ILOILO MAMMOTH PROJECTS

ILOILO MAMMOTH PROJECTS/INVESTMENTS

PUBLIC (Iloilo City & Province including PPPs)

-JRMP II - PhP 11.9B - 13B (on-going)
-Iloilo International Airport Expansion/Upgrade - initial (PhP 5.5 B-11B) now 14.5B (in the pipeline)
-Metro Iloilo Urban Drainage Improvement Master Plan -PhP 4.23B (in the pipeline)
-Circumferential 1 Road (14Km) - initial-PhP 1.9B now Php 2.1B (on-going)
-Iloilo Convention Center - PhP 1B (COMPLETED)
-Calle Real Redevelopment - PhP 1B (on-going)
-Hospital Reforms Enhancement Programs - PhP 828.8M(on going)
-Old CBD Revitalization Project - PhP 800M - (in the pipeline)
-Dumangas Container Port Development - PhP 500M (on-going)
-Expansion 150KM Iloilo-Capiz-Aklan Highway - PhP 500M-1B (in the pipeline)
-Jaro-Iloílo Diversion Road Project - PhP 550M (Phase 1 & 2 -on-going)
-Iloilo-Capiz Road Rehabilitation (28km Cabatuan-Calinog) -PhP 365M (on-going)
-Provincial Road Improvement - PhP 355.3M (on-going)
-Arroyo to Lapuz Bridge (Drilon Bridge) - PhP 300M (in the pipeline)
-Iloilo City to Airport Road Project - PhP ???M (on-going)
-Iloilo City Sanitary Landfill (via HYDRONET Consultants) - PhP 297M (in the pipeline)
-Heavy Equipment Acquisition (Province) - PhP 252.8M - (on-going)
-Jaro-Leganes Road Widening (7.10km) - PhP 200M (on-going)
-Iloilo Fish Port Complex Upgrade - PhP 200M (in the pipeline) + PhP 105M Breakwater (on-going)
-Iloilo Fastcraft and RORO Terminal -PhP 200M (on-going)
-Radial 4-Bypass Road (11km) - PhP 178M (COMPLETED)
-Iloilo River Plains Subdivision -PhP 170M (on-going)
-Integrated Rice-Processing Complex - PhP 147.4M(COMPLETED)
-GIFT - PhP 135M - PPP with DD (on-going) + PhP 200MPark Component and Marine Museum via DOTC + PhP 126M Port Facilities Upgrade (in the pipeline)
-Iloilo River Esplanade (Phase 1,2,3,4) PhP 70M + 37M +100M (P1-completed, P2-on-going, P3 -groundbreak June 27, 2014)
-WVCST CEA-ICT Building - PhP 110M (COMPLETED)
-PAG-ASA Weather Station (with Doppler Radar) - PhP 110M(COMPLETED)
-Dungon Bridge (Diversion Road - Nabitasan) - PhP 100M(on hold)

PRIVATE (Iloilo City & Iloilo Province )

-GERI-SBHT - PhP 43B (on-going)
-MegaWorld-IBP - PhP 35B (on-going)
-Atria Park District by ALI - Php 15B (on-going)
-GBPC-PEDC 150MW Expansion - PhP 15.69B(COMPLETED)
-Palm Concepcion Power Corp. 135MW - PhP 12.5B - 13B( on going)
-Palm Concepcion Power Corp. Expansion by 2019 - PhP 10B (proposed)
-Dream Engineering Co. Ltd Waste to Energy Power Project - PhP 10 B (in the pipeline)
-Sicogon Island Redevelopment Project (ALI) - PhP 6 -10B(groundbreak)
-10 IBP Office Towers by MW - PhP 5B (Proposed)
-Savannah City by Vista Land - PhP 5B (on-going)
-Synova Power 18 MW Waste to Energy Project - PhP 4B(proposed)
-Green Power Panay Philippines Inc.(35 MW, Phase 1- 17.5 MW @ US $ 40M, Phase 2 - 17.5 MW @ US $ 40M) - US $ 80 M (PhP 3.36 B) (on-going)
-Medicus Medical Center (COMPLETED) + Medicus Plaza + Medicus Cancer Institute - PhP 2B - PhP 3B (partially completed, on going)
-NV Vogt Singapore Pte.Ltd. 5-10 MW Power Plant - PhP 2.5B (proposed)
-Iloilo City Center by Gaisano - PhP 2B initially (on going)
-Ilawod Courtyard and Country Club - PhP 2B (groundbreak)
-Courtyard Hotel by Marriott - PhP 1.5B (on-going almost done)
-5 CityMall by CityMall Commercial Center Inc. (JV of DD-SMIC) - PhP 1.5B (partially completed, on going)
-Ayala TechnoHub Iloilo - PhP 1B (on going - 1 out of 3 buildings done)
-Energy Renewables Asia 10MW Solar Power Project - PhP 1.2 B (proposed)
-Intra Care Hotel and Tourism Project - PhP 1 B (proposed)
-Pototan Biomass Project - US $22M (PhP 902M) - (proposed)
-AYALA Atria Tower One and Storeys (Two Buildings) - PhP 670M (ground-breaked, on-going)
-QualiMed Hospital Iloilo (formerly UPMC-Iloilo) - PhP 600M (COMPLETED)
-Richmonde Hotel and Tower - PhP 500M (COMPLETED)
-Megaworld One and Two Global Center - PhP 248M (COMPLETED)
-Ateneo de Iloilo Phase 2 Expansion - PhP 200M (on-going)
-INJAP Tower Condotel - Php 181 M (COMPLETED)
-The Uptown Place - PhP 151.8M (COMPLETED)
-Grand Imperial Hotel Phase 1- PhP 120.28M (on-going)
-25 7/11 stores - Php 100 M (approx. based on Php 4 Million/store franchise) (partially accomplished, on going)

