By Fernando M Cariaso
Peoples' Journal,Saturday, July 31, 2010
The Philippine Navy will transfer its headquarters to
Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City once plans to lease its
headquarters in Roxas Boulevard in order to raise
revenues for the Navy's modernization push through,
Navy spokesperson Lt. Col. Edgard Arevalo yesterday said.
In his first State of the Nation, President Benigno
Aquino mentioned the transfer of the Navy Headquarters
to Camp Aguinaldo from its current office, the Naval
Station or Fort Jose Andrada, along Roxas Blvd.
The 1.3 hectare Navy owned land on Roxas Boulevard is
sought to be leased under a public-private partnership
that is expected to provide much-needed revenues for
the modernization of the Navy's equipment. Aquino also
noted that there is already an offer to lease the Roxas
Boulevard property for $100 million.
Arevalo, however, said some civilians and enlisted
members of the Navy are apprehensive about the proposal.
"Some members of the Navy were surprised because this is
a top-to-bottom decision. This recommendation from the
Navy leadership is the new scheme to acquire additional
funds for modernization,"Arevalo said.
He explained the planned transfer will not affect its
ships since most berth at the Naval Base Sangley Point
and in the Naval Station Pascual Ledesma, both in Cavite.
"Walang epekto na mararamdaman for strategic values,
except maybe for sentimental reasons," Arevalo explained,
nothing that the Navy has been based at its Roxas Boulevard
property since 1937.
He made it clear that the properties will not be sold but
will only be leased for a certain period. Once the
partnership ends, the property will be returned to the
military, including the developments on it made by interested
private parties.
Aside from its Roxas Boulevard property, the Navy is also
planning to lease the 30-hectare Bonifacio Naval Station
in Fort Bonifacio, an area near the commercial district
in Makati.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Navy lots for lease to business groups
By Edith Regalado and Jaime Laude
The Philippine Star, Thursday, July 29, 2010
Negotiations to lease out the Navy’s major facilities
on Roxas Boulevard and in Taguig City for private
commercial development in order to raise funds for
fleet modernization are in advanced stages, President
Aquino told The STAR yesterday when he attended the
24th anniversary celebration at the paper’s offices
in Port Area.
He also said the private developer, who he declined
to name until the deal is finalized, is willing to
give an initial $100 million as goodwill money, enough
for the Philippine Navy to purchase four new ships to
patrol the country’s 36,000 nautical miles of coastline.
He noted that the Navy currently has 32 ships in its
fleet, and most of these vessels are “mas matanda pa
as akin (older than I am).” Mr. Aquino is 50 years old.
President Aquino, in his first State of the Nation Address
last Monday, disclosed the military’s plan to have the
Navy headquarters on Roxas Boulevard in Manila as well
the Naval Station at Fort Bonifacio leased to and developed
by private groups.
“They will take care of the funding necessary to transfer
the Navy headquarters to Camp Aguinaldo. Immediately, we
will be given $100 million. Furthermore, they will give us
a portion of their profits from their businesses that would
occupy the land they will rent,” he said.
“In short, we will meet our needs without spending, and we
will also earn. There have already been many proposals from
local and foreign investors to provide for our various needs,
” he said.
“We will be able to construct the needed infrastructure in
order to help tourism grow,” he said.
“The Philippine Navy welcomes this development,” Lt. Col. Edgard
Arevalo, spokesman of the Philippine Navy, said in reaction to
Mr. Aquino’s announcement.
“We need to modernize but we have no money. So we have to come
up with alternative sources of funding,” Arevalo said.
The Fort Bonifacio Naval station, which covers a golf course,
housing units for officers and enlisted personnel, a hospital,
and the headquarters of the Philippine Marines, covers an area
of approximately 22 hectares.
The Army, meanwhile, has some 100 hectares of land at Fort
Bonifacio in Taguig City while the Air Force has 30 hectares at
the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City.
“They will develop at no cost to us and then we will be sharing
profits. The properties remain ours. This is what we call public-
private partnership,” Arevalo said.
“The Army and Air Force should come up with similar recommendations
which is the leasing of valuable lands without really losing
ownership,” AFP spokesman, Brig. Gen. Jose Mabanta said.
Camp Aguinaldo would eventually be the headquarters of all
three major services as well as the Department of National
Defense, just like the Pentagon in Virginia in the United
States.
Mabanta said the Armed Forces has a sizable share in the
proceeds from the sale of military real estate assets by
the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA).
“It (proposed public-private partnership) will be one of
the possible sources of funds. At this point, the major
fund is the proceeds from the BCDA. We are getting a lion’s
share of it as well as from government appropriations,
” Mabanta said.
