SMDC enters Cavite with P3-billion condo project

SM DEVELOPMENT Corp. (SMDC) launched on Tuesday a P3-billion high-rise condominium building in Dasmariñas, Cavite, where it aims to take advantage of the large student population in the area.

Green 2 Residences marks SMDC’s first project in Cavite, which will have a total of three towers sitting on a 1.6-hectare lot surrounded by De La Salle University (DLSU) Dasmariñas, De La Salle Health Sciences Institute, and Emilio Aguinaldo College Cavite.

“We have started now to expand outside the metropolis. Our latest offering, Green 2, is our first project in Cavite. We are inspired by the success of our school hub projects, starting with Sun Residences in University Belt, Blue Residences in Ateneo, Green in La Salle, and these have had very strong rental income for our buyers,” SMDC Executive Vice-President Jose Mari H. Banzon said in a media roundtable in Makati City on Tuesday.

The three universities in Dasmariñas have an estimated student population of over 20,000, which SMDC estimates would grow at by 2% annually.

“We interviewed the schools there and found out that only 700 beds of formal dormitory setup are available. There is a great lack in supply to students. Even as we see the student population growing, dormitories and the schools are not growing at the same pace,” Mr. Banzon said.

These areas are what SMDC calls “University Towns,” where students are expected to take up most of the developments. With this, the company is primarily targeting investors to buy the properties and then rent them out to students.

“There are two ways of investing in the area and leasing out the business. If you have a unit, you can rent it out to students for a long-term lease, you can serve the college population… We also have an alternative market for short-term lease rates… for faculty members that are visiting, doctors and nursing staff, parents of visiting children, conferences and seminars in the campus,” Mr. Banzon explained, noting the high yields for other properties.

For instance, units at the first Green Residences tower, located across DLSU along Taft Avenue, now have an average value of P2.7 million, higher than its P1.9-million average selling price in 2011.

Green 2 Residences’ first tower will offer 1,057 units across 19 floors, with a total of 487 parking lots set to serve all three towers in the development. The ground floor will house a retail area, while amenities will be found on the second floor. This includes a swimming pool, multipurpose lawns, and study halls (constructed in Phase 1), a fitness gym (Phase 2), and a covered porch and function hall (Phase 3). There are 971 studio units available, spanning between 18.98 square meters (sq.m.) to 19.32 sq.m., and priced from P2.6 million to P2.9 million. Two-bedroom units (33.97 sq.m.) are priced between P5 million to P5.2 million, while two-bedroom end units are sold at P4.4 million to P4.5 million.

On average, each sq.m. in the development is valued at P143,000. Turnover for the first phase will start in October 2021.

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What Duterte is doing better than Aquino

First of 2 parts

IT may grab headlines and sell newspapers, but don’t pay attention to all this talk about the people rising up against President Rodrigo Duterte, and backing detractors and destabilizers led by his predecessor Benigno Aquino 3rd’s camp.

‘Get real’ is the message to the yellows and the communist reds from the 80-something percent of Filipinos backing Duterte in survey after survey by Pulse Asia, Social Weather Stations (SWS), EON Philippine Trust Index, and last week, the Pew Research Center, a leading United States pollster.

It’s not hard to see why 86 percent of Filipinos back Duterte in the Pew survey, with 41 percent very favorable toward him, and huge majorities approving his handling of the economy (80 percent), illegal drugs (78 percent), crime (68 percent), corruption (66 percent), and terrorism (64 percent).

Quite simply, the numbers show that President Rodrigo Duterte is doing better than his predecessor on the big concerns of ordinary people: law and order, corruption, the economy, public services and facilities, and foreign affairs.

On the law and order issue that got Duterte elected, the Philippine National Police reports that crime is down by about one-third overall. The latest SWS crime survey done two months ago found that record-low levels of property crime (3.1 percent of families affected), physical violence (0.6 percent), and all kinds of crime (3.7 percent).

Compare that to the tripling of lawless incidents under Aquino, from 324,083 in 2010 to more than 1 million a year in 2013 and 2014, as reported by the Philippine Statistics Authority.

Duterte’s war on drugs makes Aquino’s effort look like a non-campaign, with first-year achievements exceeding those for several years in the past government: 86,984 arrests, 152 drug dens closed, nine methamphetamine labs dismantled, 64,397 police operations conducted, on top of 1.3 million surrenderers and P82 billion worth of narcotics seizures reported.

