Thai rookie snares RW Masters crown

Posted on November 23, 2015November 23, 2015 by Admin

By Tribune Wires | The Daily Tribune | November 23, 2015 Thai rookie Natipong Srithong charged back from three strokes down in the last nine holes to snatch the rich Resorts World Manila Masters crown, putting on a scorching finish to edge South Africa n Jbe Kruger by one on a five-under 67 at the Manila Southwoods’ Masters course here yesterday. Srithong bucked overwhelming odds just to wheel back into contention, including erstwhile leader Hung Chien-yao’s ace on No. 13, and pulled thro...

Robert John L. Sobrepena

Posted on October 9, 2015February 3, 2020 by Admin

Welcome to my website, where I’ll be sharing my thoughts, plans, and vision for a progressive, greener, and sustainable Philippines. For the past 30 years, I have been hard at work to design, develop, and promote projects that have contributed positively to the environment and its wildlife. I’ve planted and nurtured hundreds of thousands of trees and ecological enclaves that make up the “green” lungs of communities as well as the Philippines. In an effort to attain a progressive,...

$1m Masters set; Day coming?

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Admin

RWM Chief Operating Officer Stephen Reilly said that aside from the attractive prize pot, the full-field Asian Tour tournament will have multi-pronged objectives to benefit local golfers, since part of its vision is to boost the development of professional golf in the country and Asia, creating opportunities for Filipino golfers to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games, and promoting the Philippines as a golfing haven and top-class tourist destination. This means that Filipino golfers, who will do...

There’s No Stopping Southwoods

Posted on February 27, 2015February 27, 2015 by Admin

By Adriano Flores | Inquirer Golf | November-December 2014 As his players celebrated beside the 18th green of the posh Baguio Country Club, team captain Thirdy Escano watched quietly nearby, thanking people who congratulated him. The trademark tipid smile was ever present, partially hiding the jubilation that he truly felt--because finally, Manila Southwoods broke a five-year title drought in the annual Fil-Am Golf Invitational. It was clearly a statement victory–35 points against Vent...

Sobrepeña: MRT 3, at current state, will not attract investors

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Admin

By Lorenz S. Marasigan | Business Mirror | February 4, 2015 0 14 THE Metro Rail Transit (MRT) Line 3 must first undergo a total makeover before its maintenance contract could be deemed palatable to “serious” investors, the owner of the multibillion-peso train line said on Wednesday. MRT Holdings II Inc. (MRTH-II) Chairman Robert L. Sobrepeña said the current state of the most congested train system in the Philippines could be described in one word: alarming. This, he said, means that the t...

Sobrepeña: MRT3 price tag less than P20B

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Admin

By Mick Basa | Rappler.com | December 17, 2014 It turns out that the MRT3 is cheaper than expected. One of its owners says its equities cost less than P20 billion. MANILA, Philippines – The budget allocated by the government to gain total control of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) line 3 costs more than half the railway concessionaire’s equity price tag, one of its owners said Wednesday, December 17. “Definitely it’s not going to be P54 billion ($1.21 billion)*. It’s not going to be P...

Sumitomo, Sobrepeña to tap ally Metro Pacific for MRT-3 upgrade

Posted on December 18, 2014December 18, 2014 by Admin

By Chrisee J. V. Dela Paz | Business World Online | December 17, 2014 SOBREPEÑA-led Metro Rail Transit Corp. (MRTC), builder of the Metro Rail Transit System Line 3 (MRT-3), and the line’s former maintenance service provider Sumitomo Corp. could build a joint proposal with Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) to rehabilitate and upgrade the country’s most congested railway system. MRTC Board Chairman Robert John L. Sobrepeña told lawmakers yesterday that his company, in partnership with Ja...

Sobrepeña: Govt buyout not the solution to MRT 3 woes

Posted on November 29, 2014February 17, 2015 by Admin

by Lorenz S. Marasigan | Business Mirror | November 29, 2014 THE benefits from the planned P54-billion takeover of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) Line 3 are minimal to nil, its private owner said, as it only provides for the exchange of money from one government agency to another. Metro Rail Transit Holdings II Inc. (MRTH-II) Chairman Robert John L. Sobrepeña made this comment in line with the Senate’s disapproval of the budget for the train line’s buyout. He said the multibillion-peso bu...

MRTH wants Sumitomo to bag MRT 3 upkeep deal

Posted on November 28, 2014February 17, 2015 by Admin

By Lorenz S. Marasigan | November 28, 2014 The private owner of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) Line 3 has urged lawmakers to move for the revision of the current maintenance setup of the train system to immediately address its persisting woes. MRT Holdings Inc. (MRTH) Chairman Robert John L. Sobrepeña, in a statement submitted to Congress on Tuesday, also urged lawmakers to seek the reinstatement of the former maintenance provider of the train line—Sumitomo Corp. He explained before the C...

‘Buyout won’t solve MRT woes’

Posted on November 26, 2014December 18, 2014 by Admin

By Maricel Cruz | Manila Standard Today | November 26, 2014 The Metro Rail Transit Holdings II Inc. has urged the government to reinstate the so-called “single point of responsibility” to allow the company to properly maintain, upgrade, and expand the MRT line 3 system. At a hearing conducted by the House committee on Metro Manila Development chaired by Quezon City Rep. Winston Castelo, MRTH-II chairman Robert Sobrepeña said the government’s plan for an Equity Value Buy-Out will not solve ...