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Uy retains governorship of Zamboanga del Norte
The winners in the congressional races are Romeo Jalosjos Jr (1st district), Glona Labadlabad (2nd district), and Isagani Amatong (3rd district)
Governor Roberto Uy, candidate of the ruling PDP-Laban, retained the governorship of Zamboanga del Norte in a close contest with Representative Seth Frederick Jalosjos of the administration-allied Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP).
Uy was proclaimed governor by the Provincial Board of Canvassers at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan session hall in Dipolog City early on evening Saturday, May 18.
Uy garnered 219,412 votes, just 2,895 ahead of Jalosjos.
In the province’s 1st district, Romeo Jalosjos Jr (HNP-APP) won against Uy’s son Roberto Jr (PDP-Laban), while in the 2nd district Representative Glona Labadlabad (PDP-Laban) retained the position against challenger Flora Villarosa (HNP-APP), outgoing mayor of Siayan municipality.
In the 3rd district, challenger Norbedieri Edding (HNP-APP) lost to incumbent Representative Isagani Amatong.
Retired General Alexander Yano, former Armed Forces chief of staff, lost to former congressman Rosendo Labadlabad, husband of the 2nd district congresswoman, in Sindangan, the province’s largest town.
Reports of vote-buying
Zamboanga del Norte is still among the 10 poorest provinces in the country, but it is also among the provinces with the most expensive vote.
According to reports, vote-buying ranged from P1,000 up to 5,000 for every stock vote of both sides. After their machineries were paid, the bidding started among those who were actively selling their votes, locally called “paling-paling.”
There were also reports of dirty tricks like “hamletting” – one camp would bring voters of their opponent to hotels or even to a ship to prevent them from voting.
It was reportedly more more “brutal” in Sirawai.
A watcher for Romeo Cariño, challenger of reelectionist Mayor Gamar Janihim, claimed the mayor’s men mauled watchers of his opponents and prevented his opponent’s voters from entering polling places, but no incident report from the authorities could prove this as of posting.
Of Sirawai’s 34 barangays, there were 9 barangays with a highly improbable turnout of 91-99%, while 24 barangays known to be the bailiwick of Cariño got very low turnout of voters at 80% down to zero percent.
“Meaning, there were no voters who cast their votes, including us watchers of Cariño,” the watcher said.
https://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections/2019/231056-roberto-uy-retains-governorship-zamboanga-del-norte
Governor Roberto Uy, candidate of the ruling PDP-Laban, retained the governorship of Zamboanga del Norte in a close contest with Representative Seth Frederick Jalosjos of the administration-allied Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP).
Uy was proclaimed governor by the Provincial Board of Canvassers at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan session hall in Dipolog City early on evening Saturday, May 18.
Uy garnered 219,412 votes, just 2,895 ahead of Jalosjos.
In the province’s 1st district, Romeo Jalosjos Jr (HNP-APP) won against Uy’s son Roberto Jr (PDP-Laban), while in the 2nd district Representative Glona Labadlabad (PDP-Laban) retained the position against challenger Flora Villarosa (HNP-APP), outgoing mayor of Siayan municipality.
In the 3rd district, challenger Norbedieri Edding (HNP-APP) lost to incumbent Representative Isagani Amatong.
Retired General Alexander Yano, former Armed Forces chief of staff, lost to former congressman Rosendo Labadlabad, husband of the 2nd district congresswoman, in Sindangan, the province’s largest town.
Reports of vote-buying
Zamboanga del Norte is still among the 10 poorest provinces in the country, but it is also among the provinces with the most expensive vote.
According to reports, vote-buying ranged from P1,000 up to 5,000 for every stock vote of both sides. After their machineries were paid, the bidding started among those who were actively selling their votes, locally called “paling-paling.”
There were also reports of dirty tricks like “hamletting” – one camp would bring voters of their opponent to hotels or even to a ship to prevent them from voting.
It was reportedly more more “brutal” in Sirawai.
A watcher for Romeo Cariño, challenger of reelectionist Mayor Gamar Janihim, claimed the mayor’s men mauled watchers of his opponents and prevented his opponent’s voters from entering polling places, but no incident report from the authorities could prove this as of posting.
Of Sirawai’s 34 barangays, there were 9 barangays with a highly improbable turnout of 91-99%, while 24 barangays known to be the bailiwick of Cariño got very low turnout of voters at 80% down to zero percent.
