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                    [ArticleID] => 263873
                    [Title] => Miriam hits Ramos anew on power deal
                    [Summary] => Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago denounced former President Fidel Ramos again yesterday, this time accusing him of having violated the country’s anti-graft and anti-plunder laws.


In a privilege speech, Santiago said that in 1993, Ramos awarded the P3.3-billion contract to rehabilitate the Binga hydroelectric power plant in Itogon, Benguet to his businessman-friend Catalino Tan despite the fact that the latter had no experience in projects of that nature.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263907 [Title] => FVR muling dinurog ni Sen. Mirriam [Summary] => Muling hinagupit kahapon ni Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago sa kanyang privilege speech si dating Pangulong Fidel V. Ramos dahil sa pagpabor umano nito sa isang kontratista na kanyang kinakapatid na nakakuha sa rehabilitasyon sa Binga Hydroelectric plant sa Itogon, Benguet.

Inakusahan ni Santiago, chairman ng Senate committee on energy, na lumabag si Ramos sa anti-graft at anti-plunder laws ng bansa nang paboran nito si Catalino Tan na kanyang kinakapatid upang makuha ang P3.2 bilyong kontrata noong 1993 sa naturang proyekto.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 180348 [Title] => A new chapter in the Binga mystery? [Summary] => Click here to read Part IV
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
( Conclusion )
Anthony Escolar, who was named a receiver of Binga Hydroelectric Plant Inc. (BHEPI), turned out to be a godson of former President Joseph Estrada and close to his mistress, Guia Gomez.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1479306 [AuthorName] => Luz Rimban [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 180230 [Title] => The Mystery of Binga: Binga is still a pie to dip into? [Summary] => Click here to read Part III
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
( Fourth of a series )
A month after changing its name to Binga Hydroelectric Plant Inc. (BHEPI), it increased its capital to P375 million and asked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to exempt it from registering the additional P371 million fund infused by new stockholders.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1479306 [AuthorName] => Luz Rimban [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 180084 [Title] => DOE: Binga project remains canceled [Summary] => The Department of Energy reiterated yesterday that the boards of the National Power Corp. (Napocor) and the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) have not paid the P700 million settlement claim the Binga Hydroelectric Power Inc. is demanding from the government for the rehabilitation of the Binga power project in Itogon, Benguet.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 179962 [Title] => Binga deal aboveboard - Napocor [Summary] => The state-run National Power Corp. said yesterday it saw nothing wrong in recommending a multimillion-peso settlement on a power contract that has been found to be one of the most onerous entered into by Napocor.

"As far as Napocor is concerned, the decisions we’ve taken on the matter were aboveboard and legal," Napocor president and chief executive officer Roland Quilala said in an interview. He did not elaborate.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 179963 [Title] => The mystery of Binga: IPP contractor has no office, can’t explain phantom shareholder [Summary] => Click here to read Part I
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism [DatePublished] => 2002-10-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1479306 [AuthorName] => Luz Rimban [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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