.

Animo

June 2nd, 2008, 08:16 PM

By Danilo Adorador III (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2008/06/03/old.church.remnants.found.in.misamis.oriental.html)

OPOL, Misamis Oriental -- An archaeological team from the University of the Philippines (UP) have found old wooden slabs believed to be the foundation of a 16th-century church on top of a hill in this fishing town in Misamis Oriental.

The team spent three weeks feverishly sifting through tons of dirt until they found the wooden slabs on the right corner of the present day Our Lady of Consolation Parish church in Opol, where the ruins of old church walls can still be seen.

The team led by Dr. Victor Paz, director of the UP Archaeological Studies Program, presented their findings to Mayor Constantino Jaraula during the flag raising ceremony at the City Hall Monday morning.

Aside from the stone foundation, the team also found centuries-old bricks made of seashells and other Spanish-era construction materials from the dig site at the backyard of the present-day church.

The search has caused an excitement among the archaeologists even though they failed to find the old burial site believed to be located beside the 16th-century church.

"We were constrained by time but we will be back," Mary Grace Tesoro, UP assistant professor said.

Tesoro said finding the old church stone foundations was significant because it indicated that the old inhabitants in Opol built the place of worship atop the hill overlooking the sea.

She said this practice is common in the 16th century because inhabitants feared the raids by Moro and pirates in this period, noting the thickness of the old walls.

"The finds will solve some mysteries, such as why the Spanish friars decided to construct fortified walls surrounding the church, and what was the life way back then when this church was still standing," she told Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro.

Tesoro said the team is also trying to find a link between the old church in Opol and the St. Augustine Cathedral in Cagayan de Oro City, which was allegedly built in the 16th century.

The municipality of Opol was once part of Cagayan de Oro City before its officials decided to make it a town in the 50s.

The UP team made a controversial observation in 2004 when it declared that the Huluga Caves in Barangay Tibasak, Cagayan de Oro City, once thought to be the site of an ancient civilization dating back as early as 377 AD, was only an old camp site.

The findings caused an outcry from local anthropologists led by Dr. Erlinda Burton, head of the Xavier University Museum, who maintained that Huluga Caves is a permanent settlement. (Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro/Sunnex)

Animo

June 2nd, 2008, 08:16 PM

Porknight

June 2nd, 2008, 08:29 PM

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a jollibee in front of this amazing monumet is sacrilege !! only in the Philippines could happen something like that !!!

And I tell this even if i'm not a religious person !

Porknight

June 2nd, 2008, 08:29 PM

Animo

June 3rd, 2008, 07:38 PM

By Tina Santos (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20080531-139998/Rediscovering-heritage-architecture-in-Manilas-U-Belt)
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 22:06:00 05/31/2008

URBAN PLANNERS, EDUCATORS and businessmen envision this part of Manila as “Asia’s answer to the academic boroughs of Paris, Hamburg and New York.”

Sadly, the Central University Belt or U-Belt -- where some of the country’s better known colleges and universities can be found -- has deteriorated over the years.

It has, in fact, been described by urban development researchers as “dirty, dangerous and disorganized.” They also noted that “esteros and canals have been converted into septic tanks; traffic in the area is considered among the worst in the National Capital Region. The area has also become notorious for its high crime rate.”

The situation prompted various sectors, like the Central U-Belt Stakeholders’ Group which includes longtime residents and city government officials, to come up with a plan they called “Recasting Heritage in Urban Renewal” that would help restore the U-Belt to its former glory.

The urban renewal scheme, drawn up by planners from the University of the East and Far Eastern University, started eight years ago, according to Dr. Zenaida Manalo of the University of the Philippines School of Urban and Regional Planning (UP-SURP).

Since 2000, a series of research studies have been conducted by community and academe-based groups calling for the revitalization of the area, Manalo said, adding that one of their goals is the restoration of the historic Gota de Leche building built in 1917.

“The restoration revived public awareness of the viability of integrating heritage structures with contemporary lifestyles,” she explained during a presentation of the concept plan recently.

Soon after, Manalo and her students at UP-SURP undertook a study on the development of Gota de Leche as a heritage conservation asset as part of the overall urban renewal plan. They also unveiled an urban usage plan that lumps together heritage conservation, commercial viability and tourism in the framework for infusing new life and energy into the area.

