Month: February 2009

MPC Update

In the January issue of Philippine Tribune, we published an announcement made by Fr. Renato Paras that Tess Lopez was paid $37,000 by the MPC managers as partial payment for the $300,000 they borrowed from her. I was later informed by the good priest that the actual amount paid was $35,000 and not $37,000 as […]

Subic Bay revisited

Senator Richard Gordon, former chairman of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, which now administers the port, said officials from around Europe and Asia had visited to study his model of base conversion, including the leaders of Panama, Vietnam and Lithuania and representatives from Guam and Okinawa, in Japan. In an interview, Mr. Gordon seemed as […]

Unit Pricing to help consumers save

Federal Member for Chifley, Roger Price has welcomed the Rudd Government’s announcement to roll-out a nationally-consistent, mandatory unit pricing regime to help consumers save time and money. “The Australian unit pricing scheme designed by the Rudd Government gets the balance right – by both empowering consumers and minimising the regulatory burden on business” Mr. Price […]