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Good News about Iloilo are Here!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger175125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147950026590066796.post-51938049808399611512021-11-10T10:12:00.004+08:002021-11-10T10:12:45.391+08:00The Seven Campo Santo (Mortuary Chapel) of Iloilo, Philippines<p> <span style="caret-color: rgb(73, 87, 98); color: #495762; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">It’s All-Souls Day and as a heritage advocate, I opted to post seven historical mortuary chapels here in my province. As the Iloilo slogan states, “Where Past is Always Present”, these chapels are great evidence of how Ilonggos keep its history. I believe that no other province in the Philippines has this great number of well-preserved historical structures, particularly its Campo Santo or the Mortuary Chapel</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(73, 87, 98); color: #495762; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(73, 87, 98); color: #495762; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">(feel free to correct and email me if I am wrong.</span></p><p align="justify" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(73, 87, 98); color: #495762; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.6em; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Take note these are all my personal bias. Please bear with me.</p><p align="justify" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(73, 87, 98); color: #495762; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.6em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><img alt="" class="alignleft wp-image-1234 size-newspack-article-block-square-tiny" data-attachment-id="1234" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="2395711138_712b5e9937" data-large-file="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/2395711138_712b5e9937.jpg?w=500" data-medium-file="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/2395711138_712b5e9937.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/2395711138_712b5e9937.jpg" data-orig-size="500,375" data-permalink="https://fredjrzabala.wordpress.com/2021/10/31/the-seven-camposanto-mortuary-chapel-of-iloilo-philippines/2395711138_712b5e9937/" height="200" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" src="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/2395711138_712b5e9937.jpg?w=200&h=200&crop=1" srcset="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/2395711138_712b5e9937.jpg?w=200&h=200&crop=1 200w, https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/2395711138_712b5e9937.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 150w, https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/2395711138_712b5e9937.jpg?w=300&h=300&crop=1 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0.8em 1.6em 0.8em 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="200" />Top 7: It is Beautiful but is Lost! </span>This is the story of Miagao’s Campo Santo. Though it’s far better than the others, I placed this at number seven since the structure has collapsed and was not rehabilitated anymore. Perhaps, they can rebuild this since as far as I know some of its parts are just kept on one side. We all know that Miagao has UNESCO Heritage Church and this should be preserved as well since the two are connected. Based on some scripts, the chapel is made of bricks which is considered as the best feature of this chapel. The earthquake in 2013 has totally damaged the structure, though prior to this quake, some posts have been rotten due to its adage. If only reconstructed, I do believe this chapel can be placed on my top three.</p><p align="justify" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(73, 87, 98); color: #495762; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.6em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><a href="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/oton_cemetery_1.jpg.webp" style="border-bottom-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #495762; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.1s; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-1251 size-newspack-article-block-square-tiny alignleft" data-attachment-id="1251" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="oton_cemetery_1.jpg" data-large-file="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/oton_cemetery_1.jpg.webp?w=580" data-medium-file="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/oton_cemetery_1.jpg.webp?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/oton_cemetery_1.jpg.webp" data-orig-size="580,441" data-permalink="https://fredjrzabala.wordpress.com/2021/10/31/the-seven-camposanto-mortuary-chapel-of-iloilo-philippines/oton_cemetery_1-jpg/" height="200" loading="lazy" src="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/oton_cemetery_1.jpg.webp?w=200&h=200&crop=1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0.8em 1.6em 0.8em 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="200" /></a>Top 6: Missing the Proof! </span>If you’ll dig the pictures of the Old Oton Church you will be surprised at how magnificent it is. If only rehabilitated, it would be the most beautiful church in the Philippines. On the contrary, it is not what you expect from it’s Campo Santo, it is just a plain and simple mortuary. But kudos to the people who preserved this edifice, still the latest generation has a chance to see this small piece of heritage. It was believed that Fray Demetrio Cobos (1844-1854) was the head in establishing the Oton Church and maybe the cemetery as well. But when compared to others, it really lacks artistry and sophistication. The famous line “<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Sa Dios magdayao ang manga tol-an sang mga nagpaobus sining cabuhi</span>” can be seen on its wall. This is number 6 on my list as it is still visible.</p><p align="justify" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(73, 87, 98); color: #495762; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.6em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-1248 size-newspack-article-block-square-tiny alignleft" data-attachment-id="1248" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="CS = Pototan" data-large-file="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/cs-pototan.jpg?w=400" data-medium-file="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/cs-pototan.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/cs-pototan.jpg" data-orig-size="400,266" data-permalink="https://fredjrzabala.wordpress.com/2021/10/31/the-seven-camposanto-mortuary-chapel-of-iloilo-philippines/cs-pototan/" height="200" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" src="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/cs-pototan.jpg?w=200&h=200&crop=1" srcset="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/cs-pototan.jpg?w=200&h=200&crop=1 200w, https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/cs-pototan.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0.8em 1.6em 0.8em 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="200" />Top 5: Never Gone for Good. </span>Pototan like Oton, also lost its historical church. Good thing its campo santo is still standing tall. Though there was an issue on the replaced roof, the exterior remains intact. Pototan, like other places, is challenged by rapid urbanity. The cemetery’s entrance archway is made of limestone. The date 1894 – probably the inauguration date–is found above the iron gates. According to UPV professor Joy Rosal Sumagaysay in her 1995 thesis, “Octagonal in shape, the capilla has three segmented-arch openings. The plain and simple exterior walls are redeemed by the squat triangular pediments which crown all eight sides of the capilla. This unique architectural design serves as the accent to the original dome roofing of the capilla”. Right for the top 5!</p><p align="justify" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(73, 87, 98); color: #495762; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.6em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-1247 size-newspack-article-block-square-tiny alignleft" data-attachment-id="1247" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="CS = DIngle" data-large-file="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/cs-dingle.jpg?w=400" data-medium-file="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/cs-dingle.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/cs-dingle.jpg" data-orig-size="400,266" data-permalink="https://fredjrzabala.wordpress.com/2021/10/31/the-seven-camposanto-mortuary-chapel-of-iloilo-philippines/cs-dingle/" height="200" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" src="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/cs-dingle.jpg?w=200&h=200&crop=1" srcset="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/cs-dingle.jpg?w=200&h=200&crop=1 200w, https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/cs-dingle.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0.8em 1.6em 0.8em 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="200" />Top 4: Deep in the Woods! </span>The charming interior Municipality of Dingle is famous for so many things such as Moroboro Dam and the Camp Pasica. But the way they preserve their heritage is another thing that one should look up to. Their church is well-preserved, but I guess their cemetery chapel should be restored and taken care of to restore its glory. Similar to other chapels, the doors and windows are lancet-shaped curved out of exquisite stone foundation with wood carvings. Dingle has a great source of limestone which in fact this town is the source of limestone used to build other chapels such as that of Janiuay. The chapel is made of limestone with a detailed cross at the entrance. The artistic carve represents Ilonggos craftsmanship. The number four spot is all yours.</p><p align="justify" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(73, 87, 98); color: #495762; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.6em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-1252 size-newspack-article-block-square-tiny alignleft" data-attachment-id="1252" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="964163_NKO4afQNJs39B5AOIjLtN94CotfggtWsSwQXoYE8KSY" data-large-file="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/964163_nko4afqnjs39b5aoijltn94cotfggtwsswqxoye8ksy.jpg?w=640" data-medium-file="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/964163_nko4afqnjs39b5aoijltn94cotfggtwsswqxoye8ksy.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/964163_nko4afqnjs39b5aoijltn94cotfggtwsswqxoye8ksy.jpg" data-orig-size="640,640" data-permalink="https://fredjrzabala.wordpress.com/2021/10/31/the-seven-camposanto-mortuary-chapel-of-iloilo-philippines/964163_nko4afqnjs39b5aoijltn94cotfggtwsswqxoye8ksy/" height="200" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" src="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/964163_nko4afqnjs39b5aoijltn94cotfggtwsswqxoye8ksy.jpg?w=200&h=200&crop=1" srcset="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/964163_nko4afqnjs39b5aoijltn94cotfggtwsswqxoye8ksy.jpg?w=200&h=200&crop=1 200w, https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/964163_nko4afqnjs39b5aoijltn94cotfggtwsswqxoye8ksy.jpg?w=400&h=400&crop=1 400w, https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/964163_nko4afqnjs39b5aoijltn94cotfggtwsswqxoye8ksy.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 150w, https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/964163_nko4afqnjs39b5aoijltn94cotfggtwsswqxoye8ksy.jpg?w=300&h=300&crop=1 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0.8em 1.6em 0.8em 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="200" />Top 3: Making the Presence Felt: </span>The municipality of Janiuay is famous for its cemetery’s facade. The stairs leading towards the tombs is well-preserved and impossible not to see every time you passed by this area. Built in 1884, Janiuay cemetery has three grand staircases lead and supported by a retaining wall. The Gothic-styled octagonal mortuary chapel or capilla is the crowning glory of the cemetery. Like other chapels, it has also a lancet-shaped doors and windows as well as exquisite stone and wood carvings. A life-size stone statues used to line the entrance. Though the Church in the town has been abandoned, this mortuary is still usable. This has a resemblance with that of Cabatuan mortuary, so for now, number 3 is the right place.</p><p align="justify" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(73, 87, 98); color: #495762; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.6em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><img alt="" class="alignleft wp-image-1235 size-newspack-article-block-square-tiny" data-attachment-id="1235" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 11","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1618073141","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"32","shutter_speed":"0.0004930966469428","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="IMG_2223" data-large-file="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/img_2223.jpg?w=900" data-medium-file="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/img_2223.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/img_2223.jpg" data-orig-size="3556,3023" data-permalink="https://fredjrzabala.wordpress.com/2021/10/31/the-seven-camposanto-mortuary-chapel-of-iloilo-philippines/img_2223/" height="200" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" src="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/img_2223.jpg?w=200&h=200&crop=1" srcset="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/img_2223.jpg?w=200&h=200&crop=1 200w, https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/img_2223.jpg?w=400&h=400&crop=1 400w, https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/img_2223.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 150w, https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/img_2223.jpg?w=300&h=300&crop=1 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0.8em 1.6em 0.8em 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="200" />Top 2: Black is Beautiful… </span>Cabatuan’s mortuary is stunning especially during the afternoon when the sun rays strike the structure. As you enter the cemetery, the three Byzantine arch entrances along the main highway welcome you. The candle tree-lined path towards the octagonal mortuary chapel is appealing with an artistically-designed steel railing. The façade has detailed carvings. Inside the chapel is a crucifix, a simple altar and the 12 tombs. Built of gray stone, the Cabatuan cemetery was established by Fr. Juan Porras and it is the only extant Spanish cemetery in the Philippines that is a perfect square. The entire cemetery is a combination of Roman, Gothic, Byzantine, and Baroque architectural influences, worthy for number two spot isn’t it?</p><p align="justify" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(73, 87, 98); color: #495762; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.6em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><img alt="" class="alignleft wp-image-1236 size-newspack-article-block-square-tiny" data-attachment-id="1236" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 11","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1619954106","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"32","shutter_speed":"0.00026001040041602","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="7B3B5F04-893B-4821-BFDD-DDB10481AB90" data-large-file="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/7b3b5f04-893b-4821-bfdd-ddb10481ab90-1.jpg?w=900" data-medium-file="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/7b3b5f04-893b-4821-bfdd-ddb10481ab90-1.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/7b3b5f04-893b-4821-bfdd-ddb10481ab90-1.jpg" data-orig-size="2188,2188" data-permalink="https://fredjrzabala.wordpress.com/2021/10/31/the-seven-camposanto-mortuary-chapel-of-iloilo-philippines/7b3b5f04-893b-4821-bfdd-ddb10481ab90-2/" height="200" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" src="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/7b3b5f04-893b-4821-bfdd-ddb10481ab90-1.jpg?w=200&h=200&crop=1" srcset="https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/7b3b5f04-893b-4821-bfdd-ddb10481ab90-1.jpg?w=200&h=200&crop=1 200w, https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/7b3b5f04-893b-4821-bfdd-ddb10481ab90-1.jpg?w=400&h=400&crop=1 400w, https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/7b3b5f04-893b-4821-bfdd-ddb10481ab90-1.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1 150w, https://fredjrzabala.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/7b3b5f04-893b-4821-bfdd-ddb10481ab90-1.jpg?w=300&h=300&crop=1 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: inline; float: left; height: auto; margin: 0.8em 1.6em 0.8em 0px; max-width: 100%;" width="200" />Top 1: The Best is Down Under! </span>San Joaquin’s great asset is number one for me. This southernmost municipality of Iloilo has preserved its heritage. Both the church and cemetery are standing great and were designated as a National Cultural Treasure by the National Museum of the Philippines last December 2015. Fr. Mariano Vamba was the Augustinian priest who established this structure in 1892. Built on top of the hill of about 20-stone steps, the mortuary chapel is baroque-style architecture. It is made of white coral rocks and fossil stones with red dome caps. A beautiful replica of the iconic La pieta statue found inside the chapel. Entering the place reminds you of how holy this place is. The statues of Christ and the holy saints are located everywhere while overlooking the blue Sulu sea. Such splendid place which every visitor needs to visit.</p><p align="justify" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(73, 87, 98); color: #495762; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.6em; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Iloilo is a rich province in terms of heritage preservation. Churches and capillas (mortuary chapel or campo santo) can be seen anywhere particularly in those Spanish-established towns. Though some has been lost, the effort conducted by different stakeholders is visible as seen on the different more-than-century-old structures. Social Media’s influence in providing information on heritage conservation is the catalyst for today’s generation. It’s good to know that the game is not yet over. We can still create our micro-efforts to preserve what is left with us, perhaps public information is the first step. Not just to remember during the special occasion but always if possible.</p><p align="justify" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(73, 87, 98); color: #495762; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.6em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">P.S. Happy Halloween! Have you already visited your loved ones or they will visit you?