By Jeehan V. Fernandez

THE business community here is optimistic that the P8-billion new Iloilo Airport at Sta. Barbara-Cabatuan towns will spawn booming industries nearby.

For one, giant real property developer Fil-Estate Land Inc. chair and CEO Robert John Sobrepeña announced the launching of the 153-hectare Sta. Barbara Heights at the hills of Barangay Inangayan on August 29.

Situated near the airport and just beside the century-old Iloilo Golf and Country Club, the P500-million new town development will host 500 housing units, recreational facilities, hotel and business district for office spaces that are expected to rise in two years time.

Iloilo Business Club executive director Lea Lara said they have identified the airport site as the next thriving investment haven. Read more »

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METRO Iloilo and Guimaras will strengthen its partnership on the Clean Cities Coalition (MIGCCC) with a ceremonial launch on Friday at Robinsons’ Place Movieworld.

The launching will mark a pledge of support and commitment of new coalition members to be followed by signing of a poster-sized MIGCCC pledge of support.

Mayor Jerry Treñas will deliver the welcome remarks while Guimaras Gov. Felipe Hilan Nava, a USAID representative and Director Mario Marasigan of the Department of Energy will deliver their messages in support of the coalition. Read more »

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ILOILO CITY, Philippines — Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the GTZ, a German technical assistance group, will finance a P5 million pre-feasibility study to further liven up economic activities in the city’s commercial district especially the old Calle Real and the proposed construction of the P2 million Eco Port.

Mayor Jerry Treñas said the two funding agencies will make a feasibility study on the city’s central business district and the proposed eco-port near the Philippine Coast Guard. Also to be included in the P5 million grant is the capability training of members of the Metro Iloilo Guimaras Economic Development Council (MIGEDC). Read more »

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I. Sta. Barbara-Iloilo City

A. Introduction

The opening of the new Iloilo Airport at Sta. Barbara-Cabatuan is expected to catalyze development and further hasten urbanization between the airport and Iloilo City. While this expected development of the area could bring about opportunities for increasing the area’s economic productivity as well as the revenues for the local governments concerned, it can also result in serious social and environmental consequences if these are not adequately addressed and planned for. For example, the existing road connecting the airport to Iloilo City will undoubtedly attract commercial development which, in turn, will attract job-seekers who will need housing and other basic urban services. If such services and related infrastructure needs are not provided for, the areas alongside the road can quickly deteriorate. If land use is not properly managed, the road itself can become congested and prime food production areas may be unnecessarily compromised. These consequences would be counterproductive to the optimization of the economic and job-generation potentials of the area, as well as of the entire Metro Iloilo-Guimaras region, given the regional role of the new airport.

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Executive Summary

Where Are We Now?

Significant population growth in the Metro Iloilo Guimaras (MIG) region was registered in recent years. The MIG region has approximately half a million population in 1990. Its population increased by 40 % or 200,000 ten years later. The increase is substantial. Metro Manila and its outlying areas grew by 29% or by 4 million people during the same period.

Between 2005 and 2020, population was estimated to increase by 200,000. Growth in the emerging large land development in Iloilo City is estimated to be 400,000 people or approximately the present size of Iloilo City, by 2010. Much of the growth in MIG in fact will be accommodated in the outlying areas, within the 20-30km radius from the central business district (CBD).

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