According to them, the U-Belt is historically significant because it is where pioneers in tertiary education established their institutions of higher learning.

“Its historical flavor merits the attention of people in the community. That’s why we encourage residents and establishment owners to do their part for this project for this will instill a sense of ownership and pride of place in them,” said Anna Leah Sarabia, one of the directors of La Proteccion de la Infancia Inc.

La Proteccion, which operates Gota de Leche on S.H. Loyola Street (formerly Lepanto), is a charitable foundation that campaigns against infant mortality. It also has a feeding program for indigent children.

The urban renewal project involves the creation of a unified area walkway and the improvement of sidewalks and alleys, the development of pedestrian and community parks, and the establishment of a gateway or landmark that would represent all the schools in the area or emphasize the U-Belt’s impact on education.

Among the concerns raised by people behind the project were problems concerning traffic, garbage, parking, sidewalk vendors, old dilapidated structures and peace and order.

“We were surprised and happy at the same time because when we invited Mayor Alfredo Lim for the project presentation, he immediately made a commitment to do several things based on the ‘doable’ recommendations,” Sarabia said.

“We’re hoping that under his administration, we might yet be able to prove that it’s possible to preserve heritage sites while making full use of them for educational, commercial or artistic purposes,” she added.

Among others things, city and police officials vowed to look into the implementation of a better traffic system, step up police visibility for the security of students and residents and help in the maintenance of old and abandoned structures and property.

On the beautification aspect, Sarabia suggested that the city government do something about hanging electrical wires which make the place ugly. She also urged officials to light up the streets around the U-Belt to discourage criminals from sniffing around for prey.

As part of the makeover, project proponents suggested that the City Council approve an ordinance that would not only regulate the size and placement of billboard advertisements but also ban those depicting sex and violence.

It would also be better if there could be an urban renewal ordinance, one that would declare the Central U-Belt area a pilot urban renewal zone, they added.

If their project succeeds, their experience can provide many lessons or inspire similar efforts in other areas, not only in Manila, but in other parts of the country as well, the proponents said.

Eight years ago, the total estimated cost of the project was pegged at around P18 million. “But it may be almost double the cost now,” Sarabia said. Apart from contributions, funding for the project is expected to come from a possible loan from Asian Development Bank or World Bank.

“There are also potential contributors like the European Union, the Spanish European Agency as well as corporate foundations like Gota de Leche and the Ayala, Lopez and Gokongwei foundations,” she added.

Sarabia said they also intend to establish a Heritage Passageway, preferably in an area between FEU and Gota de Leche, both Unesco heritage awardees. “Right now, we’re eyeing a vacant lot in the area that will serve as an open air art walk or gallery where students can hold exhibits,” she said, adding that city officials have vowed to to see to it that the passageway is constructed as soon as possible.

Eventually, the stakeholders plan to organize a walking tour to show locals as well as foreigners the various heritage treasures within the cluster of communities in the U-Belt.

Unknown to many, the area also hosts structures that stand out because of their architectural character or historical significance.

Urban development researchers have made an inventory of potential stops for a walking tour that could contribute to the commercial revitalization of the place.

They suggested that the tour start at Gota de Leche, a building with an impressive architectural design by pioneering architect Arcadio Arellano. In fact, it received the 2003 Unesco Asia Pacific Heritage Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation.

Tourists can also go to various educational institutions, including the University of Santo Tomas, considered the oldest existing university in Asia, and Far Eastern University, the country’s largest Art Deco complex.

Attractions on the UST campus include, among others, the Arch of the Centuries by the entrance which bears the inscription “Gateway to the history of the finest breed of Filipinos.”

On the other hand, FEU buildings showcase the Art Deco style of the 1940s that can be seen in the geometric details of the building design and grillwork.

The route can also include passing by the ancestral homes of personalities like former Sen. Eva Estrada Kalaw and Jose Maria Basa, a businessman whose home was open to Philippine Revolution figures like Jose Rizal.

At the end of the day, the people striving to revive U-Belt’s splendor hope that tourists, locals especially, would not only understand but more importantly, feel proud about the rich cultural background and heritage of the City of Manila.

