Supreme Court: PLDT mocks the Constitution

By Rigoberto D. Tiglao

Mar 25, 2014 11:22 pm

[Seventh of a series on the Salim Empire in the Philippines.]

That’s what the Supreme Court said of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.’s ownership structure, which the firm’s defenders claim complies with the constitutional ban on foreigners owning more than 60 percent of a public utility.

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