Central Luzón Region

[Waldenstrom]

There is a similar situation in Cavite. Bacoor-Imus-Dasma are the most urbanized but the seat of government is Trece Martirez City (which is less urbanized).

[barrera_marquez]

Hey, I like GearX's recommendation, why don't we put two stars in one province? At least, it is the only province in the Philippines that has two stars enclosed in a circle if realized (the stars enclosed in a circle is a famous legend for maps).

[barrera_marquez]

Originally Posted by X_MD

There is a similar situation in Cavite. Bacoor-Imus-Dasma are the most urbanized but the seat of government is Trece Martirez City (which is less urbanized).

If it does, then how come Bacoor, Imus and Dasmarinas didn't become cities? You mean Palayan 2?

[Waldenstrom]

Bacoor-Imus-Dasma are qualified to be cities but people are not pushing for it due to many reasons. Trece Martirez City has still some agricultural lands but most of them were already converted to subdivions and industrial estates.

How did Palayan became a city & capital of the province?

[a s i a n a]

Anywhere as long as there is a seat of government.

[Colonel Burger]

Originally Posted by X_MD

Bacoor-Imus-Dasma are qualified to be cities but people are not pushing for it due to many reasons. Trece Martirez City has still some agricultural lands but most of them were already converted to subdivions and industrial estates.

How did Palayan became a city & capital of the province?

Palayan Became a city because it was created as planned city just like Trece Martires in Cavite, Quezon City, Baguio, Samal and Manila.

The Capital of a province need not be urbanized or be the center of trade, commerce, industry.

If the Capitol is located in a locality, then that place is the capital because the provincial Government is located there. That is why they are moving the Provincial Capitol of Rizal in Antipolo because Antipolo is now the capital of Rizal.

So if the capitol is in Palayan, then that is the capital and it should remain there for many reasons, mostly Financial reasons.

[barrera_marquez]

Originally Posted by Colonel Burger

Palayan Became a city because it was created as planned city just like Trece Martires in Cavite, Quezon City, Baguio, Samal and Manila.

The Capital of a province need not be urbanized or be the center of trade, commerce, industry.

If the Capitol is located in a locality, then that place is the capital because the provincial Government is located there. That is why they are moving the Provincial Capitol of Rizal in Antipolo because Antipolo is now the capital of Rizal.

So if the capitol is in Palayan, then that is the capital and it should remain there for many reasons, mostly Financial reasons.

There is a provincial capitol of Nueva Ecija in Cabanatuan City. Proof? Here:


The old Nueva Ecija capitol. Hope that several government institutions of Nueva Ecija be transferred in Cabanatuan City. At least the institutions concerned with financial and commerce. They are much needed there and also to prevent Cabanatuan City from being independent if it does became a highly-urbanized city (it did a few years ago but was later returned to Component status).

What Palayan City lacks, in fact are police stations, fire stations (I never saw any!), hospitals and even markets! How can you ensure that we could develop Palayan City? It is one of the reasons why transferred to Cabanatuan City.

But in fairness, Palayan City is my hometown and I cannot remove that, and it is a good place for people who wants to live in a peaceful and a quiet environment.

But, why not absorb Palayan City to Cabanatuan City? Actually, I oppose this. Nueva Ecija's capital has been there for a long time. Not a good time to lose a city actually even if it looks like a municipality.

But why not let Nueva Ecija have two stars (literally, having two capitals), I think that two heads are better than one.

Anyway, is there somebody who has a seal of Palayan City? I saw it in their welcome arch but I never saw a digital version of it. I will put it in Wikipedia, only the flag is there, no city seals. Please upload it here, thanks!

[Mond87]

are there any photos of both cities? mejo naintriga kasi ako sa Cabanatuan... lagi kasing namemention sa Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo saka Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo... heheh... wala lang

[kevinb]

Originally Posted by GearX

Let it be to have 2 capitals.

Palayan - Government & Institution Capital
Cabanatuan - Commercial Capital & Business center

Let it be this way. CamSur is like that, must I say. Pili as capital and Naga as commercial center.

Originally Posted by barrera_marquez

If it does, then how come Bacoor, Imus and Dasmarinas didn't become cities? You mean Palayan 2?

The three towns are very qualified. In fact much more qualified than any fifth or fourth class city. Residents just don't want their towns be converted to cities because of taxes that will increase. Well it's just one of the reasons, but it's the single-most important reason to people living in Imus, Bacoor and Dasma.

