HomeIloiloIloilo Business Park Groundbreaking Set on May 6, 2011Megaworld Corporation has finally set May 6, 2011 as the date for the groundbreaking of its multi-billion real estate development in Iloilo City dubbed as the “Iloilo Business Park.” According to news reports, Megaworld will be pouring in as much as P2 By Marcos Detourista on April 15, 2011Megaworld Corporation has finally set May 6, 2011 as the date for the groundbreaking of its multi-billion real estate development in Iloilo City dubbed as the “Iloilo Business Park.” According to news reports, Megaworld will be pouring in as much as P20 billion worth of investments over a 10 year period to develop their 54.4 hectare prime property in Mandurriao District, Iloilo City.Initially, the Iloilo Business Park will host two IT buildings for business process outsourcing (BPO) companies and Richmonde Hotel. Plans for a hospital and a theme park inside the property are also underway.Earlier, Megaworld revealed its plans to transform the “Iloilo Business Park” into Iloilo City’s new central business district. The company envisions an 8 lane highway to be the main artery of the Iloilo Business Park. Along this road will be mostly low-rise to mid-rise buildings (up to 12 floors) for commercial spaces including BPO offices. At the center of the property is a large space for a 5,000 seater convention center and a hotel. At the southern end is reserved for a hypermart and a theme park, both of which will be developed after the other components.Megaworld purchased the 54.4 hectare lot, which used to be the old Iloilo Domestic Airport, way back in 2007 for P1.2 billion. Megaworld said that it would require an additional 30MW of reliable electricity to sustain its investments on the “Iloilo Business Park.” The announcement of the May6, 2011 groundbreaking comes in light of the operations of the new 164 megawatt coal-fired power plant by Global Business Power Corporation (GBPC) in Iloilo City.Don’t leave yet. There’s more!Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment *Name * Email * Website ΔThis site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.Comments Vic saysMay 11, 2011 at 2:41 pm@ ok youre nice :) if not educated that you know no one can take that title from us :) since its not economic title. It is irrevocable banner Spain gave to Iloilo on its loyalty thus they call us” La Muy Noble y Leal Ciudad de Iloilo” The most Noble and Loyal City of Iloilo”…. the Queen of Spain City….. However, nothing to worry about Cebu….nothing to neutralize anything about them like their title such as ” Queen City of the South” its no misnomer anyhow since it pertains to economic prosperity of theirs.Reply fredson saysApril 27, 2011 at 10:56 amBidding for P16-billion Panay railway mulled Phase I of the project will cover the rehabilitation of the railway system from Iloilo City to Roxas City in Capiz with a stretch of 117 kilometers.A route will be opened from Brgy. Ungka, Jaro district leading to the new Iloilo airport in Cabatuan-Sta. Barbara, and likewise from Ungka, Jaro to the Loboc International Port here to cater to tourists and cargoes, respectively.Reply jsr237 saysApril 26, 2011 at 12:50 pmMabuhay Iloilo as the original Queen city of the SouthReply Vic saysApril 27, 2011 at 2:37 pmThe Iloilo will remain the Queen City of the South … no one will usurp that title not Cebu not Davao…the reason for that is— it’s a title given by Queen of Spain since Iloilo City is only area whole of Phillipines which did not rally against Spain for independence… in short.. we might be a part of Spain right now not Philippines………. but (shruggs) to most that idea is apparently absurd….Reply Magsungai saysMay 10, 2011 at 12:07 amIts not absurd Vic. Its just too draining for the average fellow to follow. I dont blame people if they think its Cebu. A Cebuano needs only to show pictures and they will get an nod. Iloilo however have to have a whole litany of “proofs” and hope that the audience has the whole day to listen.Iloilo needs to repackage itself differently if she was to neutralize Cebu’s claim. jo saysMay 17, 2011 at 7:23 pmCebu is CEBU, Davao is DAVAO. Same if you say that Manila is MANILA or it is METRO MANILA. Why the capital