“Meaning, there were no voters who cast their votes, including us watchers of Cariño,” the watcher said.
https://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections/2019/231056-roberto-uy-retains-governorship-zamboanga-del-norte
GMA Network eyes diversification outside media space
Broadcast giant GMA Network Inc. is exploring opportunities outside the media space similar to the steps being undertaken by its rival network, its chairman and CEO Felipe Gozon said.
“Yes, there are plans. We are looking,” Gozon said when asked if GMA has plans to diversify its business just like what ABS-CBN has been doing recently.
Gozon, however, declined to disclose yet the potential areas which the company is looking to venture into, saying that the opportunities are still under study.
He said the possible revival of defunct TV network QTV on channel 11 under a blocktime agreement with Christian broadcaster ZOE Broadcasting Network and transformed into a general entertainment station as well the defunct social networking site Multiply.
“But we will do it slowly. We are not bold because we do not want to end up at a loss,” Gozon said.
GMA’s subsidiaries and affiliates are involved in media-related services such as movie making, sets and props construction, film syndication, music and video recording, new media, online gaming, post production services and marketing, which complement the company’s core television and radio broadcasting business.
Its rival network, ABS-CBN, is diversifying into new businesses outside the media space such as food and beverage, customer and merchant e-wallet services, and cosmetics production sectors.
ABS-CBN is also rapidly transitioning into an agile digital company with a growing list of digital properties.
GMA, for its part, is also undertaking its own digital transformation efforts.
Gozon said GMA’s digital device “which will have features which our competitors do not have” would be launched sometime in the second half of the year.
The network is in the final stretch of preparations for the launch of MyGMA Go, its mobile digital terrestrial television service that is targeted to revolutionize content consumption habits by combining digital TV viewing and the fun elements of mobile interactivity.
GMA will launch an affordable and compact end-user device that can act as a digital TV receiver when connected to an Android smartphone.
Complimentary to this device is a mobile application that can be downloaded from the Google Play Store from which users can watch GMA’s exclusive channels and other free-to-air channels without a need for an active internet connection.
Gozon said the device would be distributed by PLDT.
“It will be exclusive with PLDT. We have a contract already, but the details are just being finalized. PLDT will handle distribution, while we will be in charge of the content and device,” he said.
The proprietary technologies that include hardware and software solutions for MyGMA Go have been patented with both the local and international Intellectual Property Organization, and manufacturing of the end-user devices from China will be done in the late second quarter.
Gozon said the company is initially targeting to sell one million units nationwide.
GMA and PLDT signed last January a technology, content, and distribution agreement that will involve the launch of game-changing innovations that will power the TV network’s digital transformation.
ABS-CBN, for its part, has sold seven million TVplus boxes since its launch in 2015 up to end February.
https://www.philstar.com/business/2019/05/20/1919201/gma-network-eyes-diversification-outside-media-space
“Yes, there are plans. We are looking,” Gozon said when asked if GMA has plans to diversify its business just like what ABS-CBN has been doing recently.
Gozon, however, declined to disclose yet the potential areas which the company is looking to venture into, saying that the opportunities are still under study.
He said the possible revival of defunct TV network QTV on channel 11 under a blocktime agreement with Christian broadcaster ZOE Broadcasting Network and transformed into a general entertainment station as well the defunct social networking site Multiply.
“But we will do it slowly. We are not bold because we do not want to end up at a loss,” Gozon said.
GMA’s subsidiaries and affiliates are involved in media-related services such as movie making, sets and props construction, film syndication, music and video recording, new media, online gaming, post production services and marketing, which complement the company’s core television and radio broadcasting business.
Its rival network, ABS-CBN, is diversifying into new businesses outside the media space such as food and beverage, customer and merchant e-wallet services, and cosmetics production sectors.
ABS-CBN is also rapidly transitioning into an agile digital company with a growing list of digital properties.
GMA, for its part, is also undertaking its own digital transformation efforts.
Gozon said GMA’s digital device “which will have features which our competitors do not have” would be launched sometime in the second half of the year.
The network is in the final stretch of preparations for the launch of MyGMA Go, its mobile digital terrestrial television service that is targeted to revolutionize content consumption habits by combining digital TV viewing and the fun elements of mobile interactivity.
GMA will launch an affordable and compact end-user device that can act as a digital TV receiver when connected to an Android smartphone.
Complimentary to this device is a mobile application that can be downloaded from the Google Play Store from which users can watch GMA’s exclusive channels and other free-to-air channels without a need for an active internet connection.
Gozon said the device would be distributed by PLDT.