For sure, many Filipinos, not to mention foreign governments and world organizations, are disturbed by more than 3,000 suspects killed in police operations, and thousands of other killings believed to be drug-related.

But after the recent youth killings in Caloocan, the narco-carnage is over, with new suspect deaths sure to face massive state and media scrutiny and zero presidential backing. And with the body count dropping, nationwide killings of all kinds would fall well below the 11,000 to 16,000 a year recorded in past regimes.

The race to spend and build

Turning to economic programs, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno is pushing hard to avoid Aquino-era underspending. After stepping down in June 2016, Aquino III boasted that he left Duterte some P1 trillion in budget funds unspent.

Diokno takes no pride in failing to fully utilize state resources. From about 13 percent of annual budgets in 2014 and 2015, he slashed underspending to 3.6 percent last year, and just 0.4 percent in the first half of this year.

This drive to implement programs and projects is crucial to President Duterte’s Build, Build, Build public works plan, which aims to double infrastructure spending from the longtime average of 3 percent of gross domestic product, to 5 to 7 percent by 2022.

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said this week that the government should finish about half of the 75 flagship projects to be started under President Duterte. Among them: the country’s new main international gateway in Clark, its rail link to Manila, and the first segment of the Mindanao railway in the Davao region.

Plus: the long-overdue repair and upgrading of the Metro Rapid Transit 3 system, which fell into woeful disrepair due to mismanagement and anomalous contracts in the Aquino years. The Duterte administration is now considering an MRT3 takeover and investment proposal from a consortium led by PLDT chairman Manuel Pangilinan.

Bottom line: After years of under spending and slow infrastructure, Filipinos are now seeing their taxes not just collected, but spent. And even more will be harnessed for development under the five-tranche tax reform program to rationalize and boost revenue collection.

With more vigorous government and private sector spending, poverty and hunger are falling. Self-rated poverty measured by SWS has averaged 44 percent under Duterte so far, down from about 48 percent in Aquino’s last year.

Self-rated hunger in the second quarter of 2017 dropped below 10 percent for the first time since 2004, when SWS changed its survey process, leading to double-digit ratios. And the hunger fell particularly among the self-rated poor households and in all regions of the country.

We’ll look at the security and corruption front on Thursday. Then one can decide if Filipinos have any reason to oust Duterte and bring back the yellow regime they voted out last year.

Termination of Busan awaiting Tugade’s OK

Two transport undersecretaries have recommended the firing of the slipshod MRT-3 maintenance contractor. Separate probes by the Commission on Audit, the Senate, and the House of Representatives point to the same. All warn of dangers to riders’ safety, and cite breaches of obligations for convenience and reliability.

Riders were in fact injured last week when a train – again – suddenly braked due to signaling failure. The government already has paid Busan Universal Rail Inc. (BURI) P650 million since Jan. 2016. More money will be wasted as BURI continues to bill the transport department P55 million a month till Dec. 2018.

The commuter railway awaits Sec. Arthur Tugade’s action for the sake of riders and the government.

Three weeks ago, Sept. 6, Usec. for Rails Cesar Chavez reiterated to Tugade the need to remove BURI. Updating his memo of July 17, he enumerated the breakdowns:

• Jan.-Dec. 2016 – 63 service stoppages and 586 incidents of passenger unloading due to broken trains, signaling, tracks, and power supply, for a total of 649, or nearly twice a day; plus 2,705 train removals due to malfunctions;

• Jan.-July 2017: 38 service shutdowns and 246 times of train unloading due to brake, signaling, and auto-door failures, smoke and sparks, for a total of 284; plus 1,116 train removals; and

• Apr.-May 2017: five derailments, fortunately all when the trains were running slow about to enter the depot, but occurring right after the supposed intensive yearly maintenance check on Holy Week, Apr. 13-16 – unprecedented in MRT-3’s 17 years of operation.

Disputing BURI’s alibis of MRT-3 design flaws and age of the trains, Chavez contends that the breakdowns were preventable. Not only was the maintenance sloppy, he said. BURI also failed in its obligation to field 20 trains during the morning and afternoon peak hours, and 15 during non-peak. It failed as well to timely procure and stockpile crucial spare parts, thus delaying replacements and repairs. Maintenance records are a mess.

