President Arroyo is committed to opening a controversial airport terminal and hopes to resolve by next year a dispute between the government and a Filipino German consortium that built it, an official said Thursday.

Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 has almost been completed, but the Supreme Court has ruled to cancel the contract between the government and the Philippine International Air Terminals Co., or Piatco, because of alleged anomalies. Germany’s Fraport AG owns a substantial stake in Piatco.

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