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The National Bureau of Investigation is now intervening in the Azzela Properties issue.
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What triggered the probe—and what could happen next for buyers and investors?
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00:33Good afternoon. Welcome to Beyond the Headlines. I'm DJ Moises.
00:37Hundreds of homebuyers say they paid for homes that were never built.
00:43In Minglanilla, Cebu, the National Bureau of Investigation is now looking into what is being described as a possible ghost
00:51housing project involving Azela Properties Development Corporation.
00:56At the same time, a separate complaint filed before the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development, or DSUD, is
01:04raising a different but equally serious concern.
01:08This time, the issue is not just about development, but about regulation itself.
01:13Two separate cases, different complainants, but both raising the same question.
01:18Are the systems meant to protect homebuyers working as they should?
01:25Let's begin with the first case.
01:27Now under investigation by the National Bureau of Investigation.
01:31In Minglanilla, Cebu, what was once marketed as a housing development is now at the center of serious allegations.
01:39Hundreds of buyers say they paid for homes that years later have yet to be built.
01:45The developer involved is Azela Properties Development Corporation, and the NBI has issued a subwena to a company representative as
01:54part of its going probe.
01:56For many of the buyers, especially overseas Filipino workers, this was more than just an investment.
02:03It was a promise of a home.
02:06But today, that promise remains uncertain.
02:10To help us understand what looks like beyond the reports and investigation, we are joined today once again by Annie
02:19Reniva and Beth Morales, two of the buyers directly affected by this case.
02:25Hi, Annie and Beth.
02:26Hello.
02:26Welcome back to Beyond the Headlines.
02:28Thank you for having us.
02:29Thank you po, Sir Moses.
02:31Sige.
02:31So, kumusta naman ang case, Karun?
02:33Because I think this is already our fourth conversation regarding the alleged ghost housing project of Azela Properties.
02:45So, kumusta naman ni Karun?
02:48I'd like to say status quo, since there hasn't been any refund given.
02:54The very first time we came, my demand was the refund.
02:59But then, this trickled into every time we meet and we gather, more and more homebuyers come with their own
03:07set of stories.
03:08And these stories just get worse by the meetings.
03:11So, in August of last year, we filed a complaint to NBI.
03:18And it was only in February of this year that Mom Beth received a call from them.
03:25One of the staff, nag-message sa ako, ah, about the complaint na mula six months ago.
03:35And na daw may og, ma-visit daw may some, ah, na-schedule sa February 4 siya nag-message sa
03:42ako, ah, then mag-schedule daw visit sa Monday, ah, February 9 for the conference with regards sa among complaint.
03:50And, katunan, nag-continuous na until last week.
03:55Ang among, ah, file, ah, is one of the agent nag-kuan sa amua, nag-cater, then, again, nag-subina
04:06siya kay, ah, Adlawan.
04:08But then, wala nito nga, napod, as usual, every time na may, mudos niya, every time, wala nito nga.
04:18So, na-i-add to yung staff, ma-schedule die this week, Thursday, sa iyang time na gusto.
04:25So, hopefully, ah, Lloyd Adlawan, mo tunga nag-good ka, kay naakay, tulubagong, dili lang sa ako, dili lang sa
04:33mong pliniba, sa tanan, nga imong, nakuhaan o kwarta.
04:39Since, unsa pang a year pa, kami kay 2020 man, how about the others pa, makaroon, intawan ng ilang stress,
04:46super, super duper, wala ka-feel, ana.
04:49Yeah, hopefully.
04:51So, unsa may kanang stand sa NBI, no?
04:54Kay Morag, it looks like he is, si Lloyd Adlawan is still not present, no?
05:01Every time a meeting is being called.
05:03Unsa may stand po sa NBI with respect to this one?
05:08The subpoena given to him, kini siya is a standard operating procedure.
05:17Telling Adlawan that he should come, but that doesn't even affect the case.
05:23The case is pending investigation and will push through, especially that more and more complainants are filing cases.
05:33So, this is at a point where Lloyd Adlawan, dili ni kukakalusot, ana, apart from the civil cases filed sa
05:41H-SAC, complaints sa D-SHOD, complaints sa different agencies, and the criminal cases that we're filing, you are answerable.
05:53Not only to the homebuyers, but to the people of the Philippines.
05:57And may I just echo this out, it's not just Lloyd Adlawan, but the incorporators of Azela Properties, together with
06:06the other accomplices who are obstructing justice, as well as the enablers, the financiers, and protectors of Lloyd Adlawan.
06:15The Lord is alive.
06:18It so happened that Easter is coming, no?
06:20Ang ginuubuhi siya, kabalo siya kung kinsa ang nasa katarungan, and he will defend those on the side of justice.
06:27That time is at hand.
06:29And Lloyd Adlawan, you will have to be accountable together with your cohorts.
06:34And that is a promise that we will not rest until we get that justice and the refund of the
06:39money that you have invested.
06:40And hopefully this time, kay, since ang NBI already, according to what you said, ang NBI already issued a pronouncement
06:48that whether he will show up or not, the case will continue to move forward.
06:52Yes.
06:52Yeah, sige.
06:53Now, let's backtrack a little bit.
06:55Kay, katong last guest thing ninyo here, the development at that time was, ang provincial capital was also kanang engaging
07:02already to this case.
07:04Where are we also in terms of their engagement to this case?
07:08Kay, this is interesting because that opened a door for us with the governor giving us 15 minutes of her
07:15time together and calling the police director as well as those in office, the assessor's office and other departments.
07:27That was a very welcome break for us.
07:29And it was surprising personally for me because I was expecting 30 people, 50 the most, but we had over
07:38100 people, 100 homebuyers and complainants.
07:41Nga nito nga.
07:42Nga nito nga, yun sila.