BURI lacked precaution, Chavez said. The post-checkup derailments were due to broken axles, nuts, and bolts. The breakdowns in 2017 mostly involved signaling, the system that electronically keeps safe distances between trains, automatically brakes coaches to avert collision, and opens doors in emergencies. An audit by the MRT-3 signaling supplier Bombardier showed that BURI installed unspecified spares. Sensitive signaling equipment were modified without Bombardier’s consent.

Usec. for Legal Reinier Yebra reviewed BURI’s P3.8-billion contract, noting Chavez’s findings about the maintenance. He said that BURI failed to meet its deadlines to overhaul 13 of 43 contracted coaches by end-2016. Since this comprised more than 10 percent unfulfilled obligation, Yebra recommended termination of this contract component. He also computed P46.4 million in liquidated damages to be imposed on BURI for its default.

Yet another contract component, total replacement of the signaling system, was deemed unnecessary. The existing signaling was upgraded only in Oct. 2015, and needs no replacement, only proper maintenance. Yebra outlined the process of terminating the contract.

Sen. Grace Poe’s committee on public services has verified the poor maintenance. BURI executives were confronted in various hearings and cautioned not to lie about maintenance records and expenses.

In house hearings, Rep. Jericho Nograles (Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta) exposed illegalities in the contract. Despite its huge amount, there was no public bidding, only closed-door negotiation.

The talks were with a supposed joint venture of Busan Transport Corp. of Korea with Filipino companies Edison Construction Development Corp., Tramat Mercantile Inc., TMI Corp., and Castan Corp. It turned out later, Nograles discovered, that no such joint venture was ever registered or even applied for at the Securities and Exchange Commission.

During the talks, amounts arbitrarily were assigned for various contract works and expenses. This included multimillion-peso overpricing of water to clean the coaches daily, paint for the depot and guide ways (which are not painted anyway), and janitorial services (P83,566 a month per janitor).

The P3.8-billion contract was signed by a mere undersecretary Edwin Lopez. That was illegal, Nograles said, because the department secretary, then Joseph Abaya, should sign contracts above P10 million.

The COA is requesting Tugade to submit documents on the legality of the joint venture, if any. It said that BURI was organized only later to bill and collect in behalf of the joint venture.

The COA questioned BURI’s authority, as a mere financial conduit, to discuss technical matters with the Transport Department and MRT-3. It echoed Nograles’s point that BURI has no valid contract with the government since it is undercapitalized at only P500 million. By law, the contractor’s capital must be higher than the contract amount.

Chavez, Yebra, and Nograles agreed that a Maintenance Transition Team immediately shall be formed upon termination of BURI. The team shall consist of present MRT-3 staff, those from the sister Light Rail Transit Authority, and BURI technicians who were taken in from the former long-time maintenance servicer Sumitomo of Japan. Public bidding shall be held within two weeks for a new long-term maintenance contract.

Nograles said Tugade immediately should terminate BURI as passengers’ lives and limbs are at stake. “Sec. Tugade should stop procrastinating,” he said. “He should also file plunder charges against the transport officials and cohorts in the anomalous contract.”

http://www.philstar.com/opinion/2017/09/27/1743060/termination-busan-awaiting-tugades-ok

In latest tirade vs. ABS-CBN, Duterte lashes out at owner 'Gabby Concepcion'

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday lambasted TV network ABS-CBN anew for allegedly not airing his campaign ads during the presidential elections, but invited a dash of comedy to his tirade after mixing up the name of the media company's chairman.

"Sino naka-p— ina ninyong lahat. Ikaw? Gabby Lopez, mukha kang pera, p— ina ka. Eh totoo man. Eh sus," Duterte said at the 120th anniversary of the Department of Justice in the Philippine International Convention Center.

Earlier in the speech, Duterte had mentioned Eugenio "Gabby" Lopez III, the chairman of ABS-CBN Corporation.

"ABS-CBN, isa ka pa. Dapat na-hostage ka si Gabby Lopez doon, isali kita," he said after he recalled the hostage-taking in the Davao Penal Colony during the early years of his mayorship.

But later in his rant, he mentioned Concepcion, who stars in GMA-7's hit series "Ika-6 na Utos".

Duterte corrected himself the third time he referred to Lopez.

"Makinig ka, Gabby Lopez — nag-place ako ng advertisement. Tinanggap ninyo ‘yung pera kong two million para kasi wala akong advertisement," he said.