</span></p><p align="justify" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(73, 87, 98); color: #495762; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.6em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;"><br /></span></p><p align="justify" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(73, 87, 98); color: #495762; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.6em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">=== </span></p><p align="justify" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(73, 87, 98); color: #495762; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.6em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">REPOST FROM: https://fredjrzabala.wordpress.com/2021/10/31/the-seven-camposanto-mortuary-chapel-of-iloilo-philippines/</span></p><p align="justify" style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(73, 87, 98); color: #495762; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.6em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;"><br /></span></p>howtodategirlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17004765454090836036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147950026590066796.post-53485607357306407962021-10-28T15:36:00.001+08:002021-10-28T15:41:24.805+08:00CLI breaks ground on P1.5 billion Terranza Residences in Iloilo City<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 6px 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWxjQMDlPOngga-xn0XTfB-bQChExtDCI0KEQDKFrhnYcl-S-X7j74k2a-hQWA0syIdvEaY9xjoCVy8DSnOC74Eh0VLr2PaUlZQZqTU2PvZOf3masi1pTCZXZCWSLFWGcl0by_itJ2OHg/s960/246230701_421571632970228_4932042335306106887_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWxjQMDlPOngga-xn0XTfB-bQChExtDCI0KEQDKFrhnYcl-S-X7j74k2a-hQWA0syIdvEaY9xjoCVy8DSnOC74Eh0VLr2PaUlZQZqTU2PvZOf3masi1pTCZXZCWSLFWGcl0by_itJ2OHg/w400-h300/246230701_421571632970228_4932042335306106887_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Leading developer in VisMin <a class="profileLink" href="https://www.facebook.com/officialCEBULANDMASTERS/?fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAOrEgLm3XWYIC7Pq6Gav4BvwHSxqP3GWihL9AIJFE86Cz_CZ7NNbD6ytlg5UNCOdNQPPCXJwyeEeogehz4d37tpTWgYNrnaSajowBZDzT82fgeYAotSaTjrdfy6k8DgU4VibYsOVN0hjsU1Y1o3ejA73K_3e3U-HOmP3d3YTRAXhJjdVmoUPt5bLIQrcYUpx78bCn9pXSJ322ZJ4FyRNo2h_jPa-8OZSEdOMSV0bL5kGCfO4oSG46WB9e4G6fXtMU32ntcnr8v9G5GrB7LCU9F9U5cXSz5kuVNxLqTN5vpqZTSFcE&__tn__=K-R" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Cebu Landmasters, Inc.</a> (CLI) started construction of a P1.5 billion premier residential tower in Iloilo City prodded by strong economic prospects in the region<p></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 6px 0px; text-align: justify;"><a class="profileLink" href="https://www.facebook.com/TerranzaResidencesPH/?fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAOrEgLm3XWYIC7Pq6Gav4BvwHSxqP3GWihL9AIJFE86Cz_CZ7NNbD6ytlg5UNCOdNQPPCXJwyeEeogehz4d37tpTWgYNrnaSajowBZDzT82fgeYAotSaTjrdfy6k8DgU4VibYsOVN0hjsU1Y1o3ejA73K_3e3U-HOmP3d3YTRAXhJjdVmoUPt5bLIQrcYUpx78bCn9pXSJ322ZJ4FyRNo2h_jPa-8OZSEdOMSV0bL5kGCfO4oSG46WB9e4G6fXtMU32ntcnr8v9G5GrB7LCU9F9U5cXSz5kuVNxLqTN5vpqZTSFcE&__tn__=K-R" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Terranza Residences</a> is a partnership with <a class="profileLink" href="https://www.facebook.com/ibcbuildersph/?fref=mentions&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAOrEgLm3XWYIC7Pq6Gav4BvwHSxqP3GWihL9AIJFE86Cz_CZ7NNbD6ytlg5UNCOdNQPPCXJwyeEeogehz4d37tpTWgYNrnaSajowBZDzT82fgeYAotSaTjrdfy6k8DgU4VibYsOVN0hjsU1Y1o3ejA73K_3e3U-HOmP3d3YTRAXhJjdVmoUPt5bLIQrcYUpx78bCn9pXSJ322ZJ4FyRNo2h_jPa-8OZSEdOMSV0bL5kGCfO4oSG46WB9e4G6fXtMU32ntcnr8v9G5GrB7LCU9F9U5cXSz5kuVNxLqTN5vpqZTSFcE&__tn__=K-R" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">IBC International Builders Corporation</a> (IBC) under joint venture vehicle GGTT Realty. Expected to be completed in 2025, the project is already 75% sold and is projected to earn revenues of P2.4 billion. CLI has been named developer and manager of the premier residential development, while IBC will build and manage the retail complex to complement the residential condominium.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 6px 0px; text-align: justify;">The development is CLI’s second project in Iloilo City. The listed company’s first, Casa Mira Iloilo, is already 97% sold.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 6px 0px; text-align: justify;">Keen market reception of the 33-storey tower with 600 units on a 2,539 sqm. property in downtown Iloilo indicates strong housing demand even for high-end projects in the Visayas and Mindanao, according to CLI chairman and CEO Jose Soberano III. Iloilo is one of the four key VisMin regions with high housing gap coupled with high gross domestic product (GDP) and GDP per capita indicating high spending power. </p><p style="caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 6px 0px; text-align: justify;">Soberano disclosed: “The VisMin residential market continues to hold a lot of promise for us. Moreso in Iloilo because we have partnered with IBC, a successful local business known also for its philanthropy."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhazqW9deN2bI2KFKMymBeGFLLuTZHhUBzK8Al9QJ9ccooCBNjgKKiEeEF8BiB-AtkSP_AGXjBRSx7VHYzCEvOL7bSQadXG60JSmEPx9aT-Dq49aQaWO4HTyRjV2nxuux4KROO-NjH2dm8g/s768/Master-Plan-Pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhazqW9deN2bI2KFKMymBeGFLLuTZHhUBzK8Al9QJ9ccooCBNjgKKiEeEF8BiB-AtkSP_AGXjBRSx7VHYzCEvOL7bSQadXG60JSmEPx9aT-Dq49aQaWO4HTyRjV2nxuux4KROO-NjH2dm8g/s320/Master-Plan-Pic.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 6px 0px; text-align: justify;">Like Iloilo, many cities in the region likewise have underserved residential markets. "Thus, we are rolling out more projects like Terranza Residences in the last quarter of the year," said Soberano. CLI’s strong reservation sales in the first nine months of the year attest to sustained and strong VisMin housing demand.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 6px 0px; text-align: justify;">Terranza Residences offers one-bedroom units from 24 sqm. to 40 sqm. that can be combined and special penthouse units from 117 sqm. to 174 sqm. It includes a sky lounge, rooftop garden, play area, fitness gym and helipad. Moreover, Terranza Residences has direct access to the mall.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 6px 0px; text-align: justify;">The development is further distinguished by its iconic address close to a heritage protected area valued highly by the community. The building’s design by Edward Co Tan + Architects is thus influenced by the timeless aesthetics of the Filipino Bahay ng Bato and incorporates a stone finish that mimics adobe and big arched windows.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 6px 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 6px 0px; text-align: justify;">CLI partners with Vision Properties Development Corporation as the general contractor for Terranza Residences.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 6px 0px 0px;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;">The listed company recently disclosed a 13% growth year-on-year on reservation sales in the first nine months to P11.8 billion. CLI has over 100 developments in 15 key cities in the Visayas and Mindanao and will continue expanding VisMin operations to other high potential cities. It is in the process of acquiring more properties to support sustained growth</div><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><p style="caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 6px 0px 0px;"><br /></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">REPOST from https://www.facebook.com/trndyph/posts/421572702970121</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p style="caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 6px 0px 0px;">references: </p><span style="caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">https://www.cebulandmasters.com/project/terranza-residences/</span></div><div><p style="caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 6px 0px 0px;"><br /></p></div>fred zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12214933942691288913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147950026590066796.post-25416015039354973182021-04-23T18:52:00.002+08:002021-04-23T18:52:20.740+08:00Getting To Know The Central Business Districts Outside Metro Manila<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>By Franz Sorilla IV April 23, 2021</i></b> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We round up some of the best locations across the country for your potential business ventures or careers—apart from Metro Manila Advertisement Before we started adapting to remote working setups and relocating to our home provinces over the last year, there was already a number of business districts across the country that have risen and flourished. The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic repercussions to our country have accelerated many industries to go digital, innovate, and expand opportunities outside Metro Manila. Let us take a close look at the other metropolitan cities across the country: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZR37GF0XvSHwNPZIzbgUrJ35dh6QvKiMkyoeUiNkUmU5aLr36dyrfxR5y11C5df1_1cTpQGVkjoVZhTQIWYRHaAyg6BzGHgG-VlRzUeD4CQ6r3EKF8rmwrab7dEgWK7w8p4lgrUJc6-2U/s1598/176532920_3565372480235140_4331197065722657775_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="975" data-original-width="1598" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZR37GF0XvSHwNPZIzbgUrJ35dh6QvKiMkyoeUiNkUmU5aLr36dyrfxR5y11C5df1_1cTpQGVkjoVZhTQIWYRHaAyg6BzGHgG-VlRzUeD4CQ6r3EKF8rmwrab7dEgWK7w8p4lgrUJc6-2U/w320-h195/176532920_3565372480235140_4331197065722657775_n.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Getting To Know The Central Business Districts Outside Metro Manila Getting To Know The Central Business Districts Outside Metro Manila Ayala Center Cebu / industrialoptimizers.com By Franz Sorilla IV By Franz Sorilla IV April 23, 2021 We round up some of the best locations across the country for your potential business ventures or careers—apart from Metro Manila Advertisement Before we started adapting to remote working setups and relocating to our home provinces over the last year, there was already a number of business districts across the country that have risen and flourished. The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic repercussions to our country have accelerated many industries to go digital, innovate, and expand opportunities outside Metro Manila.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Let us take a close look at the other metropolitan cities across the country: 1/5 Clark, Pampanga Clark International Airport / clarkinternationalairport.com Clark International Airport / clarkinternationalairport.com In the central part of Luzon we'll find the Clark Freeport and Special Economic Zone, which covers portions of the cities of Angeles and Mabalacat, as well as portions of the town of Porac and some parts of Tarlac. Formerly the United States Air Force Facility, the Clark Air Base has been converted to the about-to-be inaugurated Clark International Airport, boasting an impeccable design by Casas + Architects for its interiors, and Budji+Royal for its structural design. Since the '90s, Clark has been right at the heart of growing markets in the Asia-Pacific region and takes pride in its modern infrastructure facilities, generous fiscal and non-fiscal incentives, professional support services, amenities and other advantages making it an ideal place for investment. Within the freeport zone is the 177-hectare land where Clark Global City will soon rise. It is planned to be a mixed-use central business district for various industries, including aviation, education, tourism, gaming, fitness, and entertainment. Also found in Pampanga is Ayala Land's Aviera and Crescendo estates that have high investment potentials, especially for residential property purchases outside Metro Manila.</span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWfgXZRmokML1S5jJhdYnDSGajYFYOtzgfLUyNhdDgVMDlQpKJTUT0jt_jonftDhqhDfxU0gaNJsQftkziCU3BLb4u5iuvu8HxDBEiAaGQ4XlDIjDRGCn0tCsu7pGBNw-btKvd-4Ev5quE/s1609/177554737_3565373300235058_9156406424550541769_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1609" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWfgXZRmokML1S5jJhdYnDSGajYFYOtzgfLUyNhdDgVMDlQpKJTUT0jt_jonftDhqhDfxU0gaNJsQftkziCU3BLb4u5iuvu8HxDBEiAaGQ4XlDIjDRGCn0tCsu7pGBNw-btKvd-4Ev5quE/s320/177554737_3565373300235058_9156406424550541769_n.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span>We go to Laguna for its majestic mountains and lakes, as well as a number of heritage towns. But the laidback character of this province is just one of its many faces. The province is also home to a number of car manufacturing companies, as well as semiconductor and electronic companies. Moreover, it has the best-developed business districts in the south where respected international companies like Honda, Toshiba, Coca-Cola and AIM Corporate Solutions reside. Its business and commercial hub, Laguna Techno Park, is also a thriving location with almost 100 companies from various industries calling it home. Suburban parks such as Nuvali and Eton City are go-to places for leisure and lifestyle as well as BPO professionals. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1vJwvKLaxT1S7XcsTuL3PLh7lC8jKE3W97wTlJJsqrB9m6XEUQb5Dm85rBHT870c0lsgehT1ueKvVjPHqUOdVa_rypLa1_eGB30bl5GsGRT4MgbjNHTefSu75FsyNsz-1CD_kBtDZImDg/s1994/176055205_3565374706901584_5329636686373880952_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1113" data-original-width="1994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1vJwvKLaxT1S7XcsTuL3PLh7lC8jKE3W97wTlJJsqrB9m6XEUQb5Dm85rBHT870c0lsgehT1ueKvVjPHqUOdVa_rypLa1_eGB30bl5GsGRT4MgbjNHTefSu75FsyNsz-1CD_kBtDZImDg/s320/176055205_3565374706901584_5329636686373880952_n.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span>One of the leading developers in the country, Megaworld, has revolutionised Mandurriao, Iloilo City with its mixed-use master-planned community called Iloilo Business Park. The township project includes a commercial district, a lifestyle mall, office buildings, boutique and deluxe hotels, and the Iloilo Convention Center. There is also an IT complex for businesses in the information technology industry. But before all this, the central business district of Iloilo has been a go-to place for business-minded individuals ever since. It is composed of old commercial areas bustling with trade and commerce right at the heart of the architectural heritage city. It is the most important shopping destination in Panay with its lineup of low-cost shopping stalls and well-visited Chinatown downtown. Meanwhile, there is also the Iloilo Ayala Land Technohub with commercial and office spaces for IT companies and the like.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2U9AUrFYjfVmywa8wl0lcH2F19VqJZ18lz76wfUeE6Ir-AYnHgZQMoqwTl7RB8osA3zEwk4qZSD7CuZJHq5M0hq0cV4HMMRqAsZJMltUZ8EqGoBriQqurY5Hy87gCKxJRO6zzRRjvLaES/s1999/177458244_3565376066901448_3913759297903896610_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1425" data-original-width="1999" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2U9AUrFYjfVmywa8wl0lcH2F19VqJZ18lz76wfUeE6Ir-AYnHgZQMoqwTl7RB8osA3zEwk4qZSD7CuZJHq5M0hq0cV4HMMRqAsZJMltUZ8EqGoBriQqurY5Hy87gCKxJRO6zzRRjvLaES/s320/177458244_3565376066901448_3913759297903896610_n.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span>Formerly the site of the old Lahug Airport from the prewar era, the Cebu IT Park is a bustling development of the Ayala Land that is home to a number of companies in the information technology, banking, and finance industries. Recently there have been retail mall and hotel developments as well in the area. In the greater scope of things, Cebu IT Park is inside the Cebu Business Park, a 50-hectare master-planned development integrated with business, residential, sports, recreation, and leisure facilities. Undoubtedly, Cebu remains as the "Queen of the South" for being highly urbanised and yet remains true to its pre-colonial and Spanish-era roots.<span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_fKfPpK7dLcJ_OwRw2h9zwPp-TrZ0qN2pwHFYU20BoRGNAimd07p2lS0gcrEK-rzchHa0C-20pQiNCxDPaCelJ0wxI8ffROFN0V3Io60mLZwkxtTwyHvyhcHHbIvnNWwoDtSsJafDZvgL/s1991/175722591_3565377886901266_559103157714798378_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1427" data-original-width="1991" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_fKfPpK7dLcJ_OwRw2h9zwPp-TrZ0qN2pwHFYU20BoRGNAimd07p2lS0gcrEK-rzchHa0C-20pQiNCxDPaCelJ0wxI8ffROFN0V3Io60mLZwkxtTwyHvyhcHHbIvnNWwoDtSsJafDZvgL/s320/175722591_3565377886901266_559103157714798378_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another rapidly growing local business district is Davao City. Aside from its tourist attractions and resorts, Davao boasts being the centre of economic activities in Mindanao. Located along SP Dakudao Loop is the 11-hectare property called Davao Park District, a township of Megaworld, that is planned to be a major centre for information technology and BPO industries in the island. As of now, property investors are eyeing luxury residential developments in the area as well as corporate offices, malls, commercial and retail strips, and more.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">----</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Repost: https://ph.asiatatler.com/life/getting-to-know-the-central-business-districts-outside-metro-manila</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>fred zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12214933942691288913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147950026590066796.post-51125486372446989382019-07-26T15:37:00.003+08:002019-07-26T15:37:54.999+08:00Newest in Iloilo: MEGAWORLD TO SELL OFFICE SPACES IN ILOILO BUSINESS PARK<div class="page" title="Page 2">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">ILOILO CITY, Philippines, July 24, 2019 </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">– </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Property giant Megaworld is launching a new office tower in Iloilo Business Park, with 301 prime office units for sale to businesses, start-up companies, and</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">established enterprises that want to set up operations in Iloilo’s newest ‘central business district.’</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The 19-storey International Corporate Plaza offers prime office spaces ranging from 26 square meters to 65 square meters. With an average price of P155,000 per square meter, the tower will house </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">‘</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">managed facilitie</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">s’ </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">at the 6</span><span style="font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: 4pt;">th </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">level, that include two Boardrooms, three meeting rooms, co-working and breakout areas, an Executive Lounge, and a Skygarden.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“So far, this will be the most modern and state</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">-of-the-art office tower in Western Visayas where companies including entrepreneurs can own their office spaces and enjoy its generous facilities never been seen before in any office building in the region</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">,” s</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">ays Jennifer Palmares-Fong, vice president for sales and marketing, Iloilo Business Park.