The Philippine Star, Thursday, July 29, 2010
Negotiations to lease out the Navy’s major facilities
on Roxas Boulevard and in Taguig City for private
commercial development in order to raise funds for
fleet modernization are in advanced stages, President
Aquino told The STAR yesterday when he attended the
24th anniversary celebration at the paper’s offices
in Port Area.
He also said the private developer, who he declined
to name until the deal is finalized, is willing to
give an initial $100 million as goodwill money, enough
for the Philippine Navy to purchase four new ships to
patrol the country’s 36,000 nautical miles of coastline.
He noted that the Navy currently has 32 ships in its
fleet, and most of these vessels are “mas matanda pa
as akin (older than I am).” Mr. Aquino is 50 years old.
President Aquino, in his first State of the Nation Address
last Monday, disclosed the military’s plan to have the
Navy headquarters on Roxas Boulevard in Manila as well
the Naval Station at Fort Bonifacio leased to and developed
by private groups.
“They will take care of the funding necessary to transfer
the Navy headquarters to Camp Aguinaldo. Immediately, we
will be given $100 million. Furthermore, they will give us
a portion of their profits from their businesses that would
occupy the land they will rent,” he said.
“In short, we will meet our needs without spending, and we
will also earn. There have already been many proposals from
local and foreign investors to provide for our various needs,
” he said.
“We will be able to construct the needed infrastructure in
order to help tourism grow,” he said.
“The Philippine Navy welcomes this development,” Lt. Col. Edgard
Arevalo, spokesman of the Philippine Navy, said in reaction to
Mr. Aquino’s announcement.
“We need to modernize but we have no money. So we have to come
up with alternative sources of funding,” Arevalo said.
The Fort Bonifacio Naval station, which covers a golf course,
housing units for officers and enlisted personnel, a hospital,
and the headquarters of the Philippine Marines, covers an area
of approximately 22 hectares.
The Army, meanwhile, has some 100 hectares of land at Fort
Bonifacio in Taguig City while the Air Force has 30 hectares at
the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City.
“They will develop at no cost to us and then we will be sharing
profits. The properties remain ours. This is what we call public-
private partnership,” Arevalo said.
“The Army and Air Force should come up with similar recommendations
which is the leasing of valuable lands without really losing
ownership,” AFP spokesman, Brig. Gen. Jose Mabanta said.
Camp Aguinaldo would eventually be the headquarters of all
three major services as well as the Department of National
Defense, just like the Pentagon in Virginia in the United
States.
Mabanta said the Armed Forces has a sizable share in the
proceeds from the sale of military real estate assets by
the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA).
“It (proposed public-private partnership) will be one of
the possible sources of funds. At this point, the major
fund is the proceeds from the BCDA. We are getting a lion’s
share of it as well as from government appropriations,
” Mabanta said.
Navy-private venture falls of BCDA loop
By JOVEE MARIE N. DELA CRUZ
The Manila Times, Thursday, 29 July 2010
The Philippine Navy spokesman said that the partnership
between Navy and the private companies would not undergo
the procedure set by the state-owned Bases Conversion
and Development Authority (BCDA). “The 30-hectare lot
No. 1, where the Naval station in Fort Bonifacio is
located, is not part of the BCDA. It is a Navy property,
” said Lt. Col. Edward Arevalo, Navy spokesman, adding,
“It will not go through the long bidding process of BCDA.”
“We have a property in [Fort] Bonifacio that has not been
optimized . . . so we said why not we enter into a public-
private partnership to fully utilized the property,”
he said in Filipino.
The Navy is still waiting for President Benigno Aquino 3rd
to sign the executive order to start the public-private
partnership.
The Naval officer also said that there are many private
companies who are interested to partner with the agency
in this development but they not chosen yet.
In this type of partnership, the private proponent would
rent the Navy property in Roxas, Boulevard—where its
headquarters is currently located and the Naval Station
in Fort Bonifacio for $100 million.
All proceeds of this development will go to the Navy’s
trust funds, while the Board of Trustees is the one who
manage its income.
The Board of Trustees is composed of the secretary of
National Defense, the chief of staff of Armed Forces of
the Philippines and flag officer in command
of the Philippine Navy.
The Manila Times, Thursday, 29 July 2010
The Philippine Navy spokesman said that the partnership
between Navy and the private companies would not undergo
the procedure set by the state-owned Bases Conversion
and Development Authority (BCDA). “The 30-hectare lot
No. 1, where the Naval station in Fort Bonifacio is
located, is not part of the BCDA. It is a Navy property,
” said Lt. Col. Edward Arevalo, Navy spokesman, adding,
“It will not go through the long bidding process of BCDA.”
