Economy of Roxas City

Roxas City has an agri-based economy. Farming and fishing are the major economic activities which claim 37.05% of the city’s total land area. Although agricultural, the city is now moving towards commercialization and industrialization as it is the center of trade and commerce not only in the province of Capiz but also in the northern part of Panay Island.

The city gets its power from the Capiz Electric Cooperative (CAPELCO). The Metro Roxas Water District (MRWD) supplies drinking water to the populace. Supplementing the water supplied by Metro Roxas Water District (MRWD) are wells with hand pumps and artesian wells which are constructed through the Barangay Water Program (BWP) and Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

The city's urban area now expanded to the southern part primarily on the site of the 300 hectare master-planned city within a city,Pueblo de Panay, which aims to build a new business district that would connect the Lawaan and Sibaguan highways. It is already occupied by several restaurants and hotels and Robinsons Place Roxas. Roxas City is experiencing a real estate boom" with conversions of shponds into subdivisions and commercial areas.

The National Port of Culasi and Roxas Airport serve as the main gateway to the city from the capital city of Manila. Philippine Airlinesand Cebu Pacific Air has a daily flight to/from Manila and Mid-Sea Express serves the Roxas - Cebu route. The M/V Love-1 of Moreta Shipping Lines provides shipping going to Manila North Harbor and The Super Shuttle RoRo links Culasi to Batangas.

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St. Martin of Tours Parish Church

St. Martin of Tours Parish Church

St. Martin of Tours Parish ChurchIt is 200 feet long and 50 feet wide. The walls are 3 feet thick and made of yellow sandstone. It has two doors at its side and one main doorway in front. There are six windows at each side with columns between them reaching to the roof. These are also small buttresses at the sides. The façade is decorated with small columns. At the front left side of the church is the five-story belfry housing 5 bells of different sizes, all made in 1881.The church's interior is shaped like a cross. The church was finished in 1872 when Fr. Andel Abasolo was parish priest of the town.

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Suhot Cave And Spring

Suhot Cave And Spring

Suhot Cave & Spring in Dumalag, CapizSituated in Dumalag, Capiz and only 300 meters from the provincial road, It is actually a series of interconnected caverns of different sizes. At the cave's arched entrance is a pool of clear, ice cold water fed by a rock spring from within the cave. Further on, however, is a crack in the rocks where sulfurous water comes out. Suhot is believed to have a connecting tunnel to the Badiang Cave, Dumarao Since both caves are found in the same mountain only 6 km apart from each other but Badiang is on a higher elevation. On the other hand, entrance to Badiang is hidden by dense jungle. In pre-war days, phosphate was said to have been extracted from the cave but it was a short-live effort.

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Balisong Cave

Balisong Cave

Balisong Cave in Pilar, CapizApproximately one and a half km from the poblacion by jeepneys, tricycles and cars over rough roads: About two years ago,At the Balisong Cave where the Capiz Revolucionarios routed the Spanish soldiers, townspeople discovered earthen pots carved with intricate designs. The cave must have been burial sites of pre-Spanish Filipinos.  This is where the greatest Capiznon hero, Juan Arce of Sigma, Capiz died. At the side of the cave is a spectacular sight of a mountain. A grayish black rock rising up to 200 ft. to the sky: Plants, orchids among them hang from the cliffs, blooming in the summer and filling the air with exotic fragrance.

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Kipot Cave

Kipot Cave

Located at Brgy.Burias, Mambusao, 30-minute ride; about 3 km. from Capiz State University, Mambusao campus or around 9 kms from the town proper. Wild birds, deer and wild ducks abound the place. Near the cave is a stream. The cave consists of many chambers each at a different level. Certain sections of the cave seem like dead ends except for small openings measuring 2 to 3 feet through which only one person can crawl. These holes lead to the main chamber which is as big as a hotel ballroom which is why it is dubbed as the "Kipot Hilton".

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Paraiso Del Rio

Paraiso Del Rio

Located at Brgy.Tumalalod, Mambuaso offers a totally contrasting experience: an adventure and thrill in a serene exotic woodland; a truly back to nature experience. Enjoy a river safari in bamboo raft as the boatmen skillfully navigate in river dam teeming with a variety of freshwater fish, and the surrounding wilderness is home to unique flora and fauna.

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Pangilatan Falls

Pangilatan Falls

Pangilatan Falls in Tapaz, CapizLocated in Brgy. Artuz, Tapaz, Capiz is composed of a main waterfalls which has a water drop off of about 81 ft., countless mini falls whose water drop offs are between less than a foot to as high as 7 ft., the total length of which is at least 3.5 kms and could go as far as 8 kms; and a viewing area on the highest point of Brgy. Artuz where one could see the rolling hills and mountains of Tapaz and neighboring towns as far as Calinog, Iloilo in the south and Libacao, Aklan in the north, which could rival the famous chocolate hills of Bohol.

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