North Rail case to int’l arbitration court

Transportation Secretary Joseph Abaya said that the Philippine government will submit the ‘anomalous’ and controversial North Rail project to an international arbitration court to determine the settlement with the People’s Republic of China. The arbitration court could establish the exact amount that the government should pay for the aborted railway project under the past Arroyo administration.

“We expect that we’ll be going on arbitration, it’s a legal procedure on how to settle and compromise. We are allotting funds for the arbitration process. We expect it to wind down. We pay our obligations and start anew,” Abaya said.