San Beda College Alabang (SBCA) in Muntinlupa issued a statement about the car sticker policy of the Alabang Hills Village Association (AHVA). 

The school is located inside Alabang Hills Village and took the issue about AHVA’s supervision and control of Don Manolo Boulevard to the Muntinlupa City Council. 

The AHVA is charging P2,500 per sticker for non-resident private cars. 

Last July 8, the Council’s Committee on Public Order, Security, and Safety headed by Councilor Alexson Diaz held a hearing about SBCA’s letter-complaint against AHVA on the rules and regulations in the use and access of Don Manolo Boulevard. 

San Beda College Alabang (Photo from San Beda College Alabang's Facebook page)San Beda College Alabang's advisory on AHVA car sticker policy (Photo from San Beda College Alabang's Facebook page)

Don Manolo Boulevard in Alabang Hills Village in Muntinlupa (Screenshot from Google Maps)

Muntinlupa Councilor Alexson Diaz of the Committee on Public Order, Security, and Safety holding a public hearing on SBCA's letter against AHVA on July 8 (Sanggunian Secretariat-Muntinlupa)

Fr. Gerardo Ma. De Villa of SBCA during the Muntinlupa City Council public hearing on July 8 (Sanggunian Secretariat-Muntinlupa)

Lawyer Raymond Fortun, AHVA legal counsel, during the Muntinlupa City Council public hearing on July 8 (Sanggunian Secretariat-Muntinlupa)

Fr. Gerardo Ma. De Villa of SBCA (right) and Raymond Fortun (left), AHVA legal counsel, during the Muntinlupa City Council public hearing on July 8 (Sanggunian Secretariat-Muntinlupa)

The hearing was attended by Fr. Gerardo Ma. De Villa of SBCA and Raymond Fortun, legal counsel of AHVA. 

In an advisory issued on Aug. 16, the SBCA stated, “Recently, the AHVA has implemented measures with regard to its car sticker policy, including the dissemination of a certain flyer with statements regarding the authority of AHVA to collect fees for road maintenance and the NO AHVA STICKER, NO ID, NO ENTRY.”

“Please be advised that the policy applies only to THIRD PARTIES AND OUTSIDERS who do not have SBCA identification cards or SBCA car stickers. The stated RTC order is a special civil action involving other parties in dispute with AHVA and does not involve SBCA,” SBCA said. 

It added, “SBCA and AHVA continue to have a long-standing agreement with regard to entry and use of the Don Manolo Boulevard. To date, those with SBCA stickers and SBCA Identification cards continue to enjoy convenient access to SBCA. This is reflected in the AHVA Position Paper submitted before the Committee on Public Order, Security and Safety of the City Government of Muntinlupa, 15 July 2024.” 

“Thus, SBCA stakeholders need only to present their SBCA Identification cards or SBCA car stickers at the gate to be allowed entry to and from Don Manolo Boulevard. Purchase of AHVA stickers is entirely optional and not mandatory,” the school said. 

The SBCA advised its stakeholders that “If you have been prevented by AHVA security personnel despite presentation of SBCA ID and/or car stickers, kindly report the same to us for proper documentation and action.”

In a notice, the AHVA Board of Directors stated that the association has control over access to Don Manolo Boulevard. 

“During a recent hearing that was held on July 8, 2024, SBCA presented a statement to the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Muntinlupa City, raising concerns about the requirement of AHVA for non-residents to secure village stickers for convenient access to these roads. Despite the public nature of these roads, the AHVA has historically maintained control over access to ensure the safety, security, and tranquility of our village,” it said. 

In a letter to Councilor Diaz dated July 15, Fortun said SBCA and AHVA has an agreement stating that "(s)tudents, officers and employees, as well as guests of [SBCA] and or La Orden and those who have legitimate business to do with them, and their respective vehicles, shall be allowed convenient access to the aforesaid lands of [SBCA] and La Orden, thru the proper streets of the Village." 

“Your Honor, it is respectfully submitted that such convenient access has been granted to the aforementioned students, officers and employees for the past forty years. Those who had secured AHVA stickers a priori are allowed an unhampered entry into the village, while those without a sticker are required to surrender an identification card before being allowed entry,” said Fortun. 

He added, “Truth to tell, ambulatory visitors to SBCA who bear an SBCA Identification card do not have to surrender the same to gain entry. Your Honor, AHVA humbly denies that requiring access to Don Manolo Boulevard and Don Jesus Boulevard is arbitrary, confiscatory, unconscionable and more of a fundraising activity.” 

Fortun added, “Neither is the imposition of Php2,500 for the cost of securing an AHVA sticker for unhindered access into the village unreasonable. Similarly high-priced villages in Metro Manila and nearby subdivisions charge the same, if not higher, fees to non-residents in order to gain unhindered entry.” 

He said Ayala Alabang Village charges P4,000 for a similar sticker while Forbes Park charges P6,000.