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#1 ·
Bohol Philipppines - it's the newest tourism craze in Pinas

Please take time to visit the website of Bohol - God’s Little Paradise. Aside from natural wonders like chocolate hills, white sand beaches, caves, and waterfalls, you can also find romantic lighthouses and several historic churches engraved with Baroque designs, please check this link:

http://www.bohol.ph/gallery3.html

It's not a skycraper but the monuments are worth treasures.
Btw, I'm a fan of old buildings. For me it represents grandeur, history, and stability. I don't like tall glass building.
 
#5,162 ·
^^As what @zidlakan expressed before, there is no big ticket projects for Cebu this year, not because this admin is snobbing Cebu. BRT project is still on it's feasibility study stage, thus, it can not be lined up now as one of the PPP projects. But it is already on the queue. It might be implemented in 2013.

Mactan-Cebu International Airport is already doing some study on having a new terminal and is currently doing some expansion on the current terminal.

However, I hope this admin can take some initiative on looking into these things:

1. Cebu Island Trans-axial Highway (check both economical and environmental impact)
2. Cebu City/Metro Cebu Circumferential Road (check both economical and environmental impact)
3. Possibility of Integrating MCIA to BRT system in Phase 1

Wishful thinking lang.
 
#5,163 ·
^^As what @zidlakan expressed before, there is no big ticket projects for Cebu this year, not because this admin is snobbing Cebu. BRT project is still on it's feasibility study stage, thus, it can not be lined up now as one of the PPP projects. But it is already on the queue. It might be implemented in 2013.

Mactan-Cebu International Airport is already doing some study on having a new terminal and is currently doing some expansion on the current terminal.

However, I hope this admin can take some initiative on looking into these things:

1. Cebu Island Trans-axial Highway (check both economical and environmental impact)
2. Cebu City/Metro Cebu Circumferential Road (check both economical and environmental impact)
3. Possibility of Integrating MCIA to BRT system in Phase 1

Wishful thinking lang.
those are priority infrastructures imong gi mention for cebu to sustain its growth and development
 
#5,164 ·
^^These kind of infras should be what our officials need to push and give more priority, not the inter-island bridges between Bohol or Negros. Let Cebu, Bohol and Negros Islands have decent infras first, before connecting them. Our maritime infra is still connecting these islands without problem.
 
#5,166 ·
^^As what @zidlakan expressed before, there is no big ticket projects for Cebu this year, not because this admin is snobbing Cebu. BRT project is still on it's feasibility study stage, thus, it can not be lined up now as one of the PPP projects. But it is already on the queue. It might be implemented in 2013.

Mactan-Cebu International Airport is already doing some study on having a new terminal and is currently doing some expansion on the current terminal.

However, I hope this admin can take some initiative on looking into these things:

1. Cebu Island Trans-axial Highway (check both economical and environmental impact)
2. Cebu City/Metro Cebu Circumferential Road (check both economical and environmental impact)
3. Possibility of Integrating MCIA to BRT system in Phase 1

Wishful thinking lang.
pwede i-apil? a 4-6 lane circumferential road in mactan island with center island and lined trees/palm trees on its sidewalk.. hehehe wishful thinking lang pod. :)
 
#5,168 · (Edited)
My wish for Cebu is to have a train system gaya ng MRT and LRT sa Metro Manila. Cebu is fast growing and I also believe that heavier at heavier rin ang flow traffic diyan due to the fast developments. May na-plano na ba o na-propose man lang na metro rail system sa Cebu?
It's now scrapped. In fact, the Cebu Railway Project Office is already closed. So, no Cebu LRT for a while.

The alternative mass transport for Cebu City is the Bus Rapid Transit, which is under feasibility study.

I wish for the revival of Cebu Railways, from Santander to Daanbantayan. Heavy railway, if you ask me.
 
#5,169 ·
CBC to launch first PPP initiative in Cebu
By Ehda M. Dagooc (The Freeman) Updated May 12, 2011 12:00 AM Comments (0) View comments

CEBU, Philippines - The Cebu Business Club (CBC) in partnership with Research, Education and Institutional Development (REID), will be launching the first Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) initiative in Cebu called “Partnership for Better Infrastructure,” or PBI.

To be formally launched on May 13, 2011 the PBI will broaden participation in the allocation and implementation of infrastructure investments to support economic development and poverty reduction.

In a formal CBC statement on this announcement, the business group said that while Cebu is a leading investment center in the country, however it still facing major challenges especially in infrastructure development.

REID is a policy research advocacy group based in Pasig City. It selected Cebu as one of the six provinces where it will implement the PBI.