“We have a property in [Fort] Bonifacio that has not been
optimized . . . so we said why not we enter into a public-
private partnership to fully utilized the property,”
he said in Filipino.
The Navy is still waiting for President Benigno Aquino 3rd
to sign the executive order to start the public-private
partnership.
The Naval officer also said that there are many private
companies who are interested to partner with the agency
in this development but they not chosen yet.
In this type of partnership, the private proponent would
rent the Navy property in Roxas, Boulevard—where its
headquarters is currently located and the Naval Station
in Fort Bonifacio for $100 million.
All proceeds of this development will go to the Navy’s
trust funds, while the Board of Trustees is the one who
manage its income.
The Board of Trustees is composed of the secretary of
National Defense, the chief of staff of Armed Forces of
the Philippines and flag officer in command
of the Philippine Navy.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Navy officers' wives hold breast cancer awareness drive in Bicol
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Thursday, July 29, 2010
The Philippine Navy Officers' Wives Association Inc.
(PNOWA) spearheads a Seminar on Breast Cancer Prevention
cum Medical Mission in Barangay Rawis here starting today
(Friday, July 23), announce the Public Affairs Office of
the Naval Forces Southern Luzon (Navforsol).
Commodore Joel Babas, commander of the Navforsol told PIA
News Service that the activity is a parallel endeavor of
the PNOWA to complement the continuing programs of the
Philippine Navy across the country to uplift the morale
and enhance the well-being not only of the Navy officers
and personnel but also their family, relatives and dependents,
much as the community the Navy serves.
Babas added that similar activities will also be conducted
at the Navforsol Fleet-Marine Quarterdeck in Julahasan Arasain
Headquarters in Barangay Rawis to be manned by the naval
station's organic and Opcon units' personnel the next day
starting at 9:00 am. PNOWA is an association of all wives
of officers of the Navy, led by the wife of the Flag Officer
in Command of the Philippine Navy.
PNOWA has tapped the Gift2Life (G2L), a non-government
organization with health and medical fields of work, to
provide for the doctors to hold lectures on breast cancer
prevention, thereafter render clinical services to the
community. One breast cancer survivor, a member of the
contingent, will share testimonials on coping up and pursuing
one's dreams and aspirations despite stricken by the disease.
Babas remarked that this initiative is indeed a great
opportunity that should be taken advantage of every resident
to learn as cancer is the third leading cause of death in the
country following communicable diseases and cardiovascular
diseases. He shared that breast cancer is second to lung cancer
among the six leading causing-death cancers. In spite of the
stark reality, there is at present a low cancer prevention
consciousness in the entire country. Most Filipino cancer
patients seek medical advice only when symptomatic or at
advanced stage. As a result, for every two new cancer cases
diagnosed annually, one dies within a year.
The Philippine Navy Officers' Wives Association Inc.
(PNOWA) spearheads a Seminar on Breast Cancer Prevention
cum Medical Mission in Barangay Rawis here starting today
(Friday, July 23), announce the Public Affairs Office of
the Naval Forces Southern Luzon (Navforsol).
Commodore Joel Babas, commander of the Navforsol told PIA
News Service that the activity is a parallel endeavor of
the PNOWA to complement the continuing programs of the
Philippine Navy across the country to uplift the morale
and enhance the well-being not only of the Navy officers
and personnel but also their family, relatives and dependents,
much as the community the Navy serves.
Babas added that similar activities will also be conducted
at the Navforsol Fleet-Marine Quarterdeck in Julahasan Arasain
Headquarters in Barangay Rawis to be manned by the naval
station's organic and Opcon units' personnel the next day
starting at 9:00 am. PNOWA is an association of all wives
of officers of the Navy, led by the wife of the Flag Officer
in Command of the Philippine Navy.
PNOWA has tapped the Gift2Life (G2L), a non-government
organization with health and medical fields of work, to
provide for the doctors to hold lectures on breast cancer
prevention, thereafter render clinical services to the
community. One breast cancer survivor, a member of the
contingent, will share testimonials on coping up and pursuing
one's dreams and aspirations despite stricken by the disease.
Babas remarked that this initiative is indeed a great
opportunity that should be taken advantage of every resident
to learn as cancer is the third leading cause of death in the
country following communicable diseases and cardiovascular
diseases. He shared that breast cancer is second to lung cancer
among the six leading causing-death cancers. In spite of the
stark reality, there is at present a low cancer prevention
consciousness in the entire country. Most Filipino cancer
patients seek medical advice only when symptomatic or at
advanced stage. As a result, for every two new cancer cases
diagnosed annually, one dies within a year.
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