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                    [Title] => Elite field braces for Aboitiz shootout
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Jay Bayron and Charles Hong expect no less than a shootout among the local aces and a crack inte0rnational field when the $100,000 Aboitiz Invitational is fired off Aug. 5 at the Manila Southwoods’ Legends course in Carmona, Cavite.

[DatePublished] => 2015-07-27 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/sports/20150728/Aboitiz-Equity-Ventures-2.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 436650 [Title] => Update on General Motors diet [Summary] =>

I recently received several text messages from friends who took the plunge and survived a week of sacrifice to do the seven-day General Motors diet.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 218095 [Title] => Ex-PEA chief sues COPA official for libel [Summary] => Former Public Estates Authority (PEA) chairman Ernest Villareal filed yesterday a libel suit against Council for Philippine Affairs (COPA) secretary general Pastor Saycon over accusations of receiving a P450-million bribe in the construction of the President Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard (PDMB) last year.

In filing his complaint before the Makati City Prosecutors Office, Villareal sought P10 million in moral damages and P1 million in attorney’s fees from Saycon, who he claimed made false accusations which caused him "moral, psychological and physical injuries." [DatePublished] => 2003-08-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 217948 [Title] => ‘P450-M kickback went to Pidal account’ [Summary] => The "Jose Pidal" account supposedly maintained by First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo was the recipient of a P450-million bribe in the anomalous construction of President Diosdado Macapagal Blvd. last year, Council of Philippine Affairs (COPA) secretary general Pastor Saycon revealed yesterday.

Saycon told The STAR that the plunder case involving PEA general manager Ernest Villareal and other officials in the anomaly was "downgraded" because of the absence of any proof that they amassed money from the supposedly overpriced construction of the road. [DatePublished] => 2003-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1127935 [AuthorName] => Ann Corvera [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 184187 [Title] => Graft raps vs PEA whistle-blower set a bad precedent — Lawyer [Summary] => Whistle blowing can land you in jail.

The inclusion of former Public Estates Authority board director Sulficio Tagud Jr. in graft charges filed against PEA officials for the alleged overpricing of the President Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard (PDMB) road project is a "dangerous precedent," according to civil society group E-Just lawyer Leonard De Vera.

"It makes no sense," De Vera, Tagud’s personal lawyer, said in a phone interview.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620721 [AuthorName] => Nikko Dizon [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 183931 [Title] => Old PEA board is out, insists Malacañang [Summary] => President Arroyo considers the entire board of directors of the Public Estates Authority (PEA), except for retired Armed Forces chief Gen. Diomedio Villanueva, to have resigned more than two weeks ago, when she asked them to quit.

Mrs. Arroyo named Villanueva officer-in-charge of the Office of the Chairman, but the PEA is being run by Public Works and Highways Secretary Simeon Datumanong as officer-in-charge of the Office of the General Manager.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1497251 [AuthorName] => Marichu Villanueva And Nikko Dizon [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 183182 [Title] => EDITORIAL – Crossed signals [Summary] => Earlier, Malacañang officials said they wouldn’t mind if officials of the Public Estates Authority resigned en masse. The statement was issued as the PEA reeled from accusations by one of its directors that a short stretch of road at the reclaimed area of Manila Bay was overpriced by as much as P600 million. [DatePublished] => 2002-11-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 180873 [Title] => Stung by corruption poll, GMA orders PEA board to quit [Summary] => Smarting from the results of an international survey of 102 countries that ranked the Philippines as the 11th most corrupt nation, President Arroyo said yesterday the Public Estates Authority board of directors must resign even as she suspended all PEA projects, notably those which require public bidding.

The President said she would install an "interim" board to replace the current seven-member PEA board which figured prominently in the alleged overpricing by as much as P600 million of the President Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard (PDMB).
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1497251 [AuthorName] => Marichu Villanueva And Nikko Dizon [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 180619 [Title] => More charges set to be filed vs PEA whistle-blower [Summary] => Charges and counter-charges.

Public Estates Authority board director Rodolfo Tuazon yesterday said he is poised to file charges against his colleague-turned-scam whisle-blower Sulficio Tagud Jr. for implicating him and other members of the PEA board in an anomaly that he claimed never existed.

In a telephone interview, Tuazon told The STAR he and his colleagues will sue Tagud for malicious mischief, malicious prosecution, perjury and libel.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620721 [AuthorName] => Nikko Dizon [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 180487 [Title] => No evidence vs old PEA board yet - Tagud [Summary] => Lawyers of Public Estates Authority whistleblower Sulficio Tagud Jr. are trying to determine if the previous board of the PEA had something to do with the allegedly "overpriced" President Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard (PDMB) in Pasay City.

"We’re still looking for evidence. If the evidence shows that the old board could be liable, then we can amend the plunder charges we filed before the Ombudsman," lawyer Leonard de Vera told The STAR in an interview.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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