Miss Earth Lipa City 2017

Rianne Kalaw is this year's Lipa representative to Miss Philippines Earth.

She already joined two other national pageants such as Mutya ng Pilipinas and Miss Tourism Philippines where she won and represent the country in Miss Tourism Universe. Rianne was also Miss Lipa Tourism 2015.

Paris Silva has the best placement from Lipa so far in Miss Philippines Earth when she made it to top 16 and won Best in Cultural attire in 2015. Miss Philippines Earth 2017 finals will be on July 15 at Mall of Asia arena to be shown in ABS CBN the following day.

photos: Ms Earth Ph and Mutya ng Pilipinas

Top Taxpayers of Lipa for 2016

Here are the lists of Lipa City's top taxpayers for 2016 as provided by Business Tax & Fees Division:
CORPORATION
1. SM Department Store
2. Pilipinas Kyohritsu Inc (PKI)
3. Supervalue Inc
4. Nestle Philippines Inc
5. South Supermarket
6. SM Appliances Center
7. CPW Philippines Inc
8. Mary Mediatrix Medical Center
9. Premiere Southern Corp (SM Supermall)
10. Ace Hardware

REAL PROPERTY
1. Epson Precision Philippines
2. Nestle Philippines INc
3. Premiere Southern Corp (SM Supermall)
4. Cereals Partners Inc
5. Pilipinas Kyohritsu Inc
6. Lima Land
7. Active Realty
8. Laguna Properties
9. Communities Batangas
10. Malarayat Golf and Country Club
SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP
1. Tagumpay Mart
2. Sampaguita Mart
3. 7 11 (Big Ben & CM Recto)
4. Center Point Builders
5. Sherwin Construction
6. CDR Poultry Supply
7. Mega Steel Center
8. J-One Marketing
9. Hipolito Trading
10. Myron & Lorraine Food Shop

Lipa Advocates

Know the people behind Lipa City Philippines (LCP) group, Lipa Status blog, and Biyaheng Lipa travel mag.
Location: Summit Point Lipa
Music: Cool - Tobu, Wholm & Blume

LCC Graduate is Top 8 in May 2017 CPA Board Exam

Jan Michael Maglinao who graduated Cum Laude in Lipa City Colleges ranked #8 in the May 2017 CPA Board Examinations with 90.5% rating.
List of topnotchers were dominated by University of San Carlos in Cebu and also the top performing school followed by De La Salle University of Manila.
In Lipa City, University of Batangas - Lipa came first with 62.50% over-all passing rate followed by De La Salle Lipa with 50% and Lipa City Colleges with 22.22%.
There are 3,389 out of 9,645 examinees who passed the exams. Congratulations to all who passed.
source: prcboard.com

Top 5 Budget Friendly Eatery in Lipa

We made a survey in Lipa City Philippines group or LCP on what are the most budget friendly but still offers delicious foods in Lipa. The results in no particular order:

1. Senia's Refreshment - 45 years eatery open from 11am until 6pm at Lipa Public Market building.
2. Arthur's BBQ - located along the highway of Marawoy almost infront of St. Joseph Seminary which is open from 5pm onward.
3. Mother's Silog - located at the old bus stop site and open 24 hours.
4. Pongki's Fried Pansit - open from 7am until 11am at the back of MS Supermarket.
5. Nene's Special Mami and Siopao - 30 years eatery open from 4am until 12noon in Lipa Public Market.

Installation Of The New Archbishop Of Lipa

Most Reverend Gilbert A. Garcera DD was officially installed as the newest Archbishop of Archdiocese of Lipa. He gladly received a symbolic key from Lipa City Mayor Meynard Sabili and was warmly welcomed by the people of Lipa during the installation ceremony at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Lipa City or more popular to many as San Sebastian Cathedral.

Archbishop Garcera is a native of Magaro in Camarines Sur and was previously a Bishop of Daet. His predecessor was Most Reverend Ramon Arguelles, DD.

Lipa City is the religious capital of the Catholic church in Batangas and famous in the country as "Little Rome of the Philippines" as attributed by Department of Tourism due to its numerous religious houses while native of Lipa are known to have strong faith and religious.

Photo: Mayor Meynard Sabili FB account

More Dine Out Options at SM City Lipa

Pepper Lunch
(located at the second floor of the main mall, beside Foodcourt)

Pepper Lunch is a “fast-steak” restaurant concept which originated in Japan in 1994. It was created by Japanese chef and inventor, Mr. Kunio Ichinose who wanted to serve quality, fast food without the need to train a chef for years. At Pepper Lunch, diners get to cook their own food over a patented electromagnetic plate that is heated up to 260 degrees Celsius within one minute. Choice cuts of beef, chicken, pork and salmon are served with rice and vegetables for guests to cook and season using flavors of teriyaki, onion sauce, honey brown sauce (Amakuchi) or garlic soy sauce (Karakuchi)—and that dash of freshly ground pepper to give you that delicious, flavor-filled meal. Now there are over 200 Pepper Lunch outlets in Japan and all over Asia, including South Korea, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines.

Mesa
(located at the ground floor of the main mall, in front of BDO)

Thanks to food franchising and restaurant operations company OBIC APIL Inc, Mesa is now coming to SM Lipa. What makes Mesa different from other Filipino cuisine restaurants is its innovative twists to traditional cuisines while not losing the essence of the original recipe. For instance, Lechon, which is loved by all Filipinos for its crispy pork skin is made crispier and thus called “crispchon”. Our well-loved crispy pata on the other hand was made boneless. They also serve sea-foods like Prawns Wrapped in Egg Noodles and Crab in Salted Egg.

Shakeys
(located at the second floor of the main mall, beside Bon Chon)

Another addition to pizza places at SM Lipa is Shakeys. Having started its first store in Metro Manila back in 1975, Shakeys now operates with a strong store count of 177. This will be Shakeys’ second branch in Lipa City. Aside from pizza variations, their best sellers are its mojo potatoes, fried chicken and pasta.