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                    [ArticleID] => 262467
                    [Title] => Bad luck,  good luck
                    [Summary] => Philippine Stock Exchange chairman Alicia Morales-Arroyo submitted yesterday her letter of retirement as president of RCBC Securities, in large because she feels she does not have the time to be both chief executive officer of a stockbrokerage firm and PSE chairman.


Aleli Morales-Arroyo, however, remains the company’s director-nominee to the PSE and, as such, will finish her term as PSE chairman as scheduled in March 2005.


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-08-24 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey 
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                    [ArticleID] => 243648
                    [Title] => 5-6 stereotype
                    [Summary] => Did you know 1: There’s an estimated 35,000 Indians in the country that are believed to be in the 5-6 business – a stereotype the local Indian community isn’t too happy about.


After all, there are so many others who are engaged in trading and in manufacture.
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Did you know 2: The voting system used by the Philippine  Stock Exchange during its recent board election was based on the Botong Pinoy technology developed by Mega Data Corp.


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-03-23 00:00:00
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                    [ArticleID] => 229682
                    [Title] => Prince of darkness
                    [Summary] => In the Visayas, Energy Secretary Vicen-te Perez Jr. is derisively called the "prince of darkness", not because of his complexion but because of his perceived inaction on the power crisis.


Cebu currently suffers from intermittent power outages while Bacolod has had one or two brownouts in recent weeks that could not be traced to jelly fish or to the tripping of the transmission grid.


                    [DatePublished] => 2003-11-29 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey 
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                    [ArticleID] => 226291
                    [Title] => Punching incident
                    [Summary] => Even with an arm injury, the chairman packs a wallop – right to the face of his secretary. You see, the secretary inadvertently spilled some hot coffee on her boss.


                    [DatePublished] => 2003-11-01 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey 
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                    [ArticleID] => 222557
                    [Title] => Not aged after all
                    [Summary] => Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. president and chief executive officer Manuel Pangilinan still has to decide whether or not to continue its corporate support of ABS-CBN  Foundation Inc.’s Bantay Bata 163 program.


You see, PLDT has been helping out the program headed by Cristina Monzon-Palma by not charging a centavo for all those hotlines used to report cases of child abuse.


                    [DatePublished] => 2003-09-30 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey 
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                    [ArticleID] => 222422
                    [Title] => Vistan elected UCPB chairman
                    [Summary] => Veteran banker Deogracias Vistan has been elected chairman of the United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB), taking over from Edward Go, another veteran banker who successfully negotiated for the rehabilitation of the beleaguered bank.


Vistan was appointed as one of eight nominees of the Philippine Deposit Insurance Co (PDIC) which took over UCPB after infusing a total of P20 billion to save the bank.


                    [DatePublished] => 2003-09-29 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1096655
                    [AuthorName] =>  Des  Ferriols
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                    [ArticleID] => 221570
                    [Title] => PCGG nominees holding on to UCPB board seats
                    [Summary] => After infusing P20 billion into United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB), the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) is still unable to take full control of the bank as the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) continued to hold on to all nine of its remaining seats in the board of directors. 


UCPB has managed to operate smoothly during the transition period when a new president was appointed and former chairman Eduardo Go resigned from the bank, but PDIC’s failure to take over the bank has created uncertainties despite the efforts to normalize management. 


                    [DatePublished] => 2003-09-22 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
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                    [ArticleID] => 213726
                    [Title] => Pinoy soap in Kenya
                    [Summary] => Did you know 1: If we are importing TV soaps from Taiwan, Korea, and Mexico, we are also exporting our own to Africa.


Why, that telenovela (I forget which one because they all have similar titles hinting of unrequited love) with actress Kristine Hermosa in it is now being shown on Kenyan TV.
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Did you know 2: Sales of cement – a quick indicator of construction activity – has grown by 15 percent, year-to-date.


                    [DatePublished] => 2003-07-15 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey 
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                    [ArticleID] => 213005
                    [Title] => PDIC names reps to UCPB board
                    [Summary] => The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) has named their eight representatives to the 15-man board of the United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB), led by incumbent chairman Edward Go and newly-appointed president and chief executive officer Jose Querubin.


Sources revealed yesterday that the PDIC has finalized the short list of nominees to the UCPB’s policy making body, adding five more names to the initial list of three representatives.


                    [DatePublished] => 2003-07-09 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
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                    [AuthorName] =>  Des  Ferriols
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                    [ArticleID] => 203589
                    [Title] => 6% rating
                    [Summary] => The number of basketball fans seem to be decreasing, judging from the current six-percent rating of Philippine Basketball Association games shown on television. Last year, the televised PBA games had an eight-percent rating. (Telenovelas can easily draw in 20 percent viewership.)


The poor TV rating of PBA games raises at least two questions.


                    [DatePublished] => 2003-04-24 00:00:00
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Bad luck, good luck

By Margaret Jao-Grey  | August 24, 2004 - 12:00am

Philippine Stock Exchange chairman Alicia Morales-Arroyo submitted yesterday her letter of retirement as president of RCBC Securities, in large because she feels she does not have the time to be both chief executive...

Business

5-6 stereotype

By Margaret Jao-Grey  | March 23, 2004 - 12:00am

Did you know 1: There’s an estimated 35,000 Indians in the country that are believed to be in the 5-6 business – a stereotype the local Indian community isn’t too happy about. After all, there are...

Business

Prince of darkness

By Margaret Jao-Grey  | November 29, 2003 - 12:00am

In the Visayas, Energy Secretary Vicen-te Perez Jr. is derisively called the "prince of darkness", not because of his complexion but because of his perceived inaction on the power crisis. Cebu currently...

Business

Punching incident

By Margaret Jao-Grey  | November 1, 2003 - 12:00am

Even with an arm injury, the chairman packs a wallop – right to the face of his secretary. You see, the secretary inadvertently spilled some hot coffee on her boss.

Business

Not aged after all

By Margaret Jao-Grey  | September 30, 2003 - 12:00am

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. president and chief executive officer Manuel Pangilinan still has to decide whether or not to continue its corporate support of ABS-CBN Foundation Inc.’s Bantay Bata 163...

Business

Vistan elected UCPB chairman

By Des Ferriols | September 29, 2003 - 12:00am

Veteran banker Deogracias Vistan has been elected chairman of the United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB), taking over from Edward Go, another veteran banker who successfully negotiated for the rehabilitation of the...

Business

PCGG nominees holding on to UCPB board seats

By Des Ferriols | September 22, 2003 - 12:00am

After infusing P20 billion into United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB), the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) is still unable to take full control of the bank as the Presidential Commission on Good Government...

Business

Pinoy soap in Kenya

By Margaret Jao-Grey  | July 15, 2003 - 12:00am

Did you know 1: If we are importing TV soaps from Taiwan, Korea, and Mexico, we are also exporting our own to Africa. Why, that telenovela (I forget which one because they all have similar titles hinting of unrequited...

Business

PDIC names reps to UCPB board

By Des Ferriols | July 9, 2003 - 12:00am

The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) has named their eight representatives to the 15-man board of the United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB), led by incumbent chairman Edward Go and newly-appointed president...

Business

6% rating

By Margaret Jao-Grey  | April 24, 2003 - 12:00am

The number of basketball fans seem to be decreasing, judging from the current six-percent rating of Philippine Basketball Association games shown on television. Last year, the televised PBA games had an eight-percent...

Business