“It will be exclusive with PLDT. We have a contract already, but the details are just being finalized. PLDT will handle distribution, while we will be in charge of the content and device,” he said.
The proprietary technologies that include hardware and software solutions for MyGMA Go have been patented with both the local and international Intellectual Property Organization, and manufacturing of the end-user devices from China will be done in the late second quarter.
Gozon said the company is initially targeting to sell one million units nationwide.
GMA and PLDT signed last January a technology, content, and distribution agreement that will involve the launch of game-changing innovations that will power the TV network’s digital transformation.
ABS-CBN, for its part, has sold seven million TVplus boxes since its launch in 2015 up to end February.
https://www.philstar.com/business/2019/05/20/1919201/gma-network-eyes-diversification-outside-media-space
A Mangudadatu elected 1st woman governor of Maguindanao
BESTING FIVE other candidates, Bai Mariam Sangki-Mangudadatu has won as the first woman governor of Maguindanao with 256,338 votes. Her closest rival was Freddie Mangudadatu, who received 201,565 votes. Freddie is the first cousin of Bai Mariam’s husband, Suharto Mangudadatu, who also won as the governor of Sultan Kudarat province in the neighboring SOCCSKSARGEN Region. Ms. Sangki-Mangudadatu said that she will focus on providing medical services, livelihood, and scholarship programs. Meanwhile, former Maguindanao governor, Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu, brother of Freddie, won as congressional representative for the province’s 2nd District. Esmael told the media that despite his brother’s defeat, he is still ready to help the governor-elect “in serving Maguindanao.” He said, “I am willing to support whatever the plans of the new administration because we share the same endeavor of serving the province of Maguindanao.” The congressman-elect also said that he will ask President Rodrigo R. Duterte for a temporary halt on military operations in Maguindanao. “I am hoping that the war stops. Allow the BARMM (Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao) government to talk to the lawless elements.” He added that he is willing to take part in the negotiations. “Civilian lives are always at risk, it will only make a cycle of violence,” he said.
BASILAN
In Basilan, former ARMM regional governor Mujiv S. Hataman won as congressman for the island province’s lone district. His wife, former ANAK Mindanao representative Djalia Hataman won as mayor of Isabela City, which is geographically part of Basilan but is under the administrative jurisdiction of Zamboanga Peninsula Region. The couple ran against candidates of the Akbar political clan of Basilan.
SULU
In Sulu, members of the Tan family running under the ruling PDP-Laban party won several seats. Among them are former governor Abdusakur M. Tan, who is returning to his old post while his son, incumbent Governor Abdusakur A. Tan II, was elected vice-governor. — Tajallih S. Basman
https://www.bworldonline.com/a-mangudadatu-elected-1st-woman-governor-of-maguindanao/
BASILAN
In Basilan, former ARMM regional governor Mujiv S. Hataman won as congressman for the island province’s lone district. His wife, former ANAK Mindanao representative Djalia Hataman won as mayor of Isabela City, which is geographically part of Basilan but is under the administrative jurisdiction of Zamboanga Peninsula Region. The couple ran against candidates of the Akbar political clan of Basilan.
SULU
In Sulu, members of the Tan family running under the ruling PDP-Laban party won several seats. Among them are former governor Abdusakur M. Tan, who is returning to his old post while his son, incumbent Governor Abdusakur A. Tan II, was elected vice-governor. — Tajallih S. Basman
https://www.bworldonline.com/a-mangudadatu-elected-1st-woman-governor-of-maguindanao/
Filinvest Group allots $200 M for Clark Casino
Gotianun-led Filinvest Group is pouring in more than $200 million for its first ever integrated casino resort in Clark.
Under FHC subsidiary Mimosa Cityscapes Inc., Filinvest has a provisional license granted by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) for a casino integrated resort in Filinvest Mimosa. FHC or Filinvest Hospitality Corp. is a subsidiary of Filinvest Development Corp., the Gotianun-led holding company.
More than $200 million has been allotted to the project, which includes a casino, lifestyle mall, five-star hotel and events venue.
FDC intends to engage a third-party casino operator to manage the casino operations.
FDC president and CEO Josephine Gotianun-Yap said the conglomerate marks a new phase with its participation in the development of the New Clark City.
“We start a new phase in the FDC story with our entry into infrastructure and logistics parks in New Clark City. Not only will these provide balance to our more cyclical property and banking segments and add another layer of diversity to our income mix, but these will also complement existing investments in the dynamic Clark corridor,” Yap said.