07:43So, diha ko naka, kita ba nga, uy, the scope of this is so much more than I expected.
07:49We also, prior to that, we also went to the Minglanilla LGU and we spoke with the governor that there
07:58are two offices that are, that have jurisdiction over the process of approval and giving the business permit.
08:07Specifically, again, the Minglanilla LGU and complaints have been filed with the Minglanilla police as well as the Dishod and
08:15HHAC.
08:15Together with us were our criminal lawyers who represented us and not only us nga ni engaged, you know, but
08:22everyone else.
08:23There were other lawyers of other complainants, but it so happened that sa amung batch, solid bitaw mi, daghan and
08:32solid.
08:32So, our lawyers have raised the point of Dishod as an agency as well as Minglanilla LGU.
08:42Both agencies, si Adlawan, did not heed the cease and desist order of Dishod and the revocation of the business
08:50permit prior to 2023.
08:53So, the lawyer has recommended that these agencies file separate criminal cases against Azela properties for both the Minglanilla LGU
09:06and a Dishod.
09:08However, in the days that followed, the Dishod said that they didn't have legal counsel.
09:16They were still asking and hired them.
09:18And it was left at that.
09:19Following up on the police because there was no representative from the police that came, we expected that they would
09:25be there as well as the Minglanilla LGU, who is the head of the Minglanilla LGU, Mayor Rajiv Inad or
09:32the Vice Mayor, who during their term approved the business permits.
09:37So, they were not there.
09:38When I followed up from the point person, the PLO, the Capitol, or the Office of the Governor, and followed
09:48up with the police director, I learned firsthand that the police were not invited.
09:56So, upon…
09:57Yes, they were not invited.
09:58They didn't receive any invitation.
10:00They did not receive…
10:01For the Capitol meeting.
10:02The Capitol meeting for the investigative hearing, scheduled by Capitol, suggested by Capitol.
10:07So, I'd like to point out that we filed complaints to the Capitol in July as well as Dishod.
10:17June in Dishod.
10:19August, NBI.
10:20But, in the Capitol, September, we had to pose a rally in front of the Capitol that caught the attention
10:32of the governor herself.
10:34And so, morning, Ninsu, but knowing wala bitaw, giinbita ang police who should have been there because the very first
10:43person that Gov Ma'am called was the police director.
10:47But the police director has told me they were never informed.
10:50He also referred me back to the Minglanilia chief, the new chief, who also confirmed that they were never informed
10:56about it.
10:57So, I went back to the PLO, to the lawyer who scheduled that.
11:03And I…
11:03Because prior to the day of the schedule, she told us that…
11:11I didn't have to add to the police, I didn't have to add to Ed Lawan, and the like.
11:14So, there, along the way, it was a welcome break, but along the way, there were things that were not
11:19disclosed to us or were overlooked.
11:24I don't know if it is an oversight or an intentional choice.
11:31Whether intentional or unintentional.
11:34It was something that really saddened us.
11:38It was, in fact, infuriated me during a conversation with a lawyer because I was like, sir, DJ, when you
11:44give your word, you say so, then you stand for it.
11:48And I've always been straightforward with anyone I deal with.
11:51And in the case of us, Bita, representing over 500 complainants, that is a big blow to me.
11:57Which, which, niingong ko, sa governor's office, we will be back.
12:02And we will ask for, kung sa'y commitment, sa office of the governor, to help us, to help the
12:09homebuyers from Cebu,
12:12na na biktima sa ghost housing project ni Ad Lawan.
12:14Dili na ni alleged because tinuod mag yun, nga dili.
12:17But sa na na biktima ni Ad Lawan, we will be back.
12:20We also sent a letter to the provincial, Sangguniang Panlalawigan, provincial board, which, and we followed up through phone, but
12:31there wasn't any response.
12:33Nobody came back to us and asked us for a hearing, and asked us to be, you know, part of
12:40a hearing and the like, which we expected.
12:41But in Ani, this is where we are now.
12:44We are not stopping.
12:46For those who are still trying to get the refund and trying to make sense of what is happening, come
12:54out in the open.
12:56Several of you have reached out to me or to other members of the core team.
13:01Ayan mo ka, had look.
13:02Let us face reality and acknowledge it.
13:05I know to a certain extent, which we all did, no?
13:08We went through a phase of denial with taong ng aunta.
13:11Ang akong kinahanglan, ang akong balay.
13:13I don't need the refund of my money yet.
13:15But let us embrace the reality.
13:18There is no house.
13:19You invested, we invested in something that will not come to fruition, and we have been victims of such.
13:27But we should not keep silent.
13:29We should continue the fight, not just for ourselves, but for all others, because this is a precedent.
13:35We are looking at changing systems and trying to make sure that laws that are enacted will protect the homebuyers
13:48who are trying to invest for themselves and not bother government for any housing subsidy.
13:54Sige. So, there was a meeting that was conducted sa provincial capital through the office of the governor September of
14:03last year, no?
14:04Were there any follow-through after that?
14:09There hasn't been yet.
14:10Okay. So, in that meeting, unsaman, supposedly, ang mga action steps that you were told that they will follow through.
14:20Ang general pervading feeling was dissatisfactory.
14:25Dissatisfaction, it was a dissatisfactory feeling after that because katong laging mga tao naangay dito, na madubag.
14:32With jurisdiction, wala sila.
14:33So, the action plan, supposedly, was three things.
14:37The first is a follow-up hearing, calling the significant others, specifically the police and the Minglaniliya LGU representatives, decision
14:49-makers, heads.
14:51And the second is that criminal cases will need to be filed by Dissot against Adlawan and Dissola properties for
15:03violating the cease and cease order,
15:05as well as the Minglaniliya LGU for violating the revocation of their business permit.