*Project Name - Budget - Status (proposed, in the pipeline, groundbreaking, on-going, on hold, completed)
*in the pipeline - already funded but construction haven't started yet

*This list is STRICTLY for projects worth 100M and up

On going private projects without info on project costs :
-OMP 1 & 2, 3 [14F|res]
-Grand Imperial Hotel 2 [14F|Com]
-GO HOTEL ILOILO (COMPLETED)
-DIVERSION 21  (partially completed, on going)
-Prince World Condo
-Eagle Crest Condo [4F|Res]
-Ajuy Biomass Project
-Plazuela De Iloilo Dos
-San Rafael 21
-SM ILOILO Expansion (partially completed, on going)

UPCOMING PROJECTS
-La Fayette Park Square Condo [14F|res]  (on going)
-Robinson's Place Jaro [mix] (on going)
-One Spatial Iloilo [10Fx2|res] (on going)
-One and Two Techno Place [4Fx2|mix] (almost done)


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Dinagyang Festival 2011 Formal Launching

        The Dinagyang Festival 2011 was formally launched last Monday, October 11, 2010 at Moon Café in Robinson’s Place, Iloilo. Spearheaded by Iloilo City government in partnership with Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation, Inc. (IDFI), and San Jose Parish, a three-time best tourism event in the country, the festival’s formal launching was highlighted by signing the memorandum of agreement of hosting and handling the week long festivities.
        According to the Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation, Inc. (IDFI), it needs 14 million pesos to successfully stage the world famous festival. IDFI president and former Iloilo City councilor Ramon Cua-Locsin said the expenses of the event will be both shared by the city government and the private sector to minimize the cost and highlight their partnership. IDFI will monitor the festivities while the private sector will manage some of the major activities of the event including “Miss Dinagyang beauty pageant” which will be organized and handled by certain group. Additionally, some 4.8 million pesos will be allocated for the subsidy of participating tribes in Ati tribal dance competition and prizes.
       As a sweetener to the participating tribes, Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog pledge to give 500,000 pesos worth of projects to the winning community or school in the competition. International companies, groups or individual are very most welcome to contribute, solicit or sponsor the event.
       Next year will also be the last time Kasadyahan will be held under Dinagyang shadow and the weaning stage of Kasadyahan competition will feature cultural performances from different schools and towns most especially with significant festivals of their own which means it’s a competition among schools and various festivals in the province. City Tourism Officer Ben Jimena said they will move the Kasadyahan competition to August in time for Iloilo City Charter Day celebration to mount tourism activities in the middle of the year which is considered an off-peak season in the city. Unlike the Dinagyang which focuses on the lives of Ati (indigenous people of Iloilo and Panay) through dance, the Kasadyahan (merrymaking) features Iloilo’s tradition, culture and the arts.
       The 2011 festival will focus on environment-friendly practices such as recycling and waste management. Dinagyang Festival is a religious-cultural event which focused on the aboriginal tribes in Iloilo and Panay (the great ancestors of Iloilo) who converted to Christianity from animism. The event of honoring the Holy Child Jesus started in 1966 but the Ati tribe competition started in 1969 with Madjapahit Tribe of Compania Maritima as the first winner. Since then, the festival has evolved in dance forms, choreography, costume among others and the number of tourists and visitors has increased and it became world renowned ever since. The festival is held every 4th Sunday of January and next year it will happen on January 23, 2011.

Dinagyang Festival

January is Philippines' festival month. Many places in the country celebrate fiesta and delicious native delicacies are serve to satiate the hungry stomach. Merrymaking and frolic revelry fills the street and mardi gras festival is done through competition and street dancing. Black soot, tribal headgear, shield and spears become popular during this month. One of the famous is the Dinagyang Festival held every last Saturday and Sunday of January in Iloilo City, Philippines. A week of colorful and exciting activities culminates in a two-day street dancing competition - the Kasadyahan competition and Ati competition. Kasadyahan is a competition among schools - an interpretative song and dance telling a story or event is held on Saturday. The most anticipated event the Ati tribe is a warrior competition among several barangays in the cities and even some private schools and towns or province. A tribal competition which is done through choreographed dance routines to the beats of drums and other tribal muscial instruments. The results and announcement of winners is done at the end of the day of Sunday and usually followed by a fireworks display.

         Dinagyang started in 1968 when the Sr. Sto. Niño or the most Holy Child Jesus replica came to Iloilo for the first time and since then promised to be a devotional undertaking. The following year the first competition is held with Tribu Mamau of Compania Maritima as the first champion. The word "Dinagyang" was coined by the late broadcaster Pacifico Sudario from the rootword "dagyang" which means merrymaking.