[ 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. [...]
[ 29 Comments ] Posted on 01.18.09 under Our House Project
Detailed description of building a hollow block (concrete block) perimeter wall in the Philippines – supervision, hiring workers, buying materials, problems and successes.
[ 6 Comments ] Posted on 08.31.08 under Iloilo Public Markets, Shopping
The markets of Iloilo Province are listed below, but first a few comments on why I love to shop at the markets, using the Iloilo Central Market as an example. The Iloilo Central Market is everything the modern Western supermarket is not. The Central Market is vast and cavernous, it’s dark, damp and smelly, with [...]
[ 2 Comments ] Posted on 08.22.08 under Heritage, Tigbauan, Iloilo
Tigbauan history and heritage. While the Augustinian order was assigned general responsibility for Panay and Tigbauan in the 16th century, Rodriguez de Figueroa requested Jesuit, not Augustinian missionaries to minister to the residents of his extensive land holdings in Panay. His holdings were an “encomienda”, a grant from the Spanish crown. De Figueroa had the [...]