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                    [ArticleID] => 182048
                    [Title] => DOF, BSP okay $400-M Napocor bridge financing
                    [Summary] => The Department of Finance (DOF) and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) have approved in principle a plan to borrow $400 million in bridge financing scheme for the National Power Corp. (Napocor).


Napocor acting president Roland S. Quilala said they would use the proceeds as working capital for the remaining months of the year.

Napocor said earlier its plans to tap Citibank N.A. as lead manager for a $400-million bridge financing.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 164947 [Title] => Special Report: Who holds the key to power sector restructuring? [Summary] => A week from now, the highly controversial Republic Act 9136 otherwise known as the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) of 2001 will mark its first year. But labor pains still persist.

Signed in June 26 last year, the EPIRA was envisioned and should have paved the way for the smooth restructuring of the power industry and the privatization of the state-owned and debt-ridden National Power Corp. (Napocor) to free the government of subsidizing the huge losses of the power firm.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 143804 [Title] => Alcordo faces plunder case [Summary] => Outgoing National Power Corp. (Napocor) president Jesus Alcordo faces a plunder case before the Office of the Ombudsman for the anomalous release of P470-million to "bribe" the past Congress to pass the Electric Power Industry Act, popularly known as the Power Bill.
[DatePublished] => 2001-12-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 135986 [Title] => Powercorp board approves dissolution of company [Summary] => The Board of Power and Renewable Energy Corp. (Powercorp) has approved the dissolution of the company effective Sept. 15 this year.

Powercorp is a joint venture of businessman Eusebio Tanco (60 percent) and Philippine Geothermal Inc. (PGI) (40 percent).

Ed Sevilla, PGI senior associate for commercial affairs department, said the board of directors of Powercorp, in its meeting last Sept. 4 voted to shorten the term of the corporation, effectively ending Powercorp as a corporate concern.
[DatePublished] => 2001-10-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 86964 [Title] => Gloria on country’s woes: What, me worry? [Summary] => An angry mob was at her doorstep, the peso went into a near free fall, and terrorists continue to outwit her forces.

But in her sixth month in office, and on the eve of her first State of the Nation Address, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo looks relaxed and confident.

For one, she does not worry.
[DatePublished] => 2001-07-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135221 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1391760 [AuthorName] => Joanne Rae M. Ramirez [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 93680 [Title] => Transco to absorb 4,000 Napocor employees [Summary] => The newly-created National Transmission Co. (Transco) will absorb some 4,000 employees of the soon-to-be abolished National Power Corp. (Napocor), a ranking Napocor official said yesterday.

"We have been proposing to absorb at least 4,000 personnel, but this will be subject to approval by the new Napocor board," the official said, adding that this level has been increased from 3,500 employees as earlier proposed.
[DatePublished] => 2001-07-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 93051 [Title] => Napocor to tap multilateral loans [Summary] => The National Power Corp. (Napocor) is eyeing the speedy formation of the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) to draw down from the multilateral loans which were tied to the passage of the Electricity Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA), Napocor president Jesus N. Alcordo said.

"We need to hurry up with the organization of PSALM so that we could negotiate with our multilateral creditors," Alcordo said in an interview.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 95568 [Title] => Napocor to tap multilateral loans [Summary] => The National Power Corp. (Napocor) is eyeing the speedy formation of the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) to draw down from the multilateral loans which were tied to the passage of the Electricity Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA), Napocor president Jesus N. Alcordo said.

"We need to hurry up with the organization of PSALM so that we could negotiate with our multilateral creditors," Alcordo said in an interview.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 121379 [Title] => Power bill na para sa masa [Summary] => Maraming grupo ang tumutuligsa sa pagpasa ng Omnibus Power Bill sapagkat para sa kanila ang pagsasa-pribado ng National Power Corporation (Napocor) ay magbubunga ng mas mataas na presyo ng koryente. Ipapasa raw sa mga mamimili ang mga utang ng Napocor.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 117542 [Title] => Power bill na para sa masa [Summary] => Maraming grupo ang tumutuligsa sa pagpasa ng Omnibus Power Bill sapagkat para sa kanila ang pagsasa-pribado ng National Power Corporation (Napocor) ay magbubunga ng mas mataas na presyo ng koryente. Ipapasa raw sa mga mamimili ang mga utang ng Napocor.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) ) )
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