</span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: lime;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">To rise within the township’s </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">9-hectare Commercial and Boutique Hotel District, the International Corporate Plaza will also have a four-level parking podium, retail spaces and arcade area at the ground floor. Keycard-</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">enabled turnstiles will provide enhanced security for the building’s main</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">lobby, and RFID cards will be used to secure the parking areas.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></i></h4>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“On</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">e of the main highlights of the tower is its enhanced security and safety features, another</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">first in Western Visayas,” </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">adds Palmares-Fong.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Aside from the skygardens, the International Corporate Plaza will also be highlighted by other</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">green and sustainability features that include the use of LED lightings in the tower’</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">s common areas such as hallways, lobby and amenity floor; use of dual flush-type water closets in common toilets, and a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) for proper waste segregation and recycling.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The tower is expected for completion in 2024. The company is expected to generate P2-billion in sales from this new office development. </span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">http://www.pds.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Disclosure-No.-2018-2019-Press-Release-Megaworld-to-Sell-Office-Spaces-in-Iloilo-Business-Park.pdf</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">http://iloiloonlinebuzz.com/2019/07/24/megaworld-to-sell-office-spaces-in-iloilo-business-park/</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">https://iloilo-travel-guide.blogspot.com/2019/07/megaworld-launches-wvs-most-state-of.html</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/watchmen-daily-journal/20190725/281586652193305</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">https://business.inquirer.net/275377/megaworld-building-office-condo-tower-in-iloilo</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/07/25/megaworld-to-build-office-tower-in-iloilo/</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">https://business.mb.com.ph/2019/07/24/megaworld-launches-p2-b-office-building-in-iloilo/<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">ILOILO CITY, particularly Mandurriao district, remains the preferred expansion site of business processes outsourcing (BPO) firms such as call centres and legal transcription service providers.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">This is based on the assessment of Colliers International, a leading global real estate services and investment management company.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">In a news release, Colliers said the key to maintaining the city’s preferred status among BPO companies is the availability of Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA)-proclaimed office spaces.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">A PEZA accredited building provides the occupant firms tax and non-tax perks such as Income Tax Holiday; tax and duty free importation of raw materials, capital; exemption from wharfage dues and export tax, impost or fees; Simplified Import-Export Procedures; Special Non-Immigrant Visa with Multiple Entry Privileges for non-residents employees; Extended Visa Facilitation Assistance to foreign nationals their spouses and dependents, among others.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">“Over the next three years, we see outsourcing firms such as call centres occupying much of new office space, especially in the Mandurriao Area. We already see some companies offering a mix of call centre and higher value outsourcing services such as legal transcription and health information management,” said Kevin Jara, Colliers International Philippines’ senior manager for tenant representation.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">“Colliers sees more knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) firms from Manila expanding in Iloilo City in the next two to three years. Among the factors that these firms consider is the city’s skilled labor pool. This makes Iloilo City a viable expansion site outside Manila,” Jara added.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">Colliers noted that Mandurriao accounts for 80% of Iloilo City’s office stock, representing 87,800 sq metres (944,700 sq feet) of the city’s total space of 109,400 sq metres (1.1 million sq feet).</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">Colliers said Megaworld offers 60,800 square metres (654,200 sq feet) of leasable office space. The developer benefits from having PEZA status, hence all buildings within its Iloilo Business Park are PEZA-proclaimed, enabling outsourcing occupants to avail themselves of tax and non-tax perks.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">Only one office project was completed in the entire Iloilo city in 2018, the Two Techno Place Office developed by Megaworld, which offers 10,500 sq m (113,000 sq feet) of office space.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">It also plans to build Atria Park District BPO 1 and 2 that are likely to offer a combined leasable space of 18,400 sq m (198,000 sq feet).</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">SM Strata Tower 1 is due to be completed in 2019 and should offer about 23,400 sq m (251,800 sq feet) of new space. Other buildings due for completion from 2019 to 2021 include SM Strata Tower Building 2 in Mandurriao with a leasable space of 22,250 sq m (239,400 sq feet).</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">Overall, Colliers sees Iloilo’s leasable office supply increasing to 242,900 sq m (2.6 million sq feet) by 2021 or an addition of about 44,500 sq m (478,800 sq feet) of office space per year from 2019 to 2021.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">“All of the upcoming supply is likely to be in Mandurriao as developers cash in on the area’s viability as a key outsourcing destination in Western Visayas,” the property management firm added.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">Colliers noted that “large BPO companies continue to occupy substantial space in the city’s business district,” which could lead to the rapid occupancy of available spaces.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">“Major outsourcing firms such as iQor, Transcom, Startek, WNS, Reed Elsevier, and Nearsol are already in Iloilo and took space in 2018 especially in Megaworld’s Iloilo Business Park. These companies have taken advantage of PEZA-proclaimed buildings within the business park, availing of tax incentives.”</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">“These companies are awaiting the approval of SM Strata’s PEZA application. A number of traditional and non-outsourcing firms, including insurance companies, have expressed interest in this building. These firms are transferring from old office buildings in the old city centre to newer buildings in the Mandurriao area.”</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">Despite the completion of 10,500 sq m (113,000 sq feet) of new office space, vacancy dropped to 5% in 2018 due to strong demand from BPO companies for PEZA-proclaimed spaces in Iloilo Business Park, Colliers noted in its analysis.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">“We recorded pockets of vacancies especially in older buildings in the old city centre that are unable to accommodate the large floor plate requirements of outsourcing firms. This makes newer offices in Mandurriao more attractive to new and expanding foreign locators.”</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">Colliers projects a sustained demand from 2019 to 2021 in Iloilo, but the lack of PEZA proclamation for office towers due to be delivered over the next three years could raise vacancy rates.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">It estimates an annual vacancy of 9% per year from 2019 to 2021, up from 5.0% in 2018. But the vacancy rate should taper to about 7.8% in 2021 once the new office buildings secure their PEZA status.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">“A couple of new office towers are due to secure their PEZA status in 2019 and 2020. In our opinion, the granting of PEZA status should further raise office space demand in the city over the next two to three years,” Colliers said.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">In 2018, asking lease rates in Iloilo City averaged at PHP525 (USD 10) per sq m, 5% higher compared to 2017 rates.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">“Across the city, office space in Mandurriao commands the highest lease rates. From 2019 to 2021, we see lease rates rising by about 3% per year. Over the next three years we see more non-outsourcing firms such as insurance companies, law firms, and manpower agencies occupying small offices in the Mandurriao area. These firms should help prop up lease rates in Iloilo City’s business district.”</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">Encourage developers to look at the feasibility of land on the proposed Iloilo reclamation project. The project is awaiting approval from the national government. The city government plans to build a mixed-use township on the reclaimed property featuring office and residential towers.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">Developers must maximize the usability of their properties. Aside from building office towers, developers should explore the viability of featuring residential condominium, malls, hotels, and schools. Local developers with limited experience in developing mixed-use communities should partner with national players such as Ayala Land and Megaworld.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">Developers with pending PEZA applications must aggressively look for non-outsourcing tenants such as banks, insurance companies, and manpower agencies. These firms do not require PEZA-proclaimed space.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">Colliers encouraged tenants to further explore Iloilo City as their expansion site outside of Metro Manila.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">According to Tholons, an outsourcing consultancy firm, the city is the 92nd most competitive global site for outsourcing operations in 2018.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">Tholons releases an annual list of the top outsourcing locations in the world based on talent, cost, infrastructure, quality of life, and innovation and in the Philippines alone more than a dozen areas are eyeing a spot in the Top 100 but only six made it to the list.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">However, maintaining the ranking is likely to be a challenge moving forward.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;">https://thedailyguardian.net/local-news/bpo-expansion-hub-iloilo-city-preferred-investment-site-for-outsourcing-firms/</span></div>
fred zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12214933942691288913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147950026590066796.post-3915220988479330042017-11-14T22:50:00.000+08:002017-11-14T22:50:45.287+08:00Iloilo: Where the Past is always Present<div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 20px; text-size-adjust: auto;">
Iloilo City is synonymous to Dinagyang Festival, its delectable heirloom cuisine, well-preserved heritage structures and warm hospitality.</div>
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The capital of Iloilo province, which recently marked its 80th Charter Day in August, has a colorful past dating back to the arrival of the legendary 10 Bornean datus in the 12th century and purchased Panay Island with a golden salakot.</div>
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In the 1800s, it had titles, like La Muy Leal Y Noble Ciudad (The Most Loyal and Noble City) and later, Queen Regent’s City in the South, given by the Spanish Queen Regent Maria Cristina. These official accolades have made this urban center the first “queen city” in the south because of its vital role in the political, economic and religious landscape during the colonial period.</div>
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But far more than a museum town frozen in time, Iloilo is an emerging metropolis and a preferred site for business and leisure.</div>
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Its modern face is represented by Megaworld’s Iloilo Business Park, a master-planned development where major firms have made their presence felt. The enclave teems with lifestyle shops, dining outlets, star-rated hotels, and mixed-use buildings to cater to a growing urban hub.</div>
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The core of this township is the Iloilo Convention Center, which aims to make the city a new hub for MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions), a growing sector of the tourism industry.</div>
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Referred to as Icon, this state-of-the-art facility is at par with the country’s best, and has played host to prestigious events, including the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ministerial conferences, the ASEAN 50 Summit, and the Charter Day concert of the Manila Symphony Orchestra.</div>
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Prominent hotel chains, among them Marriott, Richmonde, and Seda have sprouted around the area to cash in on the boom in visitor arrivals that reached 994,923 in 2016 and plowed more than P18.7 billion to the local coffers.</div>
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This phenomenal tourism growth is due to the city’s accessibility with flights from Manila, and key cities such as Cebu, Cagayan de Oro and Davao. Malaysia-based budget Air Asia started serving the Iloilo route with three flights daily in October.</div>
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A new source of pride among the Ilonggos is the Iloilo River Esplanade, the centerpiece of a comprehensive river rehabilitation program of the city government.</div>
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Covering nine phases, the project includes river dredging, mangrove reforestation, landscaping of pathwalk for promenades and public recreation, which will have an aggregate length of about 10 kms when completed.</div>
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Designed by urban planner Paulo Alcazaren, the Esplanade was given the GantimPALA Excellence Award for Leisure by the Philippine Association of Landscape Architects (PALA) in the recent 2017 Landscape Architecture Festival.</div>
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An interesting addition to the city’s must-sees is the newly-opened Waterworld Iloilo in Jaro district, a two-hectare waterpark, the first of its kind in the world to be powered by solar energy. It boasts 17 slides, a 222-meter long lazy river, play area for toddlers, and family-oriented amenities.</div>
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Iloilo’s urban allure has earned itself a long list of national awards despite being alleged as the “most shabulized” city. It was named champion in the Asian Development Bank’s Livable Cities, and first place in government efficiency among highly-urbanized cities in 2015 by the National Competitiveness Council, to name a few.</div>
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Just recently, in October, it was named one among the five finalists in the search for Most Business-Friendly Local Government Units of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry.</div>
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Despite its march to urbanization, Iloilo’s major tourist magnet is its wide array of ancestral homes that have survived the ravages of time. With the battle cry “The Past is Always Present,” the City Council has legislated the grant of fiscal incentives to encourage preservation of these antiquarian gems.</div>
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A number of notable mansions have retained their old world grandeur, among them Casa Mariquit, which houses the memorabilia of former Philippine Vice President Fernando Lopez, and the Magdalena Jalandoni house, now known as the Kasanag Well-Being Center.</div>
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The stately 1920s Nelly Garden, Iloilo’s “Queen of Heritage Houses” built in the tradition of Beaux Art of French chateaux, is a noteworthy mansion, which served as the colonial era’s social hall.</div>
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J.M. Basa St., known as the Spanish-era Calle Real, underwent a facelift to bring the downtown’s glory days. Aside from being an eye candy in their spruced-up facades, visitors can enter and admire at the well-preserved condition of the old buildings.</div>
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In the fringes of the city are the Yusay-Consing Mansion Mansion in Molo, the 1865 Camiña Balay nga Bato in Arevalo, and the newly restored old Jaro Municipal Hall declared an Important Cultural Property by the National Museum because of its exceptional Art Deco style.</div>
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An intrinsic part of the city’s living past are its historic churches such as the Cathedral of the Our Lady of Purification, the San Jose de Placer Parish, the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage Church in La Paz, and the Gothic-style Church of St. Anne in Molo which also hosted the MSO concert.</div>
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And with the past always present in its facets of daily living, Iloilo is a unique blend of an alluring bygone era and a comfortable urban escape.</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147950026590066796.post-73661168931617138132017-10-31T22:03:00.005+08:002017-10-31T22:03:50.451+08:00Iloilo’s Hippest Hangouts and Upcoming Spots<span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: Lato; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">If you've been to Iloilo's classic sights, it's time to drop by the newest hangouts and upcoming spots in the City of Love! By Shai Lagarde</span><br />
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As one of the major provinces during the Spanish colonial era and officially declared as a Royal City in 1889 by the Queen of Spain, Iloilo is rich in historical and cultural treasures. Along with the mandatory food tripping and hopping around nearby beaches, waterfalls, and nature parks, any decent Iloilo itinerary would include beautiful remnants of the Spanish era, such as <strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Calle Real</strong> (the royal road), <strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Museo Iloilo</strong>, and <strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Miag-ao church</strong>, a UNESCO World Heritage Baroque Church that dates back over 300 years.</div>
