The New Modern Side of Cebu Philippines 🇵🇭 2023

[@ericavendanio4540]

the beauty comes in the night time where the roses lights up....perfect for selfie...

[@lornaramirez6567]

i think these will be nicer than bgc very well planned i like the atmosphere its so elegantly design

[@dsmtgaming1763]

It would be better than bgc when its fully built… because it has access to many near world class resorts and its location is good because its mear the airport and beaches, it also has a combination of urban and tropical island vibes.

[@jabais125]

Mactan island is the battlefield of first Filipino hero Lapu-Lapu and Portuguese conquistador Magellan under the bannership of Spain. So, you can see mostly of the architectural designs are Spanish inspired because of historical events that happened in historical Mactan.

[@mitch8575]

Actually it was on matange beach on Camotes island

[@warayph]

Looks like the pre-developed BGC when it was only Market Market and some few furniture shops. And look at it now! Except for the beach and the fun-loving Visayan people which is an added attraction. Id buy a condo there if I still like the city life. Nice vlog today.

[@elekikyu3915]

Cordova is still quite a sleepy town distinct from Lapulapu City, but now with CCLEX, it's sure to be developed too. And there are several huge reclamation projects there to build new townships. The Mactan Newtown Beachwalk is easily one of the most exciting projects in Mactan, apart from the Seagrove Estate owned by Ayala in Punta Engaño.

[@rogue2791]

I don't know if you're still in Mactan but Kadaugan festival is almost there but it's on April 27th it is Mactan's own festival aside from Sinulog. Also there's a ton of resorts and condo development going on in that area like Tambuli Seaside living and Aruga by Rockwell to name a few. Il Corso Cebu is also a must visit starting at 5pm during the weekends they have a dountain show.

[@jstoli996c4s]

That particular Starbucks is probably the nicest one I’ve ever been in.

[@nielk799]

Currently CEBU has 2 major CBDs namely CEBU BUSINESS PARK and CEBU IT PARK. also alot are underconstruction like SRP, MANDANY BAY and alot more.

[@lenseofanomad]

yup, i was there last year! they keep trying to advertise and lure foreign investments!

[@dsmtgaming1763]

also has developing CBDs like Gatewalk district, South Coast City, City de mare

[@apartmentpreppers]

Makes me want to visit Cebu. Keep up the great work!

[@lenseofanomad]

do it! its underrated

[@evepalisada2640]

Great video showing us the best and latest development at Cebu....you described it thoroughly and interestingly...not to mention the flavorful food(s) of your choice. What a delight watching all of Mergim's videos. Take care...God bless.

[@fatimaechavez]

Good morning. Early upload… Mergim I watched your Vlog everyday while having breakfast.

[@bernadetteoneill7014]

Wow! Lovely for a wedding venue, the white artificial roses. Enjoy Mactan, Mergim. 😊🌹😍

[@manuelcamomot5152]

Enjoy your stay at Cebu City .

[@abepagtama3803]

Wow, your in In our Megaworld Newtown Mactan Island Township in Mactan Island Cebu. Watching from Beaumont CA #IAmMegaworldAbePagtama

[@nightwing4065]

The Mactan Newtown looks like the BGC version of Cebu. 👍

[@jessasoliano797]

True, bec its newer and more modern than IT Park, which used to be Cebu's modern district.

[@jcrew6190]

You rock Jerry!

[@maricelamoda8755]

Watching you vlogs we can able to see the beautiful places in the Philippines..That is the advantage of being a vlogger..Goodluck to your journey Mergim.

[@bornedz9515]

Good Morning Mergim have nice day🏊🌺🏄💐🇵🇭

[@graceantonio3573]

Megaworld has a beach property as well in Boracay. We toured it as the agent was offering the development of condo & community over there. It was still on its early stage in 2012 when we daw it but I've heared these days its up, the buildings & some commercial spaces.

