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"Renegotiation has been the battle cry of Piatco and now the government is giving it on a silver platter in spite of a damning  ruling from the Supreme Court," he said. "This is an insult to the High Court and trivializes its findings that crimes had been committed against the Filipino people."


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Without the access road, the new, ultramodern NAIA 3, which the Philippine International Air Terminals Co. Inc. (Piatco) is set to operate under a contract with the government, could not be opened because of concerns over the security of passengers and cargo.


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Piatco-Fraport paid off three administrations

By GOTCHA | By Jarius Bondoc | April 28, 2006 - 12:00am

Normally in constructions, the builder turns over the structure first for the owner’s inspection before final billing. Not so in the case of NAIA Terminal-3, whose ceiling collapsed days before scheduled test-run....

Opinion

PIATCO humirit daw ng kickback

April 27, 2006 - 12:00am

Naghatag ng 10 porsiyento pataas mula sa kabuuang halaga ng mga pagawain sa NAIA-3 na ipina-subcontract ng PIATCO sa mga gustong makakuha ng kontrata kaya substandard ang pagkakagawa sa nasabing terminal. Ito ang...

Bansa

Yasay says government should not renegotiate with Piatco

May 15, 2003 - 12:00am

There is nothing the government should re-negotiate with Piatco after the Supreme Court ruled its contract was a testament to greed, MIA-NAIA Association of Service Operators chairman Perfecto Yasay Jr. said. "Renegotiation...

Business

Milyong dolyar na 'PR money' balak ipasang lehitimong gastos ng PIATCO

May 8, 2003 - 12:00am

Nakalusot sana ang plano ng Philippine International Air Transportation Co. (PIATCO) na ipasa bilang lehitimong gastos ang milyong dolyar na ibinayad nito sa dalawang public relations (PR) man kung hindi nabuko ng...

Bansa

2 airport officials in word war over access road

December 18, 2002 - 12:00am

Two airport officials are locked in a verbal tussle over who should be blamed for the failure to complete the construction of an access road to link Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 (NAIA 1) with Terminal...

Headlines