Mayor proposes transfer of Mactan airport to Cordova town

[ulyrich]

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Thursday, July 28, 2011

CEBU -- Cordova municipal Mayor Adelino Sitoy on Thursday proposed the transfer of Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) to his town and offered to the Korean International Cooperation Agency (Koica) 1,100 hectares of foreshorelands to be reclaimed for that purpose.


Sitoy made the proposal in an open forum during the presentation by Koica of the master plan of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport and the feasibility study for the new passenger terminal building.


Sitoy told the Korean airport experts, headed by Young Ung Kim, that every inch of the Mactan airport lands have adverse claims by private individuals who filed cases in various courts, of which some of them are already decided by the Supreme Court in favor of private claimants.


“If you transfer the airport in Cordova, I can guarantee you of immunity from suit,” Sitoy said.


Representative Tomas Osmeña immediately seconded Sitoy’s proposal saying he can gather the bankers to finance the reclamation of the Cordova foreshorelands, citing business tycoon John Gokongwei who has reportedly a surplus of P80 billion.


Osmeña said that when he reclaimed the South Road Properties, the price of the land was P1,000 per square. Now, it is selling P15,000 per square meter.


“The proposal of Mayor Sitoy hits the nail squarely,” Osmeña said. Osmeña, former Cebu City mayor, earlier proposed his interest to have Cordova annexed to Cebu City.


When sought to comment, Representative Pablo John Garcia said that everything boils down to cost because the people end up paying for it.


“It is easy to talk about reclaiming land. Cebu City did, and the people are paying for its over P6-billion-peso debt until now,” Representative Garcia, brother of Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, said.


The older Garcia also said it is not entirely true that the Cordova reclamation is “immune from suit”.


“I’m sure he (Sitoy) remembers that the Malayan Integrated Industries Corporation has asserted a claim over that. And the Province of Cebu has a valid claim over that under a 1989 MOA (Memorandum of Agreement) with the Public Estates Authority,” Garcia added.


In comparing MCIAA lots and Cordova foreshorlands, Garcia said: “Titled land with potential controversy, I think, is better than land that is not yet there but already with potential controversy.” (EOB)



source: Mactan-Cebu International Airport

AGREE ??

[tokidoki_v2.0]

ahm. airport lang? walay runway? coz if naai runway murag kaduol kaha ana sa MCIA!

[imliability]

Ok ra basta sakto og tarong ang kabutangan and safe sad.

[kit_cebu]

lain napod ning pangwartahan ni sitoy....pastilan............
gi-laliman uroy.....kabati anang cordova....corGUBA man gani tawag nako anang lugara....

no offense meant....

[pinoy_09]

So di nana matawag nga Mactan-Cebu international airport. Cebu International Airport na lang.

[CocoCrunch]

samot ka layo..

[dickron]

kasamok ani oi..samot kalayo ang airport..

[ad_dur]

ang question ani is pila kang Mayor Sitoy ani? .. why ibalhin man jud na MIA is operating OK. Pero kung walang lang mga under the table transaction. Why not, kay Cordova daku2x pa ug lugar ...

[monrose29]

hahaha expected na gyud nato nga na-ay ma bulsa ang public official kong na-ay project hahaha SOP na gyud nah..

but kong ako lang pabut-on ma ayo sa a cordova then a new bridge connecting to SRP mo samot ka halin ang SRP and advantage pod kay less congestion compare sa existing airport..

[CocoCrunch]

^ Read the the 1st post again

ang dalan sa cordova murag 1 lane lang. dapat padak.an na. nya ang suga diha dapat pang ilisan na. murag dako pajud kaayong idevelop. dilikado kaayo na diha basta gabii. sus atangan rana ang taxi or ang car sa foreigner nya tulison dayon. saonz