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Highlands Legazpi to boost Albay's real estate business
Highlands Legazpi, a new real estate development in the Bicol Region, is expected to boost Albay’s property business. The people behind this development are steadfast in providing the much needed boost to help the economy of Legazpi city by developing real estate projects that will attract local and foreign investors to pump their money into the area.
According to Highlands Legazpi developer, Excore Inc. president Donnie Pile, Highlands Legazpi is just part of a big master plan for the whole Legazpi.
“Suncore (a partner company of Excore) believes that most of us especially tourists and investors check the developments of a city or province before they make a decision to see the place. Our goal is to provide the city will real estate projects that will raise the standard of residential development in Albay, thus, strengthening the tourism sector of the province,” Pile said.
Tourist arrivals in the country’s major destinations from January to May 2010 reached 3.65 million, an increase of 5.37 percent from a year ago level. The movement of foreign tourist in key areas expanded by 12.81 percent with Metro Manila as the leading destination.
For provincial tourist destination, reports released by the regional office of Department of Tourism in Legazpi City, showed that Albay with Legazpi City as the hub came next to Camarines Sur/Naga City with 107,871 tourist arrivals. The figure was 13 percent higher from a year ago level of 95,282.
The figures showed that Legazpi City has a huge growth potential in terms of attracting more tourists and possible investors to come and take a look at the city.
For more information, visit Legazpi Highlands office at Unit 1108, West Tower Tektile PSE Center, Ortigas, Pasig City or call 6374959.
Source: Philippine Star
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According to Highlands Legazpi developer, Excore Inc. president Donnie Pile, Highlands Legazpi is just part of a big master plan for the whole Legazpi.
“Suncore (a partner company of Excore) believes that most of us especially tourists and investors check the developments of a city or province before they make a decision to see the place. Our goal is to provide the city will real estate projects that will raise the standard of residential development in Albay, thus, strengthening the tourism sector of the province,” Pile said.
Tourist arrivals in the country’s major destinations from January to May 2010 reached 3.65 million, an increase of 5.37 percent from a year ago level. The movement of foreign tourist in key areas expanded by 12.81 percent with Metro Manila as the leading destination.
For provincial tourist destination, reports released by the regional office of Department of Tourism in Legazpi City, showed that Albay with Legazpi City as the hub came next to Camarines Sur/Naga City with 107,871 tourist arrivals. The figure was 13 percent higher from a year ago level of 95,282.
The figures showed that Legazpi City has a huge growth potential in terms of attracting more tourists and possible investors to come and take a look at the city.
For more information, visit Legazpi Highlands office at Unit 1108, West Tower Tektile PSE Center, Ortigas, Pasig City or call 6374959.
Source: Philippine Star
Legazpi mayor to build swim pool for city's youth
Legaspi Mayor Carmen Geraldine Rosal has pledged to build a 50-meter swimming pool as she launched a massive sports development program, starting with the sport of swimming, in the city. Rosal made the pledge during a courtesy call made by swimmers and coaches of the Philippine Swimming League which conducted a learn-to-swim clinic last week among young Bicolanos aged six to 17 years old.
PSL president Susan Papa, who led PSL coaches in conducting the learn-to-swim and intermediate swimming lessons as part of the outreach program of the PSL and the Diliman Preparatory School, under its president former Sen. Nikki Coseteng, lauded the city government’s bold sports program, saying the construction of an Olympic-size swimming pool will assure a continuing swimming program for the youth of the city.
“The venue is great and it is overlooking Mayon and its bay,” said Papa of the proposed swimming center.
Also present during the courtesy call was Avalon Pool builder Manny de Guzman, who also built the DPS swimming center which hosted the Peace and Unity Swim last December.
City administrator Noel Rosal said the pool would be a state-of-the-art facility, one of world class structures the city hopes to build to make Legaspi a sports tourism destination.
“We want Legaspi to be a well known sports tourist spot,” said Mayor Rosal during the courtesy call where she welcomed Ibalong Magayon swimmers who will see action in the Singapore Island Swim Club age group competition in Singapore in August.
The swimmers are Trisha Anne Oliveros, Jan Vincent Llaguno, Patricia Bianca Talavera, Jea Kassandra Talavera, Jan Agustin Talavera, Hannah Imelda Sartorio, Fergino Raneses, Ashley Marie Rances, Mary Audrey Rances and Matthew Thomas Tan.
The young swimmers, the first products of the outreach program of the PSL and the DPS in the Bicol region, will compete for the first time in an international competition. They will vie in various age categories – 8 years and under, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14 and 15-17 – against age groupers from clubs in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore.