letters? Simple, these cities or areas that have been sustainable for the last ten years, twenty years or so already. Tourism, agriculture, trade, social services, business etc… they had grown from a city to a highly urbanized centers, they have expanded from mere provincial or regional capitals to becoming HUBS already meaning center of commerce, trade, finance, tourism, et al outside Metro Manila. These are evident on all forms of progress (income, way of life and physical structure) Iloilo is still Iloilo and progress for Iloilo entails not only buildings sprouting but I guess something that is more concrete and will help Iloilo become the next big thing. As posted by other good Ilonggos, hope it will be realized soon… A….1) Circumferential road (Oton, Pavia, Jaro North, Leganez to Coastal Road) – EDSA of Iloilo. 2) North Harbor (Expansion of the Ingore Port, reclamation of the adjacent area) 3) South Harbor (Reclamation area from Fort San Pedro to Fishing Port for the construction of the following: Pier 2 – Cebu/Palawan; Pier 3 – CDO/Zamboanga; Pier 4 – Davao/Gen San and Pier 5 – Manila) 4) Transfer of the Iloilo – Bacolod Ferry to present PPA near Fort San Pedro and rename it as Pier 1. 5) Iloilo – Guimaras Bridge (from Zarraga to Buenavista) 6) Industrial Estates in Ingore Lapuz, Lapaz and Buntatala, Jaro areas near the North Harbor. 7) Expansion of the road networks in Mc Arthur Highway (from Tabuc Suba to Leganez); in coastal road, in avancena st to oton and expansion of calaparan road. 8) Ship Building facilities near the North Harbor 9) Construction of of Bus and Jeepney Terminals with commercial components (Invite SM, Iloilo SM, Gaisano and Robinsons or even Ledi Supermart to rent spaces and become anchor stores) Bus Terminal in the following areas: Costal Road for Northern Iloilo; Leganez for North Eastern Iloilo and Roxas – Kalibo/Boracay – Manila Route; Pavia for Central Iloilo and Central Capiz; San Miguel for South Eastern Iloilo and Central/Northern Antique and Oton for South Iloilo and South Antique. – More modern transport facilities that is complete with commercial components, this is to expand commercial and business areas for Iloilo City and Metro Iloilo. 10) Construction of the 12 storey twin towers at the back of Iloilo Provincial Capitol for regional offices of government agencies. 11) Rehabilitation and expansion of the Sports Complex – construction of a dome coliseum, separate swimming arena, expansion of the sports stadium, separate tennis courts, separate baseball arena and a sports village for the training facilities of Ilonggo or National athletes. As well as mini gymnasium for contact sports. 12) Construction of housing projects for the relocation of the marginalized. Like a 20 to 30 hectare bliss projects complete with multiple community centers and social services such as a mini medical centers (not a mere brgy. health center), educational institutions and sports and security facilities. 13) District Medical centers for every district of Iloilo City or every municipality under the Metropolitan System. 14) Rehabilitation and construction of Brgy. Offices that will look like of Makati Brgy. Centers. 15) Rehabilitation of Police precincts in every district. 16) Set up additional sub police precincts in every 5 kilometer radius of Metro Iloilo plus creation of Tourist Police Centers in Tourist Spots (if there’s any). 17) Start the plan to rehabilitate downtown Iloilo. 18) Start the plan to rehabilitate plazas in Iloilo and all plazas in Metro Iloilo area. Plazas that is well designed and world class. 19) Well maintained city street signs and better traffic management, creation of a Metropolitan Development Authority – MIGDA. 20) One paint color – over pass. Please take out names of politician., please, please, don’t mistook an overpass to a billboard or any advertising spaces. 21) Well maintained city street lights and add more in areas which are dark at night. Well designed street lights, don’t copy “anomalous” street light projects of other Philippine Cities. Great Ilonggo artists can do better (create and design a low cost and heavy duty street lights). 22) Well manicured green areas around the city streets and highways, include those under flyovers. 