Buying a land in Moalboal Cebu

For the lack of activities in the resort where we stayed at and perhaps some drunken conversations we tossed in the idea of buying a beach lot in Moalboal so we could have a dive center one day in the Philippines and then we could dive every day, if this makes any sense at all.  But It was not a bad drunken idea so we thought why not asked around.

One of the dive masters that took us diving told us that most beach lots in Moalboal are not available anymore. Majority of which are owned by foreigners he referred to as Americans, but we already figured that when the locals say American it means foreigners and this applies to any foreigner with whit skin.

He also added that if there are lands for sale we have to be very careful since the agents in the area or the owner sometimes would sell it twice or more times to different people.  Most of the land in the town is only a declaration documents this means that the lands doesn’t have a title.  Actually I don’t know the difference but he said that it is a long process to have a title for a land in Philippines.

He said that there is a huge parcel of land in Moalboal that is having dispute in court since there are more people that now showed up and claimed their land despite that it was sold to foreign investors.  So he told us to be very careful about it.  Not that we have the money to buy but it is good to know.  Sometimes crazy dreams come true.

Why Cebu is No. 1

Even before the Spanish colonization, Cebu already played a vital role in trade and commerce in Asia because the island has been gifted with a natural harbor. Its channel is deep enough to accommodate the flow of goods through international cargo sea vessels, and the Mactan island serves as protection from winds and current.

Cebu’s weather promises to be good for business because typhoon activities are minor and rainfall is evenly distributed throughout the year. Moreover, the island is not located within any earthquake belt, there is no known active volcano, and its international airport has been large enough to connect the island to several continents.

The public administrators of the province have been known to be development-oriented, steering Cebu to greater heights by putting in place infrastructure facilities needed for economic growth.

Cebu has at least nine economic zones that offer to cut bureaucratic red tape by providing a much easier system for investors, plus incentives.

It is number one because of good fiscal management: It ranks highest among the country’s provinces in terms of assets and cash in bank.

Most importantly, Cebu ranks number one because of the current unity that has never been seen before in any province: unity among elected officials, unity among business groups, unity among its people, and unity between the private and public sectors.

There are many universities and other educational institutions that serve as magnet to students from other provinces, a major factor of a highly skilled and efficient workforce in Cebu.

Overall, Cebu continues to excel and investors are drawn to Cebu because of the culture of professionalism and craftsmanship among its people, the vast highly skilled manpower resources resilient amid trying times, its fair weather, relative peace and business-friendly atmosphere.
Source : www.cebu.gov.ph

Cebu - Queen City of the South

Cebu for the Filipinos are real historic place. It is the country's oldest city. It was here that Ferdinand Magellan claimed the country for Spain in 1521. Founded by the conquistador Miguel Lopez de Legazpi in 1571, Cebu was the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines. Magellan found Cebu a highly developed trading society, trading with China, Indonesia and Siam. The fact that Cebu's port is typhoon-free had played a major role in this. Today trading still remains an important role in Cebu, however the development of the Export Processing Zone in Mactan Island contributed to the development of the Province. Tourism is another major source of income. It fits not only in Cebu's hospitable environment, it has also all the ingredients for such a development. Cebu's beaches belong to the best in the country, also it's golf courses, it's nightlife, it's shopping malls and dive sites.

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