There is a new Bar in town in Cagayan de Oro which is located along Limketkai Drive and the bar called Light, this bar had their soft opening a couple of weeks ago. This bar believed that has a private room of video-k for friends, barkadas, family, classmates, lovers and officemates.

If you see the letter “I” in the word Light is a microphone so it means that when you will enter with this building or bar be prepare to sing and show your talent in singing. Hope that this bar will survive and will boom here in the city of Cagayan de Oro. This is your CDO GUIDE informing you guys that we have another bar in the City.

Thanks to Damarre for the image

Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) is set to develop a shopping mall in Cagayan de Oro in the fourth quarter as part of the property firm’s expansion program this year.

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), Jaime Ysmael, ALI chief finance officer, said the company signed a joint venture agreement with Anflo Management and Investment Corp. and Mindanao Motors Corp. for the development of a shopping mall in a 3.2-hectare property along Claro Recto Avenue.

ALI said the initial investment would reach P2.5 billion for the construction of the shopping mall, which would have 40,000 of gross leasable area.
The company aims to construct the shopping mall towards the end of the year and will be completed by 2012.

“The project is envisioned to be an integrated mix-use development that will change Cagayan de Oro’s urban landscape,” Ysmael said. The mall will offer dining, entertainment, and retail concepts that will serve the communities, tourists, and transients.

The shopping center will precede the construction of a business process outsourcing (BPO) oriented office building and boutique hotel.

This is ALI’s second partnership with the Anflogroup in Mindanao. In 2007, the two developed Abreeza Mall in Davao City, which is scheduled to open next year.

Last year, ALI had said revenues from malls rose 4 percent to P4.44 billion with the expansion of its gross leasable area despite the 5-percent drop in the average lease.

The expansion of BPO office space and higher rentals helped the company’s corporate business revenues nearly double to P1.99 billion. Other business segments like strategic landbank management and Visayas-Mindanao registered double-digit revenue growth, but support businesses—construction, property management and hotel—dropped by 38 percent to P4.96 billion because of lower contribution from external construction projects.

Its net income dropped by 16 percent to P4.04 billion last year from P4.81 billion the previous year.

This decline can be traced to the 10-percent drop to P30.46 billion in consolidated revenues. ALI said the 8-percent drop in sales from real estate and hotel operations and the absence of capital gains from large transactions caused the contraction.

Photo shows (from left): Ayala Land Inc. president Antonino T. Aquino, Anflo Management & Investment Corp. chairman Antonio O. Floirendo Sr. and Ayala Land Inc. senior vice president Marivic E. Añonuevo as they sign the joint venture agreement for the development of a 3.2-hectare complex in Cagayan de Oro City.

Thanks to Maricel E. Burgonio

Previously your CDO GUIDE made a blog post regarding Rotating Brownout from March 5-10 2010 that happened in our City of Golden Friendship. The CEPALCO release another schedule for the rotating brownout from March 11-16 2010.

DAILY Brownout Schedules for March 11 to 16, 2010.

Please find below the load shedding schedule [5 hours DAILY rotating brownouts] within the CEPALCO service area for the period March 11 to March 16, 2010 [Thursday to Tuesday] due to the continuing power supply curtailments imposed by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines [NGCP] all over Mindanao. Again, CEPALCO would like to caution customers that the actual switch off and switch on time may vary from the announced schedule depending on the actual load curtailment level imposed by NGCP on CEPALCO on a day to day basis.

Time of Brownout

GROUP A Areas

1. Greater portion of the City Poblacion along and bounded by Hayes St., Mortola St., JR Borja St. including S.Daumar St., Aguinaldo St., 2. Along Pabayo St.; including portions of C. Pacana St., JR Borja St., Gomez St., C.Taal St., T.Neri St., Abejuela St., Hayes St. and Gaerlan St. from Pabayo St.. 3. Hayes St. from corner A.Velez St. towards City Hall area & Burgos St., along T.Chavez St. from Burgos St. up to Tiano Bros. St. – including portions of Tiano Bros. St., Rizal St., Capistrano St. from Hayes St.; and; Dolores St.. 4. Along Burgos St. from T.Chavez St. up to corner Gomez St. including portions of Abejuela St., T.Neri St., Cruz Taal St. and Gomez St. from Burgos St.. 5. Surroundings along Mabini St. from corner A.Velez St. towards Capistrano St. up to corner Gomez St. including portions of Tiano Bros. St. from Mabini St.; Yacapin St. from Capistrano St. towards Burgos St.; and; C.Pacana St., JR Borja St. and Gomez St. from Capistrano St. 6. Along Pabayo and T. Saco Streets from Dolores up to T. Saco /16th Street Nazareth; greater portion of Nazareth; greater portion of Ramonal Village. 7. Greater portion of Macasandig, all of Tibasak, all the way to Taguanao.

