House committee to oppose compensation for DMCI

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MANILA — Should the Supreme Court decide to demolish the 49-story Torre de Manila, the House committee on Metro Manila development will oppose any compensation for DMCI Homes Inc.

The House committee on Metro Manila development believe that the company should not be entitled to compensation.

“Not a single centavo should be paid in favor of DMCI after the committee received information that permits and licenses were issued under [a] suspicious manner,” Committee chair and Quezon City Rep. Winston Castelo said in a text message to the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

DMCI Homes and DMCI Project Developers Inc. earlier filed a case against the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) for P27 million in damages.

DMCI was claiming that the NCCA’s cease and desist order (CDO) brought the termination of the building’s construction

In a petition, the order was described as “a wrongful act that caused undue injury to the said entities, both of whom are entitled to the completion of a lawful construction project that complies with all the requirements of the law.”