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                    [ArticleID] => 242262
                    [Title] => Aviation workers rap closed door hearings on ‘open skies’
                    [Summary] => Aviation workers and other labor groups assailed yesterday the decision of a Manila regional trial court to hold behind closed door the hearings on their petition to nullify and declare as unconstitutional an executive order providing for an open skies policy in the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport in Clark, Pampanga, and Subic Bay International Airport in Subic, Zambales.

[DatePublished] => 2004-03-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 237155 [Title] => Aviation workers nagprotesta [Summary] => Nagprotesta kahapon ang mga militanteng grupo ng aviation workers bilang bahagi ng kanilang krusada na patalsikin si Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) member Alberto "Bertie" Lim matapos magpunta ang mga ito sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 213979 [Title] => Guingona: RP must stand firm in air talks with US [Summary] => Vice President Teofisto Guingona urged yesterday the Philippine panel in air talks with the United States to push for reciprocity and the protection of the national interest.

Speaking at a forum on open skies at the Dusit Hotel in Makati, Guingona said negotiations on air access must be based on passenger load, tonnage and traffic, and not just the number of flights.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 203111 [Title] => Workers warn against perils of open skies [Summary] => Industries dependent on the aviation sector like tourism, transportation, recreation, entertainment and restaurant business also face the prospect of being dislocated should the country give in to foreign pressure to adopt open skies, labor groups warned.

The warning was raised during the recent Free Trade Alliance (FTA) forum in Ermita, Manila, which tackled the impact of an open skies policy on local aviation.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 202533 [Title] => Airport workers decry exclusion from NAIA-3 talks [Summary] => Airport workers decried yesterday their exclusion from ongoing discussions to come up with a "win-win formula" for the controversial Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 project.

Ed Oredina, secretary-general of the Scrap the Piatco Deal Coalition (Scrap), said airport workers are not being consulted by the government in its efforts to resolve the NAIA 3 dispute.

"Why is it that only the local shareholders and foreign shareholders are being consulted?" he asked.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 180229 [Title] => Groups slam bid to renegotiate Piatco contract [Summary] => The reported decision by the Malacañang panel reviewing the Terminal 3 contract to negotiate with the Philippine International Air Terminals Co., Inc. (Piatco) for a revision of the deal has drawn strong criticisms from several sectors.

Labor unions, non-governmental organizations and tourism groups said the panel headed by Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Dante Canlas has taken the easy way out in resolving the controversy on the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 project.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 177735 [Title] => Labor group raps Gordon over NAIA 3 opening schedule [Summary] => A coalition of labor unions criticized Tourism Secretary Richard Gordon for trying to preempt the Supreme Court when he proposed that the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 be opened as scheduled in November despite the unresolved issues.

Ed Oredina, Scrap the Piatco Deal Coalition (Scrap) secretary general, said it was irresponsible and insensitive for Gordon to push for the NAIA 3 opening, knowing that Scrap has a pending case with the SC, which seeks to declare the Piatco contract null and void.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 174234 [Title] => Workers call for audit of NAIA-3 project cost [Summary] => Aviation industry workers welcomed yesterday the planned buyout by the government of the German shares in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 project but called for the audit of project costs and prosecution of government officials who financially benefited from the contract.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 164933 [Title] => Airport workers want NAIA-3 contract scrapped [Summary] => Aviation industry workers and labor groups said yesterday President Arroyo should not be drawn away from the real issue hounding the Terminal 3 project – that the contract between the government and PIATCO (Philippine International Air Terminals Co.) consortium is highly disadvantageous to the government, burdensome to the Filipino taxpayers and anti-labor.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 156980 [Title] => CA issues TRO vs DOLE-sponsored PALEA polls [Summary] => The Court of Appeals has issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) on a Department of Labor and Employment-sponsored election of the Philippine Airlines (PAL) Employees Association after current PALEA officials argued that the labor department had acted illegally by preempting the union to conduct its own election.

The TRO was issued last April 5, also the day of the election set by DOLE.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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