The REID Foundation, through a Memorandum of Agreement, will work in partnership with the CBC to advocate for better infrastructure in Cebu.

REID Foundation will provide technical assistance through a series of workshops on the national and regional economy, national budget, and procurement, among others. These activities are supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through The Asia Foundation (TAF).

Convinced of Cebu’s need for more and better infrastructure, several business chambers and civil society organizations partnered with CBC to support the PBI.

During the launch on Friday, they will sign a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) to support the PBI. To pursue the aim of the PBI, the Parties of the Coalition will agree under the MOC to jointly undertake the several activities, such as identify, prioritize and make a ready list of economically, socially and environmentally sound infrastructure projects which are critical for the development of Cebu, including the gaps in infrastructure development that need to be filled up.

Also, the project aims to participate and engage the government to ensure that recommended list of priority infrastructure projects for Cebu are considered and included in the National Government Budget, particularly the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), and the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC), and implemented with greater transparency, accountability and responsibility.

PBI will also develop strategies to assist the DPWH, Department of Tourism, DOTC and other government agencies involved in infrastructure development in asset preservation and in the preparation, budgeting, procurement, and monitoring the implementation of approved and funded infrastructure projects for Cebu.

Significantly, the PBI will also strongly advocate with the government to consult, utilize, consider and respect the expertise of other groups and individuals in the planning, development and implementation of infrastructure projects.

Before the MOC signing, Prof. Enrico L. Basilio, REID Foundation President will give a briefing on the BPI. Governor Gwen Garcia, Chairperson of the Metro Cebu Development Board and Mayor Mike Rama, Regional Development Council Chair, will follow to outline their strategies for infrastructure development in their respective areas and support for the PBI.

CBC President Dondi Joseph and businessman Andoni Aboitiz will chair the CBC Infra Committee, and the PBI Launching.—
 
#5,170 ·
It's now scrapped. In fact, the Cebu Railway Project Office is already closed. So, no Cebu LRT for a while.

The alternative mass transport for Cebu City is the Bus Rapid Transit, which is under feasibility study.

I wish for the revival of Cebu Railways, from Santander to Daanbantayan. Heavy railway, if you ask me.
naku sayang naman. sana buhayin nila uli. Yung Bus Rapid transit ata parang sa traffic system sa Seoul, South Korea iyon, yung may lane para sa mga bus tapos may high-tech system rin na itetext nila sa cp no mo kung may paparating/malapit na bus mula sa location mo, at may highway rin para sa mga buses lang
 
#5,171 ·
naku sayang naman. sana buhayin nila uli. Yung Bus Rapid transit ata parang sa traffic system sa Seoul, South Korea iyon, yung may lane para sa mga bus tapos may high-tech system rin na itetext nila sa cp no mo kung may paparating/malapit na bus mula sa location mo, at may highway rin para sa mga buses lang
Wikipedia - Bus rapid transit - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_rapid_transit

Wikipedia - List of bus rapid transit systems - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bus_rapid_transit_systems
 
#5,172 · (Edited)
for those who want to know travel details to bohol, there are ferries and fastcrafts daily to tagbilaran city and tubigon; for tagbilaran you can connect through oceanjet, weesam express and supercat and would cost about php 500 - 650; it is a 30 to 1 hour travel. tagbilaran has daily connections to and from dumaguete, cebu, and dapitan cities. there are also daily connections on small ferries from cebu to tubigon and also in ubay; it is a 2 hour ferry ride and would cost at most php 125 - 140. from mindanao you can reach bohol through major shipping lines connecting tagbilaran and jagna bohol. for tagbilaran, you can connect through tran-asia shipping, and cebu ferries. for jagna, there are daily connections through super shuttle ferry; and two to three per week with cebu ferries and other shipping lines.

for those who want to tour the island in one day, you can get a package from travel and tour shops. for backpackers, you can connect to van for hires such as gtexpress but directly to the tourist spots, you may need to ride either a pedicab/tricycle. it is hard to circle all the tourist spots if you do not have a hired van or other vehicle. a van would cost at most 3k to 4500 depending on the itinerary.
 
#5,174 ·
right. which just reveals your age, fred ... the only people who readily knows
that are those working here during that decade, he he he :lol:

usa ra sad oi - the ILS in rnwy 22, the one in rnwy 04 is newer (relatively), it
was placed there as a component of MIADP, circa 1990's. both are out of com-
mission now, so we're hurrying up the new equipment which hopefully will be
online by august.
:nuts: :lol: mga karan tao na.

