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                    [Title] => DOTC chief calls latest charges ‘malicious fabrications’
                    [Summary] => Transportation and Communications Secretary Pantaleon Alvarez branded yesterday as "malicious fabrications" the charges made against him in a four-page newspaper advertisement by the MIAA-NAIA Association of Service Operators (MASO).


"There is actually nothing new in the latest black propaganda of MASO. After failing to substantiate the charges before the Ombudsman and the Commission on Appointments (CA), MASO is rehashing its old lies and trumped-up stories," Alvarez said in a statement.
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The Chinese fishermen, now detained at the Veterans Anchorage in Aparri, Cagayan, are facing charges of falsification of public documents and forgery for allegedly carrying fake working permits and fake boat registration papers.
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 160086 [Title] => NEDA okayed NAIA-3 project - Canlas [Summary] => The Investment Coordinating Council of the National Economic Development Authority (ICC-NEDA) has approved the terms of the contract to build the NAIA-International Passenger Terminal 3 (NAIA-IPT 3) being undertaken by Philippine International Air Terminals Co. Inc. (PIATCO).

During confirmation hearings of Transportation and Communications Secretary Pantaleon Alvarez at the Senate, NEDA Director General Dante Canlas pointed out that the contract was deemed by the ICC-NEDA to be "advantageous to government and to Filipinos."
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[DatePublished] => 2002-05-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1297981 [AuthorName] => Efren Danao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 158400 [Title] => Permanent metal detectors to be installed at LRT, MRT stations [Summary] => Permanent metal detectors will be installed in all entrances to the LRT and MRT commuter stations as a security measure to ward off terrorist threats in the metropolis’ railway systems.

This was announced yesterday by Transportation and Communications Secretary Pantaleon Alvarez following the spate of deadly bombings in General Santos City on Sunday and Monday and the planting of explosives by unidentified persons in several spots in Metro Manila last month.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 158255 [Title] => Captain of burned ferry cries arson [Summary] => The captain of the ill-fated M/V Maria Carmela claimed yesterday that the fire that killed 44 passengers of the ferry last April 11 was an act of arson.

Testifying before a special Board of Marine Inquiry at the Coast Guard headquarters in Manila, Capt. Godofredo Erandio of Lucena City said the fire could not have been accidental since they had long been transporting copra without any untoward incident.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1413632 [AuthorName] => Jose Aravilla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 158137 [Title] => DOTC chief won’t prejudge ferry case [Summary] => Transportation and Communications Secretary Pantaleon Alvarez will not be filing any charges against those responsible for the M/V Maria Carmela tragedy — at least not until he sees the results of the investigation by a special Board of Marine Inquiry.

Alvarez said he will not prejudge the case and accuse anyone without adequate evidence.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 157979 [Title] => Alvarez welcomes timely completion of NAIA-3 [Summary] => Transportation and Communications Secretary Pantaleon Alvarez welcomed on Friday the announcement of the NAIA 3 terminal concessionaire and operator that there would be no delay in the completion of the project.

The Philippine International Air Terminal Co. Inc. (PIATCO), a consortium of six firms that won the contract to build NAIA 3, assured that the soft opening of the project would push through on Nov. 25.
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The proposal was made by Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Montemayor during the recently concluded Mindanao Food Congress held in Cagayan de Oro City.

It was also brought up in a series of meetings attended by the Mindanao Business Council, the Coalition of Shipping and Port Modernization and other business and private transport organizations.
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Alvarez said one of the main causes of traffic congestion along EDSA is the conversion of parts of EDSA into virtual bus terminals.

"The establishment of the MRT along EDSA has decreased the need for buses plying the EDSA route. Hence, buses move at a snail’s pace just awaiting passengers to fill up their seats," Alvarez said.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS SECRETARY PANTALEON ALVAREZ
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                    [Title] => DOTC chief calls latest charges ‘malicious fabrications’
                    [Summary] => Transportation and Communications Secretary Pantaleon Alvarez branded yesterday as "malicious fabrications" the charges made against him in a four-page newspaper advertisement by the MIAA-NAIA Association of Service Operators (MASO).