[@danielito3766]

I love philippines❤

[@nzsl368]

some of the "gentrifying" developments in cebu include: 1) i.t. park (hundred of houses were recently demolished (mostly military occupants since the 1980s) to make way for the expansion of the i.t. park 10 years from now, i.t. park will become a mini-bgc 2) mandani bay in mandaue city 3) south reclamation projects btw, most of the residential villages are now relocated in talamban area there are hundreds or thousands of residences in talamban that are mushrooming since the year 2000 ~•~ i don't know if mactan newtown will push through they will create one of the largest malls in cebu with a white sand beach yes, mactan newtown has a white sand beach (i think at the back / as shown in the video) it will be a billion-peso project probably, one of its kind in the country

[@jessasoliano797]

I think Mactan Newtown's advantage is the beach and the water sports and activities.

[@WallStreetIceCream]

Interesting

[@maritesvlogs96]

Now there are flights from Baguio to Cebu and vice versa so i can visit Cebu this year. Enshallah.

[@jstoli996c4s]

I’m looking forward to visiting Baguio now, 1.5 hour flight from Cebu vs 4-5 bus ride from Manila!

[@rac23ph]

McDonald's Philippines are owned by Golden Acres Development Corporation which is formerly Mc George Foods and the CEO is Kenneth T. Yang some other branches which are mostly franchised are owned by individual businesses and some of which are Mega World Properties and Holdings the CEO is Andrew Tan they have also acquired the ownership of Fundador Brandy of Spain and the manufacturer of Emperador Brandy some of the franchised Mc Donald branches are owned by Megaworld...👍

[@perlitaenriquez5131]

Mergim, u should try to visit Olango in Cebu. There is a pathwalk of mangrove going to seaside, water is vrystal clear.

[@mylesaway79]

We’re used to go there on that beach when it was not owned by Megaworld yet, I forgot it’s name back then lol getting old now living in Wellington NZ 😂😂😂🇳🇿🇵🇭 Oh it’s Portofino beach 🏝️

[@jessasoliano797]

Yes Portofino beach, that's also the reason why there's already a lot of people, bec it's been there even before Megaworld bought it.

[@ignaciomacasdizonjr6047]

wo...wo...wow I always enjoy watching ur vlog.... Thank u .. Mergim ...

[@mikeealtiveros137]

Actually that’s a bit sad. Because the developments of Megaworld turns each town into Europe. It’s good if they create properties showcasing Philippine architecture.

[@perlaaguinaldo]

Thats amazing view with white roses is that here in the phils.OMG so beautiful thanks mergim for sharing this place .👍✌🙏😍🇵🇭😄

[@renealcid6708]

Are those LED light roses?Would definitely make that place stand out at night! Thanks for the vlog and places we could visit.

[@renzericsongabuya7842]

Cross Olanggo island then eat the Sea Urchin (Swaki) and Spider Shell (Sa-ang). enjoy biking around the beauty of the island. You can choose eithe Angasil Port or Punta Engaño port...

[@donnabarnaiha6880]

sooooo sad, I have not seen you, I worked in Concentrix... Would be happy to meet you and have a picture with you... :)

[@floren879]

Love that area New Town Mactan, Cebu

[@garyjeffries1041]

😂I'm glad I found your channel at random last night I am huge it comes to aviation/airline industry 😊 yourplane looked like an airbus A321

[@evepinochannel285]

The roses will lit during the night

[@wavemaker2077]

Concentrix is a BPO company. They might have leased some part of the mall for their business operation. I'm amazed that Megaworld was able to get a land that big in Cebu. That is actually a very good location because there is a beach within the property of Megaworld.

[@analoulabrador5988]

They are not on a mall, they rented floors for offices, and its in the condo units converted to offices. There is only a very small mall on the way up to the office.

[@pad9x]

a lot of these 'new town' developments all look and feel the same, so you're not wrong to say it's "like BGC".

[@kuysvonito6688]

Thank you for exploring Cebu for us. Ride safe Chairman and enjoy

[@jerryd9124]

Hey dude. What camera do you use for blogging? GoPro and IPhone? You’re videos are awesome!

