ILOILO: HEART of the PHILIPPINES

There's a huge renewed interest in the revival of Iloilo City's Calle Real and it's taking shape slowly but surely. Well, not really slowly for within the last two years or so, what we have only dreamt of in the past was becoming a reality. A number of heritage buildings are now being restored courtesy of the Iloilo Cultural Heritage Foundation Inc and the Iloilo City Cultural Heritage Conservation Council . Both organizations work together in making these restorations works with the latter providing preservation and conservation guidelines for the former to execute and maintain together with the current owners. As of now there are already around 10 buildings that have been or almost restored and most of them are along JM Basa Street. A recent article published on SunStar Iloilo  heightened the interest of the Ilonggos as it was proposed that Calle Real/JM Basa street become a public park.  "CALLE Real in Iloilo City is envisioned to become a public park f