PMI Colleges, politics and the law
Fate must be kind to PMI Colleges. In late January a Quezon City court issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) after the owners questioned the October 2011 closure order from the Philippines’ Commission on Higher Education. This paves the way for a re-audit of the school’s facilities and the continuance of its maritime programmes in the meantime. The detractors of PMI may be shaking their heads. All this, though, boils down to due process. Besides, despite the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) findings on the school, we’ve thought all along that the CHED order was a political move meant to appease the gods of the EU. (more…)