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Other <a href="http://iloilocityipc.org/why-invest-in-iloilo/cultural-sites/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;">heritage sites</a> include the <strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Camiña Balay nga Bato</strong>, <strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Casa Mariquit</strong>, <strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Lizares Mansion</strong>, and the magnificent Lopez Mansion popularly known as <strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Nelly’s Garden.</strong> Many more tourist attractions fill this list, each one a testament to the old-world European charm for which the city is renowned.</div>
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However, Iloilo has more to offer apart from the beautiful glimpses of its storied past. If you’ve gone on the road oft-traveled, it’s time to check out this vibrant city’s hippest hangouts and upcoming spots.</div>
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The <a href="http://iloilocityipc.org/why-invest-in-iloilo/quality-of-life/places-to-go-to/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;"><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;">River Esplanade</strong></a> is a tree-lined boardwalk and park along the Iloilo River where people can walk their pets, jog, hang out or dine at any of the nearby restaurants. Located near the <a href="http://avidaland.com/estates/atria-park-district" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;"><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Atria Park District</strong></a>, the Esplanade started out as a 1.2-km stretch from Diversion Road to Carpenter Bridge, eventually expanding into a 2.6-km stretch now known as Esplanade 2. A third, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jedpatrickmabilog/posts/1334181226669892" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;">fourth and sixth</a> Esplanade are all in the works.</div>
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Architect Paulo Alcazaren (who also designed the Singapore Quay and River Esplanade) designed the Esplanade with input from the locals. The park is part of the Iloilo local government’s green efforts: to rehabilitate the 15-km mangrove river, give people the space for outdoor leisure, and be more environmentally sustainable.</div>
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Other upcoming riverside developments include the <strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://iloilocityipc.org/investment/iloilo-rivercraft-pavilion/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;">Rivercraft Pavilion</a></strong> near Carpenter Bridge, and the redevelopment of <strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://iloilocityipc.org/investment/fort-san-pedro-redevelopment/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;">Fort San Pedro</a></strong> near Esplanade 2. Folks can look forward to scenic cruises as an added attraction to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/esplanadeboatride/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;">river boat ride</a>.</div>
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Far from the humble farm where Clark Kent grew up, in Iloilo, <strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/Smallville-Commercial-Complex-260376213972930/about/?ref=page_internal" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;">Smallville</a></strong> is the city’s bustling nightlife center. It used to refer to the small complex that housed clubs and restaurants along Diversion Road in Mandurriao, near the Riverside Boardwalk. Then, the commercial complex catered mostly to travelers checked in at the hotels in the area.</div>
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But now that several more establishments have set up shop, Smallville has come to refer to the larger vicinity in which various lifestyle districts have developed. A road connects it to <a href="http://avidaland.com/estates/atria-park-district" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;">Atria Park District</a> as well, which itself hosts an impressive variety of homegrown and casual dining concepts.</div>
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However you choose to unwind, there is something for you around these parts. Party the night away at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/aurachilloutlounge/?rf=201622523204709" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Aura</strong></a> or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/iceiloilo/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;">MO2 Ice</strong></a>. If you prefer something more low-key, enjoy cold beer at <strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Shipwreck</strong>, or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/brewerygastropub/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Brewery Gastropub</strong></a>, where you can sample the best local and foreign brews.</div>
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Feast on authentic European cuisine at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/amalficucinaitaliana/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Amalfi Cucina Italiana</strong></a>, a regular on “Best Restaurants” lists. If you’re craving for American comfort food, check out the pizza and ribs at <a href="http://www.bourbonstreet.com.ph/info.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bourbon Street</strong></a> bistro or grab a gourmet <a href="http://craveburger.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Crave Burger</strong></a> at its original branch.</div>
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To tease your palette for Asian Cuisine, there’s <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SSAM-500546353469410/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;">SSAM</strong></a> and <strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kogi-Vegi-Korean-Restaurant-Boardwalk/1160397510756483" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Kogi & Vegi</a></strong> (Korean), <strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/troioirestaurant/?ref=br_rs" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Troi Oi</a></strong> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Asian-Spoon-1390723191249930/?ref=br_rs" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Asian Spoon</strong></a> (Vietnamese), <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Spring-Palace-Seafood-Restaurant-117321748679132/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Spring Palace</strong></a> (Chinese), <strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Ohana-Japanese-Restaurant-100252376755928/?ref=br_rs" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Ohana</a></strong> (Japanese), <a href="http://www.experiencepanay.com/clarke-quay-sg-cuisine-savoring-singapores-best-in-iloilo-city/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Clarke Quay</strong></a> (Singaporean), and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BauhiniaFilipinoCuisineOfficial/?ref=search" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bauhinia</strong></a> (Filipino). And if you have an insatiable sweet tooth, get your fill of cakes and shakes at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Nothing-but-Desserts-367009187402/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Nothing But Desserts</strong></a>.</div>
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In 2015, Iloilo landed at the top of the Livable Cities Design Challenge, a competition for Philippine city planners to transform their cities into more sustainable and attractive places to live in. One of the components of the city’s winning entry was the restoration of <strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://iloilocityipc.org/investment/sunburst-park-freedom-grandstand-rehabilitation/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;">Sunburst Park</a></strong>, the location of the iconic Customs House Plaza and Iloilo Freedom Grandstand during the Japanese era. The Sunburst project includes the revitalization of the old CBD and pedestrianization of Calle Real.</div>
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Thanks to the government’s efforts to build around establishments and roads that were declared Heritage Zones by the National Historical Commission, Iloilo is on the fast track to becoming a globally competitive city with its pedestrian-friendly and bike-friendly parks and recreation spaces.</div>
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A few steps away from all these cool places is Iloilo’s premier lifestyle hub and another awesome hangout spot: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/shopsatatriaayalamalls/?ref=py_c" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Shops at Atria</strong></a> in Atria Park District. Similar to Serendra in BGC, Shops at Atria is an 8,000-square meter open-space commercial complex, which makes it fit right in with the city’s development initiatives. In addition to coffee shops and restaurants, it offers quick access to basic shopping and servicing needs. It’s also conveniently located near Ateneo de Iloilo, Qualimed Hospital, Seda Hotel, Ayala Technohub, and other key establishments.</div>
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With everything that’s coming up for Iloilo, you might just love the City of Love so much that you’d want to put down roots here—and you could! As a master-planned, mixed-use estate development, Atria Park District includes the recently completed <a href="http://avidaland.com/avida-towers-atria" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;"><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Avida Towers Atria</strong></a> and <a href="http://avidaland.com/avida-storeys-atria" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #9f2c2b; text-decoration: none;"><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Avida Storeys Atria</strong></a>, which strike the perfect balance between modern city living and an environmental garden lifestyle in the heart of Iloilo.</div>
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Residents and their guests would enjoy not only the fabulous in-house amenities. These residential condominiums offer the very best Iloilo has to offer; they are located so close to everything—from riverside attractions to green recreational spaces, from lifestyle essentials to endless dining options. So whether you live in Iloilo or are headed there for business or pleasure, a fantastic trip awaits!</div>
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REPOST from http://pursuitofpassion.ph/places/iloilos-hippest-hangouts-upcoming-spots/fred zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12214933942691288913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147950026590066796.post-49054228553730037542017-09-03T17:26:00.000+08:002017-09-03T17:26:00.370+08:00AGHO ISLAND, Concepcion Iloilo, Philippines (2 Days & 1 Night Itinerary)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH90JGprOfKsUU9iuAAVr9aCXp-n8Fl-ThIf383rSxjgepc6Y92ZvPtJ7lhreKxVnSuvGObQImd_NiGpQVEug0Mq66-LF0Crg9CFZOvfMp0AflPktr9EN_QAIlJrR1EkUqhGItVvQt-w5b/s1600/Agho.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH90JGprOfKsUU9iuAAVr9aCXp-n8Fl-ThIf383rSxjgepc6Y92ZvPtJ7lhreKxVnSuvGObQImd_NiGpQVEug0Mq66-LF0Crg9CFZOvfMp0AflPktr9EN_QAIlJrR1EkUqhGItVvQt-w5b/s320/Agho.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Due to popular demand! Haha! If you have more questions, don't hesitate to text Nong Floro he's very responsive sa mga texts. 😊 Enjoy Agho! ❤</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">▪️DEPARTURE FROM ILOILO</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Ride Ceres Liner bus to Concepcion from the Ceres Northbound Terminal located at Balantang, Jaro, Iloilo City. Regular fare is 125 and travel time is approximately 2.5 hours. I highly suggest that you ride the earliest departure at 4:15 am (aircon bus) or 5am (non aircon bus) to get to the island early and to avoid the morning traffic. Last trip is at around 3-4 in the afternoon.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">▪️ARRIVAL IN CONCEPCION</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Descend the bus upon arrival in the town of Concepcion. By this time, you should also contact Manong Floro of Agho Island at +639305710337 to let him know that you're already in the main land.</span><br />
<a name='more'></a><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">▪️FOOD & OTHER NECESSITIES</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">While waiting for the boat that will bring you the island, ask the locals for directions to where their wet market is located so you can buy food and other necessities for your overnight stay. It's approximately a 5 minute walk from where you will be descending the bus. There are no restaurants in the island so I suggest that you buy everything that you'll be needing while you're still in the mainland. Bringing a cooler with you is also a great help since there's no available refrigerator in the island. You can also bring your own cooking needs. We didn't actually bring much cooking tools since everything that we ate in the island was grilled. Several grilling stations are scattered in the island. The caretaker sells charcoal. Bring your own utensils too. You can also ask the caretaker to cook your rice for you (bring your own uncooked rice) and also grill your food. They don't ask for bayad so just give them tip. </span><img alt="" border="0" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif" style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; max-height: 600px !important; max-width: 400px !important; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" title="Smilie" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">▪️TRAVEL TO AGHO ISLAND</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Manong Floro will give you instructions as to where you will be riding the boat to Agho Island depending on the availability of the loading and unloading areas. Our group rode the boat in Balasbas (or Balasabas) near the Pan de Azucar Hotel. Ride the pedicab to go there for a minimum fare of 20-30 pesos. It's actually near, but since you got heavy bags with you, I suggest that you save your energy and ride the pedicab na lang. 😂 Round trip transfer is 1,800 for smaller groups (like us na 4 lang) and 2000 for larger groups (6-10). Travel time is approximately 20-30 minutes.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">▪️ARRIVAL IN AGHO ISLAND</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">If you'll take my suggestion to ride the earliest departure of the bus from Iloilo, you will arrive in the island by 7:30 to 8 am. We went there on a Friday so the island was not that crowded. Day tour is 500 pesos and overnight is 900 pesos. Entrance fee is 30/person. They offer 2 basic cottages with a room good for 4-6 pax for 1,500/night. They also offer tent rentals for 500 pesos good for 4-6 pax/night. You can also bring your own tent and just pay 300 pesos/night pitching fee. There are common bathrooms available in the island.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">▪️LUNCH</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">We had the caretaker cook our rice for us. Our group had grilled fish and eggplant garnished with tomatoes, onions, garlic and vinegar. HAHA!</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">▪️AFTERNOON ISLAND TOUR</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Island hopping is 500/island on top of the round trip boat transfer from the mainland to Agho.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Top destinations for island hopping includes:</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">1. Sandbar Island Beach Resort</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">2. Pan de Azucar Island</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">3. Malangabang Island</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">You can also tour Agho Island. There are big rock formations on the southern part of the island where you can pose and capture the view of the blue waters and the majestic Pan De Azucar mountain as the background. Not advisable to bring the kids in the rocky area though since it's quiet a struggle to tackle the rocky path and can be very dangerous for the children. It is also possible for adults to circumnavigate the whole island as an add on adventure. Just be very careful since it's rocky, okay? 😊</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">▪️ SUNSET IN AGHO ISLAND</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">You shouldn't miss the sunset in Agho Island. No other words. You shouldn't miss it. ❤</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">By this time you could also gather dry wood that are scattered in the island's forest to be able to light a bonfire when nighttime comes.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">▪️DINNER</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Again we had the caretaker cook our rice for us. For dinner, we had grilled pork and grilled stuffed squid. Dayummm! Plus the caretaker's super sarap na sinamak (vinegar concoction with chopped pieces of ginger, garlic, galangal, and chili in it) *nosebleeds</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">▪️NIGHT TIME IN AGHO ISLAND</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Electricity only power the light bulbs in the island. If you badly need your electronic devices to be charged, you can ask the caretaker to do have it charged in their house for you.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">There are designated areas to light a bonfire. You should also dig through the sand before putting all the wood. Jope, another helpful companion in the island, helped us light our bonfire. If you ran out of wood, and you're brave enough, you are free to run back inside the forest to get more lol. We also had a little booze by the bonfire and still dipped in the water until 11pm since it's not that cold and the moon was bright.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">P.S.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Make sure to cover the remains of your bonfire when you're done. </span><a href="http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/search.php?query=CleanAsYouGo&do=process&showposts=1" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #0066cc; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none !important;" target="_blank">#CleanAsYouGo</a><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">▪️NEXT DAY</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">We woke up at around 5:30 in the morning. We bought noodles from the caretaker's sari-sari store and had her cook it too. After our light breakfast, we spent the morning taking pictures in the island while it's not crowded yet. We also swam the clear waters of Agho Island for the last time before preparing to go home.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">▪️GOING BACK TO ILOILO CITY</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Ride the boat from Agho Island back to the mainland. If you're lucky, you will be able to catch a glimpse of swimming pawikans during the boat ride.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">We ate our lunch at Apple Tree Karinderya in the town of Concepcion. Just ride the pedicab and tell the driver to bring you to Apple Tree. They have an aircon room where you can eat for a fee of 10/head. 