Naga and Iriga Cities, and Camarines Sur Province

[kaniguan78]

Hello there! May may outlet po ba ng crocs sa SM Naga?

[olineil]

Originally Posted by randism

with all odds yun ang dapat na ginawa!kisyo ganito daw prone to baha eh yun sa ibang bansa nga sa Dagat pa mismo ginawa just to consider proximity! ganto na lang..Kong ayaw palaging may dahilan kong gusto palaging may paraan...hehehe kanta ba 2? or kasabihan lang?

Ok lang naman kung sa Rinconada area... yun nga lang we are a Developing nation... we don't have that extra resources to build an airport in not so ideal geological condition. Look the proposed airport was studied by japanese experts no less. The two final contenders were Bariis, Legazpi and Alobo, Daraga. I am pretty sure that they considered a site somewhere near the border of CamSur and Albay in rinconada area. Finally they chose Alobo for one of the biggest reason, its on a plateau and the area is relatively flat and will be cheapest to implement grading works. They said Bariis though is also in an elevated area, has too many rolling hills and would jack up the cost of the project. So if they chose a place in flood prone rinconada (which is the reason why the roads in this part of bicol are also always in constant repair) the project would need to allocate large amounts of money just for back-filling the area above flood level. Not to mention, the access roads must be back-filled also above flood levels. Then the existing maharlika highway will be inaccessible during flood. So most probably the airport operations will have to be closed or will be adversely affected during this times.

Also add to that, the amount of flood water that will be displaced because of the back-fill which would result to flooding of areas that would usually not experience one.

So.... may rason nga naman diba?

[axel(08)brixx]

Originally Posted by kaniguan78

Hello there! May may outlet po ba ng crocs sa SM Naga?

I think it has a retailer there in Naga name "25TH AVENUE"

I’m not sure if it has an outlet inside SM City Naga.

[lochinvar]

"I am pretty sure that they considered a site somewhere near the border of CamSur and Albay in rinconada area."

Have the Japanese experts heard or considered heavily the sentiments of Camarines Sur or most of the voices heard were from Albay? Additional money for elevating the accessory roads and runway is not comparable to the ever increasing demand for two airports.

[national guard]

Originally Posted by garzland

Having two international airports is not a problem. Bacolod and Iloilo have international airports. Bacolod serves the areas of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental while Iloilo serves the whole island of Panay.

If ever, SLIA would be realized, it would serve,as I have mentioned, Southern Quezon, Cam. Norte, some parts of Masbate, and Cam. Sur.

Let's see, which will be more profitable.

@garzland, NBSA ( New Bacolod-Silay Airport ) caters mostly to Bacolod and Negros Occidental passengers. Dumaguete in Negros Oriental has its own domestic airport.

[garzland]

Originally Posted by kaniguan78

Hello there! May may outlet po ba ng crocs sa SM Naga?

Yes, there is an outlet at SM City Naga.

[garzland]

Originally Posted by axel(08)brixx

I think it has a retailer there in Naga name "25TH AVENUE"

I’m not sure if it has an outlet inside SM City Naga.

Yes, it has.

Originally Posted by national guard

@garzland, NBSA ( New Bacolod-Silay Airport ) caters mostly to Bacolod and Negros Occidental passengers. Dumaguete in Negros Oriental has its own domestic airport.

Thanks, I stand corrected.

[fil07]

Nainutan mo ko a. Nagbulos pa kaya ko. hehe.

[fil07]

TOWN MAYOR URGES
Declare Bicol as calamity-prone area

By Jonas Cabiles Soltes
Inquirer Southern Luzon
First Posted 21:01:00 05/09/2009

Filed Under: Weather, Disasters (general)

NAGA CITY, Philippines -- Mayor Tito Sarion of Daet, Camarines Norte, says the national government should declare several provinces and regions, including Bicol, as calamity-prone areas entitled to certain privileges when it comes to disaster amelioration.

Sarion told the Inquirer in a recent interview there was a need to institutionalize a system on disaster preparedness and response.

“Perhaps, the national government should declare typhoon or calamity-prone areas as the initial step. The national government can then allocate funds for the insurance of basic government infrastructures like schools, hospitals and roads affected by landslides and erosion,” he said.

He said providing insurance coverage for government infrastructure would ascertain that their structural requirements are met with the highest standard.

“The insurance companies will be good instruments to see to it that government projects are done under the highest quality standards because they can run after contractors for any variance in programs of work,” he added.

