Cebú City and Province

[Henz]

Early Morning in the Magellans Cross Park..




Photo grabbed from Cebuano Ako's FB page

[Henz]

Originally Posted by diehardbisdak

if i'm not mistaken, gi-apil man gud 'to sa Innoland press release before the
groundbreaking ceremony of The Link nga ang one of the possible occupants
is American Express Card Call Center

yeah i know that ila na naapil sa ilang press release, but we dont kung unsa ang update as of now kay supposedly by this time mag start na sila ug sourcing for human resources just like the EXL Holdings, Inc. Pero morag wag kisaw not even a single ad....Of course we hope they will push through since AMEX will further give a cap to Cebu's feather as far as the BPO Industry is concerned.

More and more BPO players locating in Cebu will improve chances of Cebu earning a higher place in the Tholons...

[wakeuptoreality]

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[MatudNilaBaby]

naa man mora ug favela sa pix. ang uspf sa salinas drive bag-o na sila ug building?

[tj_brewed]

Originally Posted by echeverriavy

hi jechoy!

Oi Banggoy! musta na? were u here in The Phils during Sinulog2013? will send u pm..check it out. long time no see a!

[Sleepwalker]

Originally Posted by Jarenz

Normal Daily Traffic in Salinas Drive between (4pm-9pm). Worst on weekends

Bisan pa man, kung tan-awon, ang mag sakyanan, galinya gud og tarong...Wala'y nag-ungos ungos nga maka-una...Wala'y nagbabag...Og wala'y nanglapas padulong pikas lane..

Originally Posted by wakeuptoreality

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Mora'g Brazil or Baguio City...

[Henz]

mao sad akong first impression.. hehehe..
morag Baguio City....

[jochval]

Originally Posted by Sleepwalker

Bisan pa man, kung tan-awon, ang mag sakyanan, galinya gud og tarong...Wala'y nag-ungos ungos nga maka-una...Wala'y nagbabag...Og wala'y nanglapas padulong pikas lane..




Mora'g Brazil or Baguio City...

hala asa ni dapita, mura jud bitaw ug naa sa Baguio

[Sleepwalker]

Originally Posted by jochval

hala asa ni dapita, mura jud bitaw ug naa sa Baguio

Basin padulong na sa Tops, kay sa ako duda, kanang dako nga structure nga puwa og atop, sa pinaka taas nga bahin sa right side, kay di ba mao man nang i-convert unta og diskohanan sa una? Mora'g casino man siguro na...Di ko sure.

[bakasaurus]

Murag Baguio, pero no offense sa Baguio, this is something the gov't should look into soon. BTW are those lots legally owned or are these houses IS?

If I remember right, kung striktohon, lahi man ug classification ang mga yuta nga ingana ka bakilid?



Nanginahanglan na gyud ta ug public housing nga high rise. Otherwise, imbis nindot kaayo tanawn ang green hills, ma lukop na unya ni mga balay.

[rage@cebu]

Originally Posted by Sleepwalker

Basin padulong na sa Tops, kay sa ako duda, kanang dako nga structure nga puwa og atop, sa pinaka taas nga bahin sa right side, kay di ba mao man nang i-convert unta og diskohanan sa una? Mora'g casino man siguro na...Di ko sure.

Sitio Plaza, Barangay Apas Cebu City na cya.... the road going to GMA7 dha na nimu makit.an pero sa luyo ni Jarenz kung asa cya ga kuha sa pic kay ang Citylights Garden and Towers...

[MatudNilaBaby]

kanang padulong sa camp marina diba dunay public housing dinha or illegal squatting lang na sila sa govt lots dinha?

[bakasaurus]

Dili baya gyud na ingana ka traffic ang Salinas just a few years back. Duyog ra ba gyud ni sa developments sa IT Park mao nang kung unsa kapaspas ang development sa IT Park which meant bringing a substantially more dense number of people in the area to fill all those buildings and offices, mao pod unta ka paspas ang atong ciudad sa pagpangita ug solusyon.

