Smallville Business Center is located in Mandurriao, along Benigno Aquino Avenue (widely known as Diversion Road). It is most popular as an entertainment and leisure destination because of its row of bars, clubs, cafes, restaurants, and a hotel.
Here’s an update on the construction activity in Smallville:
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August 30 2006 updates on the 8/11 Oil Spill … The Residents of Guimaras are now being evacuated because of health risks of the oil spill, the updated amount of which now amounts to 500,000 - 700,000 liters
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ILOILO CITY: The Iloilo City government is now converting five hectares of its 22-hectare dump in Calajunan, Mandurriao, into a sanitary landfill in compliance with Republic Act 9003, the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act.
Mayor Jerry P. Treñas said that the five hectares are for the first phase of the conversion that will cost the city P90 million.
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STA. LUCIA Realty and Development Inc., one of the country’s largest residential developers catering to the low and mid-market, has lined up eight residential projects for the year.
Three projects, two of which are joint ventures with another entity, are lined up for Iloilo. These are the 8-hectare property to be called Acropolis, and two 150-hectare projects to be developed by the company separately with the Fil-Estate group and the Retirement and Separation Benefits System of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
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Today’s news about the oil spill in Guimaras. Almost all of the news are quite positive, Guimaras is getting the support and attention it badly needs as a result of the disaster that hit them in 8/11. No less than the President has gone to Guimaras and she has stressed that even though the oil spill was the Philippine’s largest and the implications of it are great, not all of Guimaras was affected and some of it’s waters are still safe for tourists this aside from the inland attractions of Guimaras.
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Take a peek into the new design of the Iloilo City Hall to be erected in the present site of the city hall.
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I know where my next get-away vacation will be: Iloilo. It may not sound faraway and exotic enough for the rest of you, but a recent working visit to this old rich city in central Philippines gave me a glimpse of what could amount to a real nice vacation.
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Smallville is a popular night spot in Iloilo. Within the compound is a hotel, the Iloilo Business Hotel, and within walking distance is a row of clubs, bars, restaurants, and coffee shops. There’s certainly something for everyone’s nocturnal preferences.

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8/26/06 Round-up of the MT Solar 1 Oil Spill (I don’t think naming it Guimaras Oil Spill is appropriate anymore). Read the ff links to keep yourself updated (Some of the links may not be available after August 26, 2006):
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Before Boracay attained international renown, Sicogon Island in Iloilo used to be a favorite destination of tourists. Situated at the north-westernmost part of Panay, Sicogon is part of the Higantes group of islands which is under the territorial jurisdiction of Carles, a small 4th class municipality in Iloilo.
Sicogon used to be popular to tourists for its long stretch of white sand beach, said to be longer than Boracay’s 7-kilometer stretch.
Read more of Iloilo Cityboy’s entry about Sicogon