Calida to SC: Disallow regular contractor licenses for foreigners

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Using Chinese firms as example, Solicitor General Jose Calida says foreign companies implement big projects in the Philippines by heavily employing foreigners instead of Filipinos.

that allowed foreign construction firms to obtain regular construction licenses previously reserved only for Filipinos.

Calida said the decision was already disadvantageous for local businesses on its own, but it dealt double the damage as it was handed down just before the coronavirus pandemic, which has left many firmsLast March 10, the SC voided a rule that foreign firms are only entitled to a special contractor's license when involved in a Philippine construction project.

 

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Deretsuhin nyo na... hindi yan 'foreigners' kundi Chinese mismo.

IIRC, the job of the judiciary is to construe the law and to write it.

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