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                    [ArticleID] => 1545974
                    [Title] => Roxas, Abaya, et al: all conflicted in MRT-3
                    [Summary] => 

The two, plus the MRTC and PNR heads, were tied to the LP fundraisers whom DOTC contracted for railway maintenance.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-24 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1542030 [Title] => Making sense of all that election news [Summary] =>

We need answers to questions like, do we need exemptions for toy guns, or how many really want an American for Prez?

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-12 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1541257 [Title] => Magpaliwanag ka pa rin, Abaya [Summary] =>

KAILANGAN pa ring isapubliko ni Transport Sec. Joseph Abaya ang laman ng MRT-3 maintenance deal niya sa Koreanong Busan Transport.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-10 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135482 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1539006 [Title] => Car plates, trains: Abaya’s sins catching up with him [Summary] =>

The problem is that Abaya signs sleazy deals, then expects subordinates to execute them cleanly.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-03 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1531307 [Title] => Palibhasa inabsuwelto, Abaya patuloy ang anomalya sa DOTC [Summary] =>

NANG mabisto ang maanomalyang P535 milyon MRT-3 maintenance ng PH Trams, ipinalit ni Transport Sec. Abaya ang Global Epcom, P63 milyon mula 2013 hanggang ngayon. Authorized rep pa rin nito sa DOTC si Marlo dela Cruz, chairman ng PH Trams at fundraiser ng Liberal Party kung saan presidente si Abaya.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-10 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135482 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1528812 [Title] => Raps vs Vitangcol mere cover-up? Abaya commits more wrongs [Summary] =>

Let off the hook, the Transport chief is now fast-breaking a P2-billion bonanza to a favored firm that has yet to start extending the commuter rail.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-03 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1510461 [Title] => After wasting P10.07 B, shouldn’t Abaya be dismissed too? [Summary] =>

Below is a breakdown of the transport chief’s free spending, that only deteriorated the MRT-3.

 

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-13 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1508723 [Title] => Abaya grants yet more overlapping contracts [Summary] =>

He is buying a P160 M overpriced rail grinder for MRT-3. Yet he is also negotiating for the eventual maintenance contractor to provide the same costly equipment.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-08 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1508057 [Title] => Abaya granted same 4 deals for MRT-3 signaling system [Summary] =>

He just awarded P53.4 M to upgrade the network, yet secretly is negotiating to replace it all for P900 M. For the same works he already paid P1.8 B to two LP-controlled firms.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-06 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1487120 [Title] => Binay camp questions MRT deal for Mar campaign donor [Summary] =>

The camp of Vice President Jejomar Binay yesterday questioned the decision of Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya to award one of the Metro Rail Transit maintenance contracts to a company purportedly owned by campaign funders of Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II in 2010.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-11 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804518 [AuthorName] => Ghio Ong [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/nation/20140916/MRT-3-EDSA.jpg ) ) )
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