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MANILA, Philippines – Emirates is seeking the intervention of President Aquino after the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) decided to end the airline’s third daily flight for the Manila-Dubai route late last month. Jose Perpetuo Lotilla, Undersecretary of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), said the Gulf carrier has elevated the case to the Office of the President after CAB denied its petition to further extend its third daily flights for the Manila – Dubai route that expired last Jan. 26.  “What I understand is that they (Emirates) elevated (the case) to the OP. I am not sure if CAB received anything,” Lotilla said. According to him, Emirates is probably following the administrative procedure by elevating the case to Malacanang instead of filing an appeal before the Court of Appeals (CA).  “They should have gone to the CA but they went to the OP. Probably, they are following the administrative procedure,” Emirates said. President Aquino attended the one-off commercial flight by Emirates using the world’s largest passenger aircraft – Airbus A380 – that landed at the recently completed Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 (NAIA-3) last Oct. 7. Business ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1 CAB last October turned down petition of Emirates to use the unutilized frequency of PAL until March this year. The Middle Eastern carrier filed an appeal before the CAB. While the appeal was pending, CAB granted Emirates a 30-day extension to continue its third daily flight between Manila and Dubai until Nov. 26. Read More …

MANILA, Philippines – Don’t be duped, fooled, or taken advantage by others in business deals and personal transactions because of unfamiliarity on contract law. Life is a series of agreements and it will be useful to understand contract law, especially for non-lawyers in family businesses and for professionals. It’s a life skill that all citizens must know. Don’t be one of the many who have become victims of flawed, void or voidable contracts that cannot be enforced. To help you avoid pitfalls and traps in creating and enforcing agreements, the Center for Global Best Practices is launching a one-day seminar entitled, “Best Practices Guide on Contract Law for Non-Lawyers” on Friday, March 6, 2015 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City, Philippines. For details and a complete list of upcoming seminars including How To Prevent, Collect and Prosecute Those With Bouncing Checks, International Trade Training Seminars, HR Laws, Education Law, and more, you may log on to www.cgbp.org or call (+63 2) 842-7148/ 59 and 556-8968/ 69, Cebu lines: (+63 32) 512-3106 or 07 or Baguio line: (+63 74) 423-5148. This pioneering seminar is designed to update professionals, businessmen and non-lawyers about the fundamentals and sticky areas of Philippine law governing obligations and contracts. Knowledge of the substance and form of agreements can prevent serious conflicts and business losses that can snowball into lawsuits and even violence. A legally enforceable contract binds the parties to their respective promises and signals the start of a smooth and continuous relationship for them. Read More …

For a taxpayer who must work over four months of a year to pay a bureaucrat’s salary, it is frustrating to hear them publicly exposing their lack of knowledge. We all know that the problem of congestion at NAIA is on account of its single working runway. (They have stopped using the other cross runway for safety reasons.) Even if we build 10 terminals there but if there is only one runway, planes will still have to fall in line to take off and circle around to land. That is simple and logical even laymen should be able to understand. Here is how someone with technical knowledge explained the situation for me: “At present the separation between aircraft movements is 1.5 mins. or 40 per hour. On landing that means the aircraft behind you is only six km away and as you slow down for final landing that aircraft is only four km away.  To try to compress the separation is too risky. “On departures, the push back time from the terminal is critical to meet your take off slots. A delay in terminal departures destroys the entire slot program for that hour and creates a domino effect on the other hours. “Yes you will hear guys talking about NAIA doing 60/hr on one runway. They are talking through their ears. That is only possible with a multi-runway airport with the correct ICAO design standards. Yes you can bring aircraft movements close to even 20 to 30 secs separation but Read More …

MANILA, Philippines – The government and the private sector have decided to fasttrack projects in Clark, Pampanga with the area serving as one of the venues for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) events this year. In a statement, Clark Development Corp. (CDC) president and chief executive officer Arthur Tugade said the country’s APEC hosting has encouraged both government and the private sector to advance the implementation of their respective projects. The Philippines is hosting the APEC meetings this year. The APEC senior officers meeting started in Clark on January 26. Tugade said projects such as the Clark Rotunda, Clark Museum, Clark 4D Theatre and Clark Integrated Command Center are to be implemented this year. Business ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1 The renovation of the Clark Parade Ground, which is in its final stages, is expected to have a rubberized overlay for the jogging path, renovated park bencher, as well as shower room for sports participants upon completion. Tugade said some locator firms in Clark have also advanced the dates of their development plans. Among these locators is Fontana Leisure Parks which is expanding the seating capacity of its convention center to more than 1,800 seats from 500, at present, putting up new villas and rooms and adding 1,000 workers. Oxford Hotel meanwhile, has committed to invest P1 billion in the next five years to put up a new hotel, casino and restaurant with one-stop commercial complex as well as employ 615 individuals. Widus Hotel and Casino Read More …