Barretto's Seafront Zone

Comment from a reader on "Barretto, The New Hawaii":

commenting on baretto the new hawaii. i think the subic bulletin, missed what the responder was trying to tell investors. they will take the land back, its been done there already. why subic bulletin glazed or did not understand the implications of this,, it questionable.

[The Subic Bulletin] The law in the Philippine provides that a strip of land on the salvage zone of 20 meters that cannot be "legally" titled or built on allowing access for the general public to the beachfront, regardless of what the title says. This is not something new or anything to do with Dick Gordon.

Although the law relates specifically to coastal land not bay front land, its not such a difficult stretch that this law applies along Barretto and would likely have been the law when the "investors" bought the land along the beachfront (we have been trying to find out the date this was introduced).

Our point was quite clear, the owners of the land along the beachfront at Barretto with the exception of 3 or 4 have done nothing to take advantage of the location and in many cases block access to the public in favor of structures not much better than a squat.

So far no one has specifically suggested the land from the water to the highway would be taken so at this time would would believe any proposal would be to develop the 20meter strip of public land. This would not only make a great open promenade but would increase the value of the current properties because they would have 2 frontages one to the national highway and one to the Promenade.

If we have missed something please tell us what it is? If you think it questionable then start questioning! It will all be printed here on The Subic Bulletin.