Sarion said he agreed with Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero who said earlier this week that the government should construct permanent evacuation centers and typhoon-resistant roads and bridges in the Bicol region.

Lying in the country’s typhoon belt, Sarion’s town and province are hard-hit by flash floods during the rainy season.

[fil07]

Lakas-Kampi marriage gives birth to Palaka

By Christine Herrera

Negotiations for a merger among Lakas, Kampi and coalition members are running into difficulties but even then, party stalwarts don’t seem to run out of creative juices.

Stressing the need to speed up the process, one of them came up with this coinage: Palaka.

Palaka is short for Partido Lakas-Kampi, according to Agusan del Sur Rep. Rodolfo “Ompong” Plaza, an opposition party whip of the Nationalist People’s Coalition.

Plaza was making light of the situation after he saw his “very close friend” Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libanan shedding tears when he sent to the altar his first to be married and eldest daughter Eloisa Salvacion, who tied the knot with Christopher Sheen Gonzales at the Manila Cathedral on Thursday.

The father of the bride, also a Lakas party whip, cheered up at the idea and did not also mind that President Arroyo, the interim president of the two parties, was there as a principal sponsor to the Gonzales-Libanan wedding.

President Arroyo could not join the light banter because she was swamped with guests who wanted her pictures taken with them shortly before she was driven back to the Palace.

Libanan has five children— four daughters and only son.

During cocktails prior to the main reception at One Esplanade at the SM Central Business Park on Seaside corner Bay Boulevard in Pasay City, Libanan popped up the possibility of the Nacionalista Party of Senator Manny Villar joining the merger.

What happens if Villar’s NP coalesces with Lakas-Kampi? What would Palaka become?” Libanan asked. Plaza appeared clueless and asked, “Ano?”

“With NP joining in, Palaka becomes Palaka Na Po,” said Libanan, with presidential adviser Gabriel Claudio, Water Utilities chairman Prospero Pichay Jr., both of Lakas, and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez of Kampi and House Minority member and Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez joining in the coining game.

Claudio, Pichay, Romualdez and Rodriguez also stood as sponsors to the wedding.

Claudio was designated head of the panel to pursue the merger after House Speaker Prospero Nograles and Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Villafuerte resigned as presidents of Lakas and Kampi, respectively.

Nograles was also a principal sponsor but was airborne from the United States at the time the wedding was held. He sent House Deputy Speaker Raul del Mar to stand as proxy on his behalf. Nograles touched down at 8:45 Thursday night.

The other prominent sponsors included Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri, Trade Secretary Peter Favila, Rep. Florencio Noel, Plaza’s wife Shirley Pelaez-Plaza, National Telecommunications Commission Commissioner Ruel Canobas, Ambassador Francis Chua, and showbiz personality Eugenio Abunda Jr., popularly known as Boy Abunda, among others. There were 23 pairs of sponsors.

The two party presidents relinquished their posts to give President Arroyo a free hand in putting an end to the “political bickering” especially at the local level.

Not to be outdone, Plaza said the Palaka would be fortunate if they could convince the NPC to coalesce with Lakas-Kampi and NP owing to the earlier proposal of Nograles and Villafuerte to push for Senator Francis Joseph “Chiz” Escudero as the merged parties’ standard-bearer.

What is your take on this? What are the chances of the three major parties joining forces?

[garzland]

Originally Posted by fil07

Nainutan mo ko a. Nagbulos pa kaya ko. hehe.

Ako diretso na kaya saka na nagbulos.

Originally Posted by fil07

TOWN MAYOR URGES
Declare Bicol as calamity-prone area

By Jonas Cabiles Soltes
Inquirer Southern Luzon
First Posted 21:01:00 05/09/2009

Filed Under: Weather, Disasters (general)

NAGA CITY, Philippines -- Mayor Tito Sarion of Daet, Camarines Norte, says the national government should declare several provinces and regions, including Bicol, as calamity-prone areas entitled to certain privileges when it comes to disaster amelioration.

Sarion told the Inquirer in a recent interview there was a need to institutionalize a system on disaster preparedness and response.

“Perhaps, the national government should declare typhoon or calamity-prone areas as the initial step. The national government can then allocate funds for the insurance of basic government infrastructures like schools, hospitals and roads affected by landslides and erosion,” he said.

He said providing insurance coverage for government infrastructure would ascertain that their structural requirements are met with the highest standard.

“The insurance companies will be good instruments to see to it that government projects are done under the highest quality standards because they can run after contractors for any variance in programs of work,” he added.