15:11So, this is also another panawagan lang po na ito, no?
15:15On where we were because the last meeting that was also conducted was still September.
15:20So, it's been six months since then.
15:23So, you are also, I would, kuwano nga, you would also be interested to get an update also, no?
15:31An update, yes.
15:32From the people sa provincial capital through the office of the provincial governor, kung kumusta na ito ang katong nasabutan
15:40ninyong action steps.
15:41Yes.
15:42Sige.
15:42Karun, now that the NBI is involved, are you feeling that this is gaining better progress now that the NBI
15:52is already involved?
15:56I hope I can truly…
15:59This is coming from someone who had high hopes when I first got involved in this fiasco, shall I call
16:09it?
16:09Or in this advocacy, let me just call it an advocacy now.
16:12In this advocacy, kaya akong huna-huna, when I go to the national, regional offices, government offices, I would get
16:21the service that I anticipated.
16:25But, time and again, sa amung mga giandtuan, taas lang amung hopes.
16:30Ubus lang, ubus lang ganiang na-deliver.
16:33So, it was…
16:34Mubo ang reality versus expectation.
16:37Yeah, reality versus expectation was not congruent at all.
16:40So, karun, with this NBI, and given the time frame of six months, and given nga we learned ba, nga
16:47kato di ang, the number of us nga nagdungan o sangka sa amung file,
16:53gi-separate sa lain-lain mga agents.
16:55And there was only one agent, after six months, that took the time nga nakitaan ang file ni Ma'am
17:03Beth.
17:03So, the rest of the other agents, until na wala pa ni call.
17:08And because nga, kami bitaw sa kinikini ng grupu ha, solid mi, so ni tawag ni Ingo, ni-inform rin
17:13siya naman nga, kini may angay.
17:15So, na, let's call everyone.
17:17So, nga, sa amung attorney, dinitawag sa amung grupo na, ang NBI is, nag-message ako na kailangan na tumuad
17:26to for the file, for the case that we file against Lloyd Adlawan.
17:32And true enough, siya, rinagin yung tatuigitawag niya ay.
17:34Then, as first agent, nga, pwede man, kaya syempre, dili man sa kadaghan niya o case, pwede man tanan daw,
17:44pero, kumbaga, one by one, magkuhan siya ang affidavit to all of us, para matabangan daw nila kami, kaning case.
17:53So, sa tanan, nga, nag-file nga ito, nagpasalamat kami sa agent, for now, kasi, nag-assess good siya, gitawagan
18:02ko, text, gitawagan ko, tapos, ako, nung nawagpod ko nila, kailangan ato ta.
18:09So, as in, group of good talaga kami, nga ito sa NBI.
18:13Until now, we're hoping, ang amung agent, nga, nag-call out sa Amua, nga, mapadayon siya.
18:19Mo-follow through siya.
18:21Mo-follow, mo-follow through sa kanang amung case.
18:25Hindi may biyaan, in town.
18:27Sa area na po, just like what happened.
18:29Oo, kay Basen Onyama, maiwit na po, may ani.
18:32We really hope na, magpadayon yung town ka, agent, again, di may biyaan.
18:38So, you mentioned, katong the last meeting, katong, when there was a meeting that was called by Capitol, there were
18:43about 500 complainants, no?
18:46Ang nito nga, mga 100 plus.
18:48But, the complainants in general, sa amung mga pag-research, o pag-adpog din sa mga ginili, that 500 plus
18:55came from the Mingda ni LGU.
18:57Okay.
18:58So, Karun, in terms of the number of complainants ba, considering it's at least getting a bit of a momentum
19:05with the NBI,
19:06are you anticipating that there will be more complainants pagid who would come forward to make the voice even louder?
19:13There are actually, more and more.
19:15More and more. Sige.
19:16It has become something like, halos every other day, bitaw na, bitaw na, bitaw mo message nga, mamani, appeal ko
19:22po.
19:23Just recently, a real estate agent, kamingon siya, I feel guilty because I endorse this, but I really don't know
19:29anything about it.
19:30So, she referred the actual homebuyer to me.
19:35So, more and more. This is a callback.
19:37Kaya kato mga agents nga mahadlog, bitaw nga mo assist sa mga homebuyers.
19:41I'd like to call on you.
19:44In the first place, they brought the buyers to the property, no?
19:49Yes.
19:49Sina ang link?
19:50You were the link of the buyers to the property. To a certain extent, there is accountability on your shoulders.
19:56Please, do so and bring them now.
20:01Kanyang, na ay mga agents who I know, did, I know, did not know nga in anigin yin taon ni.
20:08Whom I know nga, you're also carrying this burden sa inyong kaugalingon bitaw.
20:14And this may not have helped you sleep.
20:17So, I'd like to ask you, call out your, tell your clients that you are there to help assist.
20:24Because if together, magkahiusap itaw ta, and there will be one voice, we will be stronger.
20:31And we will be able to make sure and establish our truth.
20:36And because this is already the fourth guesting, no?
20:40Kanyang, can you walk us back about katong first time gid mo nga ni pa sa complaint until where you
20:48are today?
20:49Kanyang, in summary kay Kabalukong, this is a span of years.
20:53And the context of my question, the reason why I wanted to raise that, so that our viewers would also
21:00be refreshed.
21:01And for those in government agencies ba, and decision makers who are watching, they would be refreshed about your ordeal,
21:10and where you are today.
21:13Okay, so ang sinugdanan giraan ni Tanano, the complaint in 2025, was when two sisters, OFW sisters.
21:25And this was how many years ago pa?
21:27No, 2025 ni siya.
21:29Ang sinugod sila.
21:30Muan ni gasugod ang among black.
21:32But the more ming nga mag...
21:34The first complaint was filed when gani?