23) Construction of International Convention Center, Metro Iloilo – Guimaras (can accommodate 3,000 to 5,000 pax). 24) Construction of World Trade Center, Metro Iloilo – Guimaras (can accommodate world expos). 25) Re – Building of Fort San Pedro de Iloilo 26) Re – Building of Casa Espanol de Iloilo 27) Construction of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Regional Headquarters near Fort San Pedro de Iloilo 28) Construction of the hanging bridge from Melliza to Ingore 29) Rehabilitation of Jaro Old Market into a modern edifice complete with sports facilities at the back so that Jaro Plaza will no longer be used for the annual trade fairs that destroys the garden areas every dec to feb. Stop using the plaza as trade fair centers and as a bar during fiestas. 30) Construction of three more flyovers – Jalandoni Street in Jaro, infront of SM City Iloilo; el 98, Jaro to cross the street leading to Mega World. 31) Construction of Iloilo River Esplanade 32) Extension of Iloilo River Boulevard from Tabucan to Sooc, Oton. 33) Rehabilitation of Central Market Iloilo 34) Rehabilitation of the following reboltos around the city – Mabini Statue, Rizal Statue, Maria Clara Statue, Bonifacio Statue. Make it bronze and the platform to be made of marble. – Create also a Hispanic Arc for Calle Real to give a twin look for the China Town arc in Iznart. 35) Rename streets that has two names like the stretch of Gen. Luna to M.H. del Pilar – name it to either one of them. The stretch of Benigno Aquino Avenue to Fernando Lopez Avenue – name it to either one of them. The stretch of E. Lopez Jaro to Luna Lapaz to Bonifacio Drive, isa lang po dapat din ang pangalan. Mulle Leoney to Gen Hughes Street – agian isa lang din dapat ang pangalan, Avancena Street to Crispino Melocoton Avenue to Osmena Street – eto pa tatlo ang naka pangalan, take out the confusion of Iznart street as Fermin Caram Avenue, Ledesma Street and Infante Avenue. Eto bago to – Iloilo Boulevard tapos pag cross mo Trenas Avenue – ano ba? ang kulit ng pagpangalan ng kalye. Basta to check Iloilo street names – ang gulo po. 36) Construction of City Colleges per district or rather a Metropolitan Colleges with campuses in Oton, Pavia, San Miguel, Sta. Barbara, Leganez, Guimaras and the main campus in Iloilo City – which is the City College of Iloilo para after five years it will become another state university to educate the marginalized sectors. 37) Rehabilitation of district public markets, create one look and maintain the cleanliness daily, put all market administrators in action daily not weekly, monthly or yearly. Dapat may strict monitoring ang city mayor and city council para madeliver clean food from clean source. City Markets should be more competitive in terms of cleanliness and services. Dumadami na ang bumibili sa mga private owned supermarkets. 38) Construction of additional fire stations around the City and Metro Iloilo. The metropolis is expanding, dapat atleast one central fire station with two mini – sub station per district per municipalities around Metro Iloilo. 39) Construction of more decent government student centers around Iloilo City for subsidized boarding and lodging – dapat provincial government ang mag patayo nito. 40) Construction of a bigger City Library – with automated section (computerized). 41) Construction of Dungon bridge and additional flyover to cross smallville or the adjacent street near smallville. 42) Construction of parks and recreation centers in the Iloilo River. 42) Construction of Iloilo Metropolitan Theater (Iloilo Center of Performing Arts) at Iloilo River (Prime Estate). Sayang ang talent ng mga taga Iloilo Provincial High School and Iloilo City High School also of the students from the private schools in Iloilo, those from Assumption, Sagrado and San Jose that had staged plays from the past. Give them a home, please. 43) Transfer of Museo Iloilo to the Old Iloilo Provincial Capitol – I know a lot of the Ilonggos has sentiments on the Museo Iloilo building but sometimes there are structures that needs to be sacrificed in order to cater the growth of the community and there are structures that need to be utilized. Museo Iloilo lot can be alotted for additional building tower for use of component agencies of the provincial government. 