“); } else { echo(”“); }; ?>Four more days until much anticipated inauguration of the new Iloilo Airport. No less than President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will grace the event slated on April 16, 2007 (this date is the most recent so far). Even to this day, the contractors are working hard at doing the finishing touches and making sure that every bulb and switch will operate smoothly once the airport is open. Continue Reading »

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Photo by Rex Dianala

“); }; ?>For those who have passed by the General Luna - Diversion Road intersection or “Stoplight” lately, you might have painstakingly noticed a great slowdown of traffic in the area because of the closure of one section of General Luna St., in front of the UPV Campus. The road was closed off to give way to the construction of the first flyover to be built in the Western Visayas Region. Continue Reading »

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The Photo I took of Iznart Street during the after noon rush hour had appeared on the April 11th issue of The Guardian, who claims to be Western Visayas’ Most Widely Read and Respected. It was not only displayed at the home page of The Guardian’s Online Edititon, but it was printed on the front page of the actual newspaper, which circulates all around Western Visayas and as claimed by them garners 38% market share of Western Visayas’s advertising budget.

The first time I saw it I saw shocked and enraged. I know it’s my photo because you can never duplicate a street scene, especially cars, the people and other details. Someone from the Guardian might have taken this photo from this page I posted months ago.

What’s worse was that they cropped out the watermark in the lower right part of the photo. It would have been a great opportunity for this site to be advertised like that.

In reaction, I immediately saved the original photo in my USB drive, bought a copy of the newspaper, and headed to their office in La Paz.

When I entered their office, I asked the secretary if who was responsible for publishing the photo on the front page. She called up some guy named “Alex”.

Then this guy walk out of the door, it turned out to be Mr. Allan Francis Angelo (actually he’s one of my favorite news writers, hehe) who found the pic on the net while googling. He told me that the lay-out people cropped out my watermark since they didn’t know better. He said that it is their newspaper’s policy to credit photographers of the photos they publish, especially when they just found it online and he apologized to me about what happened. He promised that they are going to include my photo with the added credits on their next issue.

I wasn’t ecstatic about it. I told him that the photo you published in the front page of your newspaper is mine, and it had already circulated all over Western Visayas without any credit to me, the photographer (I also was thinking that during their next issue, they will not post the picture with the added credits on the front page).

To make things even, he proposed that I send him a feature about Explore Iloilo, which he will publish in The Guardian. I guess it’s a good deal already, so I left with a courteous goodbye and a lighter mood.

He even offered me to be a freelance photographer for The Guardian, I guess I’d have to think and talk to him more about that part since I’m not very confident about my photography skills and since I’m not using professional equipments (SLR).

Well that’s all for that, I’ll be guarding my photos more securely this time and if you have seen any of my photos displayed somewhere, please please please inform me because they might have taken it without my permission.

Iloilo City may not be able to regain the title “Queen City of the South,” which is being held by Cebu City, but it is still the “Princess City of the South.”

The “princess title” was conferred on Iloilo City by the Philippine Cities Competitiveness Ranking Project (PCCRP) of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM). Read more »

Malumpatan is a small beach found in the coast of Pan de Azucar Island. It is overlain with a pebbled shore and surrounded by interesting rock formations.
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Hotel Junbee is a short walk from the Concepcion Public Plaza in the town area or poblacion of Concepcion. The location is very convenient and the facilities are affordable and adequate for a comfortable one night or long term stay in town, conferences, seminars, parties, and other special occasions. Continue Reading »

A TRAFFIC rerouting will be implemented on General Luna Street, Iloilo City Proper to Molo district to give way for the construction of the P400-million flyover. Read more »

More than 50,000 people, 75 percent are from Iloilo City, witnessed the latest Holy Week presentation as the top tourist attraction of Guimaras every Good Friday. Of this number, more than 70 percent are from the city who went to Guimaras to see the Passion drama acted by local folks of Guimaras and to trek the nearby mysterious Balaan Bukid. Read more »

JOHN Bautista Lacson first embarked as a seaman. Then, he gave up that profession in order to train his peers and young men about navigating the seas through the Iloilo Maritime Academy (IMA).

JBLUFAs the academy grew, it became the John B. Lacson Colleges Foundation (JBLCF), now with campuses in Molo, Arevalo, Bacolod and Guimaras. And last April 2, it held its inauguration as the first privately-run maritime university in the country, and perhaps in Asia. Read more »

“); } else { echo(”“); }; ?>Tampisaw, a Hiligaynon term that means “to frolic” or “playfully wade in the water” is Concepcion’s way of Celebrating Earth Day. The festival is held in Pan de Azucar Island on the fourth week of April.
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