"Tanggap nang tanggap kasi kayo ng pera in the name of greed. Tanggap ng pera tapos kung makasalita kayo pati ‘yung Inquirer, kaming mga––kung babuyin ninyo kaming mga taga-gobyerno, you picture us to be the corrupt o ano. Excuse me. Unfortunately, hindi ako ganoon. I would not have survived," he added.

ABS-CBN has been a frequent target of Duterte's rants, with the President accusing the network of accepting funds from him without airing his political ads.

Interestingly, Duterte also brought up in his speeches actress Sharon Cuneta, Concepcion's ex-wife and longtime onscreen partner.

Last month, Concepcion, was flanked next to Matteo Guidicelli, Paul Jake Castillo, Bubbles Paraiso, Dyan Castillejo, Kim Atienza, Piolo Pascual, Gerald Anderson, Jake Cuenca, Enchong Dee, Kim Chiu, Ryza Cenon, Janice de Belen, Ariel Rivera, Ronaldo Valdez, Eddie Gutierrez, Pilar Pilapil, Mickey Ferriols, Mylene Dizon, Gloria Sevilla, Helen Gamboa, Agot Isidro, Coco Martin, Zanjoe Marudo, Julia Montes, Bing Loyzaga, Ayen Munji-Laurel, Diether Ocampo, Gina Pareño, Cherry Pie Picache, Eric Quizon, Coney Reyes, Jolo Revilla, Dante Rivero, Nonie Buencamino, Dimples Romana, Sylvia Sanchez, Ellen Adarna, Ria Atayde, David Chua, Anjo Damilles, Isabelle Daza-Semblat, JC de Vera, Robi Domingo, Ejay Falcon, Josef Elizalde, Mikee Lee, Xian Lim, John Lapus, Elmo Magalona, Nina Jose-Quiambao, Maxene Magalona, Shaina Magdayao, Jessy Mendiola, Sam Milby, Arci Munoz, Maricar Reyes-Poon, Maja Salvador, Arron Villaflor, Arthur Solinap, Dominic Roco, Jace Flores, Mike Tan, JC Tiuseco, Jose Manalo, Luis Alandy, Marco Alcaraz, Ian Batherson, band vocalists Rico Blanco and Champ Lui Pio, Derek Ramsay, Aljur Abrenica, Jestoni Alarcon, Lemuelle Pelayo, Lance Raymundo, Regine Angeles, Paolo Serrano, Junjun Quintana, Guji Lorenzana, Dawn Chang, Ella Guevarra, Johan Santos, Raffy Tejada, Cisum Ian Realeza, Lao Rodriguez, Bart Guingona, Gil Wagas, Jr., Jason Dy, Mari Kaimo, Joyce Ann Burton, Zeppi Borromeo, Pooh, Tiptip Fucoy, Delphine Buencamino, Vincent Lim, Carlos Morales, Nathaniel Britt, Benj Bolivar, June Macasaet, Prince De Guzman, Denisse Aguilar, Natalia Moon, Akiko Solon, Ian Galliguez, Erin Ocampo, Elisse Joson, Josh Ivan Morales, Lui Manansala, Arlene Tolibas, Evelyn Guerrero, Garie Concepcion, Dionne Monsanto, Alex Castro, Ran Domingo, Kenjie Garcia, Zyrus Imperial, Kenneth Salva, Tonio Quiazon, Paolo Rivero, Aiko Climaco, Menggie Cobarrubias, Judy Saril, Hazel Faith dela Cruz, Jocelyn Medina, Hannah Ledesma, Arisa Suzuki, Marikit Morales, Maurice Mabutas, Raymund Concepcion, George Lim, Janvier Daily, Jonic Magno, Andrew Miguel, Kaye Alipio, Rochelle Barrameda, Anne Feo-Maniago, Jayson Gainza, Jason Francisco, Marina Benipayo, Atoy Co, Daniel Fernando, Odette Khan, Mike Lloren, Ana Roces, Harold Baldonado, Brando Legaspi, Bimbo Bautista, Rolando Inocencio, King Gutierrez, Jethro Ramirez, Lito Legaspi, Joey Padilla, Nhikzy Calma, Christian Morones, Alma Concepcion, Jaycee Parker, Genevieve Reyes, Katrina Legaspi, Ahron Villena, Ian Valdez, John Medina, Lester Llansang, Michael Roy Jornales, Juliene Mendoza, CX Navarro, Gilleth Sandico, Bea Saw-Tan, Moi Marcampo, Mega Unciano, Lou Veloso and Ynez Veneracion, Jhong Hilario, Vhong Navarro, Ervic Vijandre, Arjo Atayde, Joe Vargas, Gab Valenciano, Jon Hall, Joross Gamboa, Denise Laurel, Meg Imperial, Edgar Allan Guzman, Loren Burgos, Riva Quenery, Luke Jickain, Sarah Carlos, Raine Salamante, Donnalyn Bartolome, Josh Padilla, Cindy Miranda, Shy Carlos, Debbie Garcia, Phoebe Walker, Anne Curtis, Yam Concepcion, Bela Padilla, Lauren and Jack Reid, Devon Seron, Miho Nishida, Mikee Agustin, Yexel Sebastian, Fourth Solomon, Fifth Solomon, Jon Avila, Luke Conde, Nikko Natividad, Carl Guevarra, Ron Morales, Marvin Raymundo, Puma de Borja, Clint Bondad, Wil Dasovich, Tommy Esguerra, Luis Hontiveros, Tanner Mata, Paolo Paraiso, Victor Silayan and Ryan Sy, athlete and model Alison Brandon Carlos, egroup Property Holdings, Inc. 