44) Rehabilitation of Panay Railways – to accommodate both passenger and cargo. 45) Provision or Construction of Iloilo Pasalubong Centers – in every Bus, Jeepney Terminals, Piers or at the Airport. This must be a one stop shop of Ilonggo Pasalubong – low price rental fees for tenants, os they can price thier items competitive to foreign brands. 46) Construction of community trade zones for small, medium enterprise. This will allow housewives or marginalized sectors to do business. These trade zones will provide them of tax exemptions and government support as well. Creation of the community trade zones in every 3 to 5 brgy clusters of the City and the Metro. 47) Construction of Iloilo Heroes Center – a component of the Iloilo Metropolitan Theater that will house Ilonggo Patriotism. 48) Rehabilitation of the Metro Iloilo Water System. 49) Construction of district rehabilitation centers for offenders. 50) Construction of Iloilo Business and Tourism Center, also can be a component of the Metropolitan and Heroes Center. The Iloilo Business and Tourism Center will be a one stop shop for investors and tourist alike. A structured center not just an office occupied in somewhere else. 51) Construction of Iloilo City – Leon Road network (hangang Bucari) for the development of the Bucari Area to have mountain resorts, parks and recreation centers or even a sports development center for athlete trainings. 52) Construction of waste or garbage conversion centers in every district of the city and municipality under the metropolitan system. 53) Construction of Iloilo – Capiz – Aklan – Boracay express way or ICABex. 54) Full utilization of Fishing Port complex, additional berthing areas and expansion of fish brokerage complex. And the development of parks and activity center within the complex to generate rental from other income source. 55) Creation of MIGDA Social Action Centers. 56) Construction of Iloilo Science and Technology Center. 57) Conversion of WVCST to WVUST. 58) Creation of Tabuc Suba into a separate district, apart from Jaro. For Iloilo to have 8 districts, well 8 is more of a lucky number compared to 7 (based on feng shui). 59) Passage of bill that will create two congressional district for Iloilo. 60) Rehabilitation and conversion of Iloilo old houses into cultural museums. 61) Opening of international flights.Well, I reached 61 things that Iloilo must have inorder to be ILOILO. Remember it is not the private sectors that makes a city but the local government. A solid partnership with the private sectors is also vital for the growth of the city or the metorpolis.So don’t be amazed with mere building constructions, private investments will surely come to Iloilo, when the local government provides the basic and appropriate infrastructure to attract more investments and at the same time that the local government supports local industry to become competitive as well. Iloilo must not suffer the same fate of other developed centers that with the onset of growth forgot to develop basic infrastructure and provide services to its people. Hope this will help Iloilo to become ILOILO that is more than CEBU, DAVAO and METRO MANILA. Efrain saysApril 22, 2011 at 1:40 pmNice developments from MegaworldReply Marie saysApril 21, 2011 at 5:34 pmWow, looks like a great place to invest. I actually am planning to visit the place last week of May. I got a good deal on Seair in case anyone is interested, heres the link..I have a 7 year old daughter that I will be bringing along on this trip, any suggestions on activities that she can do while we are there? :) Thanks!Reply mur2 saysApril 20, 2011 at 9:37 pmhow about reforestation puro urbanization na lang.Reply dudut saysApril 17, 2011 at 7:57 amI hope that someone would invest an industrial park in Iloilo…we are now capable with the coal powerplant to generate the needed power..This would generate a lot of jobs and income for the region…Next Big thing to watch out for Iloilo..Reply calos saysApril 19, 2011 at 8:03 pmLopez group of companies ga proposed sang processing and industrial park sa Brgy. Loboc LapuzReply Vic saysApril 27, 2011 at 2:56 pmwe have— malls convention center parks etc… but is it vital to the economic growth?