1. Portions of Camaman-an near and including the San Jose and St. Vianney Seminaries, greater portion of Camaman-an proper towards Bontong, Bolonsori up to Upper Camaman-an and Hayes Subdivision including Tipolohon. 2. Part of Limketkai Center, Lapasan including Mc Donalds, PNB and Allied Bank. 3. Along Recto Ave. from corner Agora Road towards the new bridge including COCACOLA Plant & Osmeña Ext.. 4. Portion of A.Luna St. towards all of Mabulay Subdivision including portion of the Provincial Capitol and Provincial Hospital Area. 5. Medical Center area along and bounded by Capistrano St., Echem St., A.Velez St., and Recto Ave., including all of Consolacion. 6. Corrales Ext. from Recto Avenue towards most of PPA area. 7. J.Pacana St. from Recto Avenue towards all of Macabalan area. 8. All of RER Subdivision Phases I & 2 including Dolores compound; towards Fortune Express Shop along Maharlika Highway; including all of NHA-KSS Subdivision and portion of Bayabas near Manila Broadcasting Radio Station. 9. Greater part of Bulua from Bulua Rotonda towards all of Iponan. 10. Greater part of Patag including Calamansi Drive, Apovel subdivision, Terry Hills subdivision and Anhawon, Bulua area.

GROUP B Areas

1. Portions of Carmen: along vicinities of Villarin St. towards portion of Canitoan-Pagatpat Road; including Cathedral School of Technology, Golden Village, City Hospital-DOH Area, COWD reservoir and Seriña St. from Villarin St. down to Madonna and Child Hospital. 2. M.Suniel St. from Villarin St. down towards portion of Mabolo St.; including Matilde Neri St., Dabatian St. and Cagayan de Oro College area; and; portion of Lirio St. area. 3. Portions of Upper Carmen, including SM CITY; PRYCE HOTEL; SPUM & SEARSOLIN.

1. Portions of Natumulan down to Casinglot, Tagoloan. 2. All the Barangays of Bugo, Puerto, Tin-ao, Agusan, Tablon, Baloy, Cugman, Gusa, and greater portion of Lapasan. 3. Portions of Lapasan-Camaman-an road from Recto Ave. towards Limketkai Commercial Center including Grand Caprice Restaurant. 4. All of Osmeña St. and portion of Cogon Market Area including Roxas St. towards portion of JR Borja St. 5. Upper Gusa, Indahag, Malasag, FS Catanico and Balubal. 6. Agora Market area including Gaabucayan St. 7. DMPI plantation, MENZI Agri, etc.

1. Portions of Upper Carmen, Upper Balulang and all of Brgy. Lumbia including; PNR Sawmill, Shop and transmitter; Pueblo de Oro, Camella Homes, Xavier Estates, Xavier Heights, Xavier High School, La Buena Vida, Frontiera and Montana subdivisions; CAA-BAT Lumbia Airport & Rio Verde.

GROUP C Areas

1. Along Hayes St. from Camaman-an towards V.Roa St. up to corner J.Ramonal Ext., including Pinikitan, Adela, Balangiao area, Quirino St. and Yacapin Ext.; portions of Macasandig, XU Grade School areas. 2. Along J.Ramonal Ext. from Sto. Niño, Cogon towards V.Roa St., R.Chavez St. up to Corrales Ave. corner A.Luna St.; D. Velez St & Yacapin St. 3. Along Corrales Ave. towards FICCO, Nazareth, including Yacapin Street Towards Capistrano St..

