Asuncion Public Market, Tondo Manila

Personal Note lang po...

Tibay ko talaga..while in the middle of rigorously working on my daily report dito sa trabaho bigla ko na lang naalala yung Asuncion Public Market sa may Zaragosa St. cor Asuncion Ext. Tondo Manila.

Noong bata pa kasi ako lakwatsero na ako sa paligid namin. Kung saan-saan kami nakakarating ng mga kalaro ko. Galugad namin ang buong Asuncion Ext., diretcho sa Zaragosa tapos liko ng Wagas saka kami mamimili kung saang kalye namin tatahakin ang pabalik sa Asuncion Ext.

Kung sa Matiisin, Matimtiman, Padre Rada o Zabala.

Pero balik tayo sa Asuncion Public Market.

Para bagang naamoy ko ang mga kinayod na buko doon sa parteng pakwanan or melon. Doon sa bilihan ng panotsa at gatas ng kalabaw....

Nandon din ang public restroom na pag nadapa ka sa loob eh kailangan mong maligo ng alchohol dahil.. anyways...wala lang..nag-mumuni-muni lang.. Mahigit 10 taon na kasi mula ng huli akong umuwi sa Pinas...tsk... haaayyy...

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Ok back to work!! Peace mga taga-tondo!

Manila Public Document in Digital Format

Inumpisahan ng idigitized ang mga public records sa manila ng mga Mormons from the Latter-Day Saints. Mula 1886 to 1996 ang coverage ng record gathering task nila. Putris... eh dadahlin naman nila ang kopya doon sa kanilang headquarter sa Salt Lake, Utah. At least makakarating sa Amerika yung mga pilipino kahit sa papel man lang.

Mormons digitizing Manila’s records

Digitized records from the Church of the Latter-Day Saints will back-up documents in the civil registry of Manila archived during the period covering 1886 to 1996.

Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim received on Feb. 10 the first 500-gigabytes hard disk of a three-part storage of a century’s file involving up to 100 million individual entries.

“This will help a lot in servicing important documents to the people,” he told the group represented by Won Yong Ko of the Philippines Area Presidency, Robert Andrada president of the Manila Stake, Manolito Baul of the church family history and Alejandro Abalos, technical assistant of the sect’s family search department.

City Registrar Josefa Ocampo said the digitizing was based on records kept in city hall that survived destruction during World War II including typhoon Ondoy’s flooding in Sept. last year.

“Two other batches are due for delivery,” she said, adding that digitized records consisted of certificates of birth and death as well as marriage contracts.

Ocampo said the church group offered the service free of charge but the city government would have to provide the retrieval system.

She said the ideal would be an over-the-counter transaction that allowed tracing, recovery and printing of records in seconds, avoiding long cues waiting for results.

Ocampo said records would also be kept permanently in the church’s repository in Salt Lake, Utah.

She said documents were digitized in 8 to 11 megapixel format to guarantee clarity of copies.

Source: Manila Standard Today

Manila North Harbor

Stumbled across this blog about Philippine ports, ships, etc and saw a feature article about the Manila North Harbor sa tondo. Actually the North harbor extends along the eastern shores of Manila Bay kaya minsan nalilito ako kung saan nga ba talaga yung North Harbor pag nsa harap ako ng bahay namin. Sumisikat ang araw sa harap ng bahay namin sa tondo so bale East yun diba, tapos yung likod namin ang lubog ng araw bale West?, at doon mo naman makikita yung North Harbor. Take a look at my header graphics. You will see the loading docks or container lifters.
Anyways, lumayo na naman sa topic. Eto yung intro ng article nila sa
http://mcgutib.wordpress.com

The Manila North Harbor is located along the eastern shore of Manila Bay. It is the life-line connecting the Visayas and Mindanao regions to Metro Manila, and the main island of Luzon itself. Accessible via the Radial Road R-10 from Navotas, and Delpan Bridge connecting the South Harbor Port area, and Roxas Boulevard in the City of Manila.

North Harbor is intended to serve the domestic Inter-island shipping. It form part of Manila Port’s backbone, which also comprises the South Harbor, The Manila International Container Terminal (MICT), and the Port facilities located along the banks of Pasig River extending to Jones Bridge in Binondo Manila.

The operation and administration of the Manila North Harbor was transferred to the Philippine Ports Authority from the Bureau of Customs on December 23, 1975 by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 857 signed by the then former President Ferdinand Marcos.

Also Vitas Area in Tondo, Manila was declared part of the North Harbor Custom Zone by virtue of Executive Order 297 dated March 4, 1971.

On November 26,1981, the whole of Vitas area bounded by Pier 18 on the north, Radial Road R-10 on the east, the Marine Slipway Area in the southland, the Vitas rock bulkhead on the west, was transferred and placed under the administration of the Philippine Ports Authority by virtue of EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 749 signed by the then President Marcos.

Cook sa isang bar in Manila dedo sa Kawatan

Isang 26-year old na kusinero ang binawian ng buhay kahapon ng Biyernes matapos pasukin ng mga magnanakaw ang bar na pinagtratrabahuhan ng pobreng kusinero. Tumangay ng humigit-kumulang na P12,000 at iba pang valuables ang mga hinayupak na kawatan.