21:36The first complaint for our batch or the previous batches?
21:38Even the previous batches?
21:39The previous batches, the first complaint was filed in 2018.
21:42And we met this person dito sa DYHP, bringing with him bounce checks for the refund that Adlawan promised.
21:52So, 2018.
21:53But kinis siya, kung atunin ko anun, saan 2016 gasugod ugsail ang Azela Properties.
21:592013 na-establish, 2016 nagsugod ugsail.
22:022018, there were already complaints.
22:05And then 2020, we were able to invest at different times.
22:09Pag 2021, 22, and 23, in between that, there have been complaints brewing.
22:15But in 2023, nakarealize na may nga, there's something wrong with it.
22:19So, dito niya may add to ni Adlawan.
22:23Nag-desert among grupo, katong 2025, na it happened na turnover sa Amua.
22:31June 18, pero December pa to.
22:33Cease and desist order was issued?
22:36In June 2022.
22:372022, no?
22:38Yes, the revocation of the...
22:40And these things, we found out, tungod na sa among research.
22:43Correct.
22:43When we had the first complaint and the several other, ni Anhimidiri,
22:48every time nga, baka mo add to me, ako sa ka-agency,
22:52mo meet big mga tao, that's when we find out nga.
22:55In 2022, na cease and desist order was given,
22:59but na di-continue ang pag-sale.
23:01Correct.
23:01In 2023, the revocation of the business permit by Minglanili LGU happened.
23:07But, nipadayon pag yun kay, in fact, sa among grupo,
23:10there are a few people nga nakapalit yun
23:12after the revocation of the permit and the cease and desist order.
23:17Antel na, may nagbabayad pa.
23:18Karun, yes.
23:19There are people who are still paying.
23:22So, the operation has now ceased.
23:25Adlawan has been...
23:27There have been complaints and cases filed against him.
23:30But he roams free, kay makabail siya.
23:33Patuwa siya'y ma-refund sa among.
23:35So, the stark contrast ba nga,
23:37ah, saan mo siyang i-bail,
23:39di ba siya'y mubayad instead sa among kanang refundable niya.
23:44Dili o na yung kwarta.
23:45O niya, the irony ni Pagyud is,
23:47he's seen in casinos,
23:48he's seen magluling hayaw
23:51sa mga lugar nga,
23:53di li on taangay ba?
23:54So, sa ganit ka tao nga,
23:55daghang kaayog utang sa mga ubang mataw.
23:57So, muna siya nga, 2023,
24:00until nga 2025,
24:01nag-abot mi sa radio station,
24:05where Ma'am Beth and her sister complained
24:08di ba siya na-turnover.
24:09Oo, nag-fly siya,
24:11nag-emergency kay turnover na.
24:12It's hoping,
24:13June 18,
24:14kay extension nag-ihatag na mo,
24:16December, actually ito,
24:18November,
24:18to December,
24:19nag-Jing January.
24:20So, in short,
24:21sige, nag-final me,
24:22kay mga buotan la kita,
24:23kayo ba ni Tuomi ka ni Adlawan,
24:25nga tangkod po siya.
24:27So, that June 18,
24:30turnover.
24:31Wala siya nag-turnover kay,
24:33di li ko no kaya,
24:34da gan siya mga reason.
24:36Da, nagsugod,
24:37nahantod nga,
24:38after na mo pag-board ka sa brigada,
24:42nagkagawas ng mga kuhan,
24:44hantod,
24:45and a different station.
24:46So, the reason lang,
24:47I just wanted that,
24:48so that the viewers can also be refreshed
24:49that this has been going on
24:51for a long, long time already.
24:54The business permit was already revoked,
24:56and then the cease and desist order
24:59was already issued.
25:00But in spite of that,
25:01ang selling activity ni Continio,
25:03and there are more,
25:05in spite of even more and more
25:07kanang buyers already expressing
25:10their complaints, no?
25:13About, about Azela properties.
25:15So, karun, at least na lang,
25:17can you say,
25:18at least,
25:19kung katong nagbayad pa,
25:21and you are watching,
25:22magundang na magbayad,
25:23but are there still buyers pa?
25:27Kaya katod,
25:27the last time we talked,
25:28sige pa man sila
25:29pamaligyaan to online.
25:31Karun, finally,
25:32was that already stopped?
25:33At least sa inyong observation?
25:35We cannot truly say,
25:37nga na stop.
25:37Pero at that time,
25:38kayo active man to
25:39ilang social media.
25:40Yes, and the social media
25:41is still active, no?
25:42Antod, karun,
25:43again,
25:44this is part,
25:44kini-kini ilang social media presence
25:46is part of the cyber crime na giyon.
25:48Agree, oh.
25:49Because this is fraud.
25:50Ana, bitaw.
25:51And so,
25:52multiple nagyod ang mga violations,
25:55criminal violations
25:56of Azela Properties
25:58and Lloyd Adlawan.
25:59So, kini siya,
26:00we are hoping that with NBI's help
26:02and with katong mga tao,
26:04Dishod,
26:06filing a case,
26:07Mingdanili LGU,
26:08filing a case,
26:09the Office of the Governor
26:10helping us,
26:11the Assessor's Office,
26:12the RD helping us,
26:13and with Sunstar
26:14amplifying our voice,
26:15we hope nga,
26:16we will reach as many people
26:18as possible,
26:19especially those who are involved,
26:20those who would want to buy,
26:22those who have bought
26:23and currently paying,
26:24panghunong na in taon mo.
26:25Let us stop this
26:27and curtail
26:29the corruption
26:30that is happening.