Animo

June 3rd, 2008, 07:38 PM

BOB-bXu

June 4th, 2008, 06:36 AM

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BOB-bXu

June 4th, 2008, 06:36 AM

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BOB-bXu

June 4th, 2008, 06:41 AM

about Robinson's Land acquisition, sources say that the company have added additional adjacent property to their existing land bank they have acquired early this year from the Urayas....they just bought from forner governor Choleng Calo a big tract of land contigous to their existing land bank..

This is how big the land would finally appear:

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BOB-bXu

June 4th, 2008, 06:41 AM

airnel

June 4th, 2008, 11:23 AM

dito rin sa san pablo ang madaming gabaldon type buildings. Yung sa San Pablo Central School at Prudencia Fule Memorial National High School. Sana ma-survey din cya ng HCS kasi medyo kung anu-ano na pinagagawa sa mga schools na yun..

regjeex

June 4th, 2008, 12:30 PM

Hi Bob. sorry wala jud ko ka contact nimo when arrived in PI. 2 weeks lang man gud akong vacation tas nag problem pa sa akong passport and some other documents.

Sounds pretty good about this news. They're finally found land for their malls.. Wow! This good for our City indeed.

about Robinson's Land acquisition, sources say that the company have added additional adjacent property to their existing land bank they have acquired early this year from the Urayas....they just bought from forner governor Choleng Calo a big tract of land contigous to their existing land bank..

This is how big the land would finally appear:

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regjeex

June 4th, 2008, 12:30 PM

regjeex

June 4th, 2008, 12:32 PM

Bob, the land looks pretty huge. I hope Robinsons will build same in near Guadalupe. Or even in Cainta.

regjeex

June 4th, 2008, 12:32 PM

Bob, the land looks pretty huge. I hope Robinsons will build same in near Guadalupe. Or even in Cainta.

BOB-bXu

June 4th, 2008, 12:35 PM

Hi Bob. sorry wala jud ko ka contact nimo when arrived in PI. 2 weeks lang man gud akong vacation tas nag problem pa sa akong passport and some other documents.

Sounds pretty good about this news. They're finally found land for their malls.. Wow! This good for our City indeed.

uy, Reg....your baaaack!!

seems you have been away from the thread for weeks ah...

nakauli ka Butuan?

abi nako na saag ka sa borders sa Iraq, :)

regarding Robinson's....yep....just the usual yuta lang....sana next na balita, construction na gyud ba...

BOB-bXu

June 4th, 2008, 12:35 PM

Hi Bob. sorry wala jud ko ka contact nimo when arrived in PI. 2 weeks lang man gud akong vacation tas nag problem pa sa akong passport and some other documents.

Sounds pretty good about this news. They're finally found land for their malls.. Wow! This good for our City indeed.

uy, Reg....your baaaack!!

seems you have been away from the thread for weeks ah...

nakauli ka Butuan?

abi nako na saag ka sa borders sa Iraq, :)

regarding Robinson's....yep....just the usual yuta lang....sana next na balita, construction na gyud ba...

BOB-bXu

June 4th, 2008, 12:38 PM

Bob, the land looks pretty huge. I hope Robinsons will build same in near Guadalupe. Or even in Cainta.

RLC is more on building mid sized malls now..

among land banks, the one bought by Filninvest in Baan has broke ground 2 weeks ago....it is a mixed use residential and a bit resort and retail with a community market according to the city mayor...

BOB-bXu

June 4th, 2008, 12:38 PM

regjeex

June 4th, 2008, 12:54 PM

I mean naa ko diri balik sa Iraq.. 2 weeks ra lagi ko sa PI lagi. Mao nga next vacation nako probably December kelangan mag 1 month na jud ko kay lugi ko. I've been to Butuan downtown and uptown... wow a lot changes naman diay... I saw the Enterprise Bank looks good and the DFA in Bank of Commerce... un nga lang forgot to take picture kay nalinga lagi ko ba.. surprised man jud ko mao nga wala jud ko ka take og foto pati gani sa airport. Aw. naa diay pero si wilma doesnt ang akong kauban..hahahahaha...

uy, Reg....your baaaack!!

seems you have been away from the thread for weeks ah...

nakauli ka Butuan?

abi nako na saag ka sa borders sa Iraq, :)

regarding Robinson's....yep....just the usual yuta lang....sana next na balita, construction na gyud ba...