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@barrera_marquez: Why the interest in this topic if you're from Pampanga? I sense a big importance of this to you. I'm just curious.

[barrera_marquez]

Originally Posted by kevinb

Let it be this way. CamSur is like that, must I say. Pili as capital and Naga as commercial center.



The three towns are very qualified. In fact much more qualified than any fifth or fourth class city. Residents just don't want their towns be converted to cities because of taxes that will increase. Well it's just one of the reasons, but it's the single-most important reason to people living in Imus, Bacoor and Dasma.

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@barrera_marquez: Why the interest in this topic if you're from Pampanga? I sense a big importance of this to you. I'm just curious.

It is my grandmother's hometown. I take my pity on her since when she is still from Palayan City (specifically from Barangay Santolan), imagine going to the capitol just to go to Cabanatuan City. She used to board passenger jeeps which doesn't even bother to take her. Not to mention the expensive fare of it (P17). A few weeks ago her temper ran out and she immediately transferred to Cabanatuan City when she bought a house there.

Obviously if you're a senior citizen, having the capitol near you is a great help.

[barrera_marquez]

Originally Posted by Mond87

are there any photos of both cities? mejo naintriga kasi ako sa Cabanatuan... lagi kasing namemention sa Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo saka Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo... heheh... wala lang

Your request will be granted:

Cabanatuan City
Mayor: Alvin Pangilinan Vergara




Cabanatuan City Central Terminal


Maharlika Highway


Primavera Houses


Lakewood City


Maria Assumpta Seminary


NE Pacific Mall


Megacenter


NE Mall


McDonald's


Cabanatuan City Public Market


Cabanatuan City Prison Camp

Palayan City
Mayor: Romeo Capinpin, Jr.




Nueva Ecija capitol


Palayan City hills. Taken from the rooftop of the provincial capitol.

Actually, there are only a few pictures of Palayan City in the internet. Sorry, but going personally there is not a joke, it takes full three hours from San Fernando City or four hours from Manila! Image going there and you spend P400+ back-to-back just to take pictures.

[Mond87]

wow... u took all those pics? wow... nice effort...

[barrera_marquez]

Originally Posted by Mond87

wow... u took all those pics? wow... nice effort...

No, just got it from a website:

Cabanatuan City Pictures:
http://www2.mozcom.com/~valmonte/cabanatuan/

Palayan City Pictures:
http://www2.mozcom.com/~mic55/kapitolyo/index.html

Credits go to:
Mr. Ramon R. Valmonte

[Mond87]

honestly, im sorry if i voted for palayan... i actually don't know much about the two cities and the province. but as of my observation, parang matagal na kasing capital ang palayan. changing it back to cabanatuan will really take a long process and myt cost lots of money pa... my advice is this: just improve palayan city... i think it will be of more benefit to palayan and the whole province if it does so... tsaka pag dumami na ang mga businesses sa cabanatuan, tiyak na wala nang lugar yung ciudad na yun for gov't offices. kaya nga siguro linipat sa palayan to make room for commerce. it's the same thing as in Cam Sur, Legazpi city (the city hall is located in Albay District, w/c is not the business center of the city), United States, Brazil, etc... I guess, transportation must also be improved coz from what i see, it's only the transpo yung pinoproblema...yun lang ang masasabi ko...

[barrera_marquez]

Originally Posted by Mond87

honestly, im sorry if i voted for palayan... i actually don't know much about the two cities and the province. but as of my observation, parang matagal na kasing capital ang palayan. changing it back to cabanatuan will really take a long process and myt cost lots of money pa... my advice is this: just improve palayan city... i think it will be of more benefit to palayan and the whole province if it does so... tsaka pag dumami na ang mga businesses sa cabanatuan, tiyak na wala nang lugar yung ciudad na yun for gov't offices. kaya nga siguro linipat sa palayan to make room for commerce. it's the same thing as in Cam Sur, Legazpi city (the city hall is located in Albay District, w/c is not the business center of the city), United States, Brazil, etc... I guess, transportation must also be improved coz from what i see, it's only the transpo yung pinoproblema...yun lang ang masasabi ko...

Siguro nga hindi mo alam kung gaano kalala ang problema ng Palayan City. I can't blame you. Pero iniimbitahan kita na pasyalan ang Palayan City. At saka isa pa, bundukin iyong Palayan City at talagang walang business na magtatangkang mag-invest doon hanggang walang magandang reason. Hindi siya kulang sa tao, marami ngang may gustong magkaroon ng matinong business doon. Pero partida naman, may magandang hotel ang Palayan City. I will still call it our own Palayan City, hindi ko mai-aalis na doon ipinanganak ang lola ko kahit anong mangyari.

