16 March 2022, from Gems: Dear Fellow Lot Owners:  I was supposed to report on our February accomplishments last week, but some personal concerns wrested my hand from my computer. As I mentioned in my 04 March post, following the resignation of former Secretary Roy Cimatu in the middle of February, we promptly called on […]

08 March 2022, from Gems: Consistent with our joint efforts to declutter the exchange of messages in this viber group, please do not post messages intended for the Admin Office or another member/s. You may send the message directly to the viber account of the addressee/addressees.  In case you do not have the addressee’s/addressees’ account/s […]

07 March 2022, from Gems: The DENR’s end products for us are the deeds of sale, but as committed by former Secretary Cimatu, DENR would help facilitate the titling to the extent it could. For now this would be in the form of automatic transmittals of the notarized deeds to the Registry of Deeds, hopefully […]

04 March 2022, from Gems Apologies for my absence, sirs. It seemed like the past three weeks went by like a blur to me. And now something has grown in front of my desk, this issue of posted random messages. Reviewing the exchanges these last few days, I realized that, indeed, some rules need to […]

04 March 2022, from Gems: Next week, I shall report on what transpired during our recent meeting (Tuesday) with the new DENR Acting Secretary, USEC JIM SAMPULNA, and separately (Wednesday) with DILG SECRETARY ED ANO and DHSUD NCR DIRECTOR USEC JEOFREY TUPAS and their teams. Key challenges remain, including generating efficiency in channeling right information […]

21 February 2022, from Gems: Legend has it that when Alexander the Great arrived at Lycia in ancient Anatolia (now Turkey) in the fourth century BC, he found an ox-cart which had stood, tied in place for ages as Midas’ offering to the Phrygian god Sabazios. An oracle had predicted that any man who could […]

18 February 2022, from Gems: I just returned from a weeklong trip to Bicol, where our family almost lost our 87-year old mom. Thanks to timely medical intervention and your prayers, she has been pulled from the brink. Her recovery will be slow and gradual, but we are grateful to God for her new lease […]

MONTHLY REPORT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS(JANUARY 7 – FEB 4, 2022) Esteemed Fellow AFPOVAI Phase 678 Lot Owners: Today, I am pleased to report that as of Friday, Feb 4, 2022, our JTF has so far interviewed 167 lot owners, broken down as follows: 1st week of Jan 2022 – 7; 2nd week – 43; 3rd week […]

02 February 2022, from Gems: Thanks again, Sir Lito. You’re a fountainhead of ideas. We certainly welcome anything and anyone that would unite and strengthen us in our efforts to claim those lots, which are rightfully ours. And we reject anything that would work to the contrary. As I’ve amply emphasized since last December 2021, […]

27 January 2022, from Gems: Esteemed, Fellow 678 Lot Owners:  We had another productive JTF meeting last 21 January, the outcomes of which included the following: DENR Special Order 2022-03 has been signed, designating key DENR personnel to compose, along with AFPOVAI officers, our JTF, authorizing them to do official business with us, including attending […]