SHDA Convention Underscores Challenge to Philippine Housing Industry

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If there is one thing that was unequivocally and indisputably established during the 25th National Developers’ Convention of the Subdivision and Housing Developers’ Association, it is this: the housing industry has a mammoth task before it. After all, a 5.7 million-unit housing backlog for the year 2016 is not to be taken lightly. Yet, the participants of the conference left Iloilo with smiles on their faces because there are many reasons to be optimistic at the conclusion of the gathering held from September 22-23, 2016. With the theme “The Many Faces of Housing: Enhancing Lives”, there was no doubt left on any of the 300 participants’ minds that there are still many different ways to engage the general public in terms of kinds of housing (and price points) as well as location. And that they have a unique and important role in nation-building.

The keynote speaker on Sept. 23, Department of Public Works and Highways secretary Mark Villar noted that government expenditure on infrastructure through the DPWH has been consistently increasing by leaps and bounds: P190.9 billion in 2014, P273.9 billion in 2015, and P363.5 billion in 2016. The total budget for the year 2017 is P342.3 billion. The projects are in various stages of completion and the biggest fund allocation is in Mindanao with P133.1 billion.

Sen. JV Ejercito, chairman of the Senate Committee on Urban and Housing Resettlement, said that “we are in exciting times. The 17th congress is one of the most productive times in terms of setting a legislative agenda.” Two bills to address the housing backlog have been filed: Senate Bill No. 328, an Act creating the Department of Human Settlement and Urban Development, and Senate Bill 331: On-Site, In-City or Near-City Resettlement Act for Informal Settler Families.

Engr. Rodel Racadio, SHDA national president, reiterated that through the SHDA-commissioned Philippine Housing Roadmap, the partnership between government and the private sector “has created a comprehensive and actionable development plan to meet the needs of Filipinos in all sectors of society.” He further reiterated that any development in the housing industry has a multi-sectoral impact and multiplier effect.

Clean Up Your Act: It’s Time to Download the Handy App

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These days, apps play an integral part in everyone’s everyday lives. We all have smartphones at this point, and there are a variety of apps that can help to keep you in check, no matter what your needs. One of the best apps for everything related to cleaning your home or apartment is Handy.

The Handy cleaning app was previously known as Handybook and was founded back in 2012 by co-founders Oisin Hanrahan and Umang Dua. It came to be when Hanrahan was a student in Ireland and became a real estate developer in the Eastern Europe area. He began to purchase and renovate apartments in Budapest and soon developed the idea of Handy as a means of helping people to acquire a variety of services for the home.

Over the past few short years, Handy has gone from being a simple database of professional house cleaners, painters, plumbers, electricians and other home related professionals to a huge service that allows you to locate and book these pros. The service is available in the United States and throughout Europe. It has become so hugely popular that it could expand into other regions as well, including Asia and specifically, the southeastern country of the Philippines.

Handy provides users with a one hundred percent money back guarantee if they are not satisfied with the services of a professional who performs work on their home. However, it should be noted that all professional home workers are thoroughly background checked, highly experienced, friendly and insured. When you use the Handy app, you can quickly and conveniently schedule the home cleaner, plumber, electrician, mover or other professional of your choice, in as little as 60 seconds, and schedule them to come to perform services as early as the next day.

To use the app, all you need to do is to choose the payment method you want to use, select a professional and the date and time you want them to show up at your home. Because the app is right on your smartphone, it is highly convenient and you can book and manage your Handy appointments right at your fingertips while on the go at any time.

Duterte Pledged to Slaughter 3 Million Addicts Just as Hitler Massacred the Jews

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President Rodrigo Duterte pledged to slaughter 3 million drug addicts in the same way Adolf Hitler massacred the Jews during the Holocaust.

Isn't it time to put an end to this madness?

Remember that only 16 million people voted for Duterte. The Philippines has a population of 100 million. Do the math. That's a lot of people who are right in the middle of this stupidity.

What is his Communications team doing? or is the president really so stubborn that he does not just reads the speeches prepared for him?

Everything that comes out of his mouth is pure shit!...and Duterte supporters steps on these shits every time they defend his evil thoughts.

Yeah, he is just being himself. He is truly a shit-making machine!

Hail the next Hitler!? God save our country!

"Don't be a blind follower, or see no wrong in Duterte, because that is so wrong."

When you believe he means something else with all the foul-mouthed statements he has been saying, you should believe others also deserve the same treatment so you should offer your own "interpretation" as well.

When you still see hope for him to change after a few more months or years in the presidency, you should also offer the same compassion for the drug abusers who could possibly be cured after some time in rehab.

When you believe he is the only one who has taken real action where all other presidents have failed, you should also consider that his persistent detractors might also be among the few who are ready to face the consequences just to see real change.

When Anti-Duterte criticize the president for his wrong ways, it doesn't mean they are not supportive of the president. Remember that real friends are those that would not hesitate to be truthful when they see fault in you. Real supporters would be honest enough to point out his mistakes in order to achieve real change for the better.

Like Duterte, real friends may also use inappropriate and demeaning words just to get your attention. If you believe the president is just being himself, so why limit that belief to him. Unlike Duterte, do not wish them death just because they are being true to you.

Just like Duterte, we are not purely 100% evil-proof. We can make mistakes. We cannot correct these mistakes if we ignore or let them be just because we believe there is an ultimate goal that needs to be accomplished. We should not condone the wrong acts done along the way just to continue with our quest for change.

In traveling, remember that reaching the destination is not the only thing important. Our journey - what we do along the way - should be the most meaningful for all of us.

If we keep on looking only at our preferred way, we may miss the better path.

Duterte should be reminded that he should stop comparing himself to others, and show his real self instead. He will continue making mistakes if he deliberately patterns himself with others that may have been wrong as well.

The problem with Duterte supporters is they purposely blind themselves from the evil that their president is doing just because the guns are not pointed at them.

Duterte's good intentions are useless if he is seen as a madman by many, especially by our foreign neighbors, and consequently, the entire country is seen as no place for any sane person, or tourist, or investor, to ever visit or do business in.

Whatever good this madman has done are worth nothing if he continues tolook at people like pests that needs to be eradicated.

Unlike Duterte supporters, the rest of us also look at the long-term effect of his insanity. No sane person would want to kill his fellowmen just because he thinks they are hopeless cases.

I wouldn't want to be friends with someone who believes killing is the only solution to cure the sickness that has plagued us for a long time. You should not kill! You cure!

When we start slaughtering our fellowmen, or even have thoughts that is the only right thing to do just to save the rest of us, then we become worst than them..

But I won't give up on these misguided individuals. Unlike them, I believe there is still hope for these fanatics, and I wouldn't want them to get murdered just because I feel that they are blind followers of the madman.

There has never been any real change since Duterte became president. It doesn't matter how long he has been president, or how long he will stay as president. We should not wait for many to be murdered before we put a stop to this madman. If he continues to act and think like a madman, he will bring nothing but madness to our country.

Don't expect anything good from a man who believes all his detractors are better off dead.