😂</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The Ceres Bus terminal is a 5-8 minutes walk from Apple Tree. It's near the town's plaza.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">🔴 MAJOR EXPENSES</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Iloilo City to Concepcion one-way bus fare - P125/person</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Round trip transfers to Agho Island Resort: P1,800 (small group) & P2000 (large group)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Day tour is P500 and overnight is P700. Entrance fee is 30/person. There are 2 basic cottages with a room good for 4-6 pax for P1,500/night. Tent rentals is for P500 pesos good for 4-6 pax/night. If you'll be bringing your own tent, pitching fee is P300.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Credits to Divine & Pinoy Exchange</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Enjoy Iloilo - Kari kamo sa Lugar namon kag Magsinadya kita...</span>fred zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12214933942691288913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147950026590066796.post-52867500476951003152017-02-16T18:54:00.000+08:002017-02-17T17:52:16.269+08:00Metro Iloilo as UN model of governance.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">According to the report of Iloilotoday.com, Evelyn Nacario Castro, one the official of the Metro Cebu Development Coordinating Board (MCDCB) confirmed that Metro Iloilo was selected together with Metro Cebu by the United Nations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Metro Cebu and Metro Iloilo were chosen by the UN as models for metropolitan governance like Tokyo in Japan, New York in the United States, Paris in France, and Seoul in Korea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Castro said that the Philippines was among the seven countries from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe were selected.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“In our case, the identified city-regions are Metro Cebu and Metro Iloilo. So this gives you an overview of the attention that the Metro Cebu is getting, particularly in terms of both the challenges that it is facing in relation to urbanization and, of course, the necessary solutions that need to be put in place,” Castro said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In a press conference by Naga City Mayor Kristine Vanessa Chiong, Consolacion Mayor Teresa Alegado, National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) 7 Assistant Director Dionisio Ledres Jr. and Evelyn Nacario Castro, they revealed that they participated in the “Technical Deep Dive on Metropolitan Governance and Quality Infrastructure Investment “ in New York, Paris, Tokyo, and Seoul last Month sponsored by World Bank.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Of the seven countries all over the world, eight cities were selected with three in Asia, two metropolitan areas in the Philippines, Colombo Sri Lanka, and Pnom Penh in Cambodia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ledres said that they will apply to MCDCB all the learnings that they have learned in seminars in the four successful metropolis in the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He is also hoping that all the 13 LGUs in Metro Cebu will cooperate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">MANILA, Philippines – Iloilo International Airport, Mactan-Cebu International Airport, Clark International Airport, and Davao International Airport made it to the online travel website The Guide to Sleeping in Airports' top 30 best airports in Asia for 2016.<br /><br />Iloilo International Airport ranked 12th, while Mactan-Cebu International Airport was at 14th, Clark International Airport at 15th, and Davao International Airport at 26th, among the airports surveyed by the travel website. </span></div>
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"lloilo International Airport is, at the moment, probably the best-looking and most efficient airport in the Philippines," a traveler quoted in the survey said.<br />
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The Iloilo airport even outperformed the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in India (13th), Suvarnabhumi Airport in Thailand (17th), Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Indonesia (20th), Chubu Centrair International Airport in Japan (25th), and Kaohsiung International Airport in Taiwan (29th).<br />
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The top 10 best airports in Asia as voted by tourists in the 2016 survey are: Singapore Changi (1st), Seoul Incheon (2nd), Tokyo Haneda (3rd), Taipei Taoyuan (4th), Osaka Kansai (5th), Hong Kong International Airport (6th), Kuala Lumpur (7th), Tokyo Narita (8th), Mumbai India (9th), and Nanjing Lukou in China (10th). <br />
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The Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, however, is still among this year's top 30 worst airports in Asia, ranking 8th in the list. (READ: #SG50: What PH's NAIA should learn from SG's Changi Airport)<br />
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The results were from a year-long online survey where travelers were asked to name which airports they like and don't like to spend their time in during delays or transits, and/or to sleep in overnight. – Chrisee Dela Paz/Rappler.com<br />
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Corporation noted the interest of Mindanao businesses in their
72-hectare new township development in Iloilo that is fast shaping up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“We have been receiving a lot of inquiries from Davao and Cebu but
majority are still locals,” said Harold Brian Geronimo, Megaworld's head
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As it is, the commercial lots at the Iloilo Business Park are almost 80 percent sold out, he said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Among the first that are constructing their buildings there are the
Metrobank, which will be putting up its regional office there, and other
companies of business tycoon George Ty, said Denisse C. Malong, Iloilo
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Geronimo said that the P35-billion development project that already
has Richmonde Hotel and the Iloilo Convention Center operating, a
Marriot Courtyard Hotel on the final stages of construction, several
luxury residential condominiums already in various stages of
construction, state-of-the-art BPO office towers, a lifestyle mall, a
1.1 kilometer Festive Walk, commercial and retail strips, open parks,
and transport hubs is being built in phases to ensure that locators
already have the market. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“We support out tenants in such a way that we are able to bring in
the customers for them,” he said. Even before we constructed the
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The mall is expected to open by September 2016. It will have three
levels, the first and second levels of which will house local and
international retail concepts. It will also have seven cinemas. The
department store and grocery will be anchored by Metro Gaisano. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/business/2016/05/29/megaworld-eyes-davao-cebu-locators-iloilo-business-park-476452</span></div>
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fred zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12214933942691288913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147950026590066796.post-10644556128832935812016-03-30T19:08:00.001+08:002016-03-30T19:08:43.934+08:00Davao City and Iloilo City: A new Centers of Excellence for BPO operations <div class="body">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">MANILA - Ten cities in the Philippines were named as the next hubs for the information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) sector.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the latest Next Wave Cities (NWC) report, the Department of Science and Technology-Information and Communications Technology Office (DOST-ICTO), Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP), and Leechiu Property Consultants (LPC) proclaimed 10 "next wave" cities as top locations for local and international IT-BPM players.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Baguio City</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cagayan De Oro City</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Dagupan City</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Dasmarinas City</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Dumaguete City</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lipa City</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Malolos City</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Naga City</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sta. Rosa City, Laguna</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Taytay, Rizal</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The locations were identified based on the 2015 assessment guided by the NWC scorecard, which includes the following criteria: talent, infrastructure, cost, and business environment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All these are factored in to evaluate a city’s ability to enable and support the entry and growth of IT-BPM companies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“The economic turmoil in the Western countries and China has spelled greater need to move business operations here in the Philippines where there is a large pool of talent and where it’s cost-efficient. The IT-BPM industry will see sustained growth in the coming years and that’s why industry players now move to the provinces where there’s great potential," said LPC chief executive officer David Leechiu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Apart from naming the 10 next wave cities, government and industry leaders also elevated <b>Davao City and Iloilo City</b> to the status of "centers of excellence" for IT-BPM operations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Davao and Iloilo joined the ranks of Metro Manila, Metro Cebu, Metro Clark, and Bacolod City as premier IT-BPM hosts and high-density locations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Special awards were also given to four cities that stood out in respective categories. Dasmarinas City was named as the city with Best in Talent Availability; Laoag City is Best in Infrastructure; Dumaguete City is Best in Business Environment; and Legazpi City is awarded with Most Active ICT Council and LGU.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ten "new emerging" cities were also recognized for their potential to become next wave cities.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Balanga City</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Batangas City</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Iriga City</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Laoag City</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Legazpi City</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Puerto Princesa City</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Roxas City</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Tarlac City</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Tuguegarao City</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The newly
restored Marquez Lim mansion at 11 Mapa Street, Iloilo City (beside Sta. Maria
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Lim mansion was inherited by former Senator Nikki Coseteng from her mother
Alicia Guanco Marquez Lim. She is the fifth generation of Marquez Lim to have
inherited the house. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Coseteng
earlier told media that the house restoration was made by Marcelo Alonzo, a
Manila-based interior designer. The old glass blocks, tiles and all portions of
the house which reflects its antiquity are being restored. Even the old faucets
were rechromed. The house was also repainted with olive green to look livelier.
Before it looks like a white house.Coseteng said she wants to share the house
with everyone as part of Iloilo's rich heritage. She said the Marquez Lim
ancestral house has a lot of stories to tell. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYoEj9_Ac1uaD6evLt-qCZWMywqekuYw8HGOzzwvgJ7h3lniHRe7-0Tv7yMO1SVI6iman3xc50DRKAksDjY3-gNy8vgYjjv0oEX8eh7KrIBPWkp1z6VWk8FF2WcenjbNIBoGl0apjtfMCw/s1600/cosetengmansion2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYoEj9_Ac1uaD6evLt-qCZWMywqekuYw8HGOzzwvgJ7h3lniHRe7-0Tv7yMO1SVI6iman3xc50DRKAksDjY3-gNy8vgYjjv0oEX8eh7KrIBPWkp1z6VWk8FF2WcenjbNIBoGl0apjtfMCw/s1600/cosetengmansion2.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">She said the
house was built in the mid 30s by her great grandfather Pedro Marquez Lim and
great grandmother Concordia. It used to be a wooden house. It was destroyed
during the Japanese regime and was rebuilt after the war.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The heiress
said she wants to restore the house and wants to see the house stand as close
as possible to the grand old days. The house served as venue for her parents'
wedding reception after they made their marital vows at the San Jose Parish
Church.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The late Juanita Marquez Lim Gokongwei, daughter of pre-war Iloilo
Chinese community leader Pedro Marquez Lim, was the widowed mother who raised
business genius John Gokongwei, Jr. and successful brothers like James Go when
their father died young. I heard stories from Chinese community elders that she
was an outstanding mother.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">source: </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">http://www.thenewstoday.info/2006/01/27/bbq.and.buffet.at.marquez.lim.mansion.html</span></span></div>
fred zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12214933942691288913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147950026590066796.post-68196479754071334882016-03-03T23:43:00.001+08:002016-03-04T00:04:14.686+08:00Ayala Land to start Sicogon Island tourism project <div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">by MBOnline</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) and Sicogon
Development Corporation (SIDECO) will launch Sicogon Island Tourism
Estate development within the first half of 2016.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The ALI-SIDECO joint venture is expected to drive economic progress
in Western Visayas and the entire region as it serves as a tourism hub
for surrounding or nearby destinations like Gigantes, Bantayan and
Concepcion islands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The 1,100-hectare
Sicogon Island will feature a balanced mix of developments, such as a
resort town center, hotels and resorts, as well as commercial and
residential establishments, supported by an on-site airstrip. The
ground breaking of the airport runway is scheduled for the second half
of the year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“The initial development will concentrate on building the airport and
runway, to ensure accessibility to the island,” said Jose
Emmanuel Jalandoni, ALI Senior vice president and group head of
commercial business. “The 1.3-kilometer runway will allow immediate
access from Manila and Cebu to the island development,” he added, saying
further that test flights to Sicogon are being targeted for the first
quarter of 2017.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The project is supported by public, private and community
organizations, and government bodies alike because of the potential
economic benefits it will bring to the region. A framework agreement
was signed by ALI, SIDECO, and the Federation of Sicogon Island Farmers
and Fisherfolk Association (FESIFFA) in 2014 to pave the way for the
sustainable development of Sicogon Island. The group has been assisting
the local community through skills training and livelihood programs to
make them active partners in the development.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“We strongly believe and hope that poverty alleviation will be
achieved through tourism projects. These will give us various job
opportunities and help us improve farming and fishing methods,” said
Raul Ramos, president of FESIFFA.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jalandoni stressed that sustainability will be a main focus of the
project. Aside from allocating more than 50% of the development for
open green space, ALI will also work with the Department of Environment
and Natural Resources to continue stewardship of Sicogon’s forested
area, and work on coastal protection and marine life rehabilitation in
support of sustainable development.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“More than becoming a premier tourist destination and a tourism hub
for the region, Sicogon is envisioned to provide inclusive growth and
economic development through long-term recovery and livelihood programs,
and job creation,” said Jalandoni.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ALI estimates that the Sicogon Island development will provide 20,000
jobs either directly or indirectly with increased tourism, and
approximately P1 billion in earnings for the community through business
opportunities that will come from the retail and commercial
establishments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A REPOST Article from:</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> http://www.mb.com.ph/ayala-land-to-start-sicogon-island-tourism-project/</span></div>
fred zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12214933942691288913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147950026590066796.post-30420829115863270572016-02-27T00:39:00.000+08:002016-02-27T00:39:56.979+08:00Forget Boracay: Islas de Gigantes White Sand Beaches are Unspoilt<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://static.tripzilla.com/thumb/d/e/40158_700x.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://static.tripzilla.com/thumb/d/e/40158_700x.jpg" height="213" width="320" /></a><em><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Contributed by <a href="http://www.bandcbackpacktheearth.com/" target="_blank">B and C Backpack the Earth</a></span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To most tourists, Boracay is still the “epitome” of the best white
sand beach in the Philippines. But if you’re unlike them who prefers
low-key, uncrowded white sand beach, head on to Isla de Gigantes
instead, located in Carles, Iloilo.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My research convinced me that we will only go to Cabugao Gamay,
Tangke Water Lagoon, Bantique Sandbar and Antonia Beach. It’s impossible
to explore the remaining islets/islands in one day. Gigantes is named
as such because it’s giant, where “malalaking tao” or giant people
according to locals, used to live.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It’s easy to fall in love with Bantique Sandbar. The waters are
crystal-clear green and the sand on the beach is flat. If you don’t know
how to swim, or for some reason afraid to go farther away from the
shore, Bantique Sandbar invites you to go farther without worrying of
the sudden slide of the sand. It’s that flat! Even up to chest deep.
