Metrowalk is a small but major commercial hub in
Pasig
Pasig, officially the City of Pasig ( fil, Lungsod ng Pasig), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 803,159 people.
It is located along the ...
in the
Philippines
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. It is located on a parcel of land at the junction of
Ortigas
Ortigas Center is a central business district located within the joint boundaries of Pasig, Mandaluyong and Quezon City, within the Metro Manila region in the Philippines. With an area of more than , it is Metro Manila's second most important bu ...
and
Meralco Avenues in the
Ortigas Center
Ortigas Center is a central business district located within the joint boundaries of Pasig, Mandaluyong and Quezon City, within the Metro Manila region in the Philippines. With an area of more than , it is Metro Manila's second most important bu ...
central business district of the metro.
It occupies a large part of the Payanig sa Pasig property that is claimed by numerous parties as a result of its 1986 sequestration by the
Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) as part of the
Ill-gotten wealth of the Marcos family.
Payanig sa Pasig land dispute
Metrowalk occupies a large part of the Payanig sa Pasig property that is claimed by numerous parties as a result of its 1986 sequestration by the
Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) as part of the
Ill-gotten wealth of the Marcos family.
Ortigas & Company, Ltd. Partnership (OCLP) has disputed the PCGG's sequestration, claiming that then-president
Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. ( , , ; September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino politician, lawyer, dictator, and kleptocrat who was the 10th president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He ruled under martial ...
had forced them to sell the property against their will in 1968.
On June 19, 2007,
then-Governor of Ilocos Norte now a President
Bongbong Marcos
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. ( , , ; born September 13, 1957), commonly referred to by the initials PBBM or BBM, is a Filipino politician who is the 17th and current president of the Philippines. He previously served as a sen ...
filed a motion to intervene in the OCLP v. PCGG case (Civil Case Number 0093) at the Sandinganbayan, the Philippines’ anti-graft court,
and
human rights victims from the period of
Martial Law under Ferdinand Marcos
At 7:17 pm on September 23, 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos announced on television that he had placed the entirety of the Philippines under martial law. This marked the beginning of a 14-year period of one-man rule that would effectively last ...
have filed a suit noting that properties of the Marcoses should be made part of court-ordered reparations for the Marcos dictatorship's human rights victims.
The PCGG considers the Payanig sa Pasig property the "crown jewel" among the properties sequestered from the Marcoses' ill-gotten wealth, estimating its minimum value to be about PHP16.5 billion in March 2015.
Other notable news coverage
2006 Leonardo Umale murder
The area made national news when its ownership was noted as a possible motive for the murder of a businessman, Leonardo Umale in 2006.
2007 illegal casino allegations
In January 2007, the leisure hub was subject to media scrutiny when an alleged illegal casino was said to be operating within the area limits. This was then denied by former Pasig mayor Vicente Eusebio. However, ''The Manila Times'' noted that the mayor's comment was an official statement.
References
External links
Shopping malls in Pasig
Ortigas Center
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