So Sogo or 2GO?
Other Filipinos questioned the government’s need to pay a hefty amount to private companies when there are a lot ofLocal government units have already converted several massive establishments into isolation sites or quarantine facilities to help ease the burden of hospitals in accommodating the rising number of COVID-19 patients., the chairman of the 2GO Group chairman,instructed to waive the P35-million rate for the government’s use of the ships, therefore, making it free of charge.
“As Chairman of 2GO, I have conferred with other shareholders and have given explicit instructions to waive the PhP35M expected payment from the government; and if necessary make good the said amount out of my own funds to cover for the expected expenses to operate the said ships,” UyThe operating costs of the ships are worth P260 million, Uy said, adding that it was intended to be a donation.
He did not mention whether it would still cost his company P260 million even if the ships remained berthed at a time when the logistics industry is adversely affected by the shifts in the supply chain as businesses remain shut and the government tries to arrest the pandemic.Transportation Assistant Secretarywho said Uy’s company first gave a P120-million quote for the two vessels for two months.
Tugade refused to pay quoted P120 million, then it was lowered to P35 million to cover “fuel, electricity, water, maintenance, supplies, and actual salaries of manpower of the crew and hotel staff,” Libiran said.
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