Police identified the victim as Bernardo Majait, a cook at the “Bahala Na Kahit Saan" videoke bar located at San Rafael Village in Balut, Tondo. The victim suffered multiple stab wounds in the neck and body and was declared dead on arrival at the Tondo General Hospital.

Two of the four suspects were identified as Raymart Adonis and Anju Cua alias “Kambal," both 18 years old. The two other suspects were identified only as “Nonoy" and “Atan."

SPO2 Edmundo Cabal of Manila Police District - Homicide Unit said the suspects entered the bar at 4:20 a.m. after reportedly having a drinking spree at Malaya Street.
Cabal said the suspects divested two waiters of their mobile phones and took the bar’s income worth P12,000. He said the victim put up a fight, prompting the robbers to stab him several times.

The two waiters ran outside the bar and sought help at a nearby barangay hall. The suspects however managed to flee before barangay officials arrived at the scene.

Source: Gmanews

3 Sunog sa Metro Manila

Humigit kumulang ngunit dapatwat kung sakali na hindi sigurado pero sure ng konti na tatlong sunog ang umalarma sa bahayan ng Tondo, Manila, Sampaloc at Quezon City kaninang madaling araw hanggang umaga pero salamat na lang at walang nabalitaan nasugatan o natepok.

Isa sa nasunugan na lugar ay ang tumupok sa 20 bahay sa Tondo district pero wala pang balita kung saan at paano nagsimula ang sunog na yung sa Tondo. According to some arson investigator they estimated the damage sa mga property around P500,000

Radio dzBB's Lito Laparan reported that a fire believed caused by an illegal electrical connection that shorted hit a five-door apartment in Manila's Sampaloc district Saturday morning.
The fire at the apartment along Jocson St., Sampaloc started at 10 a.m. and reached the fourth alarm before firefighters and fire volunteers put it under control at 11:02 a.m.

Isa pang sunog ang lumaplap din sa dalawang bahay na napabalita kaninang madaling araw ng Sabado along IBP Road sa Quezon City. Mabuti na lang at wala ring napabalitang nasugatan. Swerte pa rin ang mga taong yon.
Kaya mag-ingat naman po kayo dyan!

Source:GMA News

Barilan sa QC 1 patay, 2 sugatan

Isang pinaghihinalaang miyembro ng magnanakaw nang mga reserbang gulong ang nakasagupa ng mga pulis Quezon City Huwebes, isa ang namatay at dalawa naman ang nasugatan.

Quezon City Police District Director Senior Supt. Magtanggol Gatdula identified the fatality as Roberto Lee, 44, of Varona Street, Tondo, Manila. Ang mahirap nito baka nadawit lang itong isa. (tamang-hinala lang ata ako ano?)

Lee was allegedly a former Manila policeman who had an extensive criminal record. The injured were identified as Larry Santos and Romeo Lacot. Gatdula said they have yet to determine if they are members of the gang also known as the “doughnut gang.” Kung bakit naman kasi hindi na lang dunkin donuts ang tirahin nila eh di may pang-bara na sila sa kape!

They are now being treated in an undisclosed hospital. Police said the robbery group specializes in stealing spare tires from vehicles especially SUV vans, thus the name doughnut gang.

The encounter took place at K-I Street in Barangay Kamias at around 9 p.m. Thursday.
Gatdula said an hour prior to the encounter, the suspects stole the spare tire of a Toyota Fortuner parked in front of a restaurant on Tomas Morato.

He said that operatives from the city's anticarnapping unit led by Senior Insp. Angelo Nicolas engaged the suspects who were on board a Toyota Revo in a gunfight along Kalayaan Avenue.

Source: Phil Daily Inquirer

Asuncion Market closure ordered by Manila Gov't

The privately owned Asuncion Market in Divisoria was issued a closure order from the Manila Government for alleged violation of city regulations. The Asuncion Market which is bordered by Asuncion Ext to Zaragoza Ext and Santo Cristo St. has an ongoing battle for ownership between the operator and the owner.
Here's the latest news about the dilema of Asuncion Market in Tondo, Manila.

Ric de Guzman, city chief of staff, directed Department of Public Services chief Carlos Baltazar, market chief Efleda Castro and City Administrator Jesus Mari Marzan to order the operators of the market to cease operations until further notice.
Baltazar said the city government was not allowed to take over the market’s operations because of an ongoing court case involving its owner and Councilor Dennis Alcoreza, who was reportedly operating it.
In a statement, City Hall said Alcoreza and the owner were apparently engaged in a tug-of-war over the market.
Baltazar said the operation of the market under Alcoreza was illegal as it was not covered by the necessary franchise and dues had not been paid.
Sought for comment, Alcoreza told Inquirer (parent company of INQUIRER.net): “I don’t know why the local government has been meddling in the issue…it’s (the market) is supposedly a private entity.”
He said he had yet to receive a copy of the City Hall order.

Source:inquirer.net