1. Greater portion of Carmen along Lirio St., from Trinity St., towards Oak St., Max Suniel St., Vamenta Blvd, up to cor. Jasmin St. including Waterlily St. and the Carmen market area. 2. Along Mabolo St. from Lirio St. towards corner Rosal St. including portion of Marigold St. . 3. Portions of Carmen: vicinities along Vamenta Blvd. from Fernandez St. towards greater part of Ilaya including: portions of Ipil St. and Mahogany St. from Fernandez St.; Madonna & Child Hospital; and; Seriña St. from COA towards Gumamela Ext.St., Guani Coliseum (former O.Roa’s) and Maharlika Police Station. 4. All of Macanhan, Carmen towards all of Lower Balulang.

1. Portions of T.Chavez St. from Corrales Ave. up to Tiano Bros. St. including portions of A.Velez St from Hayes St.. 2. Portions of Carmen along Yacal St. towards Lirio St., Vamenta Blvd., Waling-waling St. upto GSIS area including Ferrabrel St., Mango St. and portion of Rosal St. and Marigold St. 3. All of Kauswagan proper, Bonbon and Bayabas. 4. Isla de Oro. 5. Along Montalban St. from near Tiano Bros. St. towards Burgos St., del Pilar St. and Magsaysay St. including portions of Macahambus St. and Abellanosa St. from Burgos St.. 6. Portions of A.Luna St. from corner Corrales Ave.; towards vicinities along A.Velez St. upto corner Mabini St. including portion of: Makahambus St. from A.Velez St. and Tiano Bros. St. from Macahambus St..

1. Portions of Natumulan, greater Tagoloan proper, all the Barangays of Baluarte, Pulot, Sugbongcogon, and Gracia, Tagoloan 2. All the Barangays of Sta. Cruz, Mohon, Sta. Ana, and Sto. Rosario, Tagoloan including Kimaya, Villanueva. 3. All of Villanueva and Jasaan, Misamis Oriental.

We hope all CEPALCO customers & the public in general will be guided by this announcement.

Thank you.

Released by:

Marilyn A. Chavez

Senior Manager Customer & Community Relations Dept.

Schedule:

Daily Cagayan de Oro to Camiguin 8:30Am

Daily Camiguin to Cagayan de Oro 4:00Pm

Daily Bohol to Camuguin except Tuesday and Thursday

Camiguin to Bohol 11:00Am

Bohol to Camiguin 1:30Pm

Rates:

Bohol to Camiguin vice versa:

Main Deck 400 php

View Deck 400 php

Business Class 600 php

Bohol to Cagayan de Oro vice versa:

Main Deck 800 php

View Deck 800 php

Business Class 1200 php

Cagayan de Oro to Camiguin vice versa:

Main Deck 400 php

View Deck 400 php

Business Class 600 php

For Promos and booking call the following area

Macabalan Peir Stall # 8 Passengers

Terminal Complex, Cag. Ticketing Office (088) 857-2727

#52 Justo Gaerlan Street, CDOC

Paras Beach Resort (088) 856-8562 or 856-8563

Benoni Port Camiguin

(088) 387-4062

Jagna Port

(038) 238-2661

Tagbilaran Port

(038) 235-5989 or (038) 501-8098

Here we go; our first destination in our first day is the Katibawasan falls which is one of the popular tourist spot at Camiguin. Tourist visits this place because of the big water fall and the forest looks to virgin, but the weather condition is not good as we expected, it was raining when we arrived at Katibawasan falls. But its okay, what we did in the area is only getting pictures and makes our crazy post together with the falls.

Since we could not swim to Katibawasan falls we decided to go to White Island although the weather condition is not good. The island is so quit because we are the only group in the Island; the water was so nice quit. But when we are in the island the weather condition was change.:-)

After enjoying at White Island, our next destination is the Ardent (hot spring). We stay and enjoy the place for almost 3 hours. I feel relax in this spring because of the water is so warm, there are lots of groups in this spring who enjoy also including foreigners and some tourist.

The next day before leaving Camiguin we decided to go another Island and that is the Mantigue Island. Going to Mantigue Island you need to rent a boat for only P550 to across the beach. The Island has a white sand, nice view to look at, clean water and in front of this Island are the big mountain of Camiguin. There are lots of things you can do in this Island, you can do snorkeling by renting their gear, visit and watch the sanctuary area and enter the turtle forest. By the way the van we rent in our tour is only P2, 500 in whole day, from 6am in the morning to 9 pm. View our some pictures..:-)