…. no precisely…. trade and industry is… meaning… development in economy is seen when 1. theres manufacturing that will invest in an area, increase jobs, increase people with income , the rest will follow since the goods produced will be ship to anywhere and therell be money will come pouring in …. to shed light that the Iloilo Business park will make iloilo into fatcat is this… 1. when they put up a hospital with competent service ( lung kidney heart center) .with that, foreign nationals to retire in here since they will have great value for their money( medical expense is way too low),with many people moving in, thatll be increase revenue growth for the city.increase tax ( all kinds)…. think about this… a simple endoscopy in USA will cost you over 100,000 Pesos plus professional fees and stuff… But in here you can have it around 6000 to 8,000….. meaning a pauper in USA when they live in iloilo ) will live like a king in here…….Reply tessie ashfield saysApril 17, 2011 at 4:55 amproud 2 b an ilongga, go iloilo!!!!Reply Lee saysApril 17, 2011 at 1:14 amWOW! truly MEGA guid ini nga undertaking~ watch for the ground breaking ceremony of Medicus Medical Centre before the end of May 2011, as well! NOBODY can stop Iloilo from moving forward to progress!!!!Reply calos saysApril 18, 2011 at 10:10 amwow ma umpisa na sila. ano exact date of ground breaking?Reply ei saysApril 18, 2011 at 1:17 pmmayo man na. di na kilangan magkadto sa marayo para mag work sa BPO company:) Lee saysApril 23, 2011 at 8:13 pmMAY 22, 2011 and that’s a Sunday! Vic saysApril 27, 2011 at 2:44 pmHello Lee. pls educate me… i never knew that piece of information… all i knew is that Medicus have not passed the ” certificate of need” or sort that Iloilo City will need another hospital since …. the ratio of bed capacity to the number of population is very low….meaning we have enough hospitals here to accomodate the people..and precisely… medicus is for middle class alone…. the poor have very low access to health care due to expensiveness of it and they do not health insurance and any illness they have will necessarily result to fierce household bancruptsy of them that they need to recover for quite some time again….Reply dudut saysApril 15, 2011 at 7:40 pmThis is GOOD news! I hope to see highrises in the future in this site..or something like Eastwood, LibisReply
Vic saysMay 11, 2011 at 2:41 pm@ ok youre nice :) if not educated that you know no one can take that title from us :) since its not economic title. It is irrevocable banner Spain gave to Iloilo on its loyalty thus they call us” La Muy Noble y Leal Ciudad de Iloilo” The most Noble and Loyal City of Iloilo”…. the Queen of Spain City….. However, nothing to worry about Cebu….nothing to neutralize anything about them like their title such as ” Queen City of the South” its no misnomer anyhow since it pertains to economic prosperity of theirs.Reply
fredson saysApril 27, 2011 at 10:56 amBidding for P16-billion Panay railway mulled Phase I of the project will cover the rehabilitation of the railway system from Iloilo City to Roxas City in Capiz with a stretch of 117 kilometers.A route will be opened from Brgy. Ungka, Jaro district leading to the new Iloilo airport in Cabatuan-Sta. Barbara, and likewise from Ungka, Jaro to the Loboc International Port here to cater to tourists and cargoes, respectively.Reply
Vic saysApril 27, 2011 at 2:37 pmThe Iloilo will remain the Queen City of the South … no one will usurp that title not Cebu not Davao…the reason for that is— it’s a title given by Queen of Spain since Iloilo City is only area whole of Phillipines which did not rally against Spain for independence… in short.. we might be a part of Spain right now not Philippines………. but (shruggs) to most that idea is apparently absurd….Reply
Magsungai saysMay 10, 2011 at 12:07 amIts not absurd Vic. Its just too draining for the average fellow to follow. I dont blame people if they think its Cebu. A Cebuano needs only to show pictures and they will get an nod. Iloilo however have to have a whole litany of “proofs” and hope that the audience has the whole day to listen.Iloilo needs to repackage itself differently if she was to neutralize Cebu’s claim.
