<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462128705665458409</id><updated>2012-02-16T02:48:40.661-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Southern-Iloilo Blog site</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stangelu.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1462128705665458409/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stangelu.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>darksaint</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13328194635662998117</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462128705665458409.post-1446386707972395433</id><published>2008-06-20T01:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-20T01:48:30.320-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The New Tienda Real-otonIloilo</title><content type='html'>The  New and Better Look of New Tienda Real Business Center, one of a 1rst class business establishment  located J.C Zulueta Street ,Town of Oton,(One of the &lt;span class="mw-redirect"&gt;municipality&lt;/span&gt; in the &lt;span class="mw-redirect"&gt;province&lt;/span&gt; of &lt;span class="mw-redirect"&gt;Iloilo&lt;/span&gt;, Philippines)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This establishment is now the most active and here you will find resources to help start your business, make it grow, manage your resources, and maintain a safe environment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="border:3px solid black;" src="http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8283/27579284ox1.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="border:3px solid black;" src="http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/259/15698208df0.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="border:3px solid black;" src="http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7850/89167728di0.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="800" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="border:3px solid black;" src="http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9696/66599262vc9.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="border:3px solid black;" src="http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/7783/81312297nh9.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="border:3px solid black;" src="http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9915/55tk9.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="border:3px solid black;" src="http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/1338/58533223qg5.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="800" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="border:3px solid black;" src="http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/4586/79324164zp1.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="border:3px solid black;" src="http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/1277/10zq3.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;This are the primary shops you can find and in Tienda Real...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Stalls...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="border:3px solid black;" src="http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/8215/businessstalloz9.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="border:3px solid black;" src="http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/3606/stall2en5.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Oton Dance Studio Center(2nd Floor of Tienda Real, the 1rst and only dance studio in Oton, who offers all kind of dance type tutorial)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="border:3px solid black;" src="http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/6994/dancestudioyh2.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Dentist Clinic(2nd Floor Also)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="border:3px solid black;" src="http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/6311/dentistnx2.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Dress Shop Center&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="border:3px solid black;" src="http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/4344/image004nb6.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Oton Salon( the 1rst class and the Aircon Salon in Oton, Iloilo)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="border:3px solid black;" src="http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/3504/salon2vn8.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="border:3px solid black;" src="http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/281/image013jr3.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="border:3px solid black;" src="http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/7481/fredaxu9.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Medical and OB-Gy Center&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:3px;" src="http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/9493/medicalcenterrz3.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Resto- Bar (2nd Floor that opens from 6PM onwards)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="border:3px solid black;" src="http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/1843/restobarzx2.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The New Gym (soon to Open)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="border:3px solid black;" src="http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/6531/newgymsoontoopenrp0.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Restuarant&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="border:3px solid black;" src="http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/848/restuarantdy0.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ALL new STALWART Internet Cafe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="border:3px solid black;" src="http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/7862/stalwarthp9.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/1866/stalwart3rb1.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1462128705665458409-1446386707972395433?l=stangelu.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stangelu.blogspot.com/feeds/1446386707972395433/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1462128705665458409&amp;postID=1446386707972395433' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1462128705665458409/posts/default/1446386707972395433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1462128705665458409/posts/default/1446386707972395433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stangelu.blogspot.com/2008/06/new-tienda-real-otoniloilo.html' title='The New Tienda Real-otonIloilo'/><author><name>darksaint</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13328194635662998117</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462128705665458409.post-6869582577278525499</id><published>2008-05-09T23:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-09T23:51:09.066-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Katagman Festival- Oton, Iloilo</title><content type='html'>&lt;h2&gt;&lt;img src="http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/5769/pic1kg6.jpg" alt="" align="left" height="400" hspace="12" width="313" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em style="font-family: webdings;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;KATAGMAN FESTIVAL&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: webdings;"&gt; is unique for its great variety of special events.