regjeex

June 4th, 2008, 12:54 PM

BOB-bXu

June 4th, 2008, 02:45 PM

I mean naa ko diri balik sa Iraq.. 2 weeks ra lagi ko sa PI lagi. Mao nga next vacation nako probably December kelangan mag 1 month na jud ko kay lugi ko. I've been to Butuan downtown and uptown... wow a lot changes naman diay... I saw the Enterprise Bank looks good and the DFA in Bank of Commerce... un nga lang forgot to take picture kay nalinga lagi ko ba.. surprised man jud ko mao nga wala jud ko ka take og foto pati gani sa airport. Aw. naa diay pero si wilma doesnt ang akong kauban..hahahahaha...

really, you must have been attracted to her at the plane Reg :lol:

BOB-bXu

June 4th, 2008, 02:45 PM

I mean naa ko diri balik sa Iraq.. 2 weeks ra lagi ko sa PI lagi. Mao nga next vacation nako probably December kelangan mag 1 month na jud ko kay lugi ko. I've been to Butuan downtown and uptown... wow a lot changes naman diay... I saw the Enterprise Bank looks good and the DFA in Bank of Commerce... un nga lang forgot to take picture kay nalinga lagi ko ba.. surprised man jud ko mao nga wala jud ko ka take og foto pati gani sa airport. Aw. naa diay pero si wilma doesnt ang akong kauban..hahahahaha...

really, you must have been attracted to her at the plane Reg :lol:

BOB-bXu

June 5th, 2008, 06:26 AM

Caraga Higher Education Development Center Construction at NORMISIST Underway

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The Higher Education Development Center at Northern Mindanao State Institute of Science and Technology (NORMISIST) , Ampayon, Butuan City aims to assist in achieving the goals of human resource development in Caraga Region.

The Caraga HEDC is located in a 1000 square-meter space approved by the NORMISIST Board of Trustees headed by CHED Commissioner Nona S. Ricafort under the term of President Dr. Edgar W. Ignacio. It is situated along the national highway, besides the College Science Education.

The groundbreaking was made on February 16, 2008 by the Executive Director of the Commission on Higher Education, Dr. William C. Medrano. Also present during the ceremony were the different regional and central office directors. Dr. Joanna B. Cuenca, outgoing regional director hosted the activity, the day after her investiture as the 5th President of NORMISIST.

The project was awarded to the New TBP Construction and Development Corporation at P10.499M. The construction commenced on February 25, 2008 under the management of Engr. Mac Arthur E. Yoro. Dr. Joanna B. Cuenca, NORMISIST President extended technical assistance to the project through Engr. Malou Umpad and the geodetic engineers of the institute.

The project is under supervision of the CHED Regional Office TWG composed of Dr. Anastacio P. Martinez as Director-in-Charge, Engr. Ramil A. Sanchez as Project Manager and Mr. Julius Sol O. Jamero as third member.

CHED Central Office TWG composed of Engr. Fernandita J. Calimlim (CHED), Mr. Felix O. Quilloy (CHED), Engr. Rodrigo R. Laus (BOC-DPWH) and Engr. Raul S. San Pedro (BOC-DPWH) conducted an evaluation of the project last May 29-30, 2008 and found the accomplishment to be 8% ahead of the plan.

BOB-bXu

June 5th, 2008, 06:26 AM

BOB-bXu

June 5th, 2008, 07:01 AM

New PhilRice Training Center Building

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BOB-bXu

June 5th, 2008, 07:01 AM

LordCarnal

June 5th, 2008, 04:44 PM

From, http://www.cebuheritage.com (http://www.cebuheritage.com)

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Above: A gold earring, one of the artifacts found in the recent archaeological diggings in Boljoon, Cebu. This is the first time in the history of Philippine archeology that a gold earring was found in an actual burial.

A presentation regarding the archaeological findings in Boljoon was presented just a while ago at the Cathedral Museum of Cebu by Mr. Joeber Bersales of the University of San Carlos. The program was divided into two parts the first of which was a powerpoint presentation held at the audio-visual hall and the second part was the viewing of the artifacts at the Msgr. Virgilio Yap Memorial Chapel.

The artifacts being displayed include some ceramic plates, a gold earring worn by a male, a gold necklace, some iron daggers and spears, etc. All of these artifacts were found along with some skeletal remains at the plaza of the church of Boljoon, a southern municipality in Cebu. Religious medals dating back to the Spanish colonial period were also found.