Isa pa, may malaking sementeryo sa Palayan City, kasinlaki ng sementeryo sa mga probinsya na ubod ng tao. Katabi ng Barangay Santolan ang sementeryong ito.

Pero may malaking lupa sa paanan ng bundok na zoned for agro-industrial. Sana ma-develop ang Palayan City para mag-ala Baguio City ito. May potential ang Palayan City sa totoo lang pero maraming political issues lang.

Kung made-develop ang Palayan City, baka maisipan ko pang magtayo ng business doon. Kung made-develop lang.

Hindi naman dapat lahat ng opisina ng gobyerno ng probinsya ng Nueva Ecija ay ililipat. Yung mga may kinalalaman lang sa pinansyal at komersyo. Sa Palayan City na lang si Governor Umali at ang iba pang basic services. Mas kailangan sila roon, wala nga akong nakitang police, fire stations at medical clinics/hospital doon.

Pero siguro tama ka, sorry rin sa pagboto sa Cabanatuan City. Dapat dalawa na lang silang maging capital ng Nueva Ecija pero problema ang communications kung magkakaganon. Tanging Cabanatuan City lang ang may broadband internet, wala ang Palayan City pero kailangan pa rin nila ng direct communications. Pati nga yata telepono problema pa sa Palayan City pati cellphone signal. Walang communications sa Palayan City, kailangang makabitan ang Palayan City ng communications bago ito mag-develop.

[icarusrising]

Carabao may be key to biofuel, says scientist

By Anselmo Roque
Central Luzon Desk
First Posted 23:02:00 01/26/2008
The Philippine Daily Inquirer

SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ -- Don’t look now but the lowly carabao might yet hold the key to the commercial production of biofuel in the country.

The carabao, says a returning Filipino-American scientist, provides the model as well as the “mother liquor,” for the conversion of rice stubble and straw to ethanol, an alternative to crude oil-based fuels.

“The carabao is a paradigm in converting lignocellulose to ethanol,” said Dr. Fiorello Abenes, a professor emeritus of animal and veterinary sciences at CalPoly Pomona University in California.

“It has rumen fluid whose organisms can help transform rice stubble and straw and other biomass into bioethanol,” he said.

Bioethanol is a light alcohol produced by fermenting sugarcane, corn, cassava and nipa. It is one of the types of biofuel mandated for mixture with diesel and gasoline under the Biofuels Act.

The theoretical basis for this, which Abenes discussed in a lecture at the Institute of Graduate Studies at the Central Luzon State University here, was validated by experiments conducted at the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC).

“The experiments confirmed the ability of the model to produce ethanol using rumen microorganisms as first stage fermenters, followed by yeasts in the final fermenting stage,” he said.

Abenes, who obtained his doctoral degree in animal science at the University of Connecticut in 1975, worked for many years as regional swine specialist in Alberta, Canada, and at the Dairy Training and Research Institute of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations before moving to CalPoly Pomona University.

He retired at 55 years old in that university in 2005 and is now engaged in various private enterprises in the United States.

Abenes graduated with the degree of agricultural education, cum laude, from the CLSU in 1969. He was among the first Filipinos staying abroad who responded to the government’s Balik-Scientist program in 1975.

“We can extract the rumen fluid from carabao and multiply them many times for commercial production of ethanol from biomass,” he told the Inquirer before returning to the States on Jan. 18.

In his lecture at the CLSU, Abenes said the carabao is a model for a way to convert lignocellulose to ethanol. Lignocellulose is the most common molecule on earth and is found in all plants.

Converting this molecule to alcohol using purified enzymes, chemical and physical hydrolysis (or chemical breakdown) is too expensive under Philippine conditions, Abenes said.

“The carabao is known for its ability to subsist on low quality forage, including rice stubble and straw. This ability is conferred upon this animal by the rumen that digests cellulose and hemicellulose, turning them into methane and volatile fatty acids (VFAs),” Abenes said.

The methane, he said, is expelled when the carabao belches while the VFAs are parceled between the host animal and the microorganisms.

“The host animal uses the VFAs as a source of energy. The microorganisms use them to support its life functions by synthesizing glucose,” he said.

Abenes said the feasibility of the method, as suggested by the carabao paradigm, has been validated in experiments conducted by the PCC.

He said the rumen fluid can turn lignocellulose into fermentable carbohydrates and the fermentable carbohydrates can be turned into alcohol using common yeast.

