ILOILO AT ITS BEST

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Videos from You Tube.

I am happy to share the videos i bumped on youtube to all of you guys.  A number of plugs prepared by ABS CBN Iloilo to share the world how Ilonggos celebrate Christmas.

When i saw the videos, i felt so proud.  I miss Iloilo a lot, can't wait to go home.

Beautiful and lovely Ilonggas all over the world, whatcha waiting for? It' your time to show the world "God's masterpiece".

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All roads lead to the town of Maasin on December 26 as the booming third district municipality known all over the country for its finest bamboo products celebrate once again its renowned Tultugan Festival, which is on its ninth year this year.

ILOILO CITY, Nov. 25 (PNA)- A group of almost 100 farmers from Barangay Palasyawan, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo has picketed at the regional office of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR-6) here to demand their immediate installation in the piece of land they claimed under the agency’s land reform program.
The move launched recently was in protest for the failure on the part of the DAR-6 to come out with an order for finality in their petition for inclusion of the 79 qualified farmer beneficiaries who were already given the Certificate of Land Ownerships (CLOs).
The hotly contested lands subjected to the government’s land reform program were the 115 hectares Jison-Lopez estate located in Barangay Palasyawan, Barotac Nuevo.
According to Bonifacio Nadura, spokesperson of the more than 80 farmer-beneficiaries, the DAR earlier assured farmers of their immediate installation to the land they were entitled for claim within the 15 days period after they received notice last August this year from the DAR office.
The protesting farmers group has asked DAR for the implementation of its commitment as soon as possible before the farmers could harvest their agricultural crops in the lands they have cultivated for the many past years. (PNA)
RMA/AJP/VLOrquiola/vlo


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JORDAN, Guimaras, Nov. 23 (PNA) -- A little-known but breathtakingly enchanting Marine Reserve in the province of Guimaras holds great promise of becoming a major tourism attraction and give the country's jewels like Boracay and Palawan a run for their money.
But unless the national government steps in and provide more incentives, the vast tourism potentials of Taclong Island Marine Reserve in Nueva Valencia town would remain regretfully untapped.
In a public dialogue initiated by the Guimaras provincial government, spearheaded by the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO), PENRO Officer Jessie Vego, accentuated the exigency of placing Taclong Island under the more comprehensive National Integrated Protective Areas of Republic Act 7588 to pave the way for bigger funding and also provide more teeth or authority to existing protective guidelines and lead to the Island's full development.
According to Vego, Taclong Island, which lies 38 kilometers off Jordan Wharf, was initially put under the protection of the National Marine Reserve in 1990, but little has been done to exploit its commercial and tourism potentials since then.
“More state funds and stricter guidelines would enable us to determine its peripheries, meaning knowing what areas can be utilized for the government's interests, and what areas should be prohibited for use,” Vego said.
The development of Taclong Island, composed of about 1,000 pristine hectares, as tourist destination, threatens to displace long-time settlers from making a livelihood in the marine reserve.
Governor Felipe Hilan Nava has vowed to identify resettlement sites should development plans pushed through. (PNA)
DCT/RMA/ELT/vlo


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ILOILO CITY, Nov. 22 (PNA)– Fifteen Ilonggos, hired through the city government’s special recruitment activity, have just flown to Qatar to work, according to the Public Employment Service Office (PESO).
In a report to Mayor Jed Patrick E. Mabilog, PESO-Iloilo City manager Alan Zaldivar said the workers, who left Tuesday for Qatar, were employed as service and delivery crew, and food handlers.
They are products of the special recruitment activity which PESO conducted in September, he said.
Last month, 34 workers who also found jobs through PESO were deployed to Kuwait to work in hotel and food industries.
Both workers for Qatar and Kuwait were under the agency, Lead Resources Management Corp. (PNA)
RMA/LMSinay/vlo


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ILOILO CITY, Nov. 24 (PNA) - The Philippine Postal Corporation (Philpost) is embarking on a modernization program in a bid to enhance its services to the public and make these at par with emerging courier services in the country today.
Philpost Chairman Cesar N. Sarino, who visited Iloilo City Wednesday, bared that the modernization program includes putting up of remittance center for domestic and international transaction and door-to-door delivery services.
Sarino stressed the need to change the operations of postal office throughout the country.
He said they would rid the Philpost of its bad image following complaints of rampant robbery within the postal office and its slow services.
Unlike before, the Philpost will no longer depend on the delivery of mail matters as its major business because of the presence of so many mobile phones and networking sites in countries globally. (PNA)
LDV/VLO






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Iloilo City won silver and bronze awards during the International Awards for LIVEABLE Communities 2011 in Songpa, South Korea.




Iloilo City received Special Project Award, for the project " Iloilo City: Post LiveCom: Advancing the Iloilo River Development Initiatives Through Integrated Sustainable Management". This project won Silver award.  



Iloilo City also received silver award for Dinagyang Festival and Bronze for the City Category.

