MERGED: South Road Properties (SRP) News, Issues, and Developments

[LytSlpr]

For me: If it is in cebu city lands, cebu city potilicians has the right to say YES or NO and vice versa.
For Ciudad: Dili ganhan pahilabtan ni Tomas ang yuta sa cebu city and he has the authority and new overstepped his bounderies.
For SRP: Ayaw ko ingni ang SRP is located in bantayan or in carcar!!!

Legal for Pablo John?? Yes!!! Are his motives based on good intentions NO!!!

Is Cebu City using the province's money to create the SRP? Hayyy...dako au akong tax!!
Technically even the government owned lots are inside cebu city zones/locations.
You dont even need to be a highschool graduate to notice that.

Understanding their ambitions, they clearly want more than having 2 congressmans, 1 GSIS head, 1 governor and so on...
I bet the Garcia's wants a slice of the tastiest piece in Cebu or no one gets even a single slice.


Known rule we follow: Step on my property and you will get shot.

if i were to describe it graphically, naglaway ug nagkurog sa kalami ang mga garcia over the SRP.

yes, tommy boy is arrogant that is public knowledge but nanghilabot ba siya sa province? what sparked tomas' anger was the jilted land swap deal.

are the osmenas hungry for power, apparently not. do they want cebu to be a truly premiere city in asia? looking at their track record, YES!

now what did the garcias give to Cebu? that is tangible, significant, permanent and can be truly called a garcia legacy? aside from flimsy photo-op'ed programs?

[peewee_toot]

now what did the garcias give to Cebu? that is tangible, significant, permanent and can be truly called a garcia legacy? aside from flimsy photo-op'ed programs?

naa pd cgro brad oi. but murag mas dghan jd ang pics ni gwen.

[Sovabon]

unsa kahay nahimo pod aning Pablo john sa iyang distrito? nganong ari man sya pirmi magyawyaw sa city nga sa province mani sya nga congressman?

[giddyboy]

if i were to describe it graphically, naglaway ug nagkurog sa kalami ang mga garcia over the SRP.

as a potential investor bro, any good opportunity is always lami...

yes, tommy boy is arrogant that is public knowledge but nanghilabot ba siya sa province? what sparked tomas' anger was the jilted land swap deal.

wa diay ka kbaw bahin sa Ciudad project? LOLs...ky wa ba diay nanghilabot c Tomas bahin ana? and it's not even what sparked Tomas' anger. It's about what sparked Gwen's anger. Remember it's not Gwen who started the word war in the first place...

are the osmenas hungry for power, apparently not. do they want cebu to be a truly premiere city in asia? looking at their track record, YES!

hunger for power is always dependent on a person's perspective. if being a mayor that is utterly arrogant and dictator-like is somehow seen as power-hungry, so be it...if not, so be it.

now what did the garcias give to Cebu? that is tangible, significant, permanent and can be truly called a garcia legacy? aside from flimsy photo-op'ed programs?

well, i can cite u an article:

Saturday, March 29, 2008
Barrita: Gwen’s legacy
By Eddie Barrita
Small Bites

Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia, who has just been conferred an honorary doctor of humanities degree by the Cebu Normal University, will go down in history as Cebu’s first lady governor and builder of the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC).

But she can still wrest another first if she can build Cebu's first public park complete with a zoo, sports, recreational and entertainment facilities akin to New York’s Central Park.

***

One ideal area for conversion into a public park is Camp Lapu-Lapu in Lahug, Cebu City which will soon be vacated by the Armed Forces Central Command.

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña can help the governor if he wants by having the area declared a park by the City Council.

[giddyboy]

unsa kahay nahimo pod aning Pablo john sa iyang distrito? nganong ari man sya pirmi magyawyaw sa city nga sa province mani sya nga congressman?

u might remember that Pablo John was even instrumental in the realization of SRP.

Among the many prominent cases he successfully advocated is the petition against the preliminary injunction issued by a Cebu trial court to stop the implementation of the South Reclamation Project (SRP). Pablo John successfully pleaded before the Supreme Court the illegality of the preliminary injunction, leading to its lifting. If not for this, the SRP would have been delayed by at least 5 years, if not altogether scrapped.

other prominent cases he successfully advocated:

1. The petition to declare illegal the controversial clamping ordinance of the City of Cebu. The regional trial court of Cebu declared the ordinance illegal, a decision upheld by the Supreme Court, to the relief of motorists in Cebu City.

2. The petition to stop the closure of the first Mactan-Mandaue Bridge. The closure would have greatly inconvenienced millions of users of the first bridge, and was preparatory to the imposition of a toll at the second bridge. Pablo John successfully secured a writ of preliminary injunction against the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to stop the closure. The DPWH eventually abandoned the plan.

Pablo John also acted as Gov. Gwen’s chief legal counsel during the canvassing of votes at the Capitol social hall, and was responsible for defeating all legal maneuvers from the other side to delay Gov. Gwen’s proclamation.