Bantique Sandbar feels like a huge swimming pool. But always be careful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The best time to go to this beach is during low tide (early morning or
afternoon depending on the months). During high tide you won’t see the
sandbar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cabugao Gamay</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cabugao Gamay needs no further introduction as this is the most searched
beach in Iloilo and Gigantes. No matter what camera you have with you,
your eyes are still the best set of lenses as this beach looks more
amazing in person! Of course, you should also take a lot of photos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We were told that during low tide, you won’t be able to see the “lagoon”
because boats cannot dock and what you’ll see inside are just rocks —
no waters. We went there during high tide. It can be too crowded.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We had our lunch at Antonia Beach. It’s a privately-owned resort but
visiting the island is possible. It’s the more popular beach in
Gigantes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You can also snorkel in Antonia Beach for only PHP 50, no time limit. We snorkelled for about 2 hours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On a side note, Antonia Beach is also perfect to take away your
inhibitions and go naked! No kidding. Foreigners in Antonia Beach are
throwing their clothes away upon setting on the island. They said they
found their “freedom” in Antonia Beach. And I couldn’t agree more.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Baybay” in Ilonggo means “sand”. During high tide, huge rocks taller
than humans are no longer visible. Travellers do not frequent this
place because of this. You need to have a tour guide with you to visit
this beach since they know best, based on the Chinese calendar the time
when it’s going to be high tide or low tide.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tinagong Baybay has the finest, powdery white sand of all beaches we’ve toured in Gigantes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Its isolation and unpredictability also add to its appeal.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tinagong Baybay is not part of the usual tour package but since we
did not avail of the spelunking we asked our tour guide to give us a
another beach to visit instead of the caves. When we went there, it’s
just B and I plus our tour guides. We owned the beach.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The vastness of the sea seemed to engulf us — two little kids out in the open nowhere to hide but to float in its immensity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It’s a great feeling to end the day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Link: http://magazine.tripzilla.com/islas-de-gigantes-white-sand-beaches/32809 </span></div>
fred zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12214933942691288913noreply@blogger.com0Concepcion, Iloilo, Philippines11.29020094309357 123.1759643554687511.16560194309357 123.01460285546875 11.41479994309357 123.33732585546875tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147950026590066796.post-45190604998449476662016-02-12T18:00:00.000+08:002017-11-14T23:45:23.194+08:00List of BPO Company in Iloilo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://megaworldiloilobusinesspark.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/one-global-center-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://megaworldiloilobusinesspark.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/one-global-center-4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Iloilo City is one of the major hubs in business process outsourcing industry. The presence of contact centers, KPO, transcription & online research centers are widely distributed in the city. </span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Why Iloilo is business friendly for BPO companies?</span></div>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the high pool of graduates coming from 8 universities in the city (excluding external campuses and other 2 universities in Iloilo Province )</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the low cost of business</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the stable power provided by sole distributor PECO</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the presence of all internet & communication provider in the philippines</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the accessibility of the city having state of the art Airport</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the presence of 4 big companies namely, Iloilo Business Park, Ayala, Gaisano & SM </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">which build offices suited for ICT & accredited by PEZA</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Below is the list of BPO/KPO Companies in the City & Province of Iloilo</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">06) Eversun Philippines<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">07) Reed Elsevier<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">08) SPI-Global<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">09) Vista Call Center<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">10) Xilium<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">11) WNS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">12) Hinduja Global Solutions<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">13) iXL Solution <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">14) RS2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">15) Prosync<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">16) Trusttel Customer Care<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">17) OneVirtual Global Business
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">18) Bluu Qatar Philippines <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><i><b> Major Awards</b></i><br /> Champion: Tribu Salugnon sang Jaro National High School<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> 1st runner up: Tribu Ilonganon sang Jalandoni Memorial National High School<br /> 2nd runner up: Tribu Pan-ay sang Fort San Pedro National High School<br /> 3rd runner up: Tribu Paghidaet sang Lapaz National High School<br /> 4th runner up: Tribu Baybayanon sang Calaparan National High School</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i> Special Awards</i></b><br /> Best in Choreograper: Tribu Salugnon sang Jaro National High School<br /> Best in Musical Director: Tribu Panayanon sang Iloilo City National High School<br /> Best in Headress: Tribu Panayanon sang Iloilo City National High School<br /> Best in Costume Designer: Tribu Panayanon sang Iloilo City National High School</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i> Major Awards</i></b><br /> Champion: Tribu Tatusan sang Caluya, Antique<br /> 1st runner up: Tribu Kasag sang Banate, Iloilo<br /> 2nd runner up: Tribu Bantayan sang Guimbal, Iloilo<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> 3rd runner up: Mabulakon’g Pundok Sa Erpazalio sang Pinta Flores Festival, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental<br /> 4th runner up: Tribu Patabang sang Tapaz, Capiz</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i> Minor Awards</i></b> Best in Street Dancing: Tribu Bantayan sang Guimbal, Iloilo<br /> Best in Performance: Tribu Kasag sang Banate, Iloilo<br /> Best in Choreography: Tribu Tatusan sang Caluya, Antique<br /> Best in Music: Tribu Kasag sang Banate, Iloilo<br /> Best in Costume: Tribu Kasag sang Banate, Iloilo<br /> Best in Choreographer: Tribu Tatusan sang Caluya, Antique<br /> Best Musical Director: Tribu Kasag sang Banate, Iloilo</span></div>
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fred zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12214933942691288913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147950026590066796.post-85194745414146769892016-01-06T19:20:00.001+08:002016-01-06T19:31:26.451+08:00Dinagyang 2016 @ Iloilo City, Philippines<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">January is really more fun in the Philippines! In Visayas Region alone three of the most famous festivals will be held. Iloilo's Hall of Fame Awardee Dinagyang will be bigger and quality festival that will set on January 23 & 24, 2016. To know more about the schedule take a closer look for this schedule:</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Jan. 20 - 7PM </b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Miss Iloilo Dinagyang 2016 Coronation Night – San Agustin Gym</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">8AM </b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">TAMBOR TRUMPA MARTSA MUSIKA – Bonifacio Drive to Freedom Grandstand</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">3PM </b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">SALVO OF A THOUSAND DRUMS – Arroyo Fountain Area</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">3PM </b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">FLUVIAL PROCESSION – Fort San Pedro to disembark in Iloilo Customs House to San Jose Parish Church</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">7 PM </b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Kapuso Night – Robinson’s Place Iloilo</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">7 PM </b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">LUCES IN THE SKY – SM City Parking Lot</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">7AM </b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Mass for Kasadyahan Contestants – San Jose Paris Church</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">2PM </b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Sponsors Mardi Gras – Parade from Freedom Grandstand</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">7PM </b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">RELIGIOUS SADSAD – San Jose Parish Church</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">8AM </b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">2016 ILOILO DINAGYANG ATI CONTEST – City Parade Route</span><br />
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<li><a href="http://allaboutiloilophilippines.blogspot.com/1999/09/list-of-hotels-in-iloilo.html">http://allaboutiloilophilippines.blogspot.com/1999/09/list-of-hotels-in-iloilo.html </a></li>
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fred zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12214933942691288913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147950026590066796.post-16489901969075149702015-12-31T19:32:00.000+08:002016-01-06T19:39:31.558+08:00Top Tourist Spots in Iloilo City<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is my List of Top Tourist Spots in Iloilo City Philippines:</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">01) Iloilo's Esplande 1, 2 & 3</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">02) Camina Balay Na Bato</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">03) Nelly's Garden</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">04) Fort San Pedro</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">05) Restored Iloilo Old Capitol </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">06) Museo Iloilo</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">07) Iloilo City Hall - Gallery & Rooftop</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">08) Calle Real District & Array Of Restored Buildings</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">09) Roberto's House</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">10) Casa Mariquit - Ancestral Home</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">11) Jaro Cathedral</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">12) Molo Church</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">13) Molo Mansion</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">14) Iloilo Diversion Road</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">15) Villa Church</span><br />
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<br />fred zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12214933942691288913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147950026590066796.post-47964424477954713232015-09-14T16:47:00.003+08:002015-09-14T16:53:59.602+08:00Iloilo is Rising<div style="text-align: justify;">
The renaissance of Iloilo has begun. After a years of being on the sideline, Iloilo has finally undergone a rebirth - emerging as the new face of economic progress attracting increasing insvestments ans potential businesses - all while preserving its glorious past.</div>
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<b><i>By: Rolando T. Dy</i></b></div>
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MANY things are happening in Iloilo: The Riverbank, the Apec Convention Center, Ayala Park, Gaisano City Center and Megaworld Complex.</div>
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After many years of lethargy, there is rebirth.</div>
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The city opened up to the world in 1855 and became the biggest port in the country anchored on sugar exports.</div>
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In 1889, the Queen Regent of Spain named it the Queen’s City of the South, and in 1890, the city government was established.</div>
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In the 1950s, the labor unions controlled by the Espinosas and the Navas caused a major disaster to the Iloilo economy, according to Iloilo chronicles.</div>
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To seize the port, an oil depot was bombed. Control of the port by lawless groups discouraged entrepreneurs and investors.</div>
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Passengers were scared since not only the arrastres were rumored to extort from shipping companies and businessmen but pickpockets also proliferated.</div>
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The merchants and investors fled the city. As the price of sugar fell, international ship calls to Iloilo declined.</div>
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Moreover, prosperous businessmen left and settled in Manila and Negros.</div>
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Iloilo has size and influence. It experienced a large diaspora. Negros Occidental and towns in North Cotabato, South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat were settled by Ilonggos.</div>
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Based on the census, there are about 7.5 million Ilonggo speakers today concentrated in their home base of Iloilo, Capiz, Negros Occidental, as well as in North Cotabato, South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat.</div>
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There are also significant minorities in Bukidnon, Davao region, Agusan del Sur, Masbate, Palawan, and Occidental Mindoro.</div>
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Part of my roots come from Iloilo. My maternal grandfather, a Tesoro, came from the historic town of Miag-ao.</div>
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This means that there are at least two million Ilonggo speakers outside the home base.</div>
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This excludes overseas communities such as New Jersey and Los Angeles. This in an asset for tourism, investments and property development.</div>
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In 2010, Iloilo province’s population, excluding Iloilo City, was 1.81 million. If Iloilo City is included, the population was 2.23 million and it is estimated at 2.4 million in 2015.</div>
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Iloilo is one of the country’s leading food baskets. While it comprises only 2.4 percent of the country’s population, it supplies 4.5 percent of rice, 5.1 percent of sugar, 3.6 percent each of hogs and fish products.</div>
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Its north, centered in Estancia, Concepcion and Ajuy, hosts fishing and corn industries.</div>
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The central part, including the Dumangas, Pototan, Oton and Santa Barbara is an agribusiness center.</div>
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It produces crops, such as palay, sugarcane and milkfish, among others, as well as high value crops in upland Leon.</div>
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The southern corridor’s economy—Miag-ao, Tigbauan, Guimbal, San Joaquin—is based on tourism due to the centuries-old churches.</div>
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Iloilo City is the center for real estate, lodging, medical centers, education, shopping, trade and finance, IT/BPO (information technology/business process outsourcing) and many more in Western Visayas. Panay Island has a population of about 4.2 million.</div>
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The leading schools are : UP Visayas, Central Philippine University, West Visayas State University, University of Iloilo, University of San Agustin, St. Paul’s University Iloilo City, John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University, Iloilo Science and Technology University, and Western Institute of Technology.</div>
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The major hotels include: Amigo Terrace, Circle Inn, Days Hotel, Diversion 21, Grand Dame, Harbor Town, Injap Tower, Richmonde, Sarabia Manor, and Hotel del Rio.</div>
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The Business Processing Association of the Philippines ranked Iloilo among the top 10 “next wave” cities for BPO/IT because of the low cost of doing business and the availability of talent.</div>
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The entry of BPO companies began in 2004 with Callbox Solutions.</div>
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The 14 locators now include: Avatar Technologies, BrushNetwork, ECHO, Eversun Software, GMCI, Hinduja Global Solutions, Interactive Voice, Medialink, SPI Global, Star Tek, Technocall, Savant Technologies, Teletech, and <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=282900261815413" href="https://www.facebook.com/TranscomAsiaPH" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Transcom Asia PH</a>.</div>
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According to the Iloilo Federation for Information Technology, the BPO industry has generated employment for some 11,000.</div>
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In 2014, international advisory investment research firm Tholons ranked Iloilo City 98th in the Global Top 100 Outsourcing Cities.</div>
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What are the recent developments?</div>
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The River Esplanade is a 1.2-kilometer park. It was designed by Paulo Alcazaren, who worked on the Singapore Quay and River Esplanade. The park forms part of the city’s heritage zone.</div>
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The zone includes the Gothic-Renaissance Molo church built in in 1831 and the American period Governor Carpenter bridge that connects Molo and Mandurriao.</div>
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Public and private investments are ongoing to restore heritage buildings around the city and province.</div>
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The Iloilo Business Park is a 72-hectare township envisioned to be “the next central business district” in Iloilo City. Megaworld is investing P35 billion for its development in the next 10 years.</div>
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It hosts BPO office towers, a mall, Richmonde Hotel, The Courtyard by Marriott and Iloilo Convention Center.</div>
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Some 80 percent of the commercial spaces has been sold out.</div>
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Atria Park District is a 21-hectare mixed-use development by Ayala Land. The development is estimated to cost over P15 billion.</div>
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A recently completed project in the area is the Ayala Technohub. Under development are Seda Hotel and Avida Towers.</div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.32px;">The Gaisano Iloilo City Center is a P12-billion, 16-hectare mixed-used development, that will include a 40-story Gaisano Tower.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.32px;">The Jalaur River Multipurpose Project is a mega project (P11.2 billion), funded by Korea Export-Import Bank. It will be the biggest dam project outside of Luzon and is targeted for completion by 2018.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.32px;">The project will provide irrigation to 31,849 hectares of farmland, deliver 86,000 cubic meters of bulk water a day to water-scarce Iloilo City, mitigate flooding as well as foster eco-tourism.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.32px;">Hopefully, the project will help diversify agriculture for exports.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.32px;">Iloilo has several major industrial plants: Two sugar mills, one flour mill, and at least four feedmills. Future developments in agriculture could spur agri-manufacturing industries.</span></div>
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What about air connections?</div>
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There are flights to Singapore (2x a week) and to Hongkong (3x a week) via Cebu Pacific. Meanwhile, there are five flights daily to Manila via Cebu Pacific and PAL.</div>
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There are also scheduled flights from Iloilo to Cagayan de Oro, General Santos and Puerto Princesa via Cebu Pacific. Certainly, Iloilo has one of the busiest airports in the Visayas and Mindanao, after Cebu.</div>
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Iloilo renaissance has taken off. Thanks to the indomitable spirit of the Ilonggos. The best is yet to come.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Iloilo City, the Philippines’ “city of love” and the historical city
most favored by Spain through the royal decree of Queen Regent Maria
Christina during the Spanish colonial era, is now on its way for a
newfound elevation, a magnificent rise as one of the most favored
economic centers, a new investment hub, and world-class cultural
heritage. A passionate site-seeing within this vibrant metropolis would
give visitors and quests some glimpses of different world wonders. These
resemblances are often associated with its grandeur history, culture
and optimistic people whose values and perspective focuses mainly in
their deep cultural pride. Take a journey with us and SEE THE WORLD
THROUGH ILOILO…</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Singapore’s Esplanade and Iloilo River Esplanade: Nature and Progress Fuses Beautifully </span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Esplanade is a waterfront location just north of the mouth of
the Singapore River in downtown Singapore. It is primarily occupied by
the Esplanade Park, and was the venue where one of Singapore’s largest
congregation of satay outlets until their relocation to Clarke Quay as a
result of the construction of a major performance arts venue,
the Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, which took its name from this
location.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Iloilo River Esplanade is an esplanade along Iloilo River in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandurriao">Mandurriao</a>, Iloilo
City, Philippines that was opened on August 18, 2012. It stretches 1.2
Kilometers from Diversion Road (officially Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr.