26:31Okay,
26:32this is already,
26:33at least it's still
26:34an allegation,
26:35because,
26:35until proven guilty,
26:37but there is already
26:38a pattern of people
26:39who are actually paying
26:40and they're not seeing
26:42their houses,
26:43so I think for those
26:45who are buying
26:46and you are still paying,
26:49undang na,
26:49until ma-resolve
26:51ni siya nga case,
26:52especially if you bought
26:54your property
26:54after 2023,
26:57okay,
26:57officially,
26:57they should not have
26:58been selling,
26:59no?
27:00Exactly.
27:01And then,
27:01na-sease and desist
27:02na po ni siya 2022.
27:03So,
27:04officially,
27:05beyond that period,
27:06there should have been
27:06no transaction,
27:07so particularly
27:08for those who bought
27:09properties
27:10from Azela
27:11beyond this,
27:13undang na,
27:14until resolved.
27:16And by the way,
27:17let's just point out,
27:18ang ilang authority
27:19to sell,
27:21as revealed here
27:23during the interview
27:26with Dishud,
27:29they only have
27:30the authority to sell
27:31for 33 houses,
27:34a total of
27:356,000 square meters.
27:37Kining 33,
27:38kung imu ni ikumpara
27:39sa 500 complainants,
27:41this is
27:43a very
27:45acute number.
27:46How can 500
27:48complainants
27:49fit into
27:4933 houses?
27:51So,
27:52maulang na siya
27:53ang na-sease and desist
27:55nga po ano,
27:55the rest
27:56nga ipagipang maligya.
27:57They do not have,
27:58yes,
27:59registration
28:00for the rest
28:01nga ipagipang maligya.
28:02So,
28:02they have violated
28:03on a larger scale
28:05yun in town.
28:07So,
28:08hunong na in town ta.
28:08And,
28:09namamuntay ka ng
28:10second developing
28:12stories,
28:12but this time
28:13related to
28:15Dishud,
28:15no?
28:16And then,
28:17with a different
28:18developer,
28:19and I'll update
28:19the viewers
28:21about that
28:22after this
28:23conversation.
28:24But before we let
28:24you go,
28:25despite
28:26everything,
28:27no?
28:28And the
28:28frustration,
28:29the delays,
28:31and the
28:32empty promises
28:33that unfortunately
28:34all of you
28:35have been receiving
28:36through this
28:37time or
28:38through the
28:38years,
28:39what keeps
28:39you going
28:40in terms
28:41of really
28:41pursuing
28:42closure
28:43of this
28:43case?
28:47I believe
28:49sa Cebu
28:50City
28:50na
28:52ibabaw
28:53yun
28:53nilang
28:54ko
28:54on
28:54justice.
28:56Unta,
28:57matabangan
28:58good
28:58made
28:58all the
28:59agencies
29:00working
29:01sa pag
29:02mga
29:03mutabang
29:03sa among
29:04with regards
29:04anong
29:05among
29:06case
29:07karoon
29:07na
29:08unta
29:08naamo
29:10ba?
29:10Nga
29:10dilim
29:11may
29:11pasagdan
29:12kay
29:13nga
29:14no,
29:15makuwan
29:15man
29:15good
29:16ni siya
29:16kung
29:17pasagdan
29:17ganit
29:18sa
29:18government.
29:19Again,
29:20magkuhan
29:20ko
29:20kay
29:21Pam
29:22na
29:23unta
29:23tabangan
29:24me
29:24kay
29:24ikaw
29:24man
29:25inahan
29:25sa
29:25Cebu
29:25City
29:26o sa
29:28province
29:28o
29:29nag-stayment
29:31kami
29:31direct,
29:32kumbaga
29:32we love
29:33Cebu
29:33City
29:33talaga
29:34o
29:35Cebu
29:35province.
29:36So,
29:36I really
29:36hope
29:36na
29:37tabangan
29:38good
29:38me
29:38ni
29:39mo
29:39pabayan
29:41ang
29:42imong
29:42mga
29:42anak
29:43gusto
29:44sa
29:45imong
29:45tabang
29:45kay
29:46kami
29:46in
29:48taon
29:49ang
29:49among
29:50kwarta
29:50bitaw
29:51nga
29:51bayad
29:52anang
29:53Utah
29:53House
29:54and
29:54Lloyd
29:55Adlawan
29:56hinaguan
29:57in
29:57taon
29:57na
29:57sa
29:58akong
29:58IGSU
29:59on
29:59OFW
30:00kana
30:00na
30:01lang
30:01all
30:04the
30:04agencies
30:06tabang
30:06pod
30:07mo
30:07dilipod
30:08mo
30:08ka
30:08ng
30:08mulihay
30:10bitaw
30:10kaya
30:11may
30:11mga
30:12common
30:12people
30:13lang
30:13may
30:14data
30:15ang
30:16tawala
30:17mo
30:17ipili
30:17ba
30:18ng
30:18tabangan
30:18all
30:19of
30:19us
30:20and
30:22the
30:23more
30:23that
30:23a
30:24lot
30:24of
30:24the
30:24victims
30:25actually
30:25are
30:26OFWs
30:26and
30:27we
30:27consider
30:27them
30:27as
30:28heroes
30:28this
30:29is
30:29also
30:29a
30:30good
30:30time
30:30for
30:30us
30:30to
30:31demonstrate
30:31how
30:32we
30:32truly
30:32value
30:34OFWs
30:34apart
30:36from
30:36that
30:36ang
30:38among
30:38mga
30:38isuon
30:39ng
30:39OFWs
30:40are
30:41caught
30:41in
30:41the
30:41crossfire
30:42in
30:43the
30:43Middle
30:43East
30:44so
30:45Adlawan
30:46it's
30:47the
30:47highest
30:47time
30:48that
30:48you
30:48should
30:48give
30:49back
30:50because
30:52there's
30:53no
30:53repatriation
30:53plan
30:54in
30:54place
30:54sadly
30:55but
30:55Adlawan
30:56this
30:56is
30:56the
30:56very
30:57time
30:57I
30:57believe
30:57in
30:58repentance
30:58and
30:59not
30:59just
30:59repentance
31:00but
31:00restoration
31:02of
31:02what
31:03has
31:03been
31:03stolen
31:06you
31:08will
31:08have
31:08to be
31:09accountable
31:09for
31:09this
31:10but
31:10this
31:10is
31:10the
31:10time
31:11that
31:11you
31:11should
31:11think
31:11of
31:12returning
31:13the
31:13money
31:13of
31:13these
31:14people
31:14caught
