MERGED: ALL ABOUT PHILIPPINE CITY, LUZON VISAYAS AND MINDANAO

[xanor]

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^^^ op cors! kaya kaayo, the city can even develop 300 hectares of land out of nowhere kana na nuong 6.5 hectares ra!

and besides, in cebu, money is spent more on infrastructures and human resource training and product developments. but im not saying there are no effort on the side of the city government when it comes to environmental concerns, im saying that these concerns (like developing parks, regreening efforts) are initiated mostly by private institutions WITH the help of the city and provincial government, its a partnership... a synergy. and that makes cebu tick! its money well spent because in the end, through development of infrastructures, human resouce training and product development. employment is generated. money is infused through wages, spending increases (and hopefully, savings) economy becomes dynamic and more money is generated.. which brings us back to a bigger support for these private institutions who are initiating these enviromental and nature concerns. its like hitting two birds with one stone.

[mitch_a888]

OT @ bisdak: i think we're talking about top cities in the Philippines here and not the best designers in the world..

[xanor]

let the performance speak for itself!

Department of Trade and Industry
New Business Establishments Registered

year 2000 - 7,630
year 2001 - 7,816
year 2002 - 9,412
year 2003 - 10,389
year 2004 - 12,275
year 2005 - 12,165

Board of Investments
BOI - Registered Investments (P Billion)

year 2000 - 1.5 billion pesos
year 2001 - 0.783 billion pesos
year 2002 - 0.289 billion pesos
year 2003 - 0.208 billion pesos
year 2004 - 2.91 billion pesos
year 2005 - 17.70 billion pesos

Cebu Exports

Top Markets 2005 and Top Pproducts 2005

USA - Electronics
Japan - Other Industrial Goods
Hongkong - Furniture
Belgium - Garments
Indonesia - Electrical Equipment
China - Vehicles/Machinery Parts
Netherlands - Processed Foods
Korea - Steel & Metal Products
Singapore - Gift, Toys and Housewares
Thailand - Fashion Accessories

Cebu Annual Exports

1999 - 2.047 billion dollars (US)
2000 - 2.812 billion dollars
2001 - 2.988 billion dollars
2002 - 3.108 billion dollars
2003 - 3.434 billion dollars
2004 - 4.152 billion dollars
2005 - 4.713 billion dollars

Foreign Direct Investment in IT in Cebu
company - Activity - Nationality

Lexmark / Research & Development R&D / American
Dash Engineering / Eng'g Design (CAD) / Japanese
Tsuneishi Technical Services, Phils., Inc. / Eng'g Design (CAD) / Japanese
BOOOM! Interactive (formerly JAMMPS) / Graphics / Animation / Japanese
Innodata / Data Conversion, Content Dev't / American
United Publishing / Content Dev't / Japanese
Bigfoot / Web, Graphics, Content, Comm / American
N-Pax Corp. / Software Dev't JV / Fil-Japanese
Alliance Software / Software Dev't JV / Fil-Japanese
Farcite / Software Dev't, Web / Japanese
Epsor Software Development / Software Dev't / Japanese
NEC Software Phil., Inc. / Software Dev't / Japanese
ADTEX Systems / Software Dev't / Japanese
Xlibris / Data Conversion,Content Dev't / American
I Catch / IT, BPO, Accounting / American
Secure DNA PI Inc. / Network Security / American

Air Traffic - ARRIVAL

Domestic
2000 - 943,856
2001 - 924,033
2002 - 861,060
2003 - 907,690
2004 - 996,466
2005 - 1,030,340

International
2000 - 206,612
2001 - 198,042
2002 - 213,114
2003 - 212,394
2004 - 288,049
2005 - 330,451

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY

employment rate

2001 - 87.9%
2002 - 88.3 %
2003 - 88.2 %
2004 - 85.6 %
2005 - 92.2 %

unemployment rate

2001 - 12.1%
2002 - 11.7 %
2003 - 11.8 %
2004 - 13.2 %
2005 - 7.8%

manila will always be the philippines top city no matter what, but between cebu and davao, not until davao can provide a much stronger data, cebu remains on top!

reposting data's why i choose cebu

[Ran]

me, too. dili sab kauli inig kadayawan.. basig sunod kadayawan pa. aruuuuyy...

[gravy_addict]

wala na man mi ga lalis sa TOP city bai..peace na mi diri..