Dili baya lisod ianalyze. Dili ka makaingon nga wala damha. It was VERY PREDICTABLE.
Dinhi makita na pod nimo ug unsa ta kahuyang sa matang sa pagplano ug pagimplementar aning mga planoha.

This also shows the GREAT DISPARITY between the rate at which our government and our private sectors are moving. Mas abtik ang pikas tiil. Kuyaw ta malamba ug mapandol.

Hain na man tong BRT intawn? Zzzzzzzzzz. Pastilan!

My only hope is mauna pa ug provide ug solusyon ang IT Park ani by providing buses for example. Kaso lang, this will still need the support of the LGU especially in rerouting and traffic flow schemes.

[tj_brewed]

since road expansion is very unlikely and not doable at this point in time, do u think rerouting would work?

[Zuburbia]

Originally Posted by MatudNilaBaby

kanang padulong sa camp marina diba dunay public housing dinha or illegal squatting lang na sila sa govt lots dinha?

ayaw intawn na pahilabti ang camp marina kay mao baya intawn na ang pinakaduol nga nature reserve area nga duol kayo nga ganahan kayo ko magwalking....hinaut dili na ni managhan ang squatter og housing sa bukid..

hingkalit lagi nag kadaghan ang mga balay duol sa casino and cebu plaza

[Henz]

Originally Posted by bakasaurus

Dili baya gyud na ingana ka traffic ang Salinas just a few years back. Duyog ra ba gyud ni sa developments sa IT Park mao nang kung unsa kapaspas ang development sa IT Park which meant bringing a substantially more dense number of people in the area to fill all those buildings and offices, mao pod unta ka paspas ang atong ciudad sa pagpangita ug solusyon.

Dili baya lisod ianalyze. Dili ka makaingon nga wala damha. It was VERY PREDICTABLE.
Dinhi makita na pod nimo ug unsa ta kahuyang sa matang sa pagplano ug pagimplementar aning mga planoha.

This also shows the GREAT DISPARITY between the rate at which our government and our private sectors are moving. Mas abtik ang pikas tiil. Kuyaw ta malamba ug mapandol.

Hain na man tong BRT intawn? Zzzzzzzzzz. Pastilan!

My only hope is mauna pa ug provide ug solusyon ang IT Park ani by providing buses for example. Kaso lang, this will still need the support of the LGU especially in rerouting and traffic flow schemes.

Di ba naa man to Salinas Drive Expansion project along the Expansion of the MJ Cuenco in Mabolo Area... Anus-a kaha na masugdan...

[bakasaurus]

Road expansion can only accommodate how much more volume of traffic?
It's still very short term. What we badly need is a reliable mass public transport solution.

I don't know what they're waiting for (PNoy et al.).

I wonder when the next transport study will start. And another after that, and another....and another....and another.


As far as I know (and I know so little about this field) transport studies have a "best before" or probably only "good info to use until", because information gathered from 3 to 5 years back may be ill-adapted for a project we will start today.

If this BRT dragged on for too much, even with projections, it would have to rely on data that is getting older, hence more inaccurate with time. They might need to study again and loan more hundreds of millions. And yet nothing gets done.

Wasteful and inefficient. That's how we are.




Sorry for being so rant-y today. It must be the foggy weather here.
Taas akong panlantaw para sa Sugbo kung ang pribado nga sector lang atoang tanawn.
Ang akong gikabalak-an ang sa kalidad ug direksyon sa atoang politikal nga liderato.

IMO, Cebu has been mired in too much politics lately that a lot of things are stalling.

[Sleepwalker]

BRT project can be a very very good source of campaign material for LP...Sorry, for injecting politics but technicalities about BRT has been done and proven to be OK and the way i see it now, it's all about politics.

So, i still cannot avoid thinking that politics is the big reason of BRT deferment.

Take the case of MCIA T2, technically CebPac and San Miguel cannot join the bidding, since both own CebuPac and PAL respectively...But recent news stated that they were allowed to join the bidding but DOTC will change the rules just to accommodate CebPac and San Miguel...

Ingon pa's mga Tagalog: Kung ayaw maraming dahilan...Kung gusto, maraming paraan...