Sarion said he agreed with Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero who said earlier this week that the government should construct permanent evacuation centers and typhoon-resistant roads and bridges in the Bicol region.

Lying in the country’s typhoon belt, Sarion’s town and province are hard-hit by flash floods during the rainy season.

This is indeed a nice move from our politicians. All efforts and money will just be wasted if not given much attention like this.

[hakz2007]

Bicol issues travel advisory on conditions of national road damaged by typhoon
by LV Castañeda

Legazpi City (8 May) -- Due to damages wrought by Typhoon Dante on May 1 to 3, 2009, The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) regional office here has advised the public that the following road sections of the national road of Bicol region are rendered not passable/hardly passable to all kinds of vehicles, as of 11:00 a.m. today:

1. Rawis Bridge (Rangas Bridge), Bacon District, Sorsogon City Km. 589+679 (Bacon-Manito Road) -- Bridge approaches totally collapsed. District Engineering Office of Sorsogon will install coco bridge to make the road passable to motorists. Expected to be opened to traffic on Saturday, May 9, 2009.

2. Andaya Highway, Taysan, Lupi (Km. 337+200) -- Half lane closed to traffic due to eroded embankment.

3. Brgy. Plaridel, Sta. Elena section, Camarines Norte (Km. 255+820 to Km. 255+870) -- Half lane closed to traffic due to eroded embankment/slip road

4. Brgy. Bagong Silang II, Labo Section, Cams. Norte (Km. 302+300) -- Half lane road due to slippery embankment/heavily shuttered pavement. If heavy rains continue to hit the province, the exiting one lane PCCP might collapse and there will be closure of traffic. If this occurs, the municipality of Capalonga will be isolated.

5. Caramoran-Pandan Road Section (Catanduanes Circumferential Road) -- Hardly passable due to landslides. All municipalities in Catanduanes are now accessible.

DPWH Bicol Regional Director Orlando Roces said maintenance crews are on standby in areas that have recurring landslides for emergency rehabilitation.

As of this writing, clearing operations are ongoing on affected road sections.

Roces, meanwhile, announced that road sections that were previously reported impassable are now open to all types of vehicles including Madarag Box Culvert at Barangay Guinlajon, Sorsogon City as of 1:00 p.m. of May 5, 2009 and Sta. Elena-Daet Section, Camarines Norte as of May 4, 2009, afternoon.

[hakz2007]

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[garzland]

Originally Posted by olineil

Ok lang naman kung sa Rinconada area... yun nga lang we are a Developing nation... we don't have that extra resources to build an airport in not so ideal geological condition. Look the proposed airport was studied by japanese experts no less. The two final contenders were Bariis, Legazpi and Alobo, Daraga. I am pretty sure that they considered a site somewhere near the border of CamSur and Albay in rinconada area. Finally they chose Alobo for one of the biggest reason, its on a plateau and the area is relatively flat and will be cheapest to implement grading works. They said Bariis though is also in an elevated area, has too many rolling hills and would jack up the cost of the project. So if they chose a place in flood prone rinconada (which is the reason why the roads in this part of bicol are also always in constant repair) the project would need to allocate large amounts of money just for back-filling the area above flood level. Not to mention, the access roads must be back-filled also above flood levels. Then the existing maharlika highway will be inaccessible during flood. So most probably the airport operations will have to be closed or will be adversely affected during this times.

Also add to that, the amount of flood water that will be displaced because of the back-fill which would result to flooding of areas that would usually not experience one.

So.... may rason nga naman diba?

Can somebody post here the other contenders for this airport, please?

Rinconada has some elevated portions also if I'm not mistaken which means not all parts are being flooded. Regarding flooding, it can be attributed also to the failure of drainage systems in that area. Thus, it can really be remedied if there's a will and if the airport is really meant to be built in that area.

Building the airport there in Rinconada would mean a lot to the government since they would be saving millions of money for not upgrading Naga Airport.