31:14in
31:14the
31:15crossfire
31:15when
31:16you
31:16did
31:16appeal
31:17to
31:18many
31:18people
31:19who
31:19added
31:19to
31:20so
31:20that
31:20they
31:20can
31:21help
31:21them
31:22and
31:22do you
31:23have
31:23withhold
31:23that
31:24from
31:24them
31:25they
31:25invested
31:26we
31:26invested
31:27in
31:27good
31:27faith
31:27we
31:28paid
31:29in
31:29good
31:29faith
31:30but
31:30you
31:31did
31:31not
31:31you
31:32breached
31:32the
31:32contract
31:33you
31:33breached
31:34your
31:34commitment
31:34and
31:36restitution
31:37is
31:38welcome
31:38pay
31:39us
31:39back
31:40give
31:40us
31:40the
31:41funds
31:41that
31:41our
31:43OFW
31:44IGSUON
31:45Kaila
31:46homebuyers
31:47caught
31:47in the
31:48Middle
31:48East
31:48should
31:49find
31:50relief
31:50because
31:51they
31:52need
31:52it
31:52now
31:53more
31:53than
31:54ever
31:54and
31:55then
31:55you
31:56mentioned
31:56about
31:56equality
31:57of
31:58treatment
31:58it
31:58doesn't
31:59necessarily
31:59mean
32:00just
32:00because
32:01you
32:02do
32:02not
32:02I
32:03mean
32:03the
32:03complainants
32:04don't
32:04have
32:05more
32:05in
32:05life
32:06it
32:06doesn't
32:06mean
32:07but
32:08I
32:09remember
32:09clearly
32:10what
32:11one of
32:11the guests
32:12also
32:12highlighted
32:13and
32:14I
32:14hope
32:15that
32:15would
32:15also
32:15give
32:15you
32:16and
32:16the
32:16rest
32:17of
32:17the
32:17complainants
32:17more
32:18confidence
32:19because
32:19it's
32:20been
32:20said
32:20supposedly
32:21that
32:21those
32:21who
32:22have
32:22less
32:22in
32:22life
32:23should
32:23have
32:24more
32:24in
32:24law
32:24so
32:26that
32:26means
32:27hopefully
32:28moving
32:28forward
32:28now
32:29that
32:29the
32:29NBI
32:30has
32:31finally
32:31responded
32:32and
32:33have
32:33already
32:33committed
32:34whether
32:35Lloyd
32:35Adlawan
32:36shows up
32:37or not
32:37it
32:37will
32:38proceed
32:38I
32:39wish
32:40you
32:40and
32:40the rest
32:41of the
32:41500
32:41and
32:41even
32:42more
32:42than
32:42that
32:42who
32:43are
32:43yet
32:43to
32:43come
32:43forward
32:44the
32:44best
32:45that
32:45hopefully
32:46you
32:47have been
32:49working
32:50and advocating
32:51for this
32:51for so
32:52hard
32:52for so
32:52many
32:53years
32:53and
32:53finally
32:54at
32:54least
32:54there's
32:55some
32:55glimmer
32:55of
32:55hope
32:56we
32:56are
32:56confident
32:58in
32:58that
32:58and
32:58we
32:59will
32:59not
32:59stop
33:00and
33:00continue
33:01to
33:01keep
33:02us
33:02posted
33:02and
33:03we
33:03will
33:03continue
33:03also
33:04to
33:04amplify
33:04your
33:05voices
33:05thank
33:06you
33:06so
33:06much
33:06she
33:07have been
33:07a big
33:07help
33:08thank you
33:11sunstar
33:12thank you
33:13thank you
33:15sir
33:15ken
33:15at all
33:15stop
33:16thank you
33:16so much
33:25And as
33:26mentioned earlier
33:27now so
33:27we'll move
33:28to the
33:28second
33:28case
33:29but
33:29this
33:29one is
33:29also
33:30a topic
33:30of
33:30interest
33:31to
33:31you
33:31the
33:32rest
33:32of
33:32the
33:32over
33:33500
33:33complainants
33:34and
33:34even
33:34those
33:35who
33:35are
33:35watching
33:36because
33:37while
33:37this
33:38case
33:38is already
33:39under
33:39investigation
33:40by the
33:40National
33:41Bureau
33:41of
33:42Investigation
33:43or
33:43NBI
33:43a
33:44separate
33:45complaint
33:45is
33:46also
33:46being
33:47raised
33:47and
33:48this
33:49time
33:49it
33:49has
33:50another
33:50critical
33:51question
33:52because
33:52it's
33:53no longer
33:53just
33:54about
33:54the
33:54developers
33:55but
33:55also
33:56about
33:56the
33:57regulation
33:58itself
33:59in
34:00another
34:00part
34:00of
34:01Cebu
34:01and
34:02this
34:03should
34:03be
34:03a
34:03topic
34:04of
34:04interest
34:04for
34:04Cebu
34:05province
34:05because
34:05this
34:06is
34:06Minglan
34:06Ilia
34:07ang
34:07next
34:08complainant
34:08that
34:08we
34:09have
34:09here
34:09is
34:10from
34:10Bugo
34:11still
34:11of
34:12Cebu
34:12province
34:13so
34:13in
34:13another
34:13part
34:14of
34:14Cebu
34:14a
34:15filing
34:15before
34:15the
34:16Department
34:16of
34:16Human
34:17Settlements
34:17and
34:17Urban
34:18Development
34:18or
34:19DSUD
34:19is
34:20calling
34:20for a
34:21reinvestigation
34:22into how
34:23a housing
34:24project
34:24was assessed
34:25and whether
34:27an official
34:27inspection report
34:29may have
34:29affected
34:30the course
34:31of
34:31enforcement
34:32At
34:33At the
34:34center
34:34of
34:34motion
34:35is
34:35what
34:35the
34:35complainants
34:36George
34:37Felix
34:37and
34:38Margie
34:38Felix
34:39alleged
34:39to be
34:40a
34:40falsified
34:41government
34:42document
34:43The
34:44Ocular
34:45Inspection
34:45Report
34:46dated
34:47December
34:4812,
34:482024
34:49authored
34:50by
34:51then
34:51DSUD
34:52Region 7
34:53Regional
34:54Director
34:54Attorney
34:55Lindon
34:56de
34:56Hontilia
34:57According to
34:58the complainant,
35:00the report
35:00recorded only
35:02two structures
35:03on a property
35:04in Bogo City,
35:05one residential
35:06structure and
35:08one parking
35:09area.