Avenue) to Carpenter Bridge. The project cost <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_peso">₱</a>58.7 million. and was designed by Paolo Alcazaren, who also designed the Singapore quay and river esplanade.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are proposals to extend the Esplanade from the Carpenter Bridge
to Barangay Sooc, Arevalo, Iloilo City and from the Diversion Road to
Jalandoni Bridge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Singapore’s Esplanade and Iloilo River Esplanade both showcases the
harmonious fusion of ecology, progress and stunning scenery, a
picturesque vision of sustainability and commitment to our environment
where people can truly appreciate. It’s the same vision and passion for
nature… SEE THE WORLD THROUGH ILOILO!</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Paris Buildings and Iloilo’s Calle Real: Stunning Historical Scenery</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Featured in the photo is one of the classic-designed buildings in the
city of Paris. Paris is the capital and most-populous city of France.
It is situated on the Seine River, in the north of the country. Paris
was founded in the 3rd century BC by a Celtic people called the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parisii_%28Gaul%29">Parisii</a>,
who gave the city its name. By the 12th century, Paris was the largest
city in the western world, a prosperous trading centre, and the home of
the University of Paris, one of the first in Europe. In the 18th
century, it was the centre stage for the French Revolution, and became
an important centre of finance, commerce, fashion, science, and the
arts, a position it still retains today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Calle Real <em>(Royal Street)</em> or the Iloilo City Heritage and
Cultural District old buildings that were constructed in the
Commonwealth era in Calle Real, Iznart, Aldeguer and Guanco were
declared as a heritage site of Iloilo by the National Historical
Institute. Also known as the downtown area of Iloilo City, it is one of
the oldest and affluent business districts in the Philippines where the
first department store Hoskyn’s was established in 1877.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The classic similarity of buildings in Paris and Calle Real would
give onlookers the same feeling of nostalgia. Both refuted as cities of
love – Paris and Iloilo exudes passion with their architectural designs
from the past and transcends a cultural value in their future. A walk in
Calle Real would also give the same view of architectural excellence
with the world-famous city of Paris… SEE THE WORLD THROUGH ILOILO!</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Covadonga Church and Molo Church: Reflections of Faith</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our Lady of Covadonga is a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and a
Marian shrine devoted to her at Covadonga in the province of Asturias in
north west Spain. The Spanish shrine rose to prominence following the
Battle of Covadon in 722, at which the Moorish invasion of Spain was
first resisted. A statue of the Virgin Mary, secretly hidden in one of
the caves, was believed to have miraculously aided the Christian
victory. Our Lady of Covadonga is the patron of Asturias, and a basilica
was built to house the current statue. Pope John Paul II visited the
shrine at Covadonga to honour the Virgin Mary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Molo Church is a famous Spanish-colonial church and heritage site in
Molo District. It known for the prominent red spires that crown its tall
bell towers and as “the feminist church” because of the all-women
ensemble of saints represented in 16 statues perched on the aisle
pillars. Built in neogothic style, the church is one of
the Iloilo City’s most familiar landmarks and top tourist attractions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Probably the greatest link between Spain and the Philippines is their
deep-rooted devotion to the Catholic Religion. 300 years of colonialism
by Spain, etched a strong ties through Christian faith. In their
physical manifestation of religious faith, these two old churches – the
Our Lady of Covadonga and St. Anne Church have quite similar
architectural concept and design, forged by the same religion and
destined to become timeless… SEE THE WORLD THROUGH ILOILO!</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <a href="https://ibpofficial.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/4-1.jpg"><img alt="4 (1)" class=" wp-image-1282 aligncenter" height="532" src="https://ibpofficial.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/4-1.jpg?w=456&h=532" width="456" /></a></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><strong>Sydney Opera House and Iloilo Convention Center:</strong><strong> World-Class Venues </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts
centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Situated onBennelong
Point in Sydney Harbour, close to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the
facility is adjacent to the Sydney central business district and
the Royal Botanic Gardens, between Sydney and Farm Coves. Designed
by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, the facility formally opened on 20
October 197</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Iloilo Convention Center (ICC) is a state-of-the-art convention
center in the Iloilo Business Park in Mandurriao, Iloilo City,
Philippines which is expected to be completed in 2015 in time for the
APEC 2015 hosting. It is built on a 1.7-hectare of lot in the district
of Mandurriao donated by the Megaworld Corp. The Tourism Infrastructure
and Enterprise Zone Authority allocated P200 million for the
construction of the convention center, while another P250 million was
sourced from the Priority Development Assistance Fund of Senator
Franklin Drilon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Australia takes pride of Sydney Opera House as a world-class
convention and venue of events. Likewise, Iloilo Convention Center is
the most-anticipated convention facility in the Western Visayas region.
Both venues can hold thousands of audiences and have cultural connection
from the past. They both showcase contemporary architectural design –
classy and impressive and a product of vision and dreams. A visit to ICC
will also make you feel you’ve visited Sydney’s beautiful convention
destination. Would you like to SEE THE WORLD THROUGH ILOILO?</span></div>
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<strong><a href="https://ibpofficial.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/6-1.jpg"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img alt="6 (1)" class="alignnone wp-image-1284" height="406" src="https://ibpofficial.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/6-1.jpg?w=577&h=406" width="577" /></span></a></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Novotel Nanjing Central and Richmonde Hotel Iloilo: Getty’s Masterpieces</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Novotel Nanjing Central is located in the heart of Nanjing, China,
convenient to all of its historical centers, commercial complexes and
businesses. The hotel boasts with 297 beautifully appointed guest rooms
or suites with their magnificent views on Xinjiekou.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Richmonde Hotel Iloilo is the first international hotel that opened
in Iloilo Business Park, Megaworld’s 72-hectare business township in
Western Visayas region. The hotel boasts with gracious service and
world-class accommodation that provides comfort with its 149 rooms and
amenities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Getty’s, one of the world’s most prestigious hotel designers both
showcased their expertise and passion to build hotels that exudes
masterpiece vision and style. When Getty’s conceptualize impressive
designs, they always infuse a large part of the cultural heritage of the
city or country where their hotel projects are being built. Both of
these hotels showcase unique architectural and interior flair but
maintains the same element of perspective – minimalism, dynamism and
grandeur. Staying at Richmonde Hotel Iloilo will make you SEE THE WORLD
THROUGH ILOILO.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <a href="https://ibpofficial.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/ron1.jpg"><img alt="ron1" class="wp-image-1285 aligncenter" height="622" src="https://ibpofficial.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/ron1.jpg?w=471&h=622" width="471" /></a></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Musselburgh Golf Club and Iloilo Golf Club: Legends in their own Right</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Royal Musselburgh Golf Club is a golf club at Prestongrange House, Preston grange near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prestonpans">Prestonpans</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Lothian">East Lothian</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland">Scotland</a>.
The first golf clubs were founded in the 18th century. The first was
the Royal Blackheath Golf Club, instituted in 1706, followed by
the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfersin 1744, the Royal and
Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews in 1754, and the Royal Musselburgh Golf
Club in 1774. These clubs gradually accepted some responsibility for the
links on which they played.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Iloilo Golf and Country Club, formerly and informally known as
the Santa Barbara Golf Course in Brgy. San Sebastian,Santa Barbara,
Iloilo on 35 hectares of plain and rolling hills. It was built in 1907
by a group of British and Scottish expatriates building the Panay line
of Panay Railways, also completed in 1907. The club was the first
Philippine club accepted as an affiliate of The Royal and Ancient Golf
Club of St Andrews in Scotland.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iloilo_Golf_and_Country_Club#cite_note-Ocampo-1">[1]</a></sup> Since
it is the oldest golf course in the country, the National Historical
Commission of the Philippines in 2012 approved the placement of a
national historical marker.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Guinness Book of World record considered Royal Musselburgh Golf
Club as the oldest in the world while Iloilo Golf and Country Club is
considered as one of the oldest in Asia. Both destinations are icons and
legends in their own right. Thus, a trip to Iloilo Golf and Country
Club would be like visiting the oldest golf club in Scotland… SEE THE
WORLD THROUGH ILOILO!</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">River Thames and Iloilo River: A Tale of Two Timeless Rivers</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England. It
is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the
United Kingdom, after the River Severn. While it is best known for
flowing through London, the river also flows alongside other towns and
cities, including Oxford, Reading, Henley-on-Thames and Windsor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Iloilo River located in the Province of Iloilo, Philippines is actually an estuary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The river starts in Oton at Batiano River, which is also an estuary, then traverses the Iloilo City districts of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapuz,_Iloilo_City">Lapuz</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapaz">Lapaz</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandurriao">Mandurriao</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molo,_Iloilo_City">Molo</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arevalo">Arevalo</a> and the city proper, before emptying into the Iloilo Strait.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Iloilo River wharf, including Muelle Loney in the Iloilo City Proper,
is a natural harbor which made it a preferred port of call for ships
seeking protection from strong winds and tropical monsoons. It serves as
port for inter island ferries that travel from Iloilo City to
Bacolod on Negros and to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guimaras">Guimaras</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">London is hailed as a royal city, the capital of England and home to
the British Royal Family. Iloilo is historically considered as the
“Queen City of the South” in the Philippines. Both cities take pride
with their natural wonder – a grand river of ecological and historical
value that sustains life, resources and commitment for preservation.
These are veins and lifeblood of both royal cities that creates a
synergy between the past and the future. So, a stroll around or boat
ride at Iloilo River would give you a heartfelt appreciation for nature
and history like those in London… SEE THE WORLD THROUGH ILOILO!</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Orchard Road and Iloilo Business Park: Vibrant Spots of Progress</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Orchard Road is a 2.2 kilometre-long boulevard that is the retail and
entertainment hub of Singapore. It is a huge tourist attraction, in
addition to being the most popular shopping enclave in the city-state.
Often, the surrounding area is known simply as <em>Orchard</em>, partly because the MRT station that serves the vicinity is named Orchard MRT.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Orchard Planning Area is one of 55 urban planning areas as
specified by the Urban Redevelopment Authority and is a commercial
district. It is part of the Central Region and Singapore’s central
business district, the Central Area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A 72-hectare master planned mix-used development community project of
Megaworld, Iloilo Business Park in Mandurriao District is the vibrant
future township of business and lifestyle in Western Visayas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Iloilo Business Park is Megaworld’s biggest single investment outside
Luzon of 35 billion. Gorgeously rising in this vibrant township are BPO
Buildings, the iconic 7,000-seater Iloilo Convention Center,
international hotel brands – Richmonde Hotel and Courtyard by Marriot,
lifestyle shopping center Festive Walk Mall, the country’s longest
dinning destination – the Street of Festive Walk and luxurious
condominium towers – One Madison Place, La Fayette Park Square and The
Palladium, the tallest tower in Western Visayas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Orchard Road is the busiest business capital of Singapore, a proof of
its dominance in terms of economy, investments and tourism. Iloilo
Business Park is currently the most talked-about business, leisure and
tourism, a mixed-used commercial complex in Iloilo and Western Visayas
region, giving a great boost for opportunities. People converge in these
business centers to chase a good life and work hard to sustain their
dreams. The bright lights and vibrant ambiance gives us a glimpse of
progress. Therefore, roaming around and starting a life in Iloilo
Business Park replicates the same vein of opportunities like any other
business centers in the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, are your ready to SEE THE WORLD THROUGH ILOILO? It’s time to open your eyes and widen your vision.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(some parts of this article were taken from Wikipedia.com)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">https://ibpofficial.wordpress.com/2015/08/07/see-the-world-through-iloilo/ </span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147950026590066796.post-55757267418862075332015-08-05T13:01:00.004+08:002015-08-05T13:01:54.021+08:0010 Things You Didn’t Know About Iloilo<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Iloilo is a city of magnificent history and opportunities shaped
throughout its existence. Still, it remains to be vibrant and
culturally-passionate through its culture-loving people who never fail
to dream big yet continue to preserve its rich cultural past. If you’re a
true-blue Ilonggo or just a visitor of this exquisite city, here are 10
things you should know: <a href="https://ibpofficial.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/food.jpg"><img alt="Food" class="wp-image-1245 aligncenter" height="677" src="https://ibpofficial.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/food.jpg?w=566&h=677" width="566" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><strong>Are you Foodie? Come to Iloilo and tickle your taste buds.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Iloilo City is more than just the heart of Western Visayas and
economic center. For visitors and travelers who are looking ahead to
visit this vibrant city, it’s world-famous gastronomy, delicacies and
food tickle the taste buds and palettes of many people. We have the
luscious bowl of La Paz Batchoy originated in the wet market of La Paz
district, the delicious soup-based Pancit Molo, the Biscocho Haus
selling yummy Biscocho and Pandesal ni Pa-a in Jaro district, the
Barquillos from Wewins, tastiest Queen Siopao of Roberto’s, the variety
of the best seafood, chessy baked Oyster, Native Chicken barbeque in
Tatoy’s Manokan, all of these mouth-watering menu sold in various
mini-restos along the shores of Villa Beach and many other must-have
keepsakes the brings the flavors of authentic Ilonggo cuisine.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Didn’t you know your grandparents were movie lovers? Yes they are.</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Back in the middle 1950s until 1980s, Iloilo City’s progress paved
way for the expansion of its bustling metropolitan where countless movie
theaters started to mushroomed and scattered within the city. The
existence of some prominent movie theaters such as Cinema, Regent, Crown
Allegro and Rivera, among others makes Iloilo as the movie capital
outside Manila. In fact, prominent film festivals in Metro Manila along
with their biggest movie stars were brought in to Iloilo back in the
heydays. The passion of Ilonggos for movie theaters simply shows that
most Ilonggos are affluent and enjoy living in a economically-stable
city because they regularly watch movies after work or during weekends
with their family. Old folks even used to say that most movie theaters
are full-packed during premieres of important Filipino movies. Back
then, Ilonggos are very passionate with local Filipino movies which are a
form of cultural pride.</span></div>
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<a href="https://ibpofficial.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/banks.jpg"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img alt="banks" class="alignnone wp-image-1252" height="488" src="https://ibpofficial.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/banks.jpg?w=488&h=488" width="488" /></span></a></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ilonggos take Banking seriously. Here’s why…</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There’s a bank in almost every corner in downtown area of Iloilo
City. The progressive business, commerce and trade back in the 18<sup>th</sup>
century and the economic rise of the city in 1900s, Ilonggos are known
for their thrifty and wise-spending attitude. Thus, banks were lining up
in downtown area where most businessmen and old rich Ilonggos are
ensuring they always kept their hard-earned money at the right place.
