[ 7 Comments ] Posted on 01.15.10 under Our House Project, Tigbauan, Iloilo
After months of planning and many changes we finally have our house plans completed, we have a foreman and crew and are ready to start construction next week. First step buying a cement mixer and concrete vibrator.
[ 5 Comments ] Posted on 12.30.09 under Nature, Environment, Our House Project, Tigbauan, Iloilo
How can one see beautiful flowering plants and fruit trees for sale and not want to take some home? We could not. Here’s a tally of what we’ve planted so far on our Tigbauan, Iloilo Philippines property.
[ 7 Comments ] Posted on 11.28.09 under Our House Project, Philippine Retirement, Tigbauan, Iloilo
Our Philippine house building project in Tigbauan, Iloilo. Today we had 150 cubic meters of fill delivered to our lot. This particular fill is in the area where we’ll have our garden so we were looking for top soil-like material as opposed to gravelly or stony fill. We managed to find a fine sandy soil [...]
[ No Comments ] Posted on 10.31.09 under Tigbauan, Iloilo
Depleted fish stocks in the Philippines. Look at this series of photos which show Tigbauan, Iloilo residents trying to wrest a living, or part of a living from the sea using a net from shore. Look closely and you can see the arc of the net The net closes, hopefully with a haul of fish. Note the [...]
[ No Comments ] Posted on 10.28.09 under Shopping, Tigbauan, Iloilo
Locally grown organic rice is now available in Tigbauan.
[ No Comments ] Posted on 10.15.09 under Education, Tigbauan, Iloilo
St. Therese-MTC College, Tigbauan, Iloilo. This seaside campus in Tigbauan offers mainly maritime courses and degrees.
[ No Comments ] Posted on 10.13.09 under Education, Tigbauan, Iloilo
Montessori School, Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines
[ No Comments ] Posted on 10.13.09 under Heritage, Tigbauan, Iloilo
Tigbauan Church – San Juan Sahagun Parish: history architecture and photos. Montessori School of Tigbauan
[ 7 Comments ] Posted on 10.03.09 under Iloilo City, Tigbauan, Iloilo
October 3, 2009, we wait by the sea in Tigbauan Iloilo to see how Typhoon Pepeng-Parma will affect Iloilo.
[ 2 Comments ] Posted on 08.26.09 under Heritage, Tigbauan, Iloilo
The Panay Landing Memorial marks spot where American troops landed on March 18, 1945 on the beaches of Parara, Tigbauan to begin the liberation of Panay Island during WW II.
[ No Comments ] Posted on 08.25.09 under Heritage, Tigbauan, Iloilo
This well-kept memorial is located on the north side of the National Highway before Tigbauan property. It celebrates a raid by Filipino guerrillas against a Japanese truck convoy on September 2, 1942
[ No Comments ] Posted on 06.04.09 under Tigbauan, Iloilo
Queen of Heaven Mission School, Allera St., 5021 Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines. Phone 63-33-511-7692 This year (2009) we’re sending our niece to Queen of Heaven Mission School, a private school in Tigbauan, Iloilo. She’s in the first year of high school. We’ll post some photos and feedback as the year progresses. Tuition is P1,100 per month. We [...]
[ 14 Comments ] Posted on 05.27.09 under Philippine Retirement, Tigbauan, Iloilo
We rented in Molo, Iloilo City for two and a half years. Our new apartment is steps from the beach in Tigbauan, Iloilo, about 22 km from Iloilo City. During storms,waves will break over this seawall, sending coconuts and gravel over the wall. The pounding of the waves on this seawall is easily heard from our [...]
[ 1 Comment ] Posted on 05.27.09 under Heritage, Oton, Iloilo, Tigbauan, Iloilo
Capiz or Lampirong (alternative spelling: Lamperong) Windows. One of the most distinct and beautiful architectural details of old Philippine buildings are the windows made with shell rather than glass. We’re not sure if this is because glass was not made in the Philippines or it was just too expensive, but whatever the reason, it has [...]
[ No Comments ] Posted on 05.03.09 under Shopping, Tigbauan, Iloilo
Emergency lighting. A couple a months ago we moved from Iloilo City to Tigbauan, Iloilo. That gave us a new electric power supplier. In Iloilo City we had “PECO” – Panay Electric. In Tigbauan we have “ILECO”. ILECO has proved to be far less reliable and that’s not to say that PECO was so great. [...]
[ No Comments ] Posted on 03.22.09 under Iloilo Real Estate, Tigbauan, Iloilo
5.28 hectares of exceptionally beautiful rural land in Barangay Namocan, Tigbauan, Iloilo at P1,000 per square meter. Beautiful mountain views. Internet access via SmartBro. Walking distance to plaza, market, high school. Convenient to Iloilo City shopping (SM City, Robinson’s), dining, medical care via National highway. For further information contact Mr. Hector Zayco, +63-33-511-8288, Mobile: 0919-891-4555. [...]
[ 4 Comments ] Posted on 01.09.09 under Our House Project, Tigbauan, Iloilo
All about Internet service options in Tigbauan, Iloio and on the “SmartBro” wireless Internet available from Smart Telecom.
[ 1 Comment ] Posted on 12.23.08 under Tigbauan, Iloilo
Fresh Pasteurized milk and milk products are produced at this plant in Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines
[ 15 Comments ] Posted on 10.20.08 under Tigbauan, Iloilo
Tigbauan – snapshots, history, resorts, education, markets
[ 6 Comments ] Posted on 08.30.08 under Heritage, Tigbauan, Iloilo
Tigbauan, Iloilo history, heritage, architecture. Unquestionably there have been many changes to this old Spanish church over the decades and centuries. One major change, the concrete belltowers seem to rest on a massive concrete structure, plastered and finished to mimic stone blocks. But, if you look closely behind the concrete bell tower supporting structure, one [...]