Source: Philippine Star
PSL president Susan Papa, who led PSL coaches in conducting the learn-to-swim and intermediate swimming lessons as part of the outreach program of the PSL and the Diliman Preparatory School, under its president former Sen. Nikki Coseteng, lauded the city government’s bold sports program, saying the construction of an Olympic-size swimming pool will assure a continuing swimming program for the youth of the city.
“The venue is great and it is overlooking Mayon and its bay,” said Papa of the proposed swimming center.
Also present during the courtesy call was Avalon Pool builder Manny de Guzman, who also built the DPS swimming center which hosted the Peace and Unity Swim last December.
City administrator Noel Rosal said the pool would be a state-of-the-art facility, one of world class structures the city hopes to build to make Legaspi a sports tourism destination.
“We want Legaspi to be a well known sports tourist spot,” said Mayor Rosal during the courtesy call where she welcomed Ibalong Magayon swimmers who will see action in the Singapore Island Swim Club age group competition in Singapore in August.
The swimmers are Trisha Anne Oliveros, Jan Vincent Llaguno, Patricia Bianca Talavera, Jea Kassandra Talavera, Jan Agustin Talavera, Hannah Imelda Sartorio, Fergino Raneses, Ashley Marie Rances, Mary Audrey Rances and Matthew Thomas Tan.
The young swimmers, the first products of the outreach program of the PSL and the DPS in the Bicol region, will compete for the first time in an international competition. They will vie in various age categories – 8 years and under, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14 and 15-17 – against age groupers from clubs in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore.
Source: Philippine Star
Legazpi City relives Ibalong legend
It will be a legendary celebration, quite literally, as Legazpi City relives Bicol’s epic legend in Ibalong Festival this month. Now in its 20th edition, the festival is a popular recreation of a mid-19th century, 60-stanza epic poem penned by Franciscan friar Bernardino de Melendreras about the ancient civilization of Ibalong or present-day Bicol region.
Cast in the mold of the classic Greek mythology "Clash of the Titans," Ibalong tells about its three legendary heroes – Baltog, Handyong and Bantong – who with their Atlas-like strength rid Bicolandia of beasts and helped it attain its golden era.
These warriors cultivated the land and vanquished the dreaded beasts which sowed terror among the populace. With the land rid of beasts, the leaders turned to establishing a government and a justice system, followed by an age of discovery and invention which helped the civilization flourish.
The epic was written in Bicol by Melendreras who was inspired by the accounts of a wandering minstrel in Albay, regarded as the "bard" or Homer of Ibalong for being a fountainhead of folklore and indigenous history.
Spending his missionary years in different parishes across Bicol, the Spanish priest also wrote other poems, including "Tacay" and "Gat Ibal" based on local legends.
Ibalong first got into mass exposure in the early 1900s when editor Wenceslao Retana compiled and annotated the fragments of the poem in the book "Archivo del Bibliofilo Filipino."
The original Spanish manuscripts are preserved at the Archivo Franciscano Ibero Oriental in Madrid which officials of Legazpi City dream of acquiring reproductions in the future.
In October 1992, the late mayor Imelda Roces staged the maiden edition of the festival to rescue the valuable epic from the dustbins of history and make it a source of pride for the people of the city and the whole region.
The tradition was continued by her successor, Noel Rosal, who helped transform the fledging event into one of the most-sought after cultural festivals in the country.
According to Legazpi Mayor Geraldine Rosal, Ibalong puts to the fore the Bicol’s rich pre-colonial culture to remind Bicolanos of their noble beginnings.
She said that in transforming an almost-forgotten legend into a colorful festival, the city has put a visual touch into it to make it more understood and appreciated by the people.
Source: Malaya
Cast in the mold of the classic Greek mythology "Clash of the Titans," Ibalong tells about its three legendary heroes – Baltog, Handyong and Bantong – who with their Atlas-like strength rid Bicolandia of beasts and helped it attain its golden era.
These warriors cultivated the land and vanquished the dreaded beasts which sowed terror among the populace. With the land rid of beasts, the leaders turned to establishing a government and a justice system, followed by an age of discovery and invention which helped the civilization flourish.
The epic was written in Bicol by Melendreras who was inspired by the accounts of a wandering minstrel in Albay, regarded as the "bard" or Homer of Ibalong for being a fountainhead of folklore and indigenous history.
Spending his missionary years in different parishes across Bicol, the Spanish priest also wrote other poems, including "Tacay" and "Gat Ibal" based on local legends.