Photo credits: Iloilo City Government FB Account

 Organizers of the 2012 Dinagyang Festival will create a monitoring team that will look into the preparation of participating tribes to “high standard of performance.”
This was disclosed by City Tourism Officer Benito Jimena during Tuesday’s meeting with the festival’s members of the board and working committees.
Currently, 13 tribes have already submitted their documents to the City Tourism Office signifying their participation in the festival.
This year, the festival organizers composed of the city government, the San Jose Parish and the Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation have instituted several changes, one of which is the change in the venue of judging area number one from the Iloilo Freedom Grandstand to the Iloilo Sports Complex.
The change in venue was entertained to accommodate a larger audience as the festival continues to draw bigger crowd every year.
Likewise, the parade shall no longer be of the carousel type but it shall be a straight parade which will start at the Iloilo Sports Complex and end at the Freedom Grandstand.
The 2012 Dinagyang Festival anchors on the theme: Beyond Awards, A Culture of Excellence. It’s religious theme is Senor Santo Nino: One Beat, One Voice, On the Move to Serve.
The highlights of the celebration will be held on January 20-22, 2012. 


(PNA)
LAP/PGLena/vlo


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The Treñas Boulevard along the Iloilo River will be closed starting Dec. 5, 2011 to allow the construction of the P48-million Esplanade project and the rehabilitation and widening of the 1.2 kilometer road.
City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog said the closure might last for six months or until May 2012 even as the contractor had already deployed heavy equipment in the area.
Joggers and other physical wellness buffs are enjoined to consider and look for other venues for their exercises pending the construction of the Esplanade project out to beautify and enhance the boulevard along the riverbank.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has bid out the project last month with Roprim Construction declared as the winning bidder for its P38 million offer.
Mabilog said the Treñas Boulevard was a component of the Iloilo floodway project, which is not yet turned over to the city government by DPWH.
He also said that there was no more legal impediment as to the ownership of the area since it was owned by the government.
The Esplanade project was facilitated by Ilonggo Senator Franklin M. Drilon in a move to protect and conserve the Iloilo River. International Filipino architect Paolo Alcazaren desined the Esplanade, patterned after a similar river project in Singapore, which he also designed.
The area will have a view deck, palm trees, lamp posts, food kiosks and a giant Dagoy statue, depicting the city’s famous Dinagyang Festival. (PNA)
RMA/LCPendon/vlo
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                                       Photo: Hawili Hurom

Ti kamusta ang inyo nga lagaw sa down town? damo pa ang mga lugar nga wla ta malab ot no? Yari na ang ikaduwa nga bahin sang aton nga pag ratsada sa down town sang Iloilo...

Sa liwat ang tanan nga mga pictures/ photos ang ginapanig iyahan n HAWILI HUROM nagikan sa iya nga FACEBOOK account, ang iban gina panag-iyahan sang iya mga abyan (ZYNET, EVAN FUENTES) indi akon ang mga ini, gin hulam ko lang para i share man sa inyo tanan.

ARROYO FOUNTAIN, KILOMETER ZERO: "hhhmmm ma skwela ka sa Cabalum ukon matambay nlang sa Atrium?"

 QUEZON STREET: "may nadumduman kamo nga club/ pab diri no?, wala na sarado na"



LA TERAZZA, DELGADO STREET: "Pagkatapos shopping sa SM Delgado, manyaga anay sa Andok's tapos pagkahapon mainum-inum sa La Terazza"


VALERIA STREET: "Shopping na kita sa first and oldest SM outside Metro Manila"


GOING TO ORTIZ STREET: "Pa Guimaras na, maglantaw n sang pag Tal-tal."


ALDEGUER STREET: "Mabakal ako anay sang mga tela ah, maubra pako gown, ti hapit ko anay sa Adleguer"


ORTIZ STREET: " Ti, ano na? pa Guimaras na kita"


CARAM/ IZNART STREET: " Di-in kana?, Ari pa sa tubang Amigo, traffic"


CALLE REAL: "Bakal ko anay bulong ni lola sa Socorro tapos mabakal materials, project ko sa THE"


ARROYO FOUNTAIN: "Diri naga umpisa ang pag isip sang kalayuon sang isa ka lugar sa Panay"


CARAM/ IZNART STREET: "Ahay wala na ang Alegro"


DELGADO STREET: "Check it ta bala sa Amigo para sosyal"


CALLE REAL: "No comment, yuhom kamo no?"


ILOILO PROVINCIAL CAPITOL: " Pa Lapuz, pa Jaro ukon pa City proper?"


OLD CITY HALL ANNEX, COA OFFICE: "nan! puro trisikad hahaha"
 CARAM/ IZNART STREET: "Dugay, dugay na ni nga building, diri pa sang una gina post ang mga showing sa Cinema, Crown kag Regent"


YMCA:  " Kung Sang una permi diri may boxing, subong puro na lang Basket"
 MABINI STREET : "Parkingan/ terminal sang una, subong puro construction materials ang gina baligya diri"

PLAZOLETA GAY: "Time square of Iloilo"

Ti kamusta ang aton pag lagaw-lagaw kag pagdumdum sang mga nagliligad?

Til next time mga kasimanwa.