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Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) vs Jancom Environmental Corp.

METROPOLITAN MANILA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, petitioner, vs. JANCOM ENVIRONMENTAL CORPORATION and JANCOM INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS PTY. LIMITED OF AUSTRALIA, respondents.

G.R. No. 147465 | 2002-01-30

D E C I S I O N

MELO, J.:

Before the Court is a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Civil Procedure filed by petitioner Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), seeking to reverse and set aside the November 13, 2000 decision of the Court of Appeals declaring valid and perfected the waste management contract entered into by the Republic of the Philippines, represented by the Secretary of National Resources and the Executive Committee to oversee the build-operate-transfer implementation of solid waste management projects, and JANCOM Environmental Corporation.

The pertinent facts are as follows:

In 1994, then...