More Residential Options in Lipa

From Torre brand, Lipa will have its first premium residential and condo-hotel type residences to be located in Lipa Uptown through Tierra Lorenzo Lipa.

It will have three 11 floor buildings consisting of hotel and residential condominium. Amenities included in the plan are pool bar, multipurpose pavilion, adult pool, kiddie pool, playground, fitness center and more. It will rise in Altamirano St., Mataas na Lupa, Lipa City just few minutes away from malls and schools. Site development is expected this month while construction of building 1 will start in first quarter of 2017. It will have a total of 678 units.

Another incoming residential project in Lipa is from Rockwell Land Corporation, the property arm of Lopez Group of Companies. Their project for middle income earner in Lipa will be their first residential township in Batangas.

Lipa City is currently the most populated and most commercialized area in Batangas.

LCP Visited Lipa City Police Chief

Arven Bravo, head Admin of Lipa City Philippines (LCP) community group, paid visit out of courtesy to head of Philippine National Police in Lipa City, PSUPT Barnard Dannie V. Dasugo. Also present were Eric Molato, co Admin of LCP and PO3 Anne Noriega.

PSUPT Dasugo is thankful for creating an online community based group for Lipa City where they can read first hand experiences, feedback and opinion from members. He is also amazed by the number of members LCP currently have and how members are highly engaged in posting and giving comments.

PNP Lipa is actively participating in LCP as well by promoting their programs and providing comments to some posts related to them through their account PCR Lipa. Since his inception last Oct of last year, PSUPT Dasugo is sincere in uplifting the image of City Police when incident of crimes in the City became striking. Last April of this year, Lipa City Police Station was applauded for having 0 crime in a week for the first time in history of Lipa through "Lambat-Sibat" project. Just this week, netizens of LCP praised Lipa Policemen for clearing the highway of Inosluban and Marawoy from illegal parking. He also mentioned that reported cases of drug users and pushers have increased remarkably from estimate 300 to 1,300 cases.

PSUPT Dasugo would like the netizens of Lipa to continue to be vigilant and to work with them by immediately reporting cases or incidents. They will continue to monitor posts in LCP as it also help them in many ways. The humble Chief also mentioned that the feedback they arecreading in LCP should serve as a opportunity for them to be better.

Lipa City Philippines or LCP is the pioneer social media group in Lipa and remains the biggest with more than 42,000 highly engaged members.

Indonesian Cuisine Is Coming To Lipa

Indonesian cuisine is said to be the most vibrant and colorful cuisines in the world with full of intense flavour. Some of their dishes are bakso (noodle), cap cai (stir fried vegetables), gudeg (vegetable and meat in coconut milk sauce) to name a few.

But the world's best Indonesian cuisines are Rendang and Satay which are #1 and #14 respectively according to CNN Travel. These authentic Indonesian dishes will soon be available to foodies of Lipa City as Sendok and Garpu will open its branch in SM City Lipa.

This incoming restaurant in Lipa is definitely something new in Batangas and will be competing with numerous Filipino, American, Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Italian restaurants available in the city.

Sandok and Garpu will be another first for Lipa and Batangas in general. Their presence will continue to make our city as the food capital of Batangas.

Lipa City Is Now Batangas' Most Populated

According to Philippine Statistics Authority or PSA as of Aug 1 2015 (released May 19 2016), Lipa City is now the most populated among the cities and municipalities of Batangas with 332,386 residents which pushed down Batangas City, capital of Batangas, to #2 spot with 329,874.

Two years ago, I wrote an article in Lipa City Philippines group or LCP that Lipa City will soon become the most populated city of Batangas between 2017 and 2018 but it happened earlier than calculated based on the 3.11% annual growth of Lipa.

With heavy traffic and longer rush hour, multiple new subdivisions from low cost to high end, new commercial establishments that are sprouting like mushrooms and expanding commercial areas of Lipa City, there's no doubt that Lipa has surpassed the capital city of Batangas in terms of population while Lipa remained to be the most commercialized area of Batangas.

At baranggay level, Sta Maria in Sto Tomas pulled up on top as the most populated with 27,843 residents while Sabang stepped down to #2 with 23,535 residents followed by Santa Rita Karsada of Batangas City with 18,276.

I am excited to know the plans of the local government of Lipa in the next 3 years to improve the peace and order of the city, traffic, waste management, readiness for natural calamities and other programs & developments in Lipa considering rush of people coming in the city to work, study and reside.

Lipa City Philippines (LCP) & Hello Lipa Joined Forces

Lipa City Philippines or LCP, which is the pioneer and largest online group dedicated to Lipa City signed Memorandum of Agreement with Hello Lipa, largest blog site for Lipa City.

The signing of MOA was held last night at Cafe Veronica in Trinity Building Center along Ayala highway. It was attended by Spouses Jayzar and Aisha Recinto, owners of Hello Lipa and Administrators of Lipa City Philippines namely Reman Recio, Chii Yap, Peejay Cueto, Eric Molato and Arven Bravo.

The MOA is another milestone for Lipa City Philippines group as it will strengthen its position as the biggest and most visited online group for Lipa City while its partnership with Hello Lipa will further enhance its mission in pulling up Lipa City's status in tourism industry.

Lipa City Philippines started in July 2009 by Arven Bravo with current filtered membership of almost 41,000.

Dorm Type Residences In Lipa

Kassel Residences Lipa will soon rise in Inosluban beside a gas station and Eternal garden.It will be different from the usual dormitories or residential areas in Lipa and Batangas. It will have seven three-storey buildings with a one-storey commercial building. The project will also have amenities like basketball court and recreational areas.

It will have over 2,000 units available and intended for students and employees from BPO, malls, industrial park and others which are just near the location. The project aims to improve the living condition of individuals renting specifically in terms of privacy, hygiene and security. A person can rent for as low as 1,100 pesos per month starting amount.

Abenson Returned In Lipa

Abenson returned in Lipa in their new store at the newly opened RDC Plaza building along Ayala highway in Balintawak. To recall, Abenson came first in Lipa few years ago via their branch in Fiesta World mall.

Abenson had their grand opening in Lipa yesterday which started with motorcade highlighted by beetle cars and fiesta drum beaters. The opening was graced by top management of Abenson. Hundreds of customers visited the new branch to take advantage of the 1 day only free Samsung galaxy star phone plus freebies and discounts.

Abenson has more than 70 branches nationwide and has been awarded as one of the Top Retailers in the Philippines by Retail Asia Magazine. For more information, you may call at (043) 741 6917.
photo: Bunny Garing