A total of 39 agricultural lots owned by various closed banks under liquidation by the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) will be up for sale via electronic public bidding (e-bidding) on September 9, 2022.
The said properties, composed of 29 agricultural lots and 10 mixed agricultural/residential lots, will be sold individually and on an “as-is, where-is” basis. Located in Aklan, Bataan, Batangas, Bulacan, Camarines Sur, Iloilo, Laguna, Leyte, Marinduque, Occidental Mindoro, Pangasinan and Quezon, property sizes range from 175 square meters to 105,559 square meters. The properties have a combined minimum disposal price of P58.3 million with minimum bid per property ranging from P167,300 to P14.5 million.
Interested buyers may send their bids online via the PDIC e-bidding portal at https://assetsforsale.pdic.gov.ph starting at 9:00 am on September 8, 2022, to 1:00 pm on September 9, 2022. Bids will be opened at 2:00 pm on September 9, 2022. A one-time registration is required from interested buyers, which may be completed via the e-bidding portal at http://assetsforsale.pdic.gov.ph/Account/Register.
The complete list and description of the properties (https://assetsforsale.pdic.gov.ph/eBidding/Details/31), requirements, e-bidding process, and Conditions of Bid (https://assetsforsale.pdic.gov.ph/eBidding/AgreeConditions/31) are posted on the e-bidding portal. Bidders are reminded of their responsibility to determine the actual condition, status, ownership, and other circumstances of the properties they wish to acquire. As part of the bid requirements, bidders must submit a Certification, issued by the Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer (PARO) of the Department of Agrarian Reform where the property is located, that the property subject of the bid is not covered by the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), and that no Emancipation Patent or Certificate of Land Ownership Awards has been issued for the said property.
All bidders are also required to submit an Affidavit of Aggregate Land Holdings, which states that the person’s aggregate landholdings – including the property/ies to be acquired during the bidding – do not exceed the five-hectare limit set by law. The standard format for this Affidavit can be downloaded from the e-bidding portal.
For participants who are submitting bids on behalf of another individual or an organization, the standard format of the Special Power of Attorney and Secretary’s Certificate, respectively, can likewise be downloaded from the said portal.
For more information on the e-bidding, interested buyers may call the PDIC Public Assistance Department at (02) 8841-4141 during office hours. Those outside Metro Manila may call the PDIC toll-free hotline at 1-800-1-888- PDIC or 1-800-1-888-7342, also during office hours. Inquiries may also be sent via e-mail at [email protected] or private message on PDIC’s Assets for Sale Facebook page (@PDICAssetsforSale) or PDIC’s official Facebook page (@OfficialPDIC).
As a liquidator, the PDIC disposes of various closed bank assets through public biddings and negotiated sales. Proceeds from the liquidation of closed banks’ properties are added to the pool of liquid assets of these banks for distribution to uninsured depositors and other creditors subject to the rules on concurrence and preference of credits. The disposal of these assets increases the chances of recovery of uninsured depositors and creditors of their trapped funds in the closed banks.
The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) was established on June 22, 1963, by Republic Act 3591 to provide depositor protection and help maintain stability in the financial system by providing deposit insurance. Effective June 1, 2009, the maximum deposit insurance coverage is P500,000 per depositor. All deposit accounts by a depositor in a closed bank maintained in the same right and capacity shall be added together. A joint account shall be insured separately from any individually-owned deposit account.
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