jo saysMay 17, 2011 at 7:23 pmCebu is CEBU, Davao is DAVAO. Same if you say that Manila is MANILA or it is METRO MANILA. Why the capital letters? Simple, these cities or areas that have been sustainable for the last ten years, twenty years or so already. Tourism, agriculture, trade, social services, business etc… they had grown from a city to a highly urbanized centers, they have expanded from mere provincial or regional capitals to becoming HUBS already meaning center of commerce, trade, finance, tourism, et al outside Metro Manila. These are evident on all forms of progress (income, way of life and physical structure) Iloilo is still Iloilo and progress for Iloilo entails not only buildings sprouting but I guess something that is more concrete and will help Iloilo become the next big thing. As posted by other good Ilonggos, hope it will be realized soon… A….1) Circumferential road (Oton, Pavia, Jaro North, Leganez to Coastal Road) – EDSA of Iloilo. 2) North Harbor (Expansion of the Ingore Port, reclamation of the adjacent area) 3) South Harbor (Reclamation area from Fort San Pedro to Fishing Port for the construction of the following: Pier 2 – Cebu/Palawan; Pier 3 – CDO/Zamboanga; Pier 4 – Davao/Gen San and Pier 5 – Manila) 4) Transfer of the Iloilo – Bacolod Ferry to present PPA near Fort San Pedro and rename it as Pier 1. 5) Iloilo – Guimaras Bridge (from Zarraga to Buenavista) 6) Industrial Estates in Ingore Lapuz, Lapaz and Buntatala, Jaro areas near the North Harbor. 7) Expansion of the road networks in Mc Arthur Highway (from Tabuc Suba to Leganez); in coastal road, in avancena st to oton and expansion of calaparan road. 8) Ship Building facilities near the North Harbor 9) Construction of of Bus and Jeepney Terminals with commercial components (Invite SM, Iloilo SM, Gaisano and Robinsons or even Ledi Supermart to rent spaces and become anchor stores) Bus Terminal in the following areas: Costal Road for Northern Iloilo; Leganez for North Eastern Iloilo and Roxas – Kalibo/Boracay – Manila Route; Pavia for Central Iloilo and Central Capiz; San Miguel for South Eastern Iloilo and Central/Northern Antique and Oton for South Iloilo and South Antique. – More modern transport facilities that is complete with commercial components, this is to expand commercial and business areas for Iloilo City and Metro Iloilo. 10) Construction of the 12 storey twin towers at the back of Iloilo Provincial Capitol for regional offices of government agencies. 11) Rehabilitation and expansion of the Sports Complex – construction of a dome coliseum, separate swimming arena, expansion of the sports stadium, separate tennis courts, separate baseball arena and a sports village for the training facilities of Ilonggo or National athletes. As well as mini gymnasium for contact sports. 12) Construction of housing projects for the relocation of the marginalized. Like a 20 to 30 hectare bliss projects complete with multiple community centers and social services such as a mini medical centers (not a mere brgy. health center), educational institutions and sports and security facilities. 13) District Medical centers for every district of Iloilo City or every municipality under the Metropolitan System. 14) Rehabilitation and construction of Brgy. Offices that will look like of Makati Brgy. Centers. 15) Rehabilitation of Police precincts in every district. 16) Set up additional sub police precincts in every 5 kilometer radius of Metro Iloilo plus creation of Tourist Police Centers in Tourist Spots (if there’s any). 17) Start the plan to rehabilitate downtown Iloilo. 18) Start the plan to rehabilitate plazas in Iloilo and all plazas in Metro Iloilo area. Plazas that is well designed and world class. 19) Well maintained city street signs and better traffic management, creation of a Metropolitan Development Authority – MIGDA. 20) One paint color – over pass. Please take out names of politician., please, please, don’t mistook an overpass to a billboard or any advertising spaces. 21) Well maintained city street lights and add more in areas which are dark at night. Well designed street lights, don’t copy “anomalous” street light projects of other Philippine Cities. Great Ilonggo artists can do better (create and design a low cost and heavy duty street lights). 22) Well manicured green areas around the city streets and highways, include those under flyovers. 23) Construction of International Convention Center, Metro Iloilo – Guimaras (can accommodate 3,000 to 5,000 pax). 24) Construction of World Trade Center, Metro Iloilo – Guimaras (can accommodate world expos). 25) Re – Building of Fort San Pedro de Iloilo 26) Re – Building of Casa Espanol de Iloilo 27) Construction of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Regional Headquarters near Fort San Pedro de Iloilo 28) Construction of the hanging bridge from Melliza to Ingore 29) Rehabilitation of Jaro Old Market into a modern edifice complete with sports facilities at the back so that Jaro Plaza will no longer be used for the annual trade fairs that destroys the garden areas every dec to feb. Stop using the plaza as trade fair centers and as a bar during fiestas. 