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To revitalize the special economic zones in Subic and Clark by expanding the territories of the Subic Special Economic Zone and the Clark Special Economic Zone, increasing their powers and revising the allocation of income on taxes earned, Senator Dick Gordon has sponsored a measure which seeks to amend the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA). […]
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian warned against a potential government takeover of the debt-ridden Korean company Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines (HHIC-Phil), stressing that the best option is to attract established shipbuilders to operate the firm. Gatchalian said it is “not prudent” for government to take over Hanjin, given its poor track record in taking over […]
Senator Dick Gordon has proposed that government enter into a partnership with local taipans and Korean investors and take over debt-saddled Hanjin Philippines so that the country can build ships for use in defense and commercial purposes. Gordon stressed that the Hanjin shipyard is a very important natural resource, of human, logistical and engineering resource, […]
Deploring the still unabated killings with impunity, Senator Dick Gordon expressed hope that the bigger motorcycle plates bill will be signed into law soon as it will obviate crimes perpetrated by motorcycle-riding criminals. Gordon, who chairs the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, cited as example the assassination of businessman Dominic Sytin, who was […]
“If funds were misapplied by agency officials, prosecute the offenders. When Congress gives you money, tells you where and how to spend it, then you do something else, that’s illegal. We should also make the NFA accountable for the storage fiasco that led to wastage and infestation of stocks in Luzon while rice supplies at […]
Sometimes, it is when you do not make plans when things actually happen, or trips actually push through. This is not often true with me, but it was during this particular weekend. There I was at home with absolutely nothing to do on a late Friday afternoon. Rare as it might have been, but it […]