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When multinational company Smartmatic partnered with Filipino firm Total Information Management Corporation to form a consortium that eventually won the Comelec contract to automate the May 10 Philippine elections, the main objective was of course to make money.
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                    [Title] => German investors to return once NAIA-3 dispute over
                    [Summary] => German investors are expected to return to the Philippines once the controversial Fraport-PIATCO-NAIA Terminal 3 dispute is resolved, according to German Ambassador Dr. Axel Weishaupt. 


Once the compensation issue is settled, Weishaupt said German firm Fraport A.G. might also drop the complaint it filed before the World Bank International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes. 


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                    [Summary] => Trade and Industry Secretary Peter B. Favila is keeping his hands off the controversial sale of Fraport A.G.’s share in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 (NAIA T3) to the Manila Hotel Group. 


Favila, who is part of the oversight committee sorting out the government dispute with Philippine International Air Terminals Co. (PIATCO) over the compensation for the construction of the NAIA T3, said that the government is proceeding with its existing  talks with PIATCO over the "just compensation"  for the new airport terminal. 


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                    [Title] => Unresolved issues seen to delay signing of RP-Japan trade agreement
                    [Summary] => The scheduled September signing of  the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) may be slightly delayed if negotiators are not able to reach agreement regarding the two contentious issue of automotive and services,  Trade and Industry Secretary Juan B. Santos said over the weekend.


In a press conference, Santos said that  the negotiations are still on track.


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                    [Title] => Dispute settlement scheme proposed
                    [Summary] => Nearing the final stages of negotiations for the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), the Philippines is now pressing to secure an airtight dispute settlement mechanism, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Edsel Custodio said.


He said the Philippines wants the dispute settlement mechanism to ensure it is amply protected under a comprehensive dispute settlement agreement  arising from its commitments in the JPEPA.


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EDITORIAL - Cursing the day they came to RP

May 22, 2010 - 12:00am

When multinational company Smartmatic partnered with Filipino firm Total Information Management Corporation to form a consortium that eventually won the Comelec contract to automate the May 10 Philippine elections,...

Freeman Opinion

German investors to return once NAIA-3 dispute over

By Marianne V. Go | September 14, 2005 - 12:00am

German investors are expected to return to the Philippines once the controversial Fraport-PIATCO-NAIA Terminal 3 dispute is resolved, according to German Ambassador Dr. Axel Weishaupt. Once the compensation issue...

Headlines

Favila won’t touch Piatco deal

By Marianne V. Go | September 2, 2005 - 12:00am

Trade and Industry Secretary Peter B. Favila is keeping his hands off the controversial sale of Fraport A.G.’s share in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 (NAIA T3) to the Manila Hotel Group....

Business

Unresolved issues seen to delay signing of RP-Japan trade agreement

By Marianne V. Go | June 20, 2005 - 12:00am

The scheduled September signing of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) may be slightly delayed if negotiators are not able to reach agreement regarding the two contentious issue of automotive...

Business

Dispute settlement scheme proposed

June 14, 2005 - 12:00am

Nearing the final stages of negotiations for the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), the Philippines is now pressing to secure an airtight dispute settlement mechanism, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary...

Business