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Republic of the PhilippinesDEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory BoardRegional Franchising and Regulatory Office No. 11

Balusong Avenue, McArthur Highway, Matina, Davao City

Republic of the PhilippinesDEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory BoardRegional Franchising and Regulatory Office No. 11

Balusong Avenue, McArthur Highway, Matina, Davao City

Petition for Extension of Validity of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a PUJ Dual Ordinary Regular Service.

JAMES G. BOOC, Petitioner.x---------------------x

Case No. R11-EV-PJ-2020-1-564 (2009-XI-00564)

NOTICE OF HEARING

Petitioner is a grantee of a Certificate of Public Convenience issued in this case authorizing the operation of a PUJ Dual Ordinary Regular service on the route: MINTAL and for cargoes as dual service from said place to any point in Region XI with the use of ONE (1) unit, which Certificate will expire on February 4, 2020. In the petition filed on January 21, 2020, petitioner requests authority to extend the validity of said certificate to operate along the same route with the use of the same unit previously authorized.

NOTICE is hereby given that this petition will be heard by this Board on FEBRUARY 18, 2020 at 8:30 a.m. at this office at the above address.

At least TEN (10) days prior to the above date petitioner shall publish this Notice once in a newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao.

Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file their written opposition supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the petitioner, and may if they so, desire appear on said date and time.

This petition will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and the documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS Atty. ARMAND B. DIOSO, Regional Director, this 22nd day of January 2020 in Davao City, Philippines.

ATTY. CATTLEYA B. ACAYLAR Attorney IV/ Acting Chief Transportation Development Officer Petitioner, James G. Booc, Purok 22, Catalunan Pequeño, Davao City Counsel, Atty. Placido A. Garde, Jr., 2/F Uncle Mark Bldg., Quimpo Blvd., Davao City

Petition for Extension of Validity of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a PUJ DUAL Ordinary Regular Service.

ROLANDO D. SAROSOS, Petitioner.x---------------------------------x

Case No. R11-EV-PJ-2020-1-287 (2000-XI-00287)

NOTICE OF HEARING

Petitioner is a grantee of a Certificate of Public Convenience issued in this case authorizing the operation of a PUJ Dual Ordinary Regular service on the route: CAMP CATITIPAN VIA JP LAUREL AVENUE and for cargoes as dual service from said route to any point in Region XI with the use of ONE (1) unit, which Certificate will expire on May 24, 2020. In the petition filed on January 16, 2020, petitioner requests authority to extend the validity of said Certificate to operate along the same route with the use of the same unit previously authorized.

NOTICE is hereby given that this petition will be heard by this Board on FEBRUARY 18, 2020 at 8:30 a.m. at this office at the above address.

At least TEN (10) days prior to the above date petitioner shall publish this Notice once in a newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao.

Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file their written opposition supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the petitioner, and may if they so, desire appear on said date and time.

This petition will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and the documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS Atty. ARMAND B. DIOSO, Regional Director, this 17th day of January 2020 in Davao City, Philippines.

ATTY. CATTLEYA B. ACAYLAR Attorney IV/ Acting Chief Transportation Development Officer Petitioner, Rolando D. Sarosos, #117 Fatima Village, Brgy. 19-B, Bajada, Davao City Counsel, Atty. Albert G. Yenco, Balusong Ave., Matina, Davao City

FROM PREVIOUS PAGEThis is a windfall for the

ARBs, as MEPI even paid three years advance rental—from 2020 to 2022, MEPI stated.

Mercado also offered the same benefits and terms to the other beneficiaries who have not yet signed on to the lease contract. He said: “We would like everybody in the community to share in the fruits of the land without leaving anyone behind.”

The company expects the remaining 149 beneficiaries to sign the new lease deal. A total of 612 beneficiaries—or more than 80 percent of the majority—signed the fifth amendment to the Contract of Lease, where they declared that they ratify, defend and support the validity of the said agreement.

Aside from the company and the agrarian reform beneficiaries, the Provincial Agrarian Reform Coordina-ting Committees (PARCCOM) also participated in the negotiations.

Aside from rental income, MEPI also employs at least one member from the beneficiary

family and provides them and their families with education, healthcare, life insurance, retirement benefits, and other financial assistance.

MEPI, which is based in Sto. Tomas in Davao del Norte, has been engaged in the business of operating a banana plantation since 1969, with a total plantation area of close to 2,000 hectares. It is part of the Marsman Drysdale Group which operates various businesses in the Philippines since the 1920s.

In compliance with the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law, MEPI opted to donate on September 26, 2000, about 800 hectares of land to its individual ARBs. The donation carried with it the condition that the company will be allowed to lease the land for 30 years, initially set at P4,500 per hectare per year. With this arrangement, the government did not have to pay MEPI just compensation amounting to more than P1 billion and freed the ARBs from paying a single centavo for their land.

An agrarian reform beneficiary wearing a MEPI shirt