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LRay Villafuerte and wife Lara, Raul and Patty Arambulo, Bayer CropScience, Inc. Philippines managing director Dr. Joachim Wegfahrt and wife Gabriella, Carlo Aboboto, Ciara Infantado, Dr. Cecile Infantado, Marielle Infantado, Dr. Aissa Avelino, Patty Aboboto, Billy Sonmez, Tes Schofer, Hera Geriene, 856 G Gallery in Cebu curator Jing Ramos, artist Jewelle Yeung, Flor Inclino, Atty. 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Deputy General Manager Atty. Rolly Dueñas, Commercial Business Group Division Manager Marjie Duque, Ayala Land vice president and head of operations and support services commercial business group and Ayala Theatres Management Inc. chairman Rowena Tomeldan, Fairview Terraces general manager Liz Gayla, Ayala Land Commercial Business Group Advertising and Promotions Associate Manager Denise Olanday-Lagayan, Ayala Theatres Management Inc. deputy general manager Atty. Rolly Dueñas, Ayala Land, Inc. president and CEO Bobby Dy, Rich and Carrie Yang, Stephanie Zubiri, Ayala Malls Marketing Services Division Manager Sandy Espinosa, Ayala Land Inc. Commercial Business Group senior division manager and head of marketing Maricris Bernardino, “Mercato Central” co-founder, TV show host, “The Philippine Star” columnist and Monaco Vice Consul RJ Ledesma, Ayala Land Assistant Vice President Javier Hernandez, Ayala Malls associate marketing manager Mitch Suarez, BPI Family Savings Bank Senior Vice President for Retail Loans Ginbee Go, BPI Family Bank President Nabbie Alejo and Senior Vice President and Ka Negosyo Loans Division Head Cedoy Roces, Alpha Southeast Asia CEO and Publisher Siddiq Bazarwala, Tara Litton, Enrique Chua and daughters Tiffany, Ruby Jane and Sheree, Richard Tiu, Mayenne Carmona, Henry and Jojo Sabarte, Marivic Vasquez, Lilibeth and Paqui Campos, fashion photographer Paolo Pineda, “Men’s Health” art director Glen Concio, AJ Dee, Samsung Electronics Philippines Corporation product manager for mobile and IT Ien Rivera, business unit director for contents and services Chris Concepcion, Samsung business advisor Mike Cheon, business unit director for IT and mobile team Jojo Vega, SEPCO product marketing head for Mobile Coco Domingo, stylist Sidney Yap and Noel Ferrer in a photo-op during the 33rd anniversary of the El Shaddai charismatic movement in Luneta Park.

Duterte said his daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, had wanted to meet Cuneta for her birthday when she was younger. Duterte said he owed a debt of gratitude to Cuneta's husband, Senator Francis Pangilinan, for setting up the meeting.

Duterte then said Pangilinan was at fault for the senator's juvenile justice law, which the President blamed for the rise of criminality among minors. —JST, GMA News

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ang hope nila ngayon para marenew na ni Pres. Duterte ang kanilang franchise. They have two options. Go politically neutral.

If ABS-CBN wants to stay neutral, Gabby Lopez must talk to Pres. Duterte and settle any differences through diplomatic means, but it would mean sacrificing some political colors in exchange of becoming politically neutral.

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