SO YOU thought the scrap story at the Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) is finis?
So you thought wrong.
Yesterday, a local daily reported of a Korean company operating within the aviation complex facing closure for failing to secure permits and clearances from CIAC.
Rules governing the Freeport mandate that any locator should secure a sanitary permit, fire safety certificate, certificate of environmental clearance, performance bond, a business permit along with an endorsement from CIAC.
The report quoted “officials” of CIAC identifying the company as Hyundai Corp., a dealer in mobile digital television.
So what has that got to do with the scrap story, you’d ask.
Well, it just so happened that Hyundai Corp. is sub-leasing a building from the Farm Fresh 25 Corp..
So?
It just so happened too that Farm Fresh 25 Corp., a hub of agricultural produce, is the very company of the enterprising Candaba Mayor Jerry Pelayo. And by a well intended twist of event, Pelayo it was that exposed the now still-simmering scrap scandal.
A case of twisting arm – of the Korean company – the CIAC is employing here to stem, if not turn the tides against Pelayo’s rampages. It can be construed there.
Lest we be charged of hasty conclusion sans deliberation, let us hear it from those CIAC “officials” cited in the news report. (Why they opted for anonymity given the seriousness of their charge, I cannot understand.)
The CIAC “officials” said – according to the news story – that Hyundai Corp. constructed a display room inside the aviation complex without securing a building permit.
Over and above this, Hyundai Corp. is said to have also failed to pay its arrears from February to July this year amounting to $12,749.48.
Farm Fresh 25 Corp. was taken to task for failing to seek approval from the CIAC Board regarding the sub-leasing of a portion of its area to Hyundai Corp., and for violating express provisions of the usufruct agreement it forged with CIAC. That agreement was said to have expired on May 30, 2010.
Air-tight arguments there against Hyundai Corp. and its sub-lessor Farm Fresh 25 Corp. On paper, at least. So what has the loquacious Kuyang Jerry had to say?
“Don’t twist the real issue,” Pelayo told CIAC President-CEO Victor Jose Luciano. “How could have I violated (the agreement) when Luciano, being the president of CIAC, did not give me a permit to operate the Farm Fresh 25?”
A raging Pelayo disclosed that two years back, after showing Luciano the proposal, building plans and perspective for his Farm Fresh 25 hub, the CIAC chief gave him the go signal to repair and rehabilitate the buildings, which he intended to lease. Everything was approved by Luciano in principle, he hastened to add.
Hyundai Corp. was one of the supposed investors for the food processing area in the food hub.
“Iyong isang kimchi factory na inayos ko at ginastusan ko ng P1 million ay pinagiba niya (Luciano). Habang hinihintay ko iyong permit to operate ay temporarily na pinaglagyan muna ng mga sinasabi nilang electronic gadgets ng mga kaibigan kong Koreano na nais ding magnegosyo sa Clark, eventually,” Pelayo said.
The real issue remains – to Pelayo – the illegal and unauthorized demolition of buildings inside the aviation complex. “Bakit walang maipakitang accounting at sino talaga ang nakinabang ng mga pinagbilhan ng scrap materials? Kailangan iyan ang sagutin ni Luciano at huwag niyang ibahin ang istorya.”
At the rate things go, notwithstanding the impending change of leadership at CIAC, the twists and turns in the scrap story shall continue hounding all of us.
Did I just say change of leadership at CIAC? I may be wrong there. I heard that Luciano has already wormed his way through certain padrinos – the name Sonny Belmonte is most pronounced there – to the very core group of President Aquino.
Expect more rantings from Pelayo then.
So you thought wrong.
Yesterday, a local daily reported of a Korean company operating within the aviation complex facing closure for failing to secure permits and clearances from CIAC.
Rules governing the Freeport mandate that any locator should secure a sanitary permit, fire safety certificate, certificate of environmental clearance, performance bond, a business permit along with an endorsement from CIAC.
The report quoted “officials” of CIAC identifying the company as Hyundai Corp., a dealer in mobile digital television.
So what has that got to do with the scrap story, you’d ask.
Well, it just so happened that Hyundai Corp. is sub-leasing a building from the Farm Fresh 25 Corp..
So?
It just so happened too that Farm Fresh 25 Corp., a hub of agricultural produce, is the very company of the enterprising Candaba Mayor Jerry Pelayo. And by a well intended twist of event, Pelayo it was that exposed the now still-simmering scrap scandal.
A case of twisting arm – of the Korean company – the CIAC is employing here to stem, if not turn the tides against Pelayo’s rampages. It can be construed there.
Lest we be charged of hasty conclusion sans deliberation, let us hear it from those CIAC “officials” cited in the news report. (Why they opted for anonymity given the seriousness of their charge, I cannot understand.)
The CIAC “officials” said – according to the news story – that Hyundai Corp. constructed a display room inside the aviation complex without securing a building permit.
Over and above this, Hyundai Corp. is said to have also failed to pay its arrears from February to July this year amounting to $12,749.48.
Farm Fresh 25 Corp. was taken to task for failing to seek approval from the CIAC Board regarding the sub-leasing of a portion of its area to Hyundai Corp., and for violating express provisions of the usufruct agreement it forged with CIAC. That agreement was said to have expired on May 30, 2010.
Air-tight arguments there against Hyundai Corp. and its sub-lessor Farm Fresh 25 Corp. On paper, at least. So what has the loquacious Kuyang Jerry had to say?
“Don’t twist the real issue,” Pelayo told CIAC President-CEO Victor Jose Luciano. “How could have I violated (the agreement) when Luciano, being the president of CIAC, did not give me a permit to operate the Farm Fresh 25?”
A raging Pelayo disclosed that two years back, after showing Luciano the proposal, building plans and perspective for his Farm Fresh 25 hub, the CIAC chief gave him the go signal to repair and rehabilitate the buildings, which he intended to lease. Everything was approved by Luciano in principle, he hastened to add.
Hyundai Corp. was one of the supposed investors for the food processing area in the food hub.
“Iyong isang kimchi factory na inayos ko at ginastusan ko ng P1 million ay pinagiba niya (Luciano). Habang hinihintay ko iyong permit to operate ay temporarily na pinaglagyan muna ng mga sinasabi nilang electronic gadgets ng mga kaibigan kong Koreano na nais ding magnegosyo sa Clark, eventually,” Pelayo said.
The real issue remains – to Pelayo – the illegal and unauthorized demolition of buildings inside the aviation complex. “Bakit walang maipakitang accounting at sino talaga ang nakinabang ng mga pinagbilhan ng scrap materials? Kailangan iyan ang sagutin ni Luciano at huwag niyang ibahin ang istorya.”
At the rate things go, notwithstanding the impending change of leadership at CIAC, the twists and turns in the scrap story shall continue hounding all of us.
Did I just say change of leadership at CIAC? I may be wrong there. I heard that Luciano has already wormed his way through certain padrinos – the name Sonny Belmonte is most pronounced there – to the very core group of President Aquino.
Expect more rantings from Pelayo then.