Since Iloilo has been the most important international city next to
Manila during the heydays, foreign exchange banks can be seen everywhere
and large amount of deposits goes in the bank every day. In fact, most
of the city’s present major investors were convinced to invest because
Ilonggos are known to have big deposits in banks and financial
institutions, something that transcends potential financial prominence
and the right attitude for progress. <a href="https://ibpofficial.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/hablon.jpg"><img alt="Hablon" class=" wp-image-1254 aligncenter" height="508" src="https://ibpofficial.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/hablon.jpg?w=508&h=508" width="508" /></a> <strong>Ilonggos are one of the BEST weavers in the world.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One of the reasons for Iloilo City’s economic prominence was the
establishment of its popular weaving industry – sinamay, hablon, jusi
and piňa cloth in later 18<sup>th</sup> and early 19<sup>th</sup>
century. Iloilo became an international trading port for textile
industry where local products are sold and send to Europe and other
parts of the world. Textile products made from Iloilo were considered
expensive and in-demand in the international market during the heydays.
Such reputation ensured Ilonggos’ timeless ingenuity and legacy with
their distinct local products. Textile industry and retail stores
mushroomed relentlessly in Calle Real, the busiest business district of
the city. In Villa de Arevalo, Sinamay production flourished as local
weavers became more and more popular for their intricate hand-woven
products that impressed investors and suppliers. The Iloilo Sinamay
House, an antique heritage house in Villa owned by Guizon and Villanueva
clan passed on to her children their family’s business. <a href="https://ibpofficial.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/3473015596_7604378b59.jpg"><img alt="3473015596_7604378b59" class=" wp-image-1246 aligncenter" height="383" src="https://ibpofficial.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/3473015596_7604378b59.jpg?w=598&h=383" width="598" /></a> <strong>Before jeepneys, care for a train ride in Iloilo?</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The company was originally founded in Hartford, Connecticut, United
States as Philippine Railway Company Inc. on March 5, 1906. It was part
of a collection of Philippine infrastructure companies. On May 28, 1906,
the Philippine Commission granted the Philippine Railway Corporation a
concession to construct railways on the islands of Panay, Negros and
Cebu. In 1907, construction began on a railroad from Iloilo City to
Roxas City in Capiz. It was later controlled and owned by the Philippine
government as Panay Railways Inc. with headquarter in La Paz in Iloilo
City. The original route the company’s train service was 117 kilometers
(73 miles) long, included 19 permanent, 10 flag stations and connected
to La Paz in Iloilo City heading as far as Loctugan in Capiz. It had a
total of 46 bridges. The operation of the train service ceased in 1983
and its demolition started in March 2005 under the administration of
President Fidel V. Ramos. <a href="https://ibpofficial.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/fc801455.jpg"><img alt="fc801455" class="wp-image-1248 aligncenter" height="223" src="https://ibpofficial.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/fc801455.jpg?w=669&h=223" width="669" /></a></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Forget about shopping malls, Iloilo’s Calle Real is timeless!</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Its existence dates back in the time of Spain’s colonial era in the
Philippines, Calle Real is a long-stretching old business district in
Iloilo City where most of the pioneer Chinese merchants and local
business clans established their businesses. From expensive to the
cheapest shopping centers, retails stores, boutiques, goods, textile
products, medical supplies, restaurants, and street vendors selling
almost everything are lined-up beautifully to cater the locals. Calle
Real is known for its heritage buildings build during the Spanish and
American era in the Philippines. The recent effort of the city’s local
government and Heritage Council to rebuilt and revive the original
façade of heritage buildings creates an echo of cultural pride. The
sights and sound of Calle Real dramatically changes from time to time.
Its long existence captured great memories of Ilonggo culture,
business-minded nature of locals, the city’s legacy for trade and
commerce integrated in its impressive international business
relationship in the past. Back then, elegant Illustrados, well-dressed
elites and the iconic Calezas used to roam around the streets of Calle
Real, a place that even until now never loses its mark in the lives of
Ilonggos as their first and true leisure destination. <a href="https://ibpofficial.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/schools.jpg"><img alt="Schools" class=" wp-image-1250 aligncenter" height="409" src="https://ibpofficial.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/schools.jpg?w=586&h=409" width="586" /></a> <strong>The city with over 100-year-old universities</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Iloilo City is considered as the “center of education in Western
Visayas” by having the most numbers of schools both private and public
school. During the old times and presently, students flocked in Iloilo
to gain the best education especially in tertiary level by having the
biggest and prestigious universities. Iloilo’s two oldest universities
who passed its centennial year or 100 years of existence but still going
stronger are the University of San Agustin and Central Philippine
University. Founded by the Order of Saint Augustine missionaries, the
University of San Agustin was established in July 15, 1904 and
celebrated its centennial year on 2004. Established in 1905 by American
philanthropist John D. Rockefeller under the auspices of the American
Baptist Foreign Missionaries, the Central Philippine University (CPU)
has become known for its strong Christian foundation, competitive
courses and a tourism-friendly university campus for its wide
nature-friendly scenery and old buildings. CPU celebrated its Centennial
Year in 2005. West Visayas State University is 113 years old this 2015.
It is a prominent university with countless achievements to boast
originally founded by the Thomasites who came to the Philippines in the
early 1900s, it was a part of Philippine normal school system under the
American occupation until it became separate and formally established in
1924. Iloilo Science and Technology University formerly Iloilo School
of Arts and Trade (ISAT) and later became Western Visayas College of
Science and Technology (WVCST) founded in 1905 is another educational
institution in Iloilo City that existed for over a hundred years. The
university is still fulfilling its vision of providing quality education
from its laboratory high school, tertiary college courses and
vocational-technical continuing course. <a href="https://ibpofficial.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/dscn2723.jpg"><img alt="DSCN2723" class=" wp-image-1247 aligncenter" height="529" src="https://ibpofficial.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/dscn2723.jpg?w=445&h=529" width="445" /></a> <strong>What used to be Iloilo’s King of the Road?</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Calesa, the traditional two-wheeled elegant cart pulled by a horse
used to roam the streets of Iloilo City particularly in Calle Real
during the Spanish era. They used to be the King of the road in Iloilo
even before its transformation into a royal city through a decree by
Queen Regent Maria Christina of Spain in 1889. During the late 1960s and
early 1970s, Calesas can be still be seen in Calle Real. But the
popularity of more modern jeepneys replaced the existence of traditional
Calesa in Iloilo City. <a href="https://ibpofficial.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/inaec.jpg"><img alt="INAEC" class="wp-image-1249 aligncenter" height="481" src="https://ibpofficial.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/inaec.jpg?w=340&h=481" width="340" /></a> <strong>Did you know that Ilonggos were the first to fly?</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Iloilo holds the record as the first city to have a commercial
airline company. 8 years before the Philippine Airlines (PAL) was
established, Iloilo Negros Air Express Company (INAEC) owned by Eugenio
Lopez had its inaugural flight in Fort San Pedro on February 1, 1933.
The company catered to chartered and commercial flights during its peak
years. The INAEC site airport was destroyed by 36 Japanese bombers on
December 18, 1941 during the outbreak of World War II. Today, INAEC
still exists in Iloilo providing chartered flights including medical
emergency flights for private clients.</span></div>
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<a href="https://ibpofficial.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/hoskyns-building.jpg"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img alt="Hoskyn's Building" class="alignnone wp-image-1255" height="603" src="https://ibpofficial.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/hoskyns-building.jpg?w=508&h=603" width="508" /></span></a></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Didn’t you know your grandparents are shopaholics?</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Since Iloilo City is prominently popular commercial metropolis next
to Manila even way back during the Spanish colonization years, the city
secured itself as a bustling commercial and leisure destination.
Hoskyn’s Department Store located along J. M. Basa Street was considered
as the oldest shopping center in the Philippines according to local
historians established in 1877. It was founded by Englishman Henry
Hoskyn’s under the business name “Hoskyn’s and Co.” It is the first
store in the country to introduced “fixed price” policy in merchandising
and the first known “store to sell almost everything from needle to
anchor.” Right now, the building remained standing and several retail
stores existed in the same location.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Iloilo City’s newest ‘claim-to-fame”- Iloilo Business Park</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Reigniting the legacy of Iloilo City and opening a new gateway of
opportunities, Megaworld Corporation, the Philippines prime mover in
real estate developer set their sights in this city to establish Iloilo
Business Park. Transforming the old Iloilo Airport (IBP) property into a
bustling new commercial, business and leisure township, IBP is
envisioned as the center of almost everything in Iloilo City. IBP will
open a high-end shopping center – Festive Walk Mall, the country’s
longest leisure strip – Street of Festive Walk, modern convention
facility – Iloilo Convention Center, BPO Buildings that would serve as
office and operation site for call center companies, international
hotels – Richmonde Hotel Iloilo and Courtyard by Marriot and high-end
residential towers sporting names like One Madison Place, Lafayette Park
Square and The Palladium, the tallest and classiest among the three
with 22 floors. IBP is seen as the grand destination that would uplift
the tourism industry and modern lifestyle culture of the city.
Employment openings in the IT-BPO sector in IBP are foreseen to rise up
to 30,000 jobs in the next 10 years. Rapid infrastructure developments
provide a life-changing hint in this modern township how Iloilo and its
people, will embrace their city’s consistent rise to prominence as the
region’s epicenter of progress.</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Source:https://ibpofficial.wordpress.com/2015/08/05/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-iloilo/</span></i></b></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Iloilo, Philippines10.714586690981509 122.5607299804687510.589778690981509 122.39936848046875 10.839394690981509 122.72209148046875tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147950026590066796.post-10717149009895013022015-08-03T12:14:00.002+08:002015-08-03T12:14:56.865+08:00Megaworld to develop modern financial center in Iloilo<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://www.philstar.com:8080/author/Iris%20C.%20Gonzales/">By Iris C. Gonzales</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">MANILA, Philippines - Megaworld, the Andrew Tan-led property giant,
is developing a modern financial center inside the 72-hectare Iloilo
Business Park, with several banks and companies already set to build
regional headquarters in the district, a ranking official said over the
weekend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jennifer Palmares-Fong, head of marketing of Iloilo Business Park,
said interest has been strong, with commercial lots almost sold out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“There has been a strong interest from various sectors, particularly
financial and banking, to establish their businesses in Iloilo Business
Park. Since we announced the township being envisioned as Iloilo City’s
new central business district or CBD, everyone wants their presence
here,” she said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Megaworld has allocated nine hectares of the entire township for the commercial district.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It started selling the lots at P47,000 per square meter in 2013.
Today, the lots, which range from 611sqm to 1,735 sqm, are now sold at
P70,000 or a 49 percent increase from its original price a couple of
years ago, according to Megaworld.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Eighty percent of the lands have already been sold to banks and
financial institutions as well as local enterprises but Palmares-Fong
said the lots are also viable for hotels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Among the major banks that are set to establish their regional
headquarters and offices in Iloilo Business Park’s financial district
include the George Ty-owned Metrobank and the Aboitiz Group’s Unionbank.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Aside from banks and financial institutions, other commercial
businesses like car and furniture showrooms as well as regional
headquarters of corporations are welcome to the financial district of
Iloilo Business Park,” she said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Megaworld is developing the commercial district, which will rise
toward the southern part of the township near the iconic Iloilo River.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is envisioned to be one of the busiest districts in the Iloilo
Business Park once completed. It will be directly connected to the
township center via the six-lane Megaworld Boulevard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Megaworld’s Iloilo Business Park, occupying 72-hectares on the former
site of the Old Mandurriao Airport, is envisioned to be the biggest
business, lifestyle and tourism hub in Western Visayas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Aside from the financial and commercial district, Iloilo Business
Park will be home to two business hotels – Richmonde Hotel Iloilo and
Courtyard by Marriott.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Iloilo Convention Center, which will be the largest convention
facility in Region VI, will also be part of the business park as well as
state-of-the-art BPO office towers, luxury residential condominiums
including The Palladium, the tallest residential tower in Western
Visayas, and the Festive Walk Mall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In addition to this, Megaworld is also developing The Street of
Festive Walk, a 1.1-kilometer commercial and retail strip, which will be
the longest dining and retail strip in the entire Western Visayas
region. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The property giant has lined up several projects for the year in
Luzon and Visayas including the development of residential projects in
the Makati Central Business District, office buildings in Fort Bonifacio
in Taguig and its township projects.</span></div>
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