Ibalong first got into mass exposure in the early 1900s when editor Wenceslao Retana compiled and annotated the fragments of the poem in the book "Archivo del Bibliofilo Filipino."
The original Spanish manuscripts are preserved at the Archivo Franciscano Ibero Oriental in Madrid which officials of Legazpi City dream of acquiring reproductions in the future.
In October 1992, the late mayor Imelda Roces staged the maiden edition of the festival to rescue the valuable epic from the dustbins of history and make it a source of pride for the people of the city and the whole region.
The tradition was continued by her successor, Noel Rosal, who helped transform the fledging event into one of the most-sought after cultural festivals in the country.
According to Legazpi Mayor Geraldine Rosal, Ibalong puts to the fore the Bicol’s rich pre-colonial culture to remind Bicolanos of their noble beginnings.
She said that in transforming an almost-forgotten legend into a colorful festival, the city has put a visual touch into it to make it more understood and appreciated by the people.
Source: Malaya
Albay posts 41% tourism hike
A total of 121,867 tourists arrived in Albay in the first quarter this year, up 40.86 percent from 86,518 in the same period last year, according to the Bicol Regional Development Council (BRDC).
Albay Gov. Joey Salceda, also BRDC chairman, attributed the increase to, among others, the province’s proactive disaster risk reduction (DRR) program, most particularly the the Zero casualty goal, which "sends a strong message that Albay is safe for tourists, safe for traders and investors and safe for its own people."
"That is commonsense minimum requirement for a tourist to come," the governor said. The United Nations has declared Albay as its global model in DRR and Climate Change Adaptation.
Salceda said the growth was more pronounced in foreign tourist arrivals with 51,087 in the first quarter of this year, compared to 33,749 in the same period in 2010, an increase of 17,347 arrivals or a notable 51.41 percent hike.
Department of Tourism records show Albay has surpassed its neighboring province of Camarines Sur, which is normally the largest tourist drawer of Bicol Region’s six provinces. The other four are Camarines Norte, Sorsogon, Catanduanes and Masbate.
Camarines Sur recorded an increase of 11,609 foreign tourist arrivals for a 16.63 percent growth during the same period. Albay posted a 51.41 percent hike despite its much more limited tourism budget.
Salceda said Albay focused on less pompous but sustained and innovative approaches to tourism promotion, which highlighted its eco-tourism assets and iconic natural endowments, capitalizing on its being a gateway to other Bicol destinations – including Donsol in Sorsogon and the CamSur Watersports Complex, as well as its investment-driven flows, essentially private investments in new capacity and new attractions.
He said Albay also sustained its advertisement placements in significant niches, including magazines read by domestic and foreign tourists; hosted national coferences both by Legazpi City and the Albay Provincial Government; and further drumed up the rising crescendo of the Magayon Festival – Albay’s month-long and foremost tourism festivity which projects the province as a prime tourist haven.
Source: Positive News Media
Albay Gov. Joey Salceda, also BRDC chairman, attributed the increase to, among others, the province’s proactive disaster risk reduction (DRR) program, most particularly the the Zero casualty goal, which "sends a strong message that Albay is safe for tourists, safe for traders and investors and safe for its own people."
"That is commonsense minimum requirement for a tourist to come," the governor said. The United Nations has declared Albay as its global model in DRR and Climate Change Adaptation.
Salceda said the growth was more pronounced in foreign tourist arrivals with 51,087 in the first quarter of this year, compared to 33,749 in the same period in 2010, an increase of 17,347 arrivals or a notable 51.41 percent hike.
Department of Tourism records show Albay has surpassed its neighboring province of Camarines Sur, which is normally the largest tourist drawer of Bicol Region’s six provinces. The other four are Camarines Norte, Sorsogon, Catanduanes and Masbate.
Camarines Sur recorded an increase of 11,609 foreign tourist arrivals for a 16.63 percent growth during the same period. Albay posted a 51.41 percent hike despite its much more limited tourism budget.
Salceda said Albay focused on less pompous but sustained and innovative approaches to tourism promotion, which highlighted its eco-tourism assets and iconic natural endowments, capitalizing on its being a gateway to other Bicol destinations – including Donsol in Sorsogon and the CamSur Watersports Complex, as well as its investment-driven flows, essentially private investments in new capacity and new attractions.
He said Albay also sustained its advertisement placements in significant niches, including magazines read by domestic and foreign tourists; hosted national coferences both by Legazpi City and the Albay Provincial Government; and further drumed up the rising crescendo of the Magayon Festival – Albay’s month-long and foremost tourism festivity which projects the province as a prime tourist haven.
Source: Positive News Media
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