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                    [ArticleID] => 412628
                    [Title] => An Oscar for RP tennis
                    [Summary] => About 15 years ago, an unassuming man with a passion for sports named Oscar decided to put his money where his heart is. ...
                    [DatePublished] => 2008-11-05 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 135698
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1804869
                    [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson
                    [SectionName] => Sports
                    [SectionUrl] => sports
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                    [ArticleID] => 277639
                    [Title] => Holcim Phils helps  in proper disposal of used tires
                    [Summary] => The local government of Quezon City and Holcim Philippines, Inc. (formerly Union Cement) forged recently an agreement to promote the proper disposal of used tires


With an estimated 200,000 tons of used tires generated in the country every year, the move was deemed urgent to help reduce mounting environmental problems and health risks due to improper disposal of tires. Used tires can only be recapped up to three times before motorists discard them
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 277779 [Title] => Holcim Phils helps in proper disposal of used tires [Summary] => The local government of Quezon City and Holcim Philippines, Inc. (formerly Union Cement) forged recently an agreement to promote the proper disposal of used tires

With an estimated 200,000 tons of used tires generated in the country every year, the move was deemed urgent to help reduce mounting environmental problems and health risks due to improper disposal of tires. Used tires can only be recapped up to three times before motorists discard them
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270574 [Title] => CA restrains SEC in tender offer rule dispute [Summary] => The Court of Appeals has ordered the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to stop implementing a directive requiring the holding company that bought into Union Cement Corp. to buy the remaining shares held by minority investors.

The temporary restraining order (TRO), effective for a period of 60 days from notice, is in response to the petition of Cemco Holdings Inc. to nullify the SEC order requiring the latter to make a tender offer to the remaining minority shareholders of Union Cement.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 269654 [Title] => More on GMA’s ‘Nautical Highway’ [Summary] => When we wrote about our big biking experience in Leyte and back here in Cebu last week, we apparently touched a raw nerve in the Arroyo administration, especially since we wrote about the weakest link of the Strong Republic Nautical Highway (SRNH) in view of the fact that there’s still a lot to be desired with GMA’s backbone program that aims to link this archipelagic nation together.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134429 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 260216 [Title] => Phinma sells 51% of Union Cement to Cemco Holdings [Summary] => The Phinma Group executed yesterday a share purchase agreement with Cemco Holdings covering its 51- percent interest in Union Cement Holdings Corp. (UCHC).

The agreement calls for Phinma’s divestment of a total of 493.85 million UCHC shares for $214 million. Of these, 206.33 million (equivalent to a 21.31-percent stake in UCHC) belong to Bacnotan Consolidated Industries Inc. (BCII), the flagship holding company of the Phinma Group, while the balance is owned by Atlas Cement Corp., a 53-percent owned subsidiary of BCII.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 256627 [Title] => Phinma Group sells 51% stake in Union Cement for $214M [Summary] => The Phinma Group has sold its 51-percent interest in Union Cement Holdings Corp. (UCHC) to Cemco Holdings for $214 million.

Phinma, one of the country’s largest cement groups, will dispose of a total of 493.85 million shares in UCHC of which 206.33 million (equivalent to a 21.31-percent stake in UCHC) belong to Bacnotan Consolidated Industries Inc. (BCII), the group’s flagship holding company, while the balance is owned by Atlas Cement Corp., a 53-percent owned subsidiary of BCII.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 252434 [Title] => Cement prices soar in some regions — DTI [Summary] => Cement prices in Regions I, II, III and the Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR) have increased, prompting the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to step up its monitoring of cement prices.

According to Trade Assistant Secretary Norman R. Hocson, the increase is due to supply problems caused by defective kilns in one of the cement companies servicing the said regions.

Hocson disclosed that Union Cement is currently undergoing repairs in some of its kilns, causing a 20 percent drop in production.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 238874 [Title] => Union Cement