30) Construction of three more flyovers – Jalandoni Street in Jaro, infront of SM City Iloilo; el 98, Jaro to cross the street leading to Mega World. 31) Construction of Iloilo River Esplanade 32) Extension of Iloilo River Boulevard from Tabucan to Sooc, Oton. 33) Rehabilitation of Central Market Iloilo 34) Rehabilitation of the following reboltos around the city – Mabini Statue, Rizal Statue, Maria Clara Statue, Bonifacio Statue. Make it bronze and the platform to be made of marble. – Create also a Hispanic Arc for Calle Real to give a twin look for the China Town arc in Iznart. 35) Rename streets that has two names like the stretch of Gen. Luna to M.H. del Pilar – name it to either one of them. The stretch of Benigno Aquino Avenue to Fernando Lopez Avenue – name it to either one of them. The stretch of E. Lopez Jaro to Luna Lapaz to Bonifacio Drive, isa lang po dapat din ang pangalan. Mulle Leoney to Gen Hughes Street – agian isa lang din dapat ang pangalan, Avancena Street to Crispino Melocoton Avenue to Osmena Street – eto pa tatlo ang naka pangalan, take out the confusion of Iznart street as Fermin Caram Avenue, Ledesma Street and Infante Avenue. Eto bago to – Iloilo Boulevard tapos pag cross mo Trenas Avenue – ano ba? ang kulit ng pagpangalan ng kalye. Basta to check Iloilo street names – ang gulo po. 36) Construction of City Colleges per district or rather a Metropolitan Colleges with campuses in Oton, Pavia, San Miguel, Sta. Barbara, Leganez, Guimaras and the main campus in Iloilo City – which is the City College of Iloilo para after five years it will become another state university to educate the marginalized sectors. 37) Rehabilitation of district public markets, create one look and maintain the cleanliness daily, put all market administrators in action daily not weekly, monthly or yearly. Dapat may strict monitoring ang city mayor and city council para madeliver clean food from clean source. City Markets should be more competitive in terms of cleanliness and services. Dumadami na ang bumibili sa mga private owned supermarkets. 38) Construction of additional fire stations around the City and Metro Iloilo. The metropolis is expanding, dapat atleast one central fire station with two mini – sub station per district per municipalities around Metro Iloilo. 39) Construction of more decent government student centers around Iloilo City for subsidized boarding and lodging – dapat provincial government ang mag patayo nito. 40) Construction of a bigger City Library – with automated section (computerized). 41) Construction of Dungon bridge and additional flyover to cross smallville or the adjacent street near smallville. 42) Construction of parks and recreation centers in the Iloilo River. 42) Construction of Iloilo Metropolitan Theater (Iloilo Center of Performing Arts) at Iloilo River (Prime Estate). Sayang ang talent ng mga taga Iloilo Provincial High School and Iloilo City High School also of the students from the private schools in Iloilo, those from Assumption, Sagrado and San Jose that had staged plays from the past. Give them a home, please. 43) Transfer of Museo Iloilo to the Old Iloilo Provincial Capitol – I know a lot of the Ilonggos has sentiments on the Museo Iloilo building but sometimes there are structures that needs to be sacrificed in order to cater the growth of the community and there are structures that need to be utilized. Museo Iloilo lot can be alotted for additional building tower for use of component agencies of the provincial government. 44) Rehabilitation of Panay Railways – to accommodate both passenger and cargo. 45) Provision or Construction of Iloilo Pasalubong Centers – in every Bus, Jeepney Terminals, Piers or at the Airport. This must be a one stop shop of Ilonggo Pasalubong – low price rental fees for tenants, os they can price thier items competitive to foreign brands. 46) Construction of community trade zones for small, medium enterprise. This will allow housewives or marginalized sectors to do business. These trade zones will provide them of tax exemptions and government support as well. Creation of the community trade zones in every 3 to 5 brgy clusters of the City and the Metro. 47) Construction of Iloilo Heroes Center – a component of the Iloilo Metropolitan Theater that will house Ilonggo Patriotism. 48) Rehabilitation of the Metro Iloilo Water System. 49) Construction of district rehabilitation centers for offenders. 50) Construction of Iloilo Business and Tourism Center, also can be a component of the Metropolitan and Heroes Center. The Iloilo Business and Tourism Center will be a one stop shop for investors and tourist alike. A structured center not just an office occupied in somewhere else. 51) Construction of Iloilo City – Leon Road network (hangang Bucari) for the development of the Bucari Area to have mountain resorts, parks and recreation centers or even a sports development center for athlete trainings. 