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Yasay, who is now the chairman and spokesman of the MIAA-NAIA Association of Services Operators (MASO), said the Chengs and the Fraport Group’s claim of extortion against Gloria Tan-Climaco is distorting the truth.


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Perfecto Yasay Jr., chairman of MIAA-NAIA Association of Service Operators, said a different decision would have thrown the country’s legal precedents awry and created a nightmare scenario where existing legitimate claims could be ignored.


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"You should be happy having been liberated from a wife-beater of a husband." The bully says. "Don’t worry, we’ll find you a new partner.  Meantime, you might  want to clean up the mess while we decide what to do next."


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Safety at sea: PPA and Marina

By GOTCHA | By Jarius Bondoc | January 6, 2006 - 12:00am

This calls for an investigation. The Philippine Ports Authority in late 2004 procured 30 baggage x-ray machines at P6.7 million apiece, and 30 walk-through metal detectors each costing P716,000. But throughout 2005,...

Opinion

Gov’t urged to pursue case vs Alvarez, Chengs, Fraport

By Marianne V. Go | October 27, 2003 - 12:00am

The government should pursue a plunder case against former Transportation Secretary Pantaleon Alvarez, the Chengs and the German Fraport Group since they were responsible for the anomalous Ninoy Aquino International...

Business

SC ruling in Piatco upholds long-standing doctrine

May 8, 2003 - 12:00am

The Supreme Court ruling that the Piatco contract was null and void saved Philippine jurisprudence and kept a long standing doctrine that third parties or complete corporate strangers cannot revoke existing and valid...

Business

Fast action by Iraqis can abort puppet gov’t

By POSTSCRIPT | By Federico D. Pascual Jr. | April 15, 2003 - 12:00am

GANITO ‘YAN: Some bully from the other side of town accuses your husband of hiding deadly weapons in the house. He comes over and bombs your family dwelling. Your son is killed and a daughter lies bleeding....

Opinion