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Celebrating &lt;strong&gt;436th Foundation Day&lt;/strong&gt; celebration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oton, under the dynamic leadership of their municipal mayor,&lt;strong&gt; Hon. Vicente  FLORES&lt;/strong&gt;, welcomes everyone to their KATAGMAN FESTIVAL that will formally open Salvo Parade on April 28, 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The event begins with an Exhibition on Ogtong History and Culture at the SB Session Hall alongside the Unveiling of the Replica of the Golden Mask at the town  Plaza on April 28, 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Inspired by ancient Oton's folk pageant and custom, the extraordinary &lt;strong&gt;golden mask&lt;/strong&gt;, forms part of the fundamental characteristic incorporated during the celebration of KATAGMAN FESTIVAL.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img class="alignright" style="border: 2px solid black; float: right;" src="http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7222/image008fv7.png" alt="" height="336" width="278" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;The wearing of the mask during tribe competition delivers the dramatic impact of the celebration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;April 29&lt;/strong&gt; is set for the &lt;em&gt;Opening of Agri-Fair&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Garden Show&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Plant Sale&lt;/em&gt; at the Municipal Hall&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the &lt;em&gt;Search for Ginoong Erpat and Ginang Ermat&lt;/em&gt; at the Municipal Plaza;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;em&gt;Search for Oton Foundation Queen&lt;/em&gt; and the &lt;em&gt;Opening of Food Festival&lt;/em&gt; highlights the &lt;strong&gt;30th of April&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;May 1 &lt;/strong&gt;is all rush for the &lt;em&gt;Porma Baras&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Motorboat Race &lt;/em&gt;at the    Poblacion South alongside the &lt;em&gt;1st Oton  Mountain Bike Race&lt;/em&gt; at the town plaza; &lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bomborador&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;On-the-Spot-Painting Contest&lt;/em&gt; is scheduled on &lt;strong&gt;May 2&lt;/strong&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the much-anticipated &lt;em&gt;Street Dancing&lt;/em&gt; and the &lt;em&gt;Musical, Dance and Theater Competition&lt;/em&gt; caps the celebration on&lt;strong&gt; May 3, 2008.&lt;/strong&gt;The Tribes Contest is a unique combination of street dancing and street theater. Tribes representing a cluster of the 37 barangays in the municipality participate in the contest. The tribes are: Tribu Kanipaan, Tribu Nakatundan, Tribu Katamnan, Tribu Parayan, Tribu Paraw, Tribu Mandaragat and Tribu Malaca.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="border: 1px solid black;" src="http://saintangelu.blogster.com/host/images/22618553573.jpg" alt="" height="375" width="500" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="border: 1px solid black;" src="http://saintangelu.blogster.com/host/images/02193702116.jpg" alt="" height="375" width="500" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="border: 1px solid black;" src="http://saintangelu.blogster.com/host/images/22618553573.jpg" alt="" height="375" width="500" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because of its location and environmental influence, &lt;strong&gt;Oton &lt;/strong&gt;has been one of the main focuses of human settlement in the province. Its history would test to the previous existence of having one of the earliest civilizations in Panay. It is one of the more developed towns in the province.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It has eight  flourishing subdivisions mostly concentrated in the main urban barangays.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It also has  beach resorts and numerous workshops engaging in handloom weaving, high quality home furnishings, blacksmithing, hat-making, candy production, rice milling and swine raising.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="border: 2px solid black;" src="http://saintangelu.blogster.com/host/images/27892497616.jpg" alt="" height="375" width="500" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oton is 10.2 kilometers or a 30-minute jeepney ride from downtown Iloilo. It is the first town (2nd Class) in the southern part of the province and is blessed with beautiful beaches and resorts that provide basic and modern amenities from simple cottages to swimming pools.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Oton, there is always good food. The town is known for its mouth-watering &lt;em&gt;talaba &lt;/em&gt;(oyster) and fresh seafoods served in restaurants such as &lt;em&gt;Nes and Tat's&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Allan's Talabahan&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Anhawan Resort&lt;/em&gt;. It also has the best buco pie in Iloilo, the &lt;em&gt;Nang Palang's Buco Pie &lt;/em&gt;in Barangay Trapiche.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;Today, KATAGMAN FESTIVAL has evolved from a local event centered on a particular community into something approaching a provincial celebration, representing the identity of Oton as a whole.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1462128705665458409-6869582577278525499?l=stangelu.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stangelu.blogspot.com/feeds/6869582577278525499/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1462128705665458409&amp;postID=6869582577278525499' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1462128705665458409/posts/default/6869582577278525499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1462128705665458409/posts/default/6869582577278525499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stangelu.blogspot.com/2008/05/katagman-festival-oton-iloilo.html' title='Katagman Festival- Oton, Iloilo'/><author><name>darksaint</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13328194635662998117</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
