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Kamusta ang first days of office so far ng mga mayors sa siyudad ninyo? Last Monday, June 30, your new local chief executives officially began their 3-year terms.
The city is obligated to pay P9 billion within 90 days from the issuance of a consent award by the SIAC. Failure to pay on time could trigger additional penalties amounting to $30 million (P1.7 billion), plus interest.
The Makati City legal officer Ava Mari Ramel is eyeing to file a motion to vacate the settlement agreement
The City Government says that it is having a hard time accessing documents relevant to the Makati Subway Project, pointing out the rough transition from the previous administration
The new administration of Makati Mayor Nancy Binay says that they will review other PPPs entered by the administration of Abby Binay. Among them are Makati Life Medical Center and Makatizen Card
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So what’s the next steps of Mayor Nancy Binay’s administration?
1. Withdraw consent to the Settlement Agreement signed by the previous administration
2. Form a fact-finding commission to determine anomalies in the Subway Project.
3. Investigate other Public-Private Partnership Projects.
Here’s a side by side comparison of Makati City Budget and the settlement amount with penalty interests and liquidated
damages
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Hello! Here’s an update regarding NCAP. Motorists caught committing traffic violations under the NCAP will now receive real-time notifications via SMS and email. More details here: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/metro-manila/no-contact-apprehension-policy-how-it-works-pay-fines-appeal/
In case you’re curious on what happened in the press conference earlier regarding the Makati Subway Project. Here’s the wrap-up:
The new Makati City administration under Mayor Nancy Binay is seeking to withdraw from the settlement agreement entered into by the previous administration of her sister, Abby Binay.
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/metro-manila/makati-subway-project-settlement-withdrawal/
We also visited one of the supposed stations of the Makati Subway Project earlier. There, we found a dilapidated tarpaulin featuring the project, with the slogan “We make the impossible happen.”
📸 Angie de Silva/Rappler
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Former Makati Mayor Abby reiterates that that the city has money to pay the settlement agreement on the Makati City Subway Project, contrary to the claims of her sister, Mayor Nancy Binay.
Abby Binay says that the settlement agreement the city would allow the city to acquire the Makati Subway Project will make the Makati the richest city in the Philippines in terms of assests.
Hello! We're covering the press conference of former Makati mayor Abby Binay to address issues surrounding the Makati Subway Project @here
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Here's a livestream of the press conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq5FgxtASHk
Abby says that the city government has over P25 billion, enough to pay the settlement agreement. She says the new administration can pass a supplemental budget.
Naranasan mo na bang sumabit sa jeep o bumiyahe na halos walang maupuan? Ikuwento ang inyong commuting struggles! @here
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Omg the war flashbacks..... Back at one of my previous jobs nagre-report ako sa office every day. Travel via jeep was 1-2 hours, one way. Pag tapos ng shift siyempre pagod na tayo, pero kailangan pang maghintay ng jeep pauwi. Minsan umaabot ng kalahating oras bago may dumating na isa. At bilang nasa business district nagtatrabaho may kasabayan rin tayong naghihintay ng jeep, na galing ding shift, na pagod din. So pagdating ng isang jeep parang Hunger Games para lang makakuha ng upuan, and minsan kahit puno na isisiksik ko pa rin sarili ko (kahit na sa sahig ng jeep na ko uupo) kasi pagod na at gusto nang makauwi at dalawang oras pa ang biyahe. I'd like to think normal lang na araw yan para sa isang manggagawa, pero dapat hindi eh noh? Nakakaawa nakakagalit. Wala na ngang sardinas sa mga jeep with this reinforced rule pero meron pa rin yan sa mga terminal, sa mga sidewalk, sa mga lugar kung saan marami ang naghihintay ng jeep. Kasi ang problema naman in the first place is hindi yung sardinas situation sa mga jeep, kundi ang kakulangan ng mga jeep, ang kakulangan ng options for public transportation sa bansang ito
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Agreed! Parang matagal pa rin 'yung travel time kung hindi siksikan kasi maghihintay rin, tapos traffic pa so matagal makakarating 'yung kasunod na jeep :(
Sa Cebu pa yan ha. I'd imagine diyan sa Manila worse pa yung travel time :(
Mas marami pang tao
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Yes!!! I remember one time noong pre-pandemic college days ko, I made the mistake of going home from UST in Manila past 4 pm. I left school ng 5 pm, nakauwi ako at 10 pm ;-; Nag-LRT ako kasi wala nang vacant UVs at the time sa Manila, and then jeep from Baclaran to our area. Nag-stampede 'yung passengers papasok sa jeep kasi paunti-unti lang dumadaan, tapos nakaupo na kaming ibang pasahero sa sahig!!
Feeling ko hindi naman dapat inaabot ng 5hrs ang travel from one point in Metro Manila to another haha ;-;
Jusko aabot ka nang Korea or Japan with that travel time!!!
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The Makati Subway Project was envisioned as the Philippines’ first subway system, with a target completion year of 2025. But it was derailed due to a land dispute and the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s a rundown of all the planned stations of the Makati Subway and their approximate locations. Shout out to DR, one of our artists, for creating this map 🗺🫡 https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/makati-subway-project-map/