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Constitutionality of NAIA concession agreement assailed anew before SC
Manila Bulletin
|May 6, 2025
The Supreme Court (SC) was asked anew to declare illegal and unconstitutional the February 2024 award to the New NAIA Infra Corporation (NNIC) of the concession agreement to rehabilitate and operate the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
The project to rehabilitate and operate NAIA was subjected to bidding on Dec. 27, 2023 and awarded to the NNIC in February 2024. The signing of the agreement done in March 2024.
The new SC petition was filed by lawyer Rico V. Domingo, former president of the Philippine Bar Association (PBA) and Ateneo Law School professor, and Ceasar G. Oracion, former dean of the Saint Louis University School of Law and past president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines of the Baguio-Benguet Chapter.
This story is from the May 6, 2025 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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