[diehardbisdak]

Cebu may have scored low in the recent survey for best cities in the Philippines but let these pics speak for itself. Due to a very fast development, the present infrastructure can no longer serve the present state of Cebu City. Nonetheless, Cebu can pull off anything for improvement and I'm sure, CEBU can do it!



the new CEBU PARKLANE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL (left side) which had
their soft-opening just recently. On the right side is the classy PAG-IBIG
Towers


[img width=500 height=428]http://www.geocities.com/deetwor/SMSheraton.jpg[/img]
This hotel is built beside SM City Cebu but not operational yet. Supposedly,
this is the Sheraton Hotel but SM Holdings bigwigs is currently looking for another
international hotel chain to manage this property. This hotel is due to open
coinciding with the expansion of SM Cebu, called "The Northwing" which will
resemble the SM Mall of Asia. In June 2007, SM Cebu will be the 4th
largest mall of SM Mall group and with the 2nd biggest entertainment area.
By now, it is called SM CITY SOUTHWING and SM CITY NORTHWING



[img width=500 height=375]http://www.geocities.com/deetwor/Robinsons.jpg[/img]
the good old Robinsons Mall (with CEBU MIDTOWN Hotel on top - not shown)


[img width=500 height=375]http://www.geocities.com/deetwor/cebu036.jpg[/img]
the aerial view of PLANTATION BAY RESORT & SPA in Mactan, Cebu



the CLUB ULTIMA (left) and METROBANK (right) Visayas & Mindanao Headquarters.
The unfinished building (with the crane) will house the Crown Regency Hotel to be
36 storeys high and it will be the tallest building outside Metro Manila in mid-2007.



the constant changing skyline of Cebu City. By late 2007 to 2008,
another 5 to 6 highrise buildings (constructions on-going) will again change the
skyline of Cebu City


[img width=321 height=500]http://www.geocities.com/deetwor/bboardwalk-in-madridejos.jpg[/img]
going to the countryside, you can see this nice boarwalk in the town of
Madridejos....few hours away from Cebu City




the ever picturesque CEBU CITY WATERFRONT HOTEL & CASINO (day-frontview and
night-sideview)



the UNITED NATIONS AVENUE in Mandaue City going to Marcelo Fernan Bridge



the WEST INDUSTRIAL PARK in Balamban, Cebu (Tsuneishi Shipyard of the Aboitiz's)

[milkyshake]

RAN.. hi taga davao sad ka asa mn inyo sa davao

yup hapit na kadayawan sale na sad hehee!

[malaysia]

Cebu may have scored low in the recent survey for best cities in the Philippines but let these pics speak for itself. Due to a very fast development, the present infrastructure can no longer serve the present state of Cebu City. Nonetheless, Cebu can pull off anything for improvement and I'm sure, CEBU can do it!

nindot man gyud ang cebu mga bai, ayaw lang ninyo tagda ang mga survey kay siguro wala man pod giapil sa mga criteria kung unsa kadaghan sa mga builiding ug highrises o kadaghan sa mga investors, kay wala man gani naapil ang pasig nga kung tanawon grabe man pod ang ortigas area. sa imong giingon nga pictures speak for itself, dili na kinahanglan ug survey para makita nga asenso ang cebu. siguro mas maayo kung ang pagasenso sa cebu makatabang pod sa ubang silingang syudad para monindot ug samot ang pilipinas kay kung cebu o davao ra pod ang mo asenso unya ang ubang city nagdahik wala gihapoy ayo para sa akoa. kana ganing mga survey mas maayo kung dili na apilon ang mga lugar sama sa makati, cebu, manila, davao ug uban pang dagko nga city para matagaan ug pagtagad ang mga kabos nga city nga unfortunately maoy daghan sa pinas.

ok kaayo ang achievement sa cebu citysa visayas ug sa pinas as a whole kauban ang ilo-ilo ug bacolod, diri sa amoa sa mindanao, naningkamot pod ang mga cities diri gipangunahan sa davao, cagayan de oro, zamboanga ug gensan. mao dapat magtinabangay gyud ta para ang pilipinas makagawas pagka 3rd world country.

[martiano]

mao jud bai.. survey ra bitaw na..

[naz]

what i like about manila is the word "po" which signifies respect..
wa man ko kabantay ana dri sa cebu wui..