[randism]

Originally Posted by olineil

Ok lang naman kung sa Rinconada area... yun nga lang we are a Developing nation... we don't have that extra resources to build an airport in not so ideal geological condition. Look the proposed airport was studied by japanese experts no less. The two final contenders were Bariis, Legazpi and Alobo, Daraga. I am pretty sure that they considered a site somewhere near the border of CamSur and Albay in rinconada area. Finally they chose Alobo for one of the biggest reason, its on a plateau and the area is relatively flat and will be cheapest to implement grading works. They said Bariis though is also in an elevated area, has too many rolling hills and would jack up the cost of the project. So if they chose a place in flood prone rinconada (which is the reason why the roads in this part of bicol are also always in constant repair) the project would need to allocate large amounts of money just for back-filling the area above flood level. Not to mention, the access roads must be back-filled also above flood levels. Then the existing maharlika highway will be inaccessible during flood. So most probably the airport operations will have to be closed or will be adversely affected during this times.

Also add to that, the amount of flood water that will be displaced because of the back-fill which would result to flooding of areas that would usually not experience one.

So.... may rason nga naman diba?

hi olineil fyi..not all part of rinconada area are flood prone,so be it..to be honest nothing that people of Camsur or Camnorte can do about it anymore,"you have the best horse in town"so i guess its going to be a kkk..in any way it is for the common good ..

[olineil]

Originally Posted by garzland

Rinconada has some elevated portions also if I'm not mistaken which means not all parts are being flooded. Regarding flooding, it can be attributed also to the failure of drainage systems in that area. Thus, it can really be remedied if there's a will and if the airport is really meant to be built in that area.

Hi Garz, here's my real sentiment for this project. They could have just upgraded Legazpi Airport to have a bigger terminal and tarmac to accommodate more flights... the runway is already relatively long so its fine. Naga Aiport runway to be extended to accommodate larger aircraft + a new terminal. This way maybe the government would only spend about P1B? rather than P3B. They could have used the P2B to start upgrading the Maharlika highway to a REAL highway. Even then, this new airport proposal will be for the common good of everyone so lets just support this.

Originally Posted by randism

hi olineil fyi..not all part of rinconada area are flood prone,so be it..to be honest nothing that people of Camsur or Camnorte can do about it anymore,"you have the best horse in town"so i guess its going to be a kkk..in any way it is for the common good ..

To address Garz/ Randism info about rinconada flooding and flood zones. Here is my best observation. Rinconada area is a natural flood plain, hence that area is very fertile and where most of our agri products are derived from. Why the flooding got worse is because when the government decided to build the Maharlika Highway, they essentially created a built up area where the maharlika highway just cuts thru the flood plains. This created a DAMMING effect on both sides of the devided flood plain essentially stopping the natural flow of flood waters to drain properly. In the late 90's they tried to fix this by installing concrete culvert pipes every few hundred meters or less that lets flood water flow from one side to the other. This remedy was not enough since the volume of flood water still overwhelms the culvert pipes and the damming effect wasn't mitigated. So during stormy season, the embankment gets soaked in flood waters and weakens the support on the roadway creating pot holes and worse road portions gets washed off. The construction of Maharlika highway specifically in the Rinconada area was an Engineering Blunder. They should have invested heavily in a proper storm drain system to counter the damming effect. If you can see NLEX viaduct in this photo below:

You would wonder why that highway is elevated when its only cutting thru ricefields. Because this area is a natural water catchment (flood plains) therefore with this design the storm water still flows naturally. The government needs to do this in rinconada or a properly engineered storm drain canals which would mean additional Billions of pesos so they can build an airport in that portion of our beloved homeland. I wish this was the case, but unfortuantely mahirap lang ang bansa natin.

[six]

FLOOD. Heavy flooding hits Bato and Baao areas of Camarines Sur inundating vast tracts
of ricelands. This photograph was taken by this reporter while on board the Philippine
Airlines from Manila to the Legazpi City domestic airport Monday. RHAYDZ B. BARCIA
Source: Bicol Mail

[hakz2007]

LCC Mall-Daraga



LCC Mall-Nabua







LCC Mall-Naga City







LCC Supermarket - Sorsogon








LCC Supermarket - Legazpi








LCC Hypermarket-Sorsogon

[bobbymay74]

Originally Posted by hakz2007

LCC Mall-Daraga



LCC Mall-Nabua







LCC Mall-Naga City







LCC Supermarket - Sorsogon








LCC Supermarket - Legazpi








LCC Hypermarket-Sorsogon

Hi Haks, good evening. is this a new LCC Malls or just re-modelling the former buildings of NAGA and Legaspi LCC Malls? thanks

[hakz2007]

Originally Posted by bobbymay74

Hi Haks, good evening. is this a new LCC Malls or just re-modelling the former buildings of NAGA and Legaspi LCC Malls? thanks

Some are remodelling like LCC Daraga...But LCC supermarkets are new ones..