[Panzer_18]

CARPENTER'S SON: DIVERSIFY, HAVE NICHE TO GROW BUSINESS

Diversify your market and establish your niche to make your brand sustainable and make your company strong and resilient.

Allan P. Murillo, managing director and designer of his company, Murillo Export International, Inc., shared his secret in growing his company despite the economic turmoils that hit the export industry.

Murillo Export International Inc. started as a backyard business as an original equipment manufacturer that eventually grew into a firm making its own designs and pieces of furniture for the domestic and foreign markets.

The firm survived despite the economic turmoils in the two major export markets-the United States of America and Europe- which led most exporters in Cebu to cut down in production. Worse some even closed shop.

But Murillo was prepared to tackle these economic turmoils from lessons learned in 1995 when his major market the Australian market slowed down affecting his company.

In 2008, the export industry was greatly affected by the recession in the their markets-the US in 2008 and then followed by the Eurozone difficulties.

History

Unlike some, Murillo didn't start his export business just because it was the most profitable business in the country at that time.

Murillo said he went to the business as his way of grabbing the opportunities which presented at that time.

Murillo, is a son of a carpenter who was then working for one of the oldest export company manufacturing rattan furniture.

"For a time I also worked there myself with my dad. The company however closed and my father started a subcontracting facility in 1977. That's where my two other brothers and I learned more about the business," said Murillo.

In 1981, his brothers Christopher and Ed was sponsored by one of their buyers to migrate to Australia and soon in 1987, Murillo and the rest of the family followed to live in Australia.

He, however, decided to come back to the Philippines in 1991 and set up his own company, Murillo's Export International, Inc., which formally opened in 1993.

"It started as a backyard business which I setup in our home in Inayawan. I only had one employee when I started," said Murillo.

For a start, Murillo was supplying pieces of rattan furniture to his brother Ed back in Australia who owns a small shop.

From 1993 to 1995 Murillo was contented with just supplying for the Australian market until in 1995, his brother's business slowed down when the market contracted.

"That's when I realized that it's not good to focus in only one market. That in order to be sustainable I have to diversify," said Murillo.

His other brother Christopher is also now helping him in the business doing the art pieces still under the Murillo brand.

Biggest Break

In 1996, Murillo met an Australian who was also referred to a client of his brother's shop.

"I was contracted to furnish a high-end hotel in Australia. That was my biggest break and after that I did many other furnishing jobs for other hotel properties in Australia and soon here in the Philippines. My niche now is custom-made furnishing which would require me to do site visits and make the designs then manufacture the furniture," he said.

Soon his market expanded into Europe, Asian countries and the US.

One of his prominent clients are tennis champions Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf who would order pieces from him for their Agassi Graf collection by Kreiss.

Murillo also changed the business from just a simple OEM (original equipment manufacturer) company to a company that makes the designs.

"I have always loved to design and for me it's not sustainable for the business to just wait for the buyers to come and hand you this design they want and ask for your price. I thought I should make the design and propose it to them," he said.

Murillo did all the furnishing of a high-end resort in Coron, Palawan that will soon open that required him and five of his men to travel to the site four times and work the designs and installations.

Going Local

In 2006, Murillo started to look at the local market, long before other exporters even bothered to look at the potential of the local market for their business.

He then setup Noisession studio in his plant in Inayawan to serve as a showroom for his local buyers of the type of products they do which is really more about custom-made furnishings.

From big hotels and offices, Murillo is also doing furnishings for customers who would contract him to furnish their homes.

"I have done many for home owners here in Cebu from cabinets to beds and living room furnishings. I do everything and it requires a lot of time especially because I visit the site myself so that I can make the designs and give the customers my proposal," said Murillo.

Having stabilized his local foothold, Murillo's business became resilient especially when the economic crisis in US and Europe broke out.

According to Murillo, he expects the local market to grow more because of the booming real estate, tourism and outsourcing industry which will make people earn more to buy new houses, and more hotels to open here in Cebu.

At present Murillo's plant in Inayawan, Cebu City is about 3,000 square meters in size with at least 70 employees including production people, marketing and administration.

Murillo was also able to apply his trademark name Murillo in 2002 which was approved in 2006.

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