52) Construction of waste or garbage conversion centers in every district of the city and municipality under the metropolitan system. 53) Construction of Iloilo – Capiz – Aklan – Boracay express way or ICABex. 54) Full utilization of Fishing Port complex, additional berthing areas and expansion of fish brokerage complex. And the development of parks and activity center within the complex to generate rental from other income source. 55) Creation of MIGDA Social Action Centers. 56) Construction of Iloilo Science and Technology Center. 57) Conversion of WVCST to WVUST. 58) Creation of Tabuc Suba into a separate district, apart from Jaro. For Iloilo to have 8 districts, well 8 is more of a lucky number compared to 7 (based on feng shui). 59) Passage of bill that will create two congressional district for Iloilo. 60) Rehabilitation and conversion of Iloilo old houses into cultural museums. 61) Opening of international flights.Well, I reached 61 things that Iloilo must have inorder to be ILOILO. Remember it is not the private sectors that makes a city but the local government. A solid partnership with the private sectors is also vital for the growth of the city or the metorpolis.So don’t be amazed with mere building constructions, private investments will surely come to Iloilo, when the local government provides the basic and appropriate infrastructure to attract more investments and at the same time that the local government supports local industry to become competitive as well. Iloilo must not suffer the same fate of other developed centers that with the onset of growth forgot to develop basic infrastructure and provide services to its people. Hope this will help Iloilo to become ILOILO that is more than CEBU, DAVAO and METRO MANILA.
Marie saysApril 21, 2011 at 5:34 pmWow, looks like a great place to invest. I actually am planning to visit the place last week of May. I got a good deal on Seair in case anyone is interested, heres the link..I have a 7 year old daughter that I will be bringing along on this trip, any suggestions on activities that she can do while we are there? :) Thanks!Reply
dudut saysApril 17, 2011 at 7:57 amI hope that someone would invest an industrial park in Iloilo…we are now capable with the coal powerplant to generate the needed power..This would generate a lot of jobs and income for the region…Next Big thing to watch out for Iloilo..Reply
calos saysApril 19, 2011 at 8:03 pmLopez group of companies ga proposed sang processing and industrial park sa Brgy. Loboc LapuzReply
Vic saysApril 27, 2011 at 2:56 pmwe have— malls convention center parks etc… but is it vital to the economic growth?…. no precisely…. trade and industry is… meaning… development in economy is seen when 1. theres manufacturing that will invest in an area, increase jobs, increase people with income , the rest will follow since the goods produced will be ship to anywhere and therell be money will come pouring in …. to shed light that the Iloilo Business park will make iloilo into fatcat is this… 1. when they put up a hospital with competent service ( lung kidney heart center) .with that, foreign nationals to retire in here since they will have great value for their money( medical expense is way too low),with many people moving in, thatll be increase revenue growth for the city.increase tax ( all kinds)…. think about this… a simple endoscopy in USA will cost you over 100,000 Pesos plus professional fees and stuff… But in here you can have it around 6000 to 8,000….. meaning a pauper in USA when they live in iloilo ) will live like a king in here…….Reply
Lee saysApril 17, 2011 at 1:14 amWOW! truly MEGA guid ini nga undertaking~ watch for the ground breaking ceremony of Medicus Medical Centre before the end of May 2011, as well! NOBODY can stop Iloilo from moving forward to progress!!!!Reply
ei saysApril 18, 2011 at 1:17 pmmayo man na. di na kilangan magkadto sa marayo para mag work sa BPO company:)
Vic saysApril 27, 2011 at 2:44 pmHello Lee. pls educate me… i never knew that piece of information… all i knew is that Medicus have not passed the ” certificate of need” or sort that Iloilo City will need another hospital since …. the ratio of bed capacity to the number of population is very low….meaning we have enough hospitals here to accomodate the people..and precisely… medicus is for middle class alone…. the poor have very low access to health care due to expensiveness of it and they do not health insurance and any illness they have will necessarily result to fierce household bancruptsy of them that they need to recover for quite some time again….Reply
dudut saysApril 15, 2011 at 7:40 pmThis is GOOD news! I hope to see highrises in the future in this site..or something like Eastwood, LibisReply