The area where the artifacts and skeletal remains were found was once a settlement of pre-Hispanic Filipinos whose practices included burying the dead beneath their houses. It was from these pre-Hispanic settlements that parishes were established and massive stone churches built during the Spanish colonial era.

The presentation a while ago was attended by invited guests with no less than His Eminence Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, archbishop of Cebu, gracing the affair. A bigger presentation that will perhaps be open to those interested will be conducted at the University of San Carlos. The artifacts will also be displayed there for about a month.

Below: The presentation of the findings at the audio-visual hall of the Cathedral Museum of Cebu.

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Below: Viewing of the artifacts at the Msgr. Virgilio Yap Memorial Chapel after the presentation.

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Below: Some of the artifacts.

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LordCarnal

June 5th, 2008, 04:44 PM

overtureph

June 5th, 2008, 07:10 PM

Wow!

overtureph

June 5th, 2008, 07:10 PM

Wow!

BOB-bXu

June 6th, 2008, 06:48 AM

Let there be lights

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BOB-bXu

June 6th, 2008, 06:48 AM

Let there be lights

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BOB-bXu

June 6th, 2008, 06:52 AM

colonial architecture

Casa Alburo, Cabadbaran City

photo en sepia
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BOB-bXu

June 6th, 2008, 06:52 AM

colonial architecture

Casa Alburo, Cabadbaran City

photo en sepia
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BOB-bXu

June 6th, 2008, 06:59 AM

Almont Lake Resort, Lake Mainit, Kitcharao

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BOB-bXu

June 6th, 2008, 06:59 AM

BOB-bXu

June 6th, 2008, 07:47 AM

New PhilRice Training Center Building

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glass and aluminum cladding make a fine minimalist yet modern aesthetic combination

BOB-bXu

June 6th, 2008, 07:47 AM

New PhilRice Training Center Building

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glass and aluminum cladding make a fine minimalist yet modern aesthetic combination

paulkrps

June 6th, 2008, 11:56 AM

Let there be lights

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unsay festival ani bob?

paulkrps

June 6th, 2008, 11:56 AM

Let there be lights

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unsay festival ani bob?

paulkrps

June 6th, 2008, 11:57 AM

paulkrps

June 6th, 2008, 11:57 AM

BOB-bXu

June 6th, 2008, 11:58 AM

unsay festival ani bob?

Balanghai Festival cguro ni cya Pau, ako ra man ni kinawat na picture sa net man gud :)

BOB-bXu

June 6th, 2008, 11:58 AM

unsay festival ani bob?

Balanghai Festival cguro ni cya Pau, ako ra man ni kinawat na picture sa net man gud :)

paulkrps

June 6th, 2008, 12:00 PM

hehe, resourceful gyud kaayo basta taga-ssc.

paulkrps

June 6th, 2008, 12:00 PM

hehe, resourceful gyud kaayo basta taga-ssc.

BOB-bXu

June 6th, 2008, 12:09 PM

when ka naka adto dire Butuan Pau.....

based na ka sa Tagum?

BOB-bXu

June 6th, 2008, 12:09 PM

when ka naka adto dire Butuan Pau.....

based na ka sa Tagum?

BOB-bXu

June 6th, 2008, 12:39 PM

Dotties Grand Con facade

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grand staircase here comes the bride, ready to fight..:lol:

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Dotties Hotel and Pool

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BOB-bXu

June 6th, 2008, 12:39 PM

BOB-bXu

June 6th, 2008, 12:50 PM

Balanghai Hotel Garden

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BOB-bXu

June 6th, 2008, 12:50 PM

BXU AngelC

June 6th, 2008, 01:28 PM

BXU AngelC

June 6th, 2008, 01:28 PM

paulkrps

June 6th, 2008, 01:37 PM

when ka naka adto dire Butuan Pau.....

based na ka sa Tagum?

toronto bai. last i was in butuan was like 98. i was planning of having a caravan (to take pictures) when i was there in december last year, kaso, naipit sa panahon. hopefully next time around.

paulkrps

June 6th, 2008, 01:37 PM

habagatcentral1

June 6th, 2008, 06:46 PM

If most of the people thought that by June 12 1898, Spain surrendered the Philippines and left the archipelago ASAP, then they could have been wrong...