35:09The complainants
35:11argued that
35:11this is
35:12inconsistent
35:13with other
35:14documents,
35:15including the
35:16respondent's
35:17own sworn
35:18statements,
35:19which reportedly
35:20acknowledged the
35:21presence of
35:22five structures,
35:23not just one,
35:24on the same
35:25property,
35:26three residential
35:27houses,
35:28and two
35:29commercial
35:30buildings.
35:32The complainants
35:33assert that
35:34this alleged
35:35underreporting
35:36allowed the
35:37development to
35:38be treated
35:39as an
35:39isolated
35:40sales
35:41rather than
35:42an
35:42unlicensed
35:43subdivision
35:44project,
35:45thereby avoiding
35:46criminal
35:47prosecution
35:48thresholds.
35:50So,
35:51if
35:51ang
35:52respondents
35:54ninyo
35:54is si
35:55Lloyd
35:55Adlawan,
35:56for this
35:57particular
35:57motion,
35:58it named
35:59Conrado
36:00Loan
36:01and
36:01Perla
36:03Loan
36:04as
36:04respondents,
36:05alleging
36:06that they
36:06have been
36:07operating
36:07multiple
36:08unregistered
36:10subdivision
36:10developments
36:11in
36:12Bogo City
36:12and
36:13nearby
36:14areas.
36:16In the
36:16filing,
36:17the
36:17complainants
36:18cite
36:18joint
36:19memorandum
36:20circular
36:20number
36:2101
36:22series
36:23of
36:232021,
36:24particularly
36:25section
36:258.3.6,
36:28which
36:28states,
36:29and this
36:30will be
36:30a topic
36:31of interest
36:31also for
36:34complainants
36:34as
36:35Azela
36:36properties.
36:37And
36:38it states
36:39that
36:39it should
36:40promptly
36:41file and
36:41prosecute
36:42cases
36:43concerning
36:43violations
36:44of
36:45Republic
36:45Act
36:46No.
36:469.646,
36:47which you
36:47also
36:48cited,
36:49Republic
36:49Act
36:49No.
36:5111201,
36:52and
36:52Presidential
36:52Decree
36:53957,
36:54you also
36:54cited
36:55this,
36:55and other
36:56related
36:56laws.
36:58Provide
36:58legal
36:59assistance
37:00to law
37:01enforcers
37:02and
37:02ensure
37:03the
37:03availability
37:04of
37:04public
37:05attorneys
37:05for
37:06the
37:06protection
37:07of
37:07individual
37:08rights.
37:10The
37:10complainants
37:11argued
37:11that
37:12this
37:12provision
37:13obligates
37:14DISOD
37:15regional
37:15offices
37:16and
37:17interagency
37:18task force
37:19to
37:19initiate
37:20criminal
37:20complaints
37:21when
37:22illegal
37:23subdivision
37:24activities
37:24are
37:25discovered.
37:26So if
37:26you
37:26recall,
37:27this
37:28has
37:29always
37:29been
37:29what
37:30the
37:30complainants
37:31of
37:31Asela
37:32Properties
37:32have
37:34always
37:34been
37:35saying
37:35all
37:36these
37:36years
37:37that
37:38the
37:39task force
37:40should
37:40have
37:41initiated
37:42criminal
37:43complaints
37:44when
37:45these
37:45illegal
37:46subdivision
37:46activities
37:47were
37:48discovered
37:49and
37:49actively
37:50reported.
37:51In
37:51the
37:51motion,
37:52they
37:53also
37:53reference
37:54the
37:54case
37:55involving
37:55Asela
37:56Properties
37:56Development
37:57Corporation
37:58which
37:58reportedly
37:59involved
38:00more
38:00than
38:00100
38:01homebuyers
38:02who
38:03also
38:03allege
38:04illegal
38:08housing
38:08sales.
38:10For
38:11our
38:11viewers,
38:12if you
38:12recall,
38:12when we
38:13interviewed
38:13D-Sod at
38:14that time,
38:14they said
38:15that they
38:16could issue
38:17only cease
38:18and desist
38:19but they
38:20could not
38:22enforce.
38:24This
38:24complaint
38:25actually argues
38:26otherwise.
38:27So the
38:28complaint
38:29argues
38:29that the
38:30regional
38:30office
38:31publicly
38:32stated it
38:33had fulfilled
38:33the mandate
38:34by issuing
38:35a cease
38:35of disease
38:35order and
38:36administrative
38:37fines.
