^
+ Follow PIATCO AND FRAPORT Tag
Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 677237
                    [Title] => Lawyer quits Fraport case
                    [Summary] => 

Public interest lawyer Jose Bernas gave up his bid to hold German Fraport AG and its local partner, Philippine International Air Terminals Co. (Piatco), liable for the sloppy construction of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 (NAIA-3).

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 670218 [Title] => EDITORIAL - A cautionary tale [Summary] =>

For many foreign investors, the Ninoy Aquino International Airport’s Terminal 3 offers a cautionary tale about doing business in this country.

[DatePublished] => 2011-03-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/473/startoonthumbu.gif ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 651462 [Title] => 'Anti-dummy raps vs Fraport, Piatco won't affect investments' [Summary] =>

Sen. Joker Arroyo believes the move to file anti-dummy charges against German firm Fraport and the Philippine International Air Terminals Co. (Piatco) would not affect investments.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 598315 [Title] => RP favored anew in NAIA 3 case [Summary] =>

Malacañang yesterday welcomed the decision of the International Chamber of Commerce-International Court of Arbitration in Singapore favoring the Philippine government in the arbitration case against the Philippine International Air Terminals Co. (Piatco) in connection with the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 contract.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 469030 [Title] => Court of Appeals clears Piatco, Fraport in NAIA-3 monopoly case [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - Top executives of the Philippine International Air Terminals Co. Inc. (Piatco) and its German partner, Fraport AG, cannot be indicted on charges of monopolizing services at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 (NAIA-3), the Court of Appeals (CA) ruled.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 384998 [Title] => Unresolved mystery [Summary] => Well, we have to give it to them. Newbreak came and left with a bang.

Newsbreak’s farewell issue this week regarding the unresolved problem that is the NAIA Terminal 3 tells us why this problem is so controversial. It has all the elements of a mystery novel.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134315 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 368362 [Title] => ‘Fraport overstated claim by $392 M’ [Summary] => German airport developer Fraport AG overstated its claim on the construction of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 (NAIA-3) by about $392 million, a fraud examiner said in his testimony before an international tribunal.

Howard Silverstone, an expert witness for the Philippine government, told the International Court for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) that only some $33 million was traced as actually used in the terminal for direct "soft cost."
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 359991 [Title] => ‘Government not bullying Piatco’ [Summary] => The government is not bullying the Philippine International Air Terminals Co. Inc. (Piatco) and German-based Fraport AG in pressing criminal indictments for executives of the two firms for their alleged violation of the anti-dummy law, Malacañang said yesterday. [DatePublished] => 2006-09-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 338035 [Title] => HK raid of law firm related to Piatco? [Summary] => The law firm of Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc de los Angeles is mad. A Philippine agency supposedly caused Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption to raid its offices in the financial island in search of evidence of money laundering. Documents were confiscated, so RMBSA cries breach of lawyer-client confidentiality and is threatening to sue for damages.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 331479 [Title] => Taxpayers to pay for NAIA-3 flaws [Summary] => It’s no surprise that NAIA Terminal-3 is beginning to fall apart before its completion and opening. The collapse of the entrance ceiling and faulty drainage only confirm what investigators discovered about Piatco, German partner Fraport, and Japanese general contractor Takenaka in construction. That is, that the trio scrimped on quality but lavished on extortions from subcontractors and suppliers.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
PIATCO AND FRAPORT
Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 677237
                    [Title] => Lawyer quits Fraport case
                    [Summary] => 

Public interest lawyer Jose Bernas gave up his bid to hold German Fraport AG and its local partner, Philippine International Air Terminals Co. (Piatco), liable for the sloppy construction of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 (NAIA-3).

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 670218 [Title] => EDITORIAL - A cautionary tale [Summary] =>

For many foreign investors, the Ninoy Aquino International Airport’s Terminal 3 offers a cautionary tale about doing business in this country.

[DatePublished] => 2011-03-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/473/startoonthumbu.gif ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 651462 [Title] => 'Anti-dummy raps vs Fraport, Piatco won't affect investments' [Summary] =>

Sen. Joker Arroyo believes the move to file anti-dummy charges against German firm Fraport and the Philippine International Air Terminals Co. (Piatco) would not affect investments.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 598315 [Title] => RP favored anew in NAIA 3 case [Summary] =>

Malacañang yesterday welcomed the decision of the International Chamber of Commerce-International Court of Arbitration in Singapore favoring the Philippine government in the arbitration case against the Philippine International Air Terminals Co. (Piatco) in connection with the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 contract.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 469030 [Title] => Court of Appeals clears Piatco, Fraport in NAIA-3 monopoly case [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - Top executives of the Philippine International Air Terminals Co. Inc. (Piatco) and its German partner, Fraport AG, cannot be indicted on charges of monopolizing services at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 (NAIA-3), the Court of Appeals (CA) ruled.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 384998 [Title] => Unresolved mystery [Summary] => Well, we have to give it to them. Newbreak came and left with a bang.

Newsbreak’s farewell issue this week regarding the unresolved problem that is the NAIA Terminal 3 tells us why this problem is so controversial. It has all the elements of a mystery novel.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134315 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 368362 [Title] => ‘Fraport overstated claim by $392 M’ [Summary] => German airport developer Fraport AG overstated its claim on the construction of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 (NAIA-3) by about $392 million, a fraud examiner said in his testimony before an international tribunal.

Howard Silverstone, an expert witness for the Philippine government, told the International Court for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) that only some $33 million was traced as actually used in the terminal for direct "soft cost."
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 359991 [Title] => ‘Government not bullying Piatco’ [Summary] => The government is not bullying the Philippine International Air Terminals Co. Inc. (Piatco) and German-based Fraport AG in pressing criminal indictments for executives of the two firms for their alleged violation of the anti-dummy law, Malacañang said yesterday. [DatePublished] => 2006-09-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 338035 [Title] => HK raid of law firm related to Piatco? [Summary] => The law firm of Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc de los Angeles is mad. A Philippine agency supposedly caused Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption to raid its offices in the financial island in search of evidence of money laundering. Documents were confiscated, so RMBSA cries breach of lawyer-client confidentiality and is threatening to sue for damages.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 331479 [Title] => Taxpayers to pay for NAIA-3 flaws [Summary] => It’s no surprise that NAIA Terminal-3 is beginning to fall apart before its completion and opening. The collapse of the entrance ceiling and faulty drainage only confirm what investigators discovered about Piatco, German partner Fraport, and Japanese general contractor Takenaka in construction. That is, that the trio scrimped on quality but lavished on extortions from subcontractors and suppliers.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
abtest
Are you sure you want to log out?
X
Login

Philstar.com is one of the most vibrant, opinionated, discerning communities of readers on cyberspace. With your meaningful insights, help shape the stories that can shape the country. Sign up now!

Get Updated:

Signup for the News Round now

FORGOT PASSWORD?
SIGN IN
or sign in with