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House Bills Sponsored/Authored

HB01523
AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED 7621, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE CEBU PORT AUTHORITY BY PROVIDING FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Status:

HB01607
AN ACT GRANTING PROVINCES A SHARE IN THE PROCEEDS OF REAL PROPERTY TAXES IMPOSED BY COMPONENT CITIES, AMENDING SECTION 271 OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBER 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991
Status: Pending with the Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT since 2007-08-13

HB02309
AN ACT RATIONALIZING THE INCOME REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CREATION OF A PROVINCE AND THE DECLARATION OF HIGHLY-URBANIZED STATUS IN THE CASE OF COMPONENT CITIES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991"
Status: Substituted by HB03791

HB02310
AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6958, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "CHARTER OF THE MACTAN CEBU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY"
Status: Under deliberation by the Mother Committee on 2008-02-08

HB03791
AN ACT RATIONALIZING THE INCOME REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DECLARATION OF HIGHLY URBANIZED STATUS IN THE CASE OF COMPONENT CITIES AND FOR THE CREATION OF A PROVINCE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS 452 AND 461 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991
Status: Approved by the House on 2008-05-12, transmitted to on 2008-05-12 and received by the Senate on 2008-05-15

And i did not even mention yet all the House Bills that he co-authored...it's more than 40 House Bills already as of this time. so i will only cite a few, noting that some are somewhat boring and too technical:

HB00305
AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN AND ENHANCE THE USE OF ENGLISH AS THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN PHILIPPINE SCHOOLS

HB01754
AN ACT TO PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP BY STRENGTHENING DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6977, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'MAGNA CARTA FOR SMALL ENTERPRISES' AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

HB02844
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR CHEAPER MEDICINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

HR00267
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING INDIGNATION AND CONDEMNING THE AMERICAN TV SERIES "DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES" AND DEMANDING APOLOGY FROM THE PRODUCER THEREOF

HR00701
RESOLUTION COMMENDING MANNY "PACMAN" PACQUIAO FOR BECOMING THE FIRST FILIPINO AND ASIAN BOXER TO WIN WORLD TITLES IN FOUR DIFFERENT WEIGHT DIVISIONS - THE WBC FLYWEIGHT, THE IBF SUPER-BANTAMWEIGHT, THE WBC SUPER-FEATHERWEIGHT AND THE WBC LIGHTWEIGHT

[raboy50]

Aw mao ba? Naa ra man lagi diay na ang hinungdan ngano agrabyado kaayo si Pablo John sa SRP karon, kay usa man diay sya sa nakatabang anang SRP sa una, nya ngano karon morag lagot man kaayo sya ni Tommy boy. Basin ug wa sya bahini sa commission ni Tomas kay bag o baya si Tomas nahalinan ug yuta sa SRP. Mao gyud ni ang hinungdan ngano patawag si PJ ug congessional inquiry kay gi solo ni Tomas ang SOP sa FLI.

[giddyboy]

Aw mao ba? Naa ra man lagi diay na ang hinungdan ngano agrabyado kaayo si Pablo John sa SRP karon, kay usa man diay sya sa nakatabang anang SRP sa una, nya ngano karon morag lagot man kaayo sya ni Tommy boy. Basin ug wa sya bahini sa commission ni Tomas kay bag o baya si Tomas nahalinan ug yuta sa SRP. Mao gyud ni ang hinungdan ngano patawag si PJ ug congessional inquiry kay gi solo ni Tomas ang SOP sa FLI.

hahaha. but maybe, maybe not. but as what can be an obvious reason is the rift between Gwen and Tomas.

but on another perspective, conflicts can also serve a purpose other than the negative one.

"A deeper scrutiny of the City Hall-Filinvest joint venture, for example, could not be had under the present setup where all the members of the City Council belong to one party, which incidentally is also under the full control of the mayor.

The Capitol-City Hall conflict, however, could help lift the veil covering the transaction and dissect the agreement for infirmities or for provisions that could place the government at a disadvantage." ~ Sun.Star editorial march 26, 2009

Even Tony Cuenco may back FLI probe if he finds solid proof...

[blackdronza]

Nagpaila lang kung unsa ka hawod atong halandong ug opao nga mayor TOMAS OSMENA.

[jpn]

now what did the garcias give to Cebu? that is tangible, significant, permanent and can be truly called a garcia legacy? aside from flimsy photo-op'ed programs?

Let's just face it, now the Garcia's are a great political force at the moment....not as powerful as what the Osmena's ever were before but they could be getting there. Its up to them to srew it up or not. From the time of Serging to Tommy now all of us have to admit the have done a lot for us.
About the Garcia's, they are fairly new and still have something to prove...only time will tell if they can do it or just fade away....if majority will share your sentiments they will fade away, but at the moment I don't think so...they are getting more popular as each day passes!!!

[jo_seth04]

ganahan jud ng mga garcia na ilahon ang cebu tanan...