[@elekikyu3915]

Yes, definitely watch out for the Kadaugan sa Mactan festival on 27th April! It's to commemorate the Filipino hero Lapu-Lapu's win against Magellan.

[@observations2011]

Im a bit skeptical about the prices of the units.For a 50 sqm floor area at 8. to 10M is prohibitive considering that recession is just around the corner. Their prospective clients again are foreigners. Americans who choose to live here are mostly dependent on their social security. Maybe repricing the product can help.

[@doncorleone7940]

Just put a mall on a remote place and that location would be developed eventually.

[@KiLDELTA]

There are Airbnb units in newtown

[@memsbergado8529]

Never been in Cebu ☺️. One day I’m going to visit Cebu!

[@lenseofanomad]

you should! i was there last year

[@yoyoyo3531]

Il be there in 4 weeks

[@yoyoyo3531]

​@@lenseofanomad favourite spots you went to?

[@lenseofanomad]

@@yoyoyo3531 yes ive got a few, ask questions, ill be back in august of this year.

[@theAnxiouschristian]

Great stuff

[@reyzuna]

BGC is the exact copy of Singapore so they should mentioned the next Singapore :D I am now sitting on a table here at Krispy Kreme Burgos lols

[@lorenclark5537]

Yea cebu is nice ,i saw ur vlog but u been to in place wre i live now in mactan newtown

[@marydexplorer6370]

Ohh Cebu..one in my bucket list..hope to visit 1day❤..tc M.

[@lenseofanomad]

you should, its underrated!

[@lenseofanomad]

I was there last year from USA, spent two weeks and will be back this august for two months!

[@marydexplorer6370]

@@lenseofanomad that's nice..🙂 haven't been in Cebu yet..hope I can go there one day

[@precyjardin]

Waaahhh how they put that artificial flowers ❤❤❤❤

[@renzericsongabuya7842]

Try cross to Olanggo island Mergim.

[@terrystevens2306]

Hi Mergim. Did you know you can invest in a megawold hotel too? My wife and I are considering that .

[@kirovibes]

Yay!

[@armin_nicolas]

Oh 10000 Roses are open now. Last year its under renovation due to previous thyphoon.

[@angkolmojoph2710]

what camera did u use mate?

[@bisayakaayo8595]

check out olango island as well

[@bisayakaayo8595]

nice area in mactan

[@kalolavlogs4460]

My hometown Mactan

[@jomazerud]

You should ask Megaworld to take you to their new property in Bacolod City called the Upper East.

[@abepagtama3803]

I’m glad you mention about our township in Bacolod City.#IAmMegaworldAbePagtama

[@eldybones517]

Glad to know that that muffin is what you see from the picture is what you actually get. Hope others will follow. Pinoys deserve better service

[@julesdeguzman320]

Mergim, what happened to the bird you had in your condo?

[@sarahjanesepe8471]

Wanted to meet you while you are in Lapulapu City

[@maylinrt2498]

Road to 100k😊

[@get2riz]

Mergim -- The Trilla is Mactan is Magellan v. Lapu Lapu.

[@arniehere]

nice

[@danielito3766]

Wow

[@richardsaturay5562]

Hello🎉🎉🎉

[@kuysvonito6688]

Battle of Mactan 1521 Lapu-Lapu killed Magellan

[@henrymathews8844]

CEBU IS NICE

[@gamerwits4329]

Mornin chairman

[@johnpaolobas1036]

Hopefully Cebu will be better than Manila soon, I love your vlogs sir keep it up

[@laylacodilla4805]

Chairman M amping sa byahi 😊🤩

[@dvdhr1]

megaworld just got a good exposure

[@mieragil2841]

hey mergim, i like your wallet. Where d'you bought it?

[@nessnala7254]

White roses looks weird and no leaves? But they look pretty.

[@elizavasquez4171]

Why do you have to pay every time you enter? What is inside there that you have to pay?

[@denniszenanywhere]

Can anyone tell me if Cebu is as competitive for jobs as Manila now?

