THE city of Iloilo has just adopted the tag line, “the next big thing.” It sees itself as a premiere city of Asia by 2015. It strikes anyone who is not from Iloilo as a bold vision. The obvious question that others ask is: Can they realize it?
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Callbox Inc. is one of 4 call centers in Iloilo City, the others being: ePLDT Ventus, IV, and Echo-service. It is located in the 2nd floor of Emmanuel Business Center, Benigno Aquino Ave. (Diversion Road), Molo, Iloilo City.
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What is so fascinating about an old house? Its architecture, its history? The story of the people who once lived in it? In the old district of Jaro in Iloilo stands a 200-year-old house where the wife of former vice-president Fernando Lopez Sr., Maria “Mariquit” Javellana-Lopez, once lived. The house was built by her banker grandfather Ramon Javellana, and it served both as a residence as well as a bank. Robert Lopez Puckett, a great-great-grandson who is now the owner of the house, removed a plank of the molave floor in the master bedroom and showed us where the bank’s money used to be kept. In 1910, a vault was installed there and it still exists today.
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RHYTHM… drums… faces… colors! If you’re looking for all these in January, Iloilo City is just the place for you. It’s undeniable these days that Iloilo is oozing with excitement. The air is filled with anticipation that streets get instantly jammed at the sound of the distant drums. From the smiles of the people from all walks of life, everyone awaits for Dinagyang.
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The man who coined the word “Dinagyang” is no longer in our midst.
But Pacifico S. Sudario is assured of a significant niche in the history of Iloilo City when he gave it’s annual pompous socio-religious and cultural festival a name-signifying merry-making-which has since became a byword in Ilonggo households.
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ILOILO prides itself on the title “Queen City of the South,” whatever that means. I don’t know where this title came from, who made it up, or how old it is but if Iloilo is the Queen, what is the “King City of the South?” Perhaps there was a time in the past when Iloilo was such a busy port it was second only to Manila in importance?
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The main building of the University of the Philippines - Iloilo City Campus (UPV - ILOILO) dates back to the 1930s. The structure was designed by Arch. Juan Arellano, in collaboration with Italian Painter, Francesco Riccardo Monti, who made the magnificent sculptures that adorn the building’s facade
Also called as Iloilo’s “Aduana”, the Customs Building in Iloilo was built during the American colonial period. It is the second biggest Customs House after Manila’s.
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An impressive collection of Iloilo’s cultural heritage which includes stone age native pottery; fossils; jewelry; burial sites; trade pottery from China, Annam and Siam; era photos. Mementos and war relics; a British sunken ship; Spanish-era Filipino sculpture; and modern art done by Ilonggo artists and craftmen.
The Santa Barbara Centennial Museum and Information Center (left) is located beside the Santa Barbara Municipal Hall and the Santa Barbara Church.
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