Abenes, who conducted the experiment with PCC scientist Perla Florendo, said because of the promising results of the experiment they submitted a paper to a national science and technology contest in energy research and development.

“We have no illusion about winning any prize due to limited scope of the project but its submission at least documents that the first research in this area was conducted at PCC and CLSU,” Abenes said.

He said preliminary calculations based on theoretical models have indicated that as much as 117 liters of alcohol can be distilled from 1,000 kg of biomass materials.

Given the natural abundance of biomass, the use of 85 percent ethanol for flexible fuel vehicles (FFV) may be possible, he said.

There is now a technology for the conversion of vehicles using engine fuel to FFV at an affordable cost, he said.

The mandated minimum 1 percent biodiesel blend and 5 percent bioethanol blend in all diesel and gasoline fuels have become controversial of late because of the statement of Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Dr. Hartmut Michel.

Michel said investment in biofuel development is “counterproductive” as producing biofuel would sometimes entail clearing a forest that would destroy biodiversity and emit more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago, author of the Biofuels Act, sought more government oversight powers over biofuel development, saying it could adversely affect the country’s ability to produce its own food.

She said biofuel production, being land-based, will eventually compete with food.

In his talk here, Abenes said the carabao model for production of ethanol could be an alternative as it uses rice straw and other biomass.

He said the experience of Brazil, the oft-cited model for a thriving ethanol industry, cannot be replicated in this country.

Brazil, he said, has a vast tract of land for sugarcane production. There are less than 25 persons per square kilometer of land in Brazil compared to the Philippines’ 300 persons per square kilometer. Brazil, the fifth largest country in the world, has a land area of 8,511,965 square kilometers. The Philippines’ land area is 300,439 square kilometers.

Abenes said the commercial production of ethanol using the carabao model can involve residents of rural areas. They can be part of the factory assembly line by performing the tasks involved in the digestion process (in bioreactor containers) of the biomass material with the use of the rumen fluid that will be supplied to them.

The alcohol from the “bacterial beer” collected from the participating rural residents can be further refined through a solar distiller, he said.

The distiller is now being designed by engineers from CLSU, he said.

Abenes also said residents who will be involved in this project can have added income, making the project a boost to rural economy

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080126-115028/Carabao-may-be-key-to-biofuel-says-scientist

[barrera_marquez]

Originally Posted by icarus-rising

Carabao may be key to biofuel, says scientist

By Anselmo Roque
Central Luzon Desk
First Posted 23:02:00 01/26/2008
The Philippine Daily Inquirer

SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ -- Don’t look now but the lowly carabao might yet hold the key to the commercial production of biofuel in the country.

The carabao, says a returning Filipino-American scientist, provides the model as well as the “mother liquor,” for the conversion of rice stubble and straw to ethanol, an alternative to crude oil-based fuels.

“The carabao is a paradigm in converting lignocellulose to ethanol,” said Dr. Fiorello Abenes, a professor emeritus of animal and veterinary sciences at CalPoly Pomona University in California.

“It has rumen fluid whose organisms can help transform rice stubble and straw and other biomass into bioethanol,” he said.

Bioethanol is a light alcohol produced by fermenting sugarcane, corn, cassava and nipa. It is one of the types of biofuel mandated for mixture with diesel and gasoline under the Biofuels Act.

The theoretical basis for this, which Abenes discussed in a lecture at the Institute of Graduate Studies at the Central Luzon State University here, was validated by experiments conducted at the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC).

“The experiments confirmed the ability of the model to produce ethanol using rumen microorganisms as first stage fermenters, followed by yeasts in the final fermenting stage,” he said.

Abenes, who obtained his doctoral degree in animal science at the University of Connecticut in 1975, worked for many years as regional swine specialist in Alberta, Canada, and at the Dairy Training and Research Institute of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations before moving to CalPoly Pomona University.

He retired at 55 years old in that university in 2005 and is now engaged in various private enterprises in the United States.

Abenes graduated with the degree of agricultural education, cum laude, from the CLSU in 1969. He was among the first Filipinos staying abroad who responded to the government’s Balik-Scientist program in 1975.

“We can extract the rumen fluid from carabao and multiply them many times for commercial production of ethanol from biomass,” he told the Inquirer before returning to the States on Jan. 18.

In his lecture at the CLSU, Abenes said the carabao is a model for a way to convert lignocellulose to ethanol. Lignocellulose is the most common molecule on earth and is found in all plants.