I remember back then that the management want us to scrub off the rubber skid marks on the touchdown area of the runway. Since they wanted us, the engineering division to check if the chemical works that was purchased it it worked. About 12 midnight we woked since there will be no planes were coming and the runway lights and taxiway were shutoff so did the AVASI and ILS just to be sure no plane would land. We complained that we will not work the next day or the next time. We were Airways Technicians and electrical division no maintenance cleaners. That was it. The chemical did not work well. :eek:hno: :bash:
 
#5,175 ·
when can we have something like this in cebu! where our airport is connected by an efficient and hassle free public transport system all the way to cebu business districts.. we need leaders who are visonaries not those who stick too much on numbers! :eek:hno:

Train line to connect Naia 3, Fort, Makati

By Paolo Montecillo
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—A new commuter train line may soon connect the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) terminal 3 to the Fort Bonifacio and Makati central business districts, according to the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA).

BCDA Chairman Felicito Payumo said the government firm was recently approached by a foreign group that was studying the construction of a new monorail system.

Speaking before members of the American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham), Payumo said the project would be implemented through the public-private partnership concept being espoused by the Aquino administration.

If it pushes through, the new train line would be called the Makati-Taguig-Pasay Monorail Alignment, which is meant to address the growing demand for efficient mass transport systems over the next five years.

Payumo said the projected monorail system would link up with the Metro Rail Transit (Taft to North Avenue), the Light Rail Transit line 1 (Baclaran to Roosevelt) and the Philippine National Railways (PNR) system, which cuts across Metro Manila toward the Southern Luzon regions.

“The interconnection is envisioned to form a loop around the projected service areas covered by the three rail transit systems,” a BCDA statement issued Monday quoted Payumo as saying.

The BCDA said it would like to spearhead the project’s implementation since most of the areas it would cover—the Villamor Air Base in front of Naia 3 and the Fort Bonifacio area—were BCDA developments.

Payumo said designers for the proposed project favored an elevated monorail because of the narrow streets of Makati and Taguig City.

But the BCDA said the project was still being studied and more details would be announced once a more definite deal with the project’s proponents has been signed. The BCDA likewise declined to name the foreign company that proposed to build the new train line.
 
#5,176 ·
when can we have something like this in cebu! where our airport is connected by an efficient and hassle free public transport system all the way to cebu business districts.. we need leaders who are visonaries not those who stick too much on numbers! :eek:hno:
when ang kadagkuan sa atong mga lgu and business leaders magkahiusa , united and supportive of our infrastructure projects, im sure it can get funding from the national or other government agencies or maybe through ppp. if our government leaders magsige lang ug daot sa usag usa, then no government agency will look at our future projects. a good example was the cebu-bohol bridge which pnoy or even a common tao thought was outrageously ambitious. gipangutana unta tu si pnoy about a bridge connecting cebu and cordova? connecting mciaa and cebu's business parks? then and right there makahatag gyud unta to siya ug firm nga answer. but because he knew that our leaders are not united on what's best for cebu kay ila rang political ambition ilang gitan-aw, mao walay commitment siya para sa atong sugbu.
 
#5,177 ·
when can we have something like this in cebu! where our airport is connected by an efficient and hassle free public transport system all the way to cebu business districts.. we need leaders who are visonaries not those who stick too much on numbers! :eek:hno:
when it's feasible ...

as we have already agreed upon before, the bottom line, FOR ANY PROJECT, is

when it's feasible - YES
when it's not feasible, NO

and yes, we're doing what we can to attract the investment for the BRT line
from the airport to the city business districts. we have a week-long technical
discussions with the KOICA master planning team starting may 26, 2011, and
one of the points of discussion is precisely that proposed airport BRT line.
already, two private business conglomerate have expressed interest for PPP
in this project.
 
#5,179 · (Edited)
when can we have something like this in cebu! where our airport is connected by an efficient and hassle free public transport system all the way to cebu business districts.. we need leaders who are visonaries not those who stick too much on numbers! :eek:hno:
needless to say, we need leaders who keep their feet on the ground. :) i could hear jerry screaming 'show me the money!'
 
#5,180 ·
when it's feasible ...

as we have already agreed upon before, the bottom line, FOR ANY PROJECT, is

when it's feasible - YES
when it's not feasible, NO

and yes, we're doing what we can to attract the investment for the BRT line
from the airport to the city business districts. we have a week-long technical
discussions with the KOICA master planning team starting may 26, 2011, and
one of the points of discussion is precisely that proposed airport BRT line.
already, two private business conglomerate have expressed interest for PPP
in this project.

SIr Nigel Paul Villarete!

pwede mahimong apprentice nimo sa urban planning? hehehe
 
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