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Chapter 1 of The Journey: A Rise Up From The South Hello, thank you for watching it. This video is not about a travel blog you typically read online...This is a story of a rise up from the south, a manifestation that started with a thought to execution. The scenery you are viewing is the beautiful island of Palawan. It is peaceful, rich in resources, and is an archipelagic province, of the Philippines that located in the region of Mimaropa...has 1,780 islands, and boasts some of the world-famous islands; San Vincente.Coron.Puerto Princesa. Broke’s Point... and El Nido. Palawan... is famous as a sanctuary island it has stunning lagoons, creamy and white sand beaches, rocky islets, towering limestone cliffs, glasslike water teeming with marine life, and many heavenly environments you will always desire to go back to. El Nido island is awarded as 2nd best island in the world by Big World 7, a travel website, international tourism boards, and as well as CNN in 2014... The islands in Palawan have earned praises from around the world. As a result of the real estate development, the property value is continuing to rise up. Back in the 1990s, El Nido, Coron, Puerto Princesa, and San Vincente were amongst islands - that were offered at 5 pesos per square meter, and in the year 2022, the appreciation value is between 2,000 to 50,000 US dollars, per SQUARE METER in prime locations. A similar appreciation value in Boracay island in Aklan province, where lands used to be affordable in the 1990s, and in 2022, a small but high-end condominium with a size of 50 square meters, could be sold from 20,000 to 30,000 USD dollars per square meter. One unit could be sold at 1 to 2 million US dollars at only one time payments are supported at purchase. PART 2: The Research Understanding the history, economic growth, and innovation in property investment, Kathleen Martinez, a lawyer, and private investor, did a calculated risk to purchase real estate in remote areas in the south region of the Philippines, after learning about the infrastructure, and aggressive development plans in the region. She understands that as a scholar who left the country at a young age, educated, and residing abroad for almost 2 decades, returning to her home country would be challenging but she is determined to pursue her vision, finally, in her 30s. Being away from her loved ones was slowly causing her loneliness but she picked up herself because doing what matters in times of stress is what she needs. She copes with adversity and uses her valuable research skills that can analyze, and assess information from multiple sources. Her critical thinking and problem-solving, help her overcome unforeseen challenges and find solutions to unconventional problems. She structured the content of the data and evaluates what she can do with it. She applied validation rules to cleanse data before use to help mitigate scenarios; it is a programming methodology that can build various types of validation into a program to, understand the essential data and reduce the risk that if incorrectly, input data may crash a program. A similar method to apply when doing business, research is indeed important to manage risk, and discover a process for innovation. This method of data validation was quite time-consuming, and it took her some years, but ensuring the integrity of data helps to ensure the legitimacy, of her conclusions will prove that her research has a value proposition when the time comes, when it is needed to rebuild. While you may be thinking doing business is about wealth, it is beyond that. Kathleen is not working for money, because she believes money has no end-point, and should not be the objective of any business owner. Doing business is not about the thirst for success. There is a higher purpose in doing it. It is about working for your dream, working passionately and ethically, staying disciplined despite the temptations to live a comfortable life, it is about a conviction that you have to sacrifice leisure today, so you can provide a better life for your loved ones someday. That such sacrifices you are maximizing you use of your talents, and skills to offer a valuable product or service to your community. That your values, passion, and compassion for others are a good foundation to work on your vision. Therefore, building a company is never about money. When you get there, it is beyond what you can see. Kathleen is passionate about building a sustainable business, to support the generations of her family, a life goal she is aiming for since young and coming from a middle-class family. Hence from an economic and legal perspective, she utilizes her skills and education to purchase assets with past due property and tax penalties. She understands the process of trade-off and offers to owners the power to hold out for excessive prices. She proposed a remedy in the form of helping them clear in their legal, and financial matters, and extends the assistance on their requirements that crucial work, but can be modern literature on the mechanism, design, and related investment approach in law, and economics, a theory which was initiated by Vickery's contribution to refining, our understanding of the monopoly problem with privately owned estates, and explored ways in which markets can be designed to mitigate it. From a standpoint, it was not easy to make a valuation that depends heavily on investments, and local culture is difficult for an outsider to observe the potential of an asset. PART 3: The Economic Infrastructure Her understanding of legal, and economic infrastructure has supported her decision to purchase real estate in undeveloped areas with outstanding issues but have potential appreciation value. A theory she learned from Harberger Taxes 1965 during her Economics class at MBA. While she enjoyed the simplicity of life in the province, there were power outages, restricted access to water, and poor Internet network, and her ATM cards were blocked access, she decided to return to the capital city, Manila. The struggles and unstable situation were frustrating but she treated her temper like her family, she is not going to lose it. They are the reason why she started. Hence, she keeps her composure no matter how frustrated, no matter how she feels tired...or broken. Back in Manila, she waited until the right time will come to build the estates. She stays focused, and stay disciplined. She works harder than her younger self in the past years. She manifested everything that all started with a thought….. And the right time is now. Her research and assessment of infrastructure in the region will have economic growth two years after the peak of the pandemic. That such studies and assessments are validated after reportedly announced on news, that a Filipino billionaire has invested 40 billion pesos in South Region, an investment equivalent to 797 million US dollars to build an eco-tourism community in Palawan. The billionaire is giving back to help Filipinos recover from the economic loss during the pandemic. The project will feature hotels, resorts, residences on islands, spas, schools, shop houses, cultural centers, and as well as private villas. A development that will facilitate employment. The development project was followed by other investors who have the objective, to build the sustainable infrastructure of Palawan. Since there is expecting tourism to Palawan, it is important to make their travel convenient. In addition to the real-estate development, there is a road network. The main road has 6.3 m wide and has 2 lanes. The secondary road has 6.1 wide and also has two lanes, and the beach access road is 6.1 m wide, with two lanes that all roads are made of Macadam road engineering. It is the Scottish standard of compacted subgrade of crushed granite or Greenstone designed to support the loads and quality of construction. Apart from the road network, the greenest airport in the country was inaugurated in Palawan...New Busuanga airport is a development project to replace the existing Busuanga Airport, located in the municipality of Coron. The New Busuanga Airport is reported will be completed in 5 months, on December 31, 2022, a 953 million pesos project will involve the construction, of a new runway and passenger terminal, an investment project equivalent to 18.7 million US dollars. The redevelopment project is an emerging holiday destination to attract, international and domestic travelers. Infrastructure enables trade powers, and businesses to provide employment, and protect people, from an increasingly unpredictable natural environment. Having an airport that offers international and domestic flights, will facilitate tourism...and therefore generate economic growth...The hospitality business and tourism boost the revenue of the economy, creates thousands of jobs...and create a sense of cultural exchange between foreigners and citizens..a sense of diversity. Infrastructure is indeed the backbone of a healthy economy and provides livelihood to the nation. The sustainable infrastructure not only enables sound economic development, but is also carefully implemented to support natural habitats, and processes providing water, food, and material resources while also mitigating, and offsetting the negative impact of another infrastructural system. The development in harmony with the environment, and the surrounding landscape is a smart investment...that while promoting innovation, but also a responsible investment that creates sustainable industrialization... Indeed, a Rise Up from the South.