Billions worth of learning materials being held hostage – DepEd

[Lee]

Update.

Transpac releases ‘hostaged’ DepEd learning materials

Days after a Rappler exposé, the education department says it's been 'suddenly' informed by Transpac that it 'may now haul the goods' stored in warehouses.

 

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MANILA, Philippines – Las Piñas-based logistic firm Transpac has allowed the Department of Education (DepEd) to haul its billions of pesos worth of learning materials which the department said were being held “hostage” by the company.

“Sometime in the first week of December 2023, the DepEd was in receipt of a letter from Transpac suddenly informing DepEd that it may now haul the goods stored in its warehouses,” the DepEd said in a statement on Friday, December 15.

On December 3, Rappler published an investigative report showing that some P3 billion worth of learning materials were held hostage due to non-payment of warehousing fees.

The DepEd said that when they received Transpac’s notice, regional units immediately started hauling them.

 

https://www.rappler.com/philippines/transpac-releases-learning-materials-december-2023/

[Lee1154]

Does that mean that they sold all they could sell?