The Iloilo culmination of the declaration of Philippine Independence
BRIDGING THE GAP
Henry F. Funtecha, Ph. D. (http://www.thenewstoday.info/2008/06/06/the.iloilo.cuimination.of.the.declaration.of.philippine.independence.html)

As already known, Emilio Aguinaldo declared Philippine independence from Spain on June 12, 1898. This came about as a result of the renewal of the revolution against Spain after Aguinaldo ended his voluntary exile in Hongkong. As may be recalled, the Pact of Biyak-na-Bato was agreed upon between the Filipinos under Aguinaldo and the Spaniards in December 1897 that led to the cessation of hostilities and the exile of the leading Filipino leaders. However, the Americans, vent on pursuing their imperialistic goal, persuaded Aguinaldo to go back to the Philippines to initiate the second phase of the Philippine revolution. This, Aguinaldo did in the middle part of May 1898.

Now, what part did Iloilo play in the events related to the declaration of Philippine independence? As early as March 1898, some members of the Ilonggo elite organized the Comite Conspirador in Molo under whose orders and plans the revolutionary movement in Western Visayas was initiated, especially in Iloilo. In May of the same year, the Comite was replaced by the Comite de Visayas that immediately sent out agents to secure funds for the purchase of arms and ammunitions. It also sent secret emissaries to the other provinces of Panay and the rest of the Visayas, and tried to establish contact with the Malolos government under Aguinaldo.

It must be pointed out though that long before these local revolutionary committees were formed, the babaylanes in Iloilo and the whole island of Panay were already harassing Spanish forces in the towns beginning 1896. Their cries of "Viva Rizal! Viva Filipinas libre y mueran los Espanoles!" show that from being a band that had settled in the mountains to escape Spanish control, they had become a political group actively fighting Spanish rule.

On August 13, 1898, a mock battle ensued between the Spanish and American forces in the walled city of Manila. As previously agreed upon by both parties, the Spanish troops eventually surrendered to the Americans. It must, however, be pointed out that there was no corresponding official surrender of the Spanish colonial government to the newcomer.

After the surrender of Manila, Gen. Fermin Jaudenes, acting commander of the Spanish Army in the Philippines, was summoned to Spain by the Madrid government. Gen. Diego de los Rios, commanding general for Visayas and Mindanao, being the most senior officer in the Philippines, was empowered to take over the provisional government in the archipelago and serve as governor-general. He then made Iloilo as the new capital of the Spanish colonial government.

Desiring to save the Visayas and Mindanao from the fate that had befallen Luzon, General de los Rios asked Spain to grant some reforms demanded by representative citizens of Iloilo. He issued in Iloilo a proclamation to the people of the Visayas calling on them to establish a "Council of Reforms" to be made up of 24 leading citizens, 12 of whom would be selected by popular vote, another 12 to be appointed by the general himself.

General de los Rios was obviously sincere in bringing about the reforms people asked for. The granted reforms, however, satisfied only a few ilustrado leaders. The reforms were doomed to fail from the very beginning. The flame of rebellion was too far spread for them to have any effect.

As agreed upon by the Ilonggo leaders, the general uprising against the Spanish authorities in Panay, particularly in Iloilo, took place on October 28, 1898. On this day onward, the interior towns of the province were liberated from Spanish control. By the first week of November, only Jaro, Molo and Iloilo City remained in the hands of the Spaniards. On November 21, Jaro was delivered by the Spanish government to the Ilonggos.

With the Spanish army being besieged by the revolutionary troops in the positions which they held in Iloilo City and Molo, and being threatened by a decisive attack, the Spanish government under Governor General de los Rios eventually opened up negotiations with the Ilonggos. The outcome of the negotiations was the evacuation of Molo and Iloilo City by the Spanish troops and their subsequent surrender to the native forces under the command of Gen. Martin Delgado at Plaza Alfonso XII (now Plaza Libertad)on December 25, 1898. In effect, therefore, it was the Ilonggos who were instrumental in putting to an official end the Spanish rule in the Philippines. The fruition of the declaration of the country's independence by Aguinaldo on June 12, 1898 from Spain became a concrete reality on December 25 in Iloilo City. This, the Ilonggos can be mighty proud of!

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June 6th, 2008, 06:46 PM