Converting this molecule to alcohol using purified enzymes, chemical and physical hydrolysis (or chemical breakdown) is too expensive under Philippine conditions, Abenes said.

“The carabao is known for its ability to subsist on low quality forage, including rice stubble and straw. This ability is conferred upon this animal by the rumen that digests cellulose and hemicellulose, turning them into methane and volatile fatty acids (VFAs),” Abenes said.

The methane, he said, is expelled when the carabao belches while the VFAs are parceled between the host animal and the microorganisms.

“The host animal uses the VFAs as a source of energy. The microorganisms use them to support its life functions by synthesizing glucose,” he said.

Abenes said the feasibility of the method, as suggested by the carabao paradigm, has been validated in experiments conducted by the PCC.

He said the rumen fluid can turn lignocellulose into fermentable carbohydrates and the fermentable carbohydrates can be turned into alcohol using common yeast.

Abenes, who conducted the experiment with PCC scientist Perla Florendo, said because of the promising results of the experiment they submitted a paper to a national science and technology contest in energy research and development.

“We have no illusion about winning any prize due to limited scope of the project but its submission at least documents that the first research in this area was conducted at PCC and CLSU,” Abenes said.

He said preliminary calculations based on theoretical models have indicated that as much as 117 liters of alcohol can be distilled from 1,000 kg of biomass materials.

Given the natural abundance of biomass, the use of 85 percent ethanol for flexible fuel vehicles (FFV) may be possible, he said.

There is now a technology for the conversion of vehicles using engine fuel to FFV at an affordable cost, he said.

The mandated minimum 1 percent biodiesel blend and 5 percent bioethanol blend in all diesel and gasoline fuels have become controversial of late because of the statement of Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Dr. Hartmut Michel.

Michel said investment in biofuel development is “counterproductive” as producing biofuel would sometimes entail clearing a forest that would destroy biodiversity and emit more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago, author of the Biofuels Act, sought more government oversight powers over biofuel development, saying it could adversely affect the country’s ability to produce its own food.

She said biofuel production, being land-based, will eventually compete with food.

In his talk here, Abenes said the carabao model for production of ethanol could be an alternative as it uses rice straw and other biomass.

He said the experience of Brazil, the oft-cited model for a thriving ethanol industry, cannot be replicated in this country.

Brazil, he said, has a vast tract of land for sugarcane production. There are less than 25 persons per square kilometer of land in Brazil compared to the Philippines’ 300 persons per square kilometer. Brazil, the fifth largest country in the world, has a land area of 8,511,965 square kilometers. The Philippines’ land area is 300,439 square kilometers.

Abenes said the commercial production of ethanol using the carabao model can involve residents of rural areas. They can be part of the factory assembly line by performing the tasks involved in the digestion process (in bioreactor containers) of the biomass material with the use of the rumen fluid that will be supplied to them.

The alcohol from the “bacterial beer” collected from the participating rural residents can be further refined through a solar distiller, he said.

The distiller is now being designed by engineers from CLSU, he said.

Abenes also said residents who will be involved in this project can have added income, making the project a boost to rural economy

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080126-115028/Carabao-may-be-key-to-biofuel-says-scientist

As long as walang animal cruelty of kung ano pa mang malawakang pagpatay sa mga hayop ay aprub ang proyektong iyan. Isa pa, hindi ba kalabaw din ang nasa seal ng Nueva Ecija, Cabanatuan City at Palayan City? Aba, bagay nga ang proyektong iyan sa Nueva Ecija at sakto sa Science City of Munoz pa!

[papable]

Originally Posted by barrera_marquez

Siguro nga hindi mo alam kung gaano kalala ang problema ng Palayan City. I can't blame you. Pero iniimbitahan kita na pasyalan ang Palayan City. At saka isa pa, bundukin iyong Palayan City at talagang walang business na magtatangkang mag-invest doon hanggang walang magandang reason. Hindi siya kulang sa tao, marami ngang may gustong magkaroon ng matinong business doon. Pero partida naman, may magandang hotel ang Palayan City. I will still call it our own Palayan City, hindi ko mai-aalis na doon ipinanganak ang lola ko kahit anong mangyari.

Isa pa, may malaking sementeryo sa Palayan City, kasinlaki ng sementeryo sa mga probinsya na ubod ng tao. Katabi ng Barangay Santolan ang sementeryong ito.

Pero may malaking lupa sa paanan ng bundok na zoned for agro-industrial. Sana ma-develop ang Palayan City para mag-ala Baguio City ito. May potential ang Palayan City sa totoo lang pero maraming political issues lang.

