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Scrapping $329-M ZTE deal may strain RP-China ties - PCCI |
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source : GMANews.TV
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Saturday, 08 September 2007 17:47 |
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Philippine
Exporters Confederation on Friday cautioned the government from
scrapping the controversial $329-million national broadband deal with
the Chinese company ZTE Corp. of China, saying such a move may strain
trade ties between the Philippines and China.
“To scrap the deal is a little bit premature... China has already said
that it is difficult to deal with the Philippines," Donald Dee, PCCI
chairman told GMANews.TV.
Dee said this in reaction to a paid advertisement put out by
influential business groups Makati Business Club, Management
Association of the Philippines, Financial Executive Institute of the
Philippines, Foundation for Economic Freedom Inc., and Action for
Economic Returns asking the government to "rescind" the deal.
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Gov't snubbed 'free' broadband network pushed by DOST |
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source : GMANews.TV
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Saturday, 08 September 2007 17:46 |
The Department of Science and Technology proposed a “free" broadband
network but the government opted for a $329-million (P15 billion)
project to be funded by a loan from China.
Science and Technology Secretary Estrella Alabastro told the House of
Representatives appropriations committee that the DOST had proposed a
similar broadband project to funded by official development assistance
(ODA) or foreign aid.
She also informed the panel deliberating the DOST’s P5.28 billion
budget that that the agency was never consulted on the project.
Alabastro and DOST director Dennis Llorente said they had been pushing
since 2001 for an NBN project to link the DOST, other government
agencies, and international agencies in the country.
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Palace bucks renewed calls to scrap ZTE deal |
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source : GMANews.TV
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Saturday, 08 September 2007 17:45 |
No amount of accusations from Congress and the media can stop the
$329-million broadband deal from pushing through, Malacañang said on
Saturday.
Cabinet Secretary Ricardo Saludo defended the deal with the Chinese
firm ZTE Corp. and said that the project already went through review by
the concerned government agencies.
“Ang proyekto at kontratang pinapasukan ng gobyerno dumadaan sa mahigpit na proseso, at pagkatapos malagdaan, dumaan sa Department of Justice. Matapos lahat ng prosesong ito, walang nakitang malaking problema
(This project passed through tight screening measures. After it was
signed, it went through the Department of Justice. After all reviews,
there was no problem)," Saludo said in an interview on dzXL radio.
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JdV breaks silence on ZTE: Review, cancel deal |
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source : GMANews.TV
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Saturday, 08 September 2007 17:37 |
{mosimage}Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr on Saturday joined calls to scrap the
$329-million broadband deal with Zhong Xing Telecommunication Equipment
(ZTE) Corp. of China. He made the call barely a week after saying that
he would take a hands-off position on the issue because his son's
company, Amsterdam Holdings, Inc., was a losing bidder in the same
broadband project.
While de Venecia still refused to comment on a reported bribe try on
his son regarding the contract, he said persistent claims of corruption
merit at least a review of the deal.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 08 September 2007 17:44 )
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Priest to Neri: Save your soul, bare all on ZTE deal |
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source : GMANews.TV
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Saturday, 08 September 2007 17:34 |
Save your soul, bare what you know about the $329-million broadband deal contract with Chinese firm ZTE Corp.
This was the counsel offered Friday night by a Catholic priest to
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) head Romulo Neri, who has so far
clammed up on a supposed P200-million bribe offer.
“This is not about politics. This is about his moral responsibility to
expose or condemn a crime," said Fr. Ben Moraleda of the Kaalagad
Katipunan Kristyano.
Moraleda, who is also vice president of the Freedom from Debt Coalition
(FDC), said Neri may have lost a golden chance to “bail out of a
sinking ship" when he kept quiet on the bribe.
In an interview on dzBB radio last Wednesday, Neri refused to confirm
or deny that he was offered a P200-million bribe to support the NBN
project that Chinese firm ZTE won.
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