Modernized Electric Vehicle in Lipa City

Lipa City witnessed samples of Electric Public Utility Vehicles or E-PUV paraded during the city fiesta where foreigners were on board to promote modern and environment-friendly transportation.

The Mandaragit E-PUVs were presented by Tojos Motors in partnership with Lipenos Transport Cooperative. The modern vehicles are first class PUV-standard set by DOTr with auto-fare collection system via tap payment engineered by 8D Digital Asia and Maxbank, GPS, Wifi, and CCTV. It has also a driver-controlled door system, emergency exit, and in also in the pipeline is the access ramp for PWD.

The 18 units are expected to be running by the end of second quarter of this year. As per directive of the government, interested owners should become a member of the transport cooperative operating the route. They should coordinate with the head of the cooperative, Mr. Peter Loyzaga.

Photo: Peejay Cueto
Source: Evan Quinay

Lipeños Cup of Lipa City National High School is Philippines' 4th Best School Paper

Lipeños Cup, the official school-community publication of Lipa City National High School, won Fourth Best High School Publication (English) in the Philippines for the second straight year.

Lipeños Cup was chosen as one of the best from about 170 competitive school publications from 17 regions of the country. The competition was held in Siliman University, Dumaguete City. Other awards won by the group are as follows:

4th Place — Best School Paper
1st Place — Best Layout and Page Design
6th Place — Best News Section
7th Place — Best Sports Section

Additionally, Forerunner (official school organ of San Jose Elementary School) also won two awards in the elementary category of the NSPC such as:

2nd Best Layout and Page Design
7th Best Features Section

photo: Leo Atienza

The Brahman's Journal: Back to Back Best Campus Magazine

The Brahmans' Journal, the official student publication of University of Batangas in Lipa City bested other campus magazine and was hailed once more as the Best Campus Magazine in the Luzonwide Higher Education Press Conference. The competition was held in Baguio City last Feb 28 until March 2 2018 at Supreme Hotel.

The Luzonwide Higher Education Press Conference is one of the prestigious contests on journalism in the country which includes regions 1 to 7 with some participants from Visayas and Mindanao.

The winning magazine of Brahman's this year was entitled LIPA, featuring the city itself and what's with Lipa that makes it one of the most developed and culture-rich city in the Philippines. From it's ancient history up to the living present and to its possible future; Lipa City keeps on moving and will still be moving.

Last year, they also brought home the same honor for their Humans of Batangas issue which includes Raphael Mijeno of SALt Lamp, Mayor Antonio Halili of Tanauan, Arven Bravo of Lipa City as Contemporary Patriot, among others.

Global East Asia Medical Center – Lipa

Global East Asia Medical Center will soon open in Lipa City and will be the first of its kind hospital in Southern Luzon. It will cater a multi-disciplinary subspecialty like Heart, Lung, Kidney, and Eye Center to name a few according to the plan.

Global East Asia Medical Center will provide modern and world class buildings and facilities. It will rise in about 12,000 square meters lot with approximately 150 bed capacity along JP Laurel Highway in Banay Banay. The hospital is expected to furnish environmentally friendly site by adopting “green” architecture towards better healthcare services & patient outcome.

The hospital is also advancing to provide medical technology innovation in the country. Also part of the plan, it will have helipad which will be used to transfer patient to and from other location. Long term, it is expected to adopt a renewable technology such as solar panel and rain water capture recycling technology for a sustainable energy source.

This new hospital has no estimated time of construction at this point but will definitely put the status of Lipa City as capital for medical needs in the south.

Expanding Commercial Areas of Lipa

Banay Banay & Levitown in Marawoy will be the next business centers in Lipa City after Toyota in Banay Banay and Jollibee in Levitown opened their branches.

We all know that Downtown of Lipa is the oldest trading center of the city while Uptown is the new lifestyle center of Lipenos and nearby towns along with the emerging areas of Tambo and Sabang.

Jollibee will soon be opening their 8th Lipa branch in Banay Banay that will surely attract other known establishments to follow while Levitown other than presence of private schools seems to have a promising commercial developments in the next 3 years based on social media business forums. Other establishments to watch for are The Outlets in Lipa in LIMA part of Bugtong, Dusit Lipa, and Lipa Town Center in Tambo.

Lipa's commercial area is truly expanding and should be the case to avoid congestion but Lipa Status is more interested on how both the local government and business establishments are working to avoid environmental issues of the city in the future.

Currently, Lipa is the most populated city in Batangas and has the most number of commercial establishments in the province.

2 Dusit Thani hotels to rise in Lipa City & Davao Gulf

2 Dusit Thani hotels to rise in Lipa City & Davao Gulf
Excerpts from Business World, Feb 8 2018

TORRE LORENZO Development Corp or TLDC, together with the Philippine Hoteliers, Inc. (PHI), announced on Wednesday that it will be developing a P1.9-billion Dusit Thani Hotel at Lubi Plantation in Davao Gulf and a P3-billion Dusit Princess Lipa Hotel in Batangas.

The Dusit Princess Lipa Hotel will house 152 rooms. The hotel will be inside a one-hectare complex set to include residential buildings, an international restaurant, and business center.

“There’s too much hype in Tagaytay, when really the growth is in Lipa. The presence in Lipa is in pursuit of our vision to be in fast growing secondary cities in the Philippines, and hopefully Lipa is be the first among many,” TLDC Chief Financial Officer Emmanuel A. Rapadas said in a press briefing in Makati yesterday.

The company looks to finish the project by 2021. Full story here: http://bworldonline.com/2-dusit-thani-hotels-rise-lipa-cit…/
Photo: from Torre Lorenzo website (Lipa Status added logo of Dusit Hotel)

MarLiCa Art Gym: Another First for Lipa

MarLiCa Art Gym is a place where beginner and seasoned artists who are interested in visual arts, come and work on their projects. It is a conducive environment for collaboration and sharing of ideas and skills.
Art Gym located in Inosluban, Lipa City was conceptualized 20 years ago by MarLiCa or Dr Marichu Carstensen who felt that there is no place that gives access to materials, instructions and a nurturing environment to young artists. They offer basic drawing, painting, sculpting, mosaic making, pottery and candle making without shelling out a fortune.
Starting at only 1,900 pesos you or your kids can enroll in Art Gym classes while sponsored membership is available to indigent students, unemployed and others with demonstrated financial need. For more details, please visit MarLiCa Art Gym page https://www.facebook.com/Marlica-Art-Gym-131968740822276/