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                    [Summary] => Government must first put in place continued tariff protection for intermediate steel products  to attract serious  investors in the National Steel Corp. (NSC), a prospective bidder said yesterday.


According to one of the three interested bidders for  NSC, without the tariff protection, investors will not be willing to risk their money on NSC.


For one, the bidder pointed out, NSC has been mothballed for the past three years and "would need an immediate outlay  to  restart its rusty plant."


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                    [Title] => Allengoal clarifies EC meet
                    [Summary] => Allengoal Steel appealed yesterday for an accurate and full disclosure by the Evaluation Committee (EC) of what transpired at the National Steel Corp. (NSC) bidders’ meeting last week.


Allengoal lead counsel Celso de las Alas was reacting to EC reports in yesterday’s papers that "none of the parties, among them Allengoal, complied with the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the lease."


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                    [Title] => NSC union hits plans of evaluation body
                    [Summary] => Displaced workers of National Steel Corp. (NSC) questioned yesterday plans of the evaluation committee (EC) to hold "closed-door consultations" with bidders who did not even make a lease price offer.


National Steel Labor Union-FFW (NASLU-FFW) president Simplicio H. Villarta Jr. said this is the only bidding where the terms of reference (TOR) were ignored, no clear parameters set, and only the so-called EC has an idea of what the "best offer" looks like.


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                    [Title] => Labor leader charges conspiracy in selection of National Steel operator
                    [Summary] => The leader of the labor union of National Steel Corp. charged yesterday that the dogged determination of Trade Secretary Manuel A. Roxas II to deliver National Steel Corp. (NSC) to the operator of his personal choice seems to be the final phase of an apparent conspiracy that could defraud legitimate stakeholders of the country’s largest steelworks, which include workers and union members.


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                    [Title] => Hottick begs off from NSC evaluation body
                    [Summary] => Representatives of Hottick Investment Limited (HIL) have begged off from joining the National Steel Corp. (NSC) Evaluation Committee in choosing a firm to operate the mothballed NSC plant in Iligan City.


Hottick representatives Ibrahim Bidin and Emiliano Napa are supposed to be reinstated in the NSC evaluation committee which is supposed to be reconstituted today (Oct. 19).


But, Bidin had begged off, while Napa indicated  that he would not go without Bidin.


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                    [Title] => Allengoal scores Roxas over NSC lease agreement
                    [Summary] => Allengoal Steel  is accusing Trade and Industry  Secretary Manuel Roxas II of trying   to thwart the  lease agreement  which could rehabilitate the ailing National Steel Corp. (NSC).


Allengoal Steel, which claims to have submitted the best offer to run NSC, said  that Roxas  is trying to "thwart the lease agreement that could restore life to the NSC plant in the shortest time possible and under the best operation and financing terms."


Roxas, however, said yesterday that the  opening of proposals or bids to rehabilitate the NSC will continue today.


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According to one of the three interested bidders for  NSC, without the tariff protection, investors will not be willing to risk their money on NSC.


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Allengoal lead counsel Celso de las Alas was reacting to EC reports in yesterday’s papers that "none of the parties, among them Allengoal, complied with the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the lease."


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National Steel Labor Union-FFW (NASLU-FFW) president Simplicio H. Villarta Jr. said this is the only bidding where the terms of reference (TOR) were ignored, no clear parameters set, and only the so-called EC has an idea of what the "best offer" looks like.


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                    [Title] => Labor leader charges conspiracy in selection of National Steel operator
                    [Summary] => The leader of the labor union of National Steel Corp. charged yesterday that the dogged determination of Trade Secretary Manuel A. Roxas II to deliver National Steel Corp. (NSC) to the operator of his personal choice seems to be the final phase of an apparent conspiracy that could defraud legitimate stakeholders of the country’s largest steelworks, which include workers and union members.


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                    [Summary] => Representatives of Hottick Investment Limited (HIL) have begged off from joining the National Steel Corp. (NSC) Evaluation Committee in choosing a firm to operate the mothballed NSC plant in Iligan City.


Hottick representatives Ibrahim Bidin and Emiliano Napa are supposed to be reinstated in the NSC evaluation committee which is supposed to be reconstituted today (Oct. 19).


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                    [Summary] => Allengoal Steel  is accusing Trade and Industry  Secretary Manuel Roxas II of trying   to thwart the  lease agreement  which could rehabilitate the ailing National Steel Corp. (NSC).


Allengoal Steel, which claims to have submitted the best offer to run NSC, said  that Roxas  is trying to "thwart the lease agreement that could restore life to the NSC plant in the shortest time possible and under the best operation and financing terms."


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NSC bidder asks for tariff wall

By Marianne V. Go | August 13, 2002 - 12:00am

Government must first put in place continued tariff protection for intermediate steel products to attract serious investors in the National Steel Corp. (NSC), a prospective bidder said yesterday. According to...

Business

Allengoal clarifies EC meet

November 13, 2001 - 12:00am

Allengoal Steel appealed yesterday for an accurate and full disclosure by the Evaluation Committee (EC) of what transpired at the National Steel Corp. (NSC) bidders’ meeting last week. Allengoal lead counsel...

Business

NSC union hits plans of evaluation body

November 7, 2001 - 12:00am

Displaced workers of National Steel Corp. (NSC) questioned yesterday plans of the evaluation committee (EC) to hold "closed-door consultations" with bidders who did not even make a lease price offer. National...

Business

Labor leader charges conspiracy in selection of National Steel operator

October 24, 2001 - 12:00am

The leader of the labor union of National Steel Corp. charged yesterday that the dogged determination of Trade Secretary Manuel A. Roxas II to deliver National Steel Corp. (NSC) to the operator of his personal choice...

Business

Hottick begs off from NSC evaluation body

By Marianne V. Go | October 19, 2001 - 12:00am

Representatives of Hottick Investment Limited (HIL) have begged off from joining the National Steel Corp. (NSC) Evaluation Committee in choosing a firm to operate the mothballed NSC plant in Iligan City. Hottick...

Business

Allengoal scores Roxas over NSC lease agreement

By Marianne V. Go | September 21, 2001 - 12:00am

Allengoal Steel is accusing Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II of trying to thwart the lease agreement which could rehabilitate the ailing National Steel Corp. (NSC). Allengoal Steel, which claims...

Business