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Saturday, January 9, 2016

Dakilang Sitenta: La Salle Araneta's 70th Founding Anniversary Celebration

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On our 70th year let us celebrate greatness! Let us revel in our great stories. Let us live it up and gear towards more great years in the University!

Tara sa La Salle Araneta at ipagdiwang ang ating ‪#‎DakiLangSitentA!

See you all on January 25 to 31, 2015!

The University prides itself on being the only Veterinary School in Metro Manila and the first Private Educational Institution to offer Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences in the country. What is now known as De La Salle Araneta University (DLSAU) is the former Gregorio Araneta University Foundation (GAUF).

It started as an Agricultural School in a 60-hectare farm in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan as Araneta Institute of Agriculture (AIA) in 1946. One year later, the campus transferred to Victoneta Park in Malabon City, which has been the site until today.

DLSAU is a member of the De La Salle Philippines, Inc., a formal association of Lasallian educational institutions in the Philippines. ‪#‎UnleashingGreatness

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The Philippines’ real estate sector, despite having a somewhat restrained performance in 2015, is far from experiencing a downturn. In fact, real estate developers launched more ambitious projects last year not just in Metro Manila but in other cities as well, and these players are earmarking record capital expenditures, ensuring that the sector’s momentum is sustained over the next few years.

With this, many of the country’s cities will surely benefit from all these real estate investments. Lamudi Philippines lists down some of these cities property buyers and investors should watch out for in 2016.

1. Taguig

Taguig’s population is projected to reach almost 1 million by 2020, which will make it the NCR’s fourth more populous (after Quezon City, Caloocan, and Manila) and the Philippines’s ninth. The city’s real estate sector has been on an upswing ever since Fort Bonifacio was privatized. Several projects now are underway, most notably Megaworld’s McKinley West and Ayala Land’s Arca South. Access to and from the airport (particularly Terminals 1 and 2) and to Coastal Road will also improve when the flyover connecting C.P. Garcia Avenue to the Moonwalk Access Road and West Service Road is finally completed.

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Due to a number of reported incidents, the Department of Energy (DOE) warns the general public on the dangers of using “LPG-refilled butane canisters” for household consumption. Butane canisters are used only on a “one time” basis and must never be refilled with LPG, which has a higher pressure than butane, and thus may cause accidents (i.e., explosion, fire, etc.) while in use.

The DOE emphasized that these butane canisters are not intended and designed to be refilled, more so with LPG. Based on existing Philippine National Standards for gas containers, only “welded steel cylinders” are designed for storage, transport and distribution of LPG for domestic consumption.

The DOE would also like to reiterate Department Circular DC2014-01-0001 which outlines the rules and regulations governing the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Industry, especially the sets of standards for compliance of all LPG Industry participants (i.e., refiners, importers, refillers, marketers, and even haulers). The circular also stated that illegal or “backyard refilling” of butane canisters is also strictly prohibited under the DOE rules and regulations, as its unsafe operations and substandard facilities posed danger not only within the area but also on its immediate vicinity.