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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Lilia Bautista said Danaharta, the Malaysian assignee of the 82 percent NSC stake held by Hottick Investments Ltd., has a forthcoming letter to the NSC Evaluation Committee indicating its willingness to return to the fold.


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Securities and Exchange Commission general counsel Eugenio Reyes said the liquidation plan for NSC will remain in effect while the lease proposals are being reviewed by the NSC evaluation committee which is composed of representatives from the Department of Trade and Industry, the SEC, SEC-appointed liquidator and the creditor groups.


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According to Simplicio Villarta, president of the National Steel Labor Union (NSLU), Roxas has been feeding President Arroyo "incomplete, if not inaccurate information" about NSC.


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Allengoal says lease of NSC won’t imperil downstream industries

October 13, 2001 - 12:00am

Allengoal Steel Corp. lead counsel Celso P. de las Alas said yesterday the anxieties of the Downstream Steel Industry (DSI) group will be addressed and assuaged if they will be allowed by the Securities and Exchange...

Business

NSC workers urge SEC to dissolve evaluation body

October 11, 2001 - 12:00am

Employees of National Steel Corp. (NSC) have asked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to dissolve the evaluation committee and disqualify its chairman, Trade Secretary Manuel Roxas II, from the proceedings...

Business

Malaysians return to NSC evaluation body

October 1, 2001 - 12:00am

Things seem to be looking up for National Steel Corp. (NSC) as its Malaysian owners are reportedly going back to the Evaluation Committee handling the planned leasehold of the steel plant’s facilities. Securities...

Business

Roxas claims on NSC debunked

September 28, 2001 - 12:00am

National Steel Labor Union-FFW (NASLU-FFW) president Simplicio H. Villarta, Jr. lashed out yesterday at Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II for saying that the NSC plant cannot operate within the year. "We...

Business

NSC may go back to liquidation mode

By Christina Mendez | September 22, 2001 - 12:00am

The government may be forced to go back to "square one" in its effort to resolve the fate of National Steel Corp. (NSC) even as bids are expected to be received for the lease of the steel firm’s Iligan...

Business

National Steel employees back Allengoal proposal

September 18, 2001 - 12:00am

Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II is being accused by union members of the National Steel Corp. (NSC) of delaying the reopening of the mothballed steel firm to the detriment of NSC workers. According...

Business