Gov't gets its P1.5B tender back

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The government has gotten its P1.5 billion tender back from the Chinese-owned construction company, China Jiangsu and its second preferred construction company Zhengtai has been given the go ahead to continue with the works.

Following the latest development, the Court of Appeal (CoA) on Tuesday ruled that the State was right in its power to rescind the tender from Jiangsu as per the warning of the Directorate of Intelligence Service (DIS) that the Chinese company was a security threat.

Earlier this year, the government lost the tender to Jiangsu through a court order after the duo had engaged in messy back-to-back court battles with Zhengtai, which was awarded the tender, ordered to stop the works.

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