Tag: BURI

DOTr nakipagkasundo sa isang Canadian company para maging service provider ng MRT–3

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pumasok ang Department of Transportation (DOTr) sa isang kasunduan sa Canadian company na Bombardier para sa pagbili ng mga signaling spare parts at maintenance ng Metro Rail Transit (MRT) Line 3. Ayon kay Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, ang naturang kumpanya ang siyang magiging service provider ng spare parts at maintenance provider ng signaling system ng MRT. Hindi na aniya nagkaroon ng bidding sa naganap na pakikipagkasundo sa bombardier dahil mayroon […]

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DOTr: BURI, its joint venture members barred from participating in bidding for major rail projects

(Eagle News) — Busan Universal Rail Inc. and its joint venture members are not qualified to participate in the bidding for major rail projects of the Department of Transportation, after all. This is according to the DOTr that issued a statement to this effect on Monday. This was after Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta partylist Rep.Jericho Nograles said that Busan Transportation Corporation and Edison Development and Construction had such a qualification. “(They) are disqualified from participating […]

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Sumitomo Corp. back as MRT-3 maintenance provider: report

(Eagle News) —  Japanese company Sumitomo Corp. is back as maintenance provider of the Metro Rail Transit 3. This is according to a report by CNN Philippines on Wednesday. “(The takeover again can happen) as early as April, May of next year,” Transportation Assistant Secretary TJ Batan said in an interview. He said that a government-to-government agreement was “scheduled to be signed” by the 3rd week of December 2017. “The maintenance and rehabilitation contract is […]

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Palace rejects BURI request to meet with President Duterte

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Malacanang has rejected the request of Busan Universal Rail Inc. (BURI), the former maintenance provider of MRT 3, to have an audience with President Rodrigo Duterte so they could explain the numerous failures of the MRT. In a press conference, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that they found “no reason” to meet with BURI officials, as the contract was already terminated on November 6. “We find no reason to […]

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Abaya: I am sure we will be vindicated in MRT-3 mess

By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service I am sure we will be vindicated. Former Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya had this to say after the filing of plunder charges against him and several others over the allegedly anomalous P3.8-B maintenance contract for the Metro Rail Transit 3. Apart from Abaya, charged by the Department of Transportation were former Transportation Secretary Mar Roxas,  former Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, former Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson, former Budget Secretary […]

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DoTR files charges vs former President Aquino’s Cabinet men over “anomalous” MRT-3 maintenance contract

https://youtu.be/_CXFwEMUAQE (Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation on Tuesday filed a plunder complaint against nine Cabinet members of then-President Benigno Aquino III and several others over the allegedly anomalous MRT-3 maintenance contract. Facing charges over the P3.8-billion contract are former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, ex-Transportation Secretary Jun Abaya, former Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima, former Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla, former Budget secretary Butch Abad, former Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson, former Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, and former National […]

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Ex-DOTC Secretary Abaya, several others charged over “anomalous” P3.8-B MRT-3 maintenance contract

(Eagle News) — Militant groups on Monday filed criminal charges against former Department of Trade and Communications Secretary Emilio Abaya and several others over an allegedly anomalous  P3.8-billion maintenance contract for the Metro Rail Transit 3. Abaya, former MRT General Manager Roman Buenafe, former Undersecretary Rene Limcaoco, Jose Rodante Sabayle, Maria Cecilia Natividad, Eldonn Uy, Elizabeth Velasco, Belinda Ong Tan, Catherine Gonzales, Edwin Lopez, Oscar Bongon,  Brian Velasco and Chae Gue Shim, Ofelia Astrera, Charissa Eloisa Opulencia face charges […]

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Government takes over maintenance of MRT 3

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation on Tuesday took over the maintenance of the Metro Rail Transit or MRT Line 3, after it cancelled the contract of Busan Universal Rail Inc. (BURI) as the line’s maintenance provider. DOTr decided to cancel BURI’s contract, due to the persistent failure in MRT operations in the past year and a half. “It cannot be overemphasized that what is at stake here is the welfare […]

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DOTr terminates contract of MRT3 maintenance provider BURI

(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation has terminated  the contract of MRT 3 maintenance provider Busan  Universal Rail Inc. The DOTr made the announcement in a press conference on Monday. Last month, DOTr said in a statement that it sent BURI a notice to terminate. The company was given seven days to respond to the notice, which was served on the basis of “poor performance; failure to put in service and subsequently ensure the availability of contractually […]

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