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Piatco got new projects sans bidding, says MASO lawyer

February 1, 2003 - 12:00am

The renegotiated Piatco contracts were actually two new public works projects awarded without bidding, seven airport-service companies whose live contracts would be revoked under the Piatco agreement said. In a...

Business

Death penalty sought for ship overloading

By Efren Danao | April 15, 2000 - 12:00am

Transportation Secretary Vicente Rivera angrily denounced shipowners yesterday for flouting safety rules, saying he would push for a law to make overloading in seacraft a "heinous crime" punishable with death. Rivera,...

Headlines

Rivera, 3 others charged in NAIA deal

By Delon Porcalla | March 4, 2000 - 12:00am

Transportation Secretary Vicente Rivera, a Chinese presidential friend and two others were charged with graft by a Pasay City resident in the Office of the Ombudsman yesterday in connection with the government's...

Headlines