38:38But yes,
38:39consistent to
38:39also what
38:40they told
38:40us during
38:41the interview,
38:42they lacked
38:43police power
38:43to shut
38:44down
38:44operation.
38:45But the
38:46complainants
38:46for this
38:47particular
38:47case
38:48contend
38:49that this
38:49interpretation
38:50is
38:51inconsistent.
38:51with
38:54JMC
38:5501
38:55Series
38:562021
38:57and
38:58earlier
38:58housing
38:59regulations,
39:00which they
39:01say
39:01explicitly
39:02require the
39:04filing of
39:05criminal
39:05complaints
39:06when
39:07violations
39:08of
39:08housing
39:09laws
39:09such as
39:10Presidential
39:11Decree
39:11957
39:12are
39:13identified.
39:15So what
39:17this
39:18is saying,
39:19the motion
39:20is actually
39:20saying it
39:21was incorrect
39:22for DSOD
39:23to actually
39:23say that
39:24they did
39:24not have
39:25the police
39:26power to
39:27enforce.
39:27This motion
39:28actually said
39:29otherwise.
39:30Along with
39:31the other
39:32agencies,
39:33they can.
39:34So according
39:35to the
39:35motion,
39:36the issue
39:37therefore goes
39:38beyond a
39:39single
39:39development
39:40project.
39:41Because we
39:41have
39:41Acela
39:41properties,
39:42we have
39:43developers
39:44in Luon,
39:45no sorry,
39:47the Luon
39:47couple who
39:48are in
39:48Bugo and
39:49they also
39:50are having
39:51allegedly
39:51unregistered
39:52subdivision
39:53developments.
39:54So it
39:55raises
39:55questions
39:55whether
39:56existing
39:56enforcement
39:57mechanism
39:58are being
39:59fully
40:00used
40:00to
40:01prevent
40:01real estate
40:03practices
40:04and protect
40:06home
40:07buyers.
40:08So the
40:09complainants
40:09are now
40:10asking DSOD
40:11to correct
40:11the inspection
40:12report.
40:13It was
40:15underreported
40:16and then
40:17conduct a
40:18new
40:18independent
40:19investigation
40:20and pursue
40:21administrative
40:22and criminal
40:23accountability
40:25where
40:26warranted.
40:27So as of
40:28now,
40:28the matter
40:28remains pending
40:29before the
40:30department
40:30and no
40:31formal
40:31determination
40:32has yet
40:32been issued
40:33regarding
40:34these
40:34allegations
40:35that were
40:36raised
40:36motion.
40:37And like
40:38what we
40:39always do,
40:40especially
40:41when
40:41Azela
40:42Properties
40:43complainants
40:44came forward,
40:45we would
40:45welcome the
40:46views of
40:46the Department
40:47of Human
40:48Settlements
40:48and Urban
40:49Development
40:49or DSOD
40:50as well
40:51as former
40:51DSOD
40:52Regional
40:527
40:53Director
40:55Attorney
40:55Lyndon
40:56Hontilia
40:56on the
40:57matters
40:57that are
40:58being raised
40:58on this
40:59report
40:59and this
41:00motion.
41:00And as
41:01this issue
41:01continues to
41:02unfold,
41:03we remain
41:03committed to
41:04presenting all
41:05sides and
41:05keeping the
41:07public
41:07informed.
41:10So those
41:11are our
41:12two stories
41:13for today.
41:14So as we
41:15can see,
41:16these are
41:16two separate
41:17cases.
41:18They have
41:18different set
41:19of complainants.
41:21one involving
41:22a housing
41:23development
41:24project,
41:24which is
41:25at least
41:25now being
41:26investigated
41:26by the
41:27National
41:27Bureau of
41:28Investigation
41:29where buyers
41:31say these
41:32homes were
41:33never,
41:33ever built.
41:36And now
41:37you heard
41:37another
41:38raising
41:39concerns
41:39about housing
41:40developments
41:41are inspected
41:42and whether
41:43enforcement
41:44mechanisms
41:44are actually
41:46being carried
41:47out.
41:48So together,
41:49while this
41:50case seems
41:50to be
41:51different,
41:52but they
41:52point a
41:53larger issue
41:54which is
41:55common.
41:56And this
41:56is not
41:56just about
41:57how homes
41:57are built,
41:58but how
41:59homebuyers
42:00are protected.
42:03So the facts
42:04inform us,
42:05the stories
42:06remind us,
42:07and somewhere
42:07in between,
42:09the truth
42:10takes shape.
42:11And we
42:11here,
42:12and beyond
42:12the headlines
42:12in Stanstar,
42:13we really
42:14hope that
42:14there will be
42:15a continuous
42:16follow-through
42:16from the
42:17provincial
42:18government.
42:18active cases
42:22and hopefully
42:23there are no
42:25others,
42:25hopefully,
42:26but I think
42:26this also
42:27merits
42:28for the
42:29provincial
42:30government
42:30to also
42:30look more
42:31closely.
42:32And at the
42:32same time,
42:33hopefully,
42:34also,
42:34there will be
42:34response
42:35coming from
42:35this.
42:36because
42:37in these
42:39two cases
42:39also,
42:40there seems
42:41to be
42:43areas also
42:44that they
42:44need to
42:45explain on
42:46the
42:46enforcement.
42:47That after
42:48all,
42:48if we believe
42:49this motion,
42:50they actually
42:51have the
42:51police power
42:52to stop
42:53illegal
42:54operations.
42:55So I'm
42:56DJ Moises,
42:57this is
42:57Beyond the
42:58Headlines,
42:58see you again
42:59tomorrow.
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