"There is actually nothing new in the latest black propaganda of MASO. After failing to substantiate the charges before the Ombudsman and the Commission on Appointments (CA), MASO is rehashing its old lies and trumped-up stories," Alvarez said in a statement.
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 160555 [Title] => DOTC targets coddlers of poachers [Summary] => Transportation and Communications Secretary Pantaleon Alvarez ordered the Coast Guard yesterday to include in a criminal case the Filipino coddlers of 24 Taiwanese fishermen caught poaching in Philippine waters.

The Chinese fishermen, now detained at the Veterans Anchorage in Aparri, Cagayan, are facing charges of falsification of public documents and forgery for allegedly carrying fake working permits and fake boat registration papers.
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 160086 [Title] => NEDA okayed NAIA-3 project - Canlas [Summary] => The Investment Coordinating Council of the National Economic Development Authority (ICC-NEDA) has approved the terms of the contract to build the NAIA-International Passenger Terminal 3 (NAIA-IPT 3) being undertaken by Philippine International Air Terminals Co. Inc. (PIATCO).

During confirmation hearings of Transportation and Communications Secretary Pantaleon Alvarez at the Senate, NEDA Director General Dante Canlas pointed out that the contract was deemed by the ICC-NEDA to be "advantageous to government and to Filipinos."
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 159271 [Title] => Angara backs DOTC chief in terminal deal [Summary] => Sen. Edgardo Angara said yesterday that Transportation and Communications Secretary Pantaleon Alvarez should not be held accountable for the so-called "11 onerous provisions" in the government contract with the Philippine International Aviation Transport Corp. (PIATCO) for the construction of Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1297981 [AuthorName] => Efren Danao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 158400 [Title] => Permanent metal detectors to be installed at LRT, MRT stations [Summary] => Permanent metal detectors will be installed in all entrances to the LRT and MRT commuter stations as a security measure to ward off terrorist threats in the metropolis’ railway systems.

This was announced yesterday by Transportation and Communications Secretary Pantaleon Alvarez following the spate of deadly bombings in General Santos City on Sunday and Monday and the planting of explosives by unidentified persons in several spots in Metro Manila last month.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 158255 [Title] => Captain of burned ferry cries arson [Summary] => The captain of the ill-fated M/V Maria Carmela claimed yesterday that the fire that killed 44 passengers of the ferry last April 11 was an act of arson.

Testifying before a special Board of Marine Inquiry at the Coast Guard headquarters in Manila, Capt. Godofredo Erandio of Lucena City said the fire could not have been accidental since they had long been transporting copra without any untoward incident.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1413632 [AuthorName] => Jose Aravilla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 158137 [Title] => DOTC chief won’t prejudge ferry case [Summary] => Transportation and Communications Secretary Pantaleon Alvarez will not be filing any charges against those responsible for the M/V Maria Carmela tragedy — at least not until he sees the results of the investigation by a special Board of Marine Inquiry.

Alvarez said he will not prejudge the case and accuse anyone without adequate evidence.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 157979 [Title] => Alvarez welcomes timely completion of NAIA-3 [Summary] => Transportation and Communications Secretary Pantaleon Alvarez welcomed on Friday the announcement of the NAIA 3 terminal concessionaire and operator that there would be no delay in the completion of the project.

The Philippine International Air Terminal Co. Inc. (PIATCO), a consortium of six firms that won the contract to build NAIA 3, assured that the soft opening of the project would push through on Nov. 25.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 158008 [Title] => Low transport rate for agri products backed [Summary] => President Arroyo has directed Transportation and Communications Secretary Pantaleon Alvarez to study the proposal of the Mindanao agricultural sector for the lowering of cargo handling rates of agricultural products.

The proposal was made by Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Montemayor during the recently concluded Mindanao Food Congress held in Cagayan de Oro City.

It was also brought up in a series of meetings attended by the Mindanao Business Council, the Coalition of Shipping and Port Modernization and other business and private transport organizations.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 157780 [Title] => DOTC chief: Enforce traffic laws along EDSA [Summary] => Transportation and Communications Secretary Pantaleon Alvarez yesterday called on local executives of cities traversed by EDSA to be more consistent in the enforcement of traffic laws.

Alvarez said one of the main causes of traffic congestion along EDSA is the conversion of parts of EDSA into virtual bus terminals.

"The establishment of the MRT along EDSA has decreased the need for buses plying the EDSA route. Hence, buses move at a snail’s pace just awaiting passengers to fill up their seats," Alvarez said.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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