Kung made-develop ang Palayan City, baka maisipan ko pang magtayo ng business doon. Kung made-develop lang.

Hindi naman dapat lahat ng opisina ng gobyerno ng probinsya ng Nueva Ecija ay ililipat. Yung mga may kinalalaman lang sa pinansyal at komersyo. Sa Palayan City na lang si Governor Umali at ang iba pang basic services. Mas kailangan sila roon, wala nga akong nakitang police, fire stations at medical clinics/hospital doon.

Pero siguro tama ka, sorry rin sa pagboto sa Cabanatuan City. Dapat dalawa na lang silang maging capital ng Nueva Ecija pero problema ang communications kung magkakaganon. Tanging Cabanatuan City lang ang may broadband internet, wala ang Palayan City pero kailangan pa rin nila ng direct communications. Pati nga yata telepono problema pa sa Palayan City pati cellphone signal. Walang communications sa Palayan City, kailangang makabitan ang Palayan City ng communications bago ito mag-develop.

I think it is better to stay the capitol at palayan. Palayan was chosen as the new capital most likely because the officials then saw the potential of the area to be developed and the need to decongest cabanatuan city. with the new capital, a new urban layout can be well planned and development can be dispersed to a wider area. However, i also agree that this transfer should have been immediately accompanied by appropriate infrastructure development (roads, bridges, communications, more tertiary education, etc.) so that the city would not looked like a "deserted" one. Ive been to the capitol and it looked magnificent. There was also a new convention center, but it seemed to be unused most of the time, due probably to the lack of support facilities like hotels (or night life?). the government should have prioritized infrastructure and economic investments first before this one. IMO lang po.

[Colonel Burger]

Originally Posted by barrera_marquez

There is a provincial capitol of Nueva Ecija in Cabanatuan City. Proof? Here:


The old Nueva Ecija capitol. Hope that several government institutions of Nueva Ecija be transferred in Cabanatuan City. At least the institutions concerned with financial and commerce. They are much needed there and also to prevent Cabanatuan City from being independent if it does became a highly-urbanized city (it did a few years ago but was later returned to Component status).

What Palayan City lacks, in fact are police stations, fire stations (I never saw any!), hospitals and even markets! How can you ensure that we could develop Palayan City? It is one of the reasons why transferred to Cabanatuan City.


But in fairness, Palayan City is my hometown and I cannot remove that, and it is a good place for people who wants to live in a peaceful and a quiet environment.

But, why not absorb Palayan City to Cabanatuan City? Actually, I oppose this. Nueva Ecija's capital has been there for a long time. Not a good time to lose a city actually even if it looks like a municipality.

But why not let Nueva Ecija have two stars (literally, having two capitals), I think that two heads are better than one.

Anyway, is there somebody who has a seal of Palayan City? I saw it in their welcome arch but I never saw a digital version of it. I will put it in Wikipedia, only the flag is there, no city seals. Please upload it here, thanks!

The Province of Nueva Ecija just spent 200M++ for a new provincial capitol in Palayan City. There is no sense in having 2 capitals. and there is no sense in moving it back to cabanatuan either.

moving out the capital from palayan will futher worsen its situation. You all claim that nobody wants to do business or even go to Palayan that is because Palayan does not have the population or the transients around the place who brings in money and investments in the locality.

That capitol can be the stimulus because the people would come and go the the capitol to do their business with the government. In other words, that capitol gives the people the reason to go to Palayan, and when many people come and go, money will come in and investments will pour in.

[barrera_marquez]

Originally Posted by Colonel Burger

The Province of Nueva Ecija just spent 200M++ for a new provincial capitol in Palayan City. There is no sense in having 2 capitals. and there is no sense in moving it back to cabanatuan either.

moving out the capital from palayan will futher worsen its situation. You all claim that nobody wants to do business or even go to Palayan that is because Palayan does not have the population or the transients around the place who brings in money and investments in the locality.

That capitol can be the stimulus because the people would come and go the the capitol to do their business with the government. In other words, that capitol gives the people the reason to go to Palayan, and when many people come and go, money will come in and investments will pour in.

then how come there is still no development there. i heard political reasons are to blame.

by the way, palayan city has a potential to be the baguio city of central luzon. believe me, it's mountainous there and cold, could be the next baguio city and tagaytay city.

fyi: there are no pharmacies there, the nearest is in cabanatuan city proper, even hospitals.