Davao del Norte : Future Sports Capital of Mindanao

Davao del Norte Governor Rodolfo P. del Rosario on Tuesday morning led officials in unveiling here the development plan of the proposed modern Davao del Norte Sports Complex, a monumental project which will make the province the premier sports center of Mindanao. Senator Pia S. Ceyetano was the province's guest of honor during the unveiling ceremonies, which coincided with Davao del Norte's 41st founding anniversary. Del Rosario and Cayetano were joined by Vice Governor Victorio Suaybaguio Jr., former governor Prospero Amatong, Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman William "Butch" Ramirez and other Provincial Government officials in unveiling the development billboard of the state-of-the-art sports complex to the cheers of guests and students in attendance. The proposed sports complex, which costs P270 million and features an Olympic-size swimming pool, main bleacher and aquatic center,is targeted for completion in 365 days. The project will rise at the old sports complex in Mankilam. Del Rosario, in his brief opening remarks, said the sports complex is an indication that Davao del Norte is developing fast. "So much is accomplished in so little time," Del Rosario said. "We are building yet another vision that hopefully will be realized in the near future," he added. During the program prior to the unveiling, provincial engineer Josie Jean R. Rabanoz gave a briefer of the proposed sports complex. Provincial sports coordinator Anthony G. del Rosario is optimistic that the province's modern sports complex will lead to possible hosting of major sports events like the Palarong Pambansa. Ramirez immediately gave Davao del Norte the right to host the Mindanao Friendship Games next year. This is aside from the P1 million-worth boxing ring from China he is donating to the province.

Manila: Soon to be Skyscrapers and Development Haven??

Haha! as I was browsing on the net I collected some pictures of different upcoming skyscraper and structures to soon rise in Metro Manila, well actually some of them are already under construction and some are plans and there is a handful that constructions are suspended. See and indulge!

The Propose Lopez Center (construction suspended?)

Roxas Triangle Twin Towers

Sky City Mandaluyong (construction suspended)

SSS Corporate Center, QC

The AIC Empire tower, Ortigas

GA Tower, Mandaluyong

One Adriatico Place Manila

One Rockwell 01

One Rockwell 02

The St. francis Towers ,Mandaluyopng

more to come sa next post ko.... (LRT underground, City Binondo, The Fort Serendra etc.)

Better Late than Never News: The Philippine Pavilion Won the Gold Prize Award in the 2008 World Expo in Zaragosa, Spain

The Philippine Pavilion was conceptualized and designed in response to the specific brief of the Zaragoza International Expo 2008 organizers: to abide by the theme Water and Sustainable Development.

By obligation, therefore, the pavilion focuses on water management projects all over the Philippines. Participation in this Expo was an acceptance, on the part of the Philippines, of a theme which also attends to tourism promotion as well as state-of-the-art environmentalism. The pavilion design team followed this International Expo theme, per the guidelines set by the National Organizing Committee for the Philippine Pavilion. The design team met the creative challenge of showing the links between and among environmentalism, subtle but effective tourism promotion, and international calibre design.

That they succeeded in doing so—in exhibiting these links—is attested to by the positive response of the Expo visitors.

Baseline statistics and records
There have been an average of 5000 – 6000 visitors to the Philippine Pavilion a day. On the opening day, the 4000+ visitors represented a full ¼ of the total number of visitors to the Expo itself: 20,000 visitors on 14 June 2008. The numbers are increasing steadily, both for the Philippine Pavilion as well as the Expo. The proportion of the total number of visitors to the Philippine Pavilion in relation to the Expo total remains steady: around 20 – 25%.

It is emerging from a lot of positive responses that the Philippines’ responsible adherence to the Expo theme is much appreciated, and lead to considerations of visiting the Philippines.

Records of responses (both positive and negative) are kept by the front-line, Spanish-speaking pavilion staff. These records can form the basis of future assessments of this project.

And on the Last day of the Expo the Philippines was awarded once again the GOLD PRIZE AWARD the highest honor that the expo awards to a participating Nation.

More on : http://www.wowfilipinas.net/index2.php

Galoc oil: Another milestone in Philippine Gas Exploration after the Malampaya Project

THE MALAMPAYA GAS PROJECT- Palawan

PHILIPPINES: Nido Petroleum (Nido) is expecting its Galoc oil field in offshore Palawan Basin of Philippines to produce 6.3 million barrels of oil during the first year of production, according to a statement published on the company's website.



The Australia-based oil and gas company is projecting a pre-tax cash flow of between US$40.1 million and US$67.5 million from 1.4 barrels of oil produced in 2008.



Nido is also expecting to draw 1.4 million barrels of oil from a projected 6.3 million barrel in 2008, 3.4 million barrels from 800,000 barrels in 2010 and 500,000 barrels from two million barrels produced in 2011.



