SUBIC BAY FREEPORT: The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) closed down Comteq Computer and Business College here over its alleged failure to pay more than P17 million in rent arrears. “This has been a lingering case of irresponsibility on the part of Comteq,” SBMA Chairman and Administrator Wilma Eisma told journalists in a media briefing before ordering SBMA security personnel to take control of the school facility along Manila Avenue at the Central Business District here. Eisma said the agency is also concerned about the fate of Comteq students but added they have given the school management much leeway in the past to meet its obligations. The SBMA’s takeover of the school came after a Regional Trial Court in Olongapo City denied a petition for aTemporary Restraining Order (TRO) that Comteq had filed. Piano, who took over the school more than a year ago, said the SBMA already took over and closed down the school in April this year allegedly because of unpaid rent but gave an extension until the end of October.

Source: Manila Times November 24, 2017 13:30 UTC