The Filinvest group, under Filinvest Land Inc., recently broke ground for its 288-hectare development in New Clark City, a joint venture with the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA).
This year, the group expects to start construction of Phase 1 of Filinvest at New Clark City.
The project is a 64-hectare innovation and logistics park which is targeted for completion in 2020.
FDC is a lead consortium member with a 42.5 percent stake in Luzon International Premier Airport Development Corporation (LIPAD) which recently signed a 25-year concession agreement to develop commercial assets, operate and maintain project facilities and fit-out the new terminal in the Clark International Airport.
Other members of the consortium are JG Summit, Changi Airports Philippines (I) Pte. Ltd. and Philippine Airport Ground Support Solutions Inc.
In the first quarter of the year, FDC posted a consolidated net income of P3.9 billion, up 50 percent than the same period in 2018.
Net income attributable to equity holders of the parent company reached P2.8 billion, up 61 percent from a year ago.
Excluding one-off expenses in the first quarter of 2018, consolidated net income increased by 37 percent, the company said in a filing last week.
FDC attributed its strong performance on the back of revenue growth of 22 percent, largely composed of contributions from its core businesses in property (43 percent) and banking (42 percent). The balance was contributed by its power segment (11 percent) and the sugar group (four percent).
Among the different business segments, the property – composed of the real estate and hospitality segments – continues to be a strong source of growth for the group, contributing more than half of FDC’s bottom line.
Filinvest Land’s net income grew by P2.8 billion during the quarter, up 61 percent.
The group is targeting a combined office and retail gross leasable area of 1.7 million square meters by 2023.
FDC’s banking and financial services subsidiary, East West Banking Corp. also delivered net income of P1.3 billion in the first quarter, up 36 percent.
https://www.philstar.com/business/2019/05/20/1919208/filinvest-group-allots-200-m-clark-casino
Under FHC subsidiary Mimosa Cityscapes Inc., Filinvest has a provisional license granted by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) for a casino integrated resort in Filinvest Mimosa. FHC or Filinvest Hospitality Corp. is a subsidiary of Filinvest Development Corp., the Gotianun-led holding company.
More than $200 million has been allotted to the project, which includes a casino, lifestyle mall, five-star hotel and events venue.
FDC intends to engage a third-party casino operator to manage the casino operations.
FDC president and CEO Josephine Gotianun-Yap said the conglomerate marks a new phase with its participation in the development of the New Clark City.
“We start a new phase in the FDC story with our entry into infrastructure and logistics parks in New Clark City. Not only will these provide balance to our more cyclical property and banking segments and add another layer of diversity to our income mix, but these will also complement existing investments in the dynamic Clark corridor,” Yap said.
The Filinvest group, under Filinvest Land Inc., recently broke ground for its 288-hectare development in New Clark City, a joint venture with the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA).
This year, the group expects to start construction of Phase 1 of Filinvest at New Clark City.
The project is a 64-hectare innovation and logistics park which is targeted for completion in 2020.
FDC is a lead consortium member with a 42.5 percent stake in Luzon International Premier Airport Development Corporation (LIPAD) which recently signed a 25-year concession agreement to develop commercial assets, operate and maintain project facilities and fit-out the new terminal in the Clark International Airport.
Other members of the consortium are JG Summit, Changi Airports Philippines (I) Pte. Ltd. and Philippine Airport Ground Support Solutions Inc.
In the first quarter of the year, FDC posted a consolidated net income of P3.9 billion, up 50 percent than the same period in 2018.
Net income attributable to equity holders of the parent company reached P2.8 billion, up 61 percent from a year ago.
Excluding one-off expenses in the first quarter of 2018, consolidated net income increased by 37 percent, the company said in a filing last week.
FDC attributed its strong performance on the back of revenue growth of 22 percent, largely composed of contributions from its core businesses in property (43 percent) and banking (42 percent). The balance was contributed by its power segment (11 percent) and the sugar group (four percent).
Among the different business segments, the property – composed of the real estate and hospitality segments – continues to be a strong source of growth for the group, contributing more than half of FDC’s bottom line.
Filinvest Land’s net income grew by P2.8 billion during the quarter, up 61 percent.
The group is targeting a combined office and retail gross leasable area of 1.7 million square meters by 2023.
FDC’s banking and financial services subsidiary, East West Banking Corp. also delivered net income of P1.3 billion in the first quarter, up 36 percent.
https://www.philstar.com/business/2019/05/20/1919208/filinvest-group-allots-200-m-clark-casino
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