SC shirked duty to check abuses in NBN-ZTE ruling: minority
By ARIES C. RUFO
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Off track: Northrail timeline
September 1994 – President Fidel Ramos signed a memorandum of agreement with King Juan Carlos of Spain to build the Manila-to-Clark rail system.
August 22, 1995 - The North Luzon Railways Corp. (NLRC) was incorporated as a 100 percent-subsidiary of the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA).
February 7, 1996 – NLRC entered into an Engineering, Procurement and [...]
MARINA resets hearing on Sulpicio Lines franchise
The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) has rescheduled the hearing on the petition to cancel the franchise of Sulpicio Lines, Inc. following the petition of lawyer Arthur Lim to exclude government solicitors from participating in the proceedings.
“It is rather irregular for the Office of the Solicitor General to act as legal counsel for the prosecutor, which [...]
Lawyer to govt: Call bluff, junk Northrail
The government should call the bluff of the Chinese contractor to withdraw from the allegedly overpriced $500-million Northrail project, a lawyer said Tuesday.
“I think we should call the bluff and say, ‘OK let’s terminate the contract, as you wanted to,’ ” Harry Roque of the University of the Philippines Law Center suggested during an interview [...]
Reds kill soldier in Masbate
A soldier died during a military offensive against suspected New People’s Army (NPA) guerillas in Masbate province.
Police said the death took place as military dispatched gunships to several towns in Masbate to drive away the rebels ahead of President Arroyo’s visit Tuesday.