Former Metro Rail Transit (MRT) 3 general manager Al Vitangcol denied nepotism influenced his decision to award a service contract to a supplier partly owned by his relative. He told congressmen in a hearing on Tuesday, May 27 that his uncle-in-law had divested from the company, PH Trams, that won the MRT maintenance contract. Vitangcol said it was he himself who asked his uncle-in-law to leave PH Trams after finding out that he was an incorporator. PH Trams bagged a 9-month contract for the upkeep of MRT 3 in 2012 as part of a joint venture with CB&T JV. Transportation officials also told the congressional committee that the MRT Bids and Awards committee proceeded with a simplified bidding in order to speedily procure a maintenance provider for the MRT trains. Vitangcol was previously implicated in an extortion try by the Czech ambassador to the Philippines.
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