Published July 6, 2021, 7:23 AM
Supreme Court (SC)
The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the petition that challenged the government’s approval in 2014 to privatize the Philippine Orthopedic Center (POC) in Quezon City.
While the petition was dismissed, the dismissal was not based on the weakness of the issues presented by those who were against POC’s privatization. Neither was the petition junked because the government successfully justified POC’s privatization.
The SC said the withdrawal in 2015 by the Consortium which won the bidding for the privatization was the supervening event that led to the dismissal of the petition filed in 2014 by POC indigent patients, nurses and physicians who were joined by some legislators in the case.
Sierra Leone: Parliament ratifies Lungi Freetown Airport expansion project
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Lungi Freetown Airport expansion project now has consent from the Parliament of the Republic of Sierra Leone after the legislative branch of the government of the West African country approved the Build-Operate-Transfer Agreement for the Construction, Financing, and Concession of the project.
The agreement was signed with Summa Airports (SL) Limited, a subsidiary of Summa, which is a Russian independent group of companies with holdings in port logistics, engineering, construction, telecommunications, and oil and gas sectors.
Scope of the project
The project, whose foundation stone was laid mid last month by President Julius Maada Bio, will according to the Deputy Minister of Transport and Aviation, Sadiq Sillah focus mainly on the construction of a new passenger terminal that will cater for three million passengers upon completion, the construction of a VIP/presidential lounge as well as t