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                    [ArticleID] => 716770
                    [Title] => A challenge to celebrity chefs
                    [Summary] => 

There are only two dishes I can cook: Bacon spaghetti without sauce and overstuffed omelet.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135733 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1186451 [AuthorName] => Butch Francisco [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 27819 [Title] => RP has long way to go in the use of clean energy [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-11-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 26455 [Title] => First Gen income surges 50% to $100M in 9 mos [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-11-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 397797 [Title] => First Gen allots $1.375B for 5-year expansion program [Summary] => First Gen Corp., the holding company for the power generation and energy-related businesses of the Lopez group, has earmarked $1.375 billion (P65 billion) over the next five years for the continued expansion of existing plants, new gas pipeline and greenfield projects, and its foray into the international markets.

First Gen vice-chairman and chief executive officer Peter D. Garrucho Jr. said the amount does not include planned acquisitions of power assets to be put on the auction block by the state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM).
[DatePublished] => 2007-05-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 389919 [Title] => 5 foreign groups eye contract for First Gen expansion project [Summary] => At least five foreign groups have signified interest to join the bidding for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the expansion of the 112-MW Pantabangan-Masiway hydroelectric power facilities of First Gen Corp., a top company official said. 

"We are starting to bid out the EPC for Pantabangan-Masiway capacity expansion.  We have received a number of inquiries from European and Japanese suppliers," First Gen vice chairman and CEO Peter Garrucho said.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 389118 [Title] => First Gen welcomes PEMC plan [Summary] => First Gen Corp. has welcomed the Philippine Electricity Market Corp. (PEMC) plan to create a Visayas wholesale electricity spot market (WESM).

Peter Garrucho Jr., First Gen vice chairman and CEO, said that putting up WESM in that region would help spur competition.

"We are most supportive of that move. I think, the country has the capability to integrate the systems," Garrucho said.

Garrucho said the presence of WESM Visayas would encourage investors to construct more power facilities in that province.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 388566 [Title] => First Gen profit up 6% to $92M in 2006 [Summary] => Power firm First Gen Corp. reported yesterday a net income of $92 million for 2006, six percent higher than the $87-million profit a year earlier, a ranking company official said. 

First Gen vice chairman and CEO Peter Garrucho Jr. said the improvement in the company’s profit performance could be attributed to several factors, including higher earnings from its newly-acquired Pantabangan-Masiway hydroelectric power facilities.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 386944 [Title] => The ingenious lunacy of ‘Belong Puti’ [Summary] => I’m so happy to see director Nonon Padilla at it again. In my mind, he belongs to an elite group of Filipino artists who have absolute good taste, are talented, intelligent and intuitive to boot (I have three people in my list so far). I can imagine him laying in bed until 3 a.m. for weeks, thinking of his play and not allowing distractions. Brilliant ideas are lured and pursued every minute. Padilla knows this all too well and this is why his plays are full of surprises.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1291997 [AuthorName] => Edna Vida-Froilan [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 375707 [Title] => First Gen sets $100-M expansion of hydropower complex [Summary] => First Gen Corp., the investment arm of the Lopezes in power generation, is planning to pour in more than $100 million for the expansion and upgrade of its newly-acquired 112-megawatt (MW) Pantabangan-Masiway hydroelectric power complex.

First Gen vice chairman and CEO Peter Garrucho Jr. told reporters that the upgrade and modernization program would increase the capacity of the two power plants to 190 MW.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 369255 [Title] => First Gen posts $67-M income in 3rd quarter [Summary] =>
In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, First Gen vice chairman and CEO Peter Garrucho Jr. said the improvement in earnings could be attributed to lower professional fees with the conclusion of the Santa Rita plant’s dispute with its contractor Siemens.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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