The Galoc oil field is located within the SC14 area operated by Galoc Production Co.



Galoc Production has plans to drill two production wells with its contracted drillship, Jet Drilling's Energy Searcher between August to October this year. The drilling programme is estimated to cost some US$86.4 million.




Galoc Production owns 58.29 per cent of SC14. Nido is the second-biggest shareholder with 22.28 per cent interest.



Nido's Deputy Managing Director, Joanne Williams earlier said the company had earmarked US$20 million this year to develop the Galoc oil field.

Pinoy Update: Ang Bagong Nayon Pilipino (Pagcor City) Manila bay City

PAGCOR's Bagong Nayon Pilipino Entertainment City
To The Point
Emil Jurado
Another project under the Arroyo administration—Pagcor’s Bagong Nayong Pilipino Entertainment City Manila in Bay City, the 120-hectare Roxas Boulevard reclamation—will be up in two years or so. It is Pagcor’s answer to the $98 billion global gaming and entertainment industry in Asia, now being monopolized by Macau, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Malaysia. To get a slice of the pie is more than the dream of Pagcor’s chairman and chief executive Ephraim Genuino, who conceptualized the project.

The project, whose terms of reference have already been finalized after Asian, American and European gaming and entertainment giants showed keen interest, could cost from $10 billion to $15 billion.

More than a venue for world-class gaming and entertainment, Genuino’s brainchild will have theme parks, luxury hotels, residential villages, convention and sports centers, shopping malls, golf course, a hospital district, state-of-the-art theaters, race tracks, gaming centers, waste management facility, marina and a boardwalk, a cultural center and of course, the Bagong Nayong Pilipino for tourists.

This is a project I can support because gaming and entertainment is now the name of the game in fueling tourism. This has been observed in Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Thailand. I still believe that tourism is the country’s engine of growth.

The project aims to provide more than 200,000 jobs and boost related industries and businesses, like hotel and hospitality.

Pagcor now is the third biggest revenue-generating state-owned entity. With this project, Pagcor could well be the biggest income generator for government.

Philippine Pride ; back with a bang!

Hey guys I know you miss me and my postings...hehe.. now I am back and into the blogging business again... had I miss anything from the blog world? hope to hear from you in the comment area,, and I am assuring you that we will be back with the regular posting with more segments coz this will be

PHILIPPINE PRIDE SEASON 2

Filipino Of the Month..Paeng Nepomuceno

Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno (born January 30, 1957 in Manila) is a Filipino and is a Six Time World Bowling Champion and has won the World Cup of bowling four times in three different decades:

In Tehran, Iran on November 19, 1976
In Jakarta, Indonesia on November 1, 1980
In Le Mans, France on November 8, 1992
In Belfast, Northern Ireland on November 23, 1996

Nepomuceno also won the World's invitational Tournament held in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 8, 1984 and the World Tenpin Masters championship in London, England on March 7, 1999. He is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records and has two unbroken records up to this day for being the only athlete in the world to win world titles in three different decades and his other Guinness book of record is for being the youngest ever to have won the Bowling World Cup at 19 years old. In total, Paeng has won over 118 tournament titles which is recognized by the World Tenpin Bowling Association as a World Record for the most career titles.

He is the only bowling athlete who has received the prestigious International Olympic Committee President's Trophy which is the highest sports award that can be given to an athlete. Paeng was the first international male bowling athlete to be enshrined in the International Bowling Hall of Fame in St. Louis, Missouri in 1993 and his seven foot image is displayed at the entrance of the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame .In November 1999, the Federation Internationale des Quilleurs (FIQ) named Paeng as the "International Bowling Athlete of the Millennium."

In a ceremony held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates during the World Championships, an FIQ official cited Paeng with these words: "No international bowling athlete is more deserving of recognition than Paeng. In addition to his long list of well-known achievements as a world champion in three decades, Paeng truly has been and continues to be an extraordinary ambassador for Filipino sport."

Paeng is the only Athlete in the Philippines who has been given the highest award to a Filipino by three Philipppine Presidents. In 1984, Paeng was awarded the Presidential Medal of Merit by President Ferdinand E. Marcos. In 1999, President Joseph E. Estrada awarded the Philippine Legion of Honor and in 2008, President Gloria M. Arroyo awarded Paeng, the Order of Lakandula with Class of Champion for Life and was declared Best Filipino athlete of all time. Both the Philippine Senate and House of Congress has declared Paeng the Greatest Philippine Athlete of All Time.

On January 6, 2008, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo bestowed the Champion for Life of the Order of Lakandula to Rafael “Paeng" Nepomuceno for his "outstanding achievement in international sports, the last of which is his victory at the South Pacific Classic tournament in Melbourne in Australia last October 2007"