[@johnmichaelcanares2633]

YES. You will find quite a lot of Tagalog speaking folks migrated here for job opportunities, aside from foreigners. I worked in a company years ago where I had a french, american, and a nepalese officemates. Also my brother in law is from Bicol, and we have a lot of neighbors in our subdivision who are from Luzon. Cebu's economy is growing in a rapid pace actually. Mactan Newtown is not the only promising CBD in the metro too, there are quite a lot. Mandani Bay (also by the coast), City di Mare, South Coast City (also by the coast), NuStar Resort, Minglanilla Techno Business Park, to name a few.

[@denniszenanywhere]

@@johnmichaelcanares2633 That's really good to hear. I'll google those places or better, we can ask Mergim to go and vlog about these places.

[@johnmichaelcanares2633]

@@denniszenanywhere Actually, Mergim has already featured the incomplete NuStar Resort, and has unknowingly entered the grounds of City di Mare during Sinulog. But yes, I agree. He should feature these to showcase the growth of Cebu. All of these I mentioned are actually under-construction now. These are not just plans, these are actually happening.

[@denniszenanywhere]

@@johnmichaelcanares2633 Good to know last time I was there was in 2003. Are the salaries there just as good as in Manila?

[@jessasoliano797]

Yes it is. Cebu is the center or business hub in all of the Visayas and probably Mindanao region.

[@leandrobrosula3262]

❤️🇵🇭💪

[@mrjackbagginz]

Chairman of bgc and chairman of cebu

[@myrnalicmoan5077]

I never been there

[@jetbisayaadventures1437]

I don’t see a solid reason why Theres an entrance fee and the ridiculous fake roses. Why can’t put it up not on the ground, and so they can use the space instead! Whose ideas is that! It a wrong idea for sure. Red colors is better but white is boring as well.

[@johnmichaelcanares2633]

It's for night time, all of it will lit up at night. It's a replica to what's been done in Korea.

[@vonespinosa7055]

CEBU

[@willyvasquez8531]

So very expensive a condo unit

[@rosevee1943]

Mega World is the developer of BGC.

[@henryop8566]

Mergim...we have been following you for almost a year now..we plan to stay in BGC, rent a condominium for like 1 year, how can I reach you or sent you an email.

[@MergimVlogsYT]

Email is in the description

[@eyeseeyu]

There are elements that signify this is a delayed telecast 😅😅😅

[@SirLavik]

Comment

[@rhorlandas]

The Coffee sucks already tried it there...

[@arniehere]

bitin

[@mikeealtiveros137]

Yung bata nadapa 2:33 hoho

[@mikenelson1624]

☀️✨👍🫶😎⚪️

[@realtalkerrr]

maybe just like on a bit but cant and will never be like BGC

[@johnmichaelcanares2633]

We'll see.

[@realtalkerrr]

@@johnmichaelcanares2633 tagal nang mactan new town yan, di pa rin ma ubos condo taga cebu ka kasi dito ka sa manila yung condo sa BGC pre selling pa lng klahati ubos na. BGC vibes pwede

[@CarlesDeSantes]

I hate to say this but they're just wasting the space for those 10k artificial white roses. And it doesn't even look good. Lol

[@wavemaker2077]

I agree. Why not plant real white roses? I think white roses really exist.

[@elizavasquez4171]

You are absolutely right. Twenty pesos to enter for nothing.

[@brodixtv4993]

it will light up at night..its a nice place for photo op

[@gilbertlimboy1543]

Maybe they might change the color of the roses every a month or a year

[@gilbertlimboy1543]

Or maybe they put some light of the rose after the sunset

[@PretzelKid]

8 million for 500 sq. foot condo SUCKS Dude

[@jpny4750]

10k artificial roses is nice?!?!?! Are you joking? Look up “kitsch” next time, LOL

[@danieljavier8174]

Iloilo business park mas better than Cebu.

[@paksit7117]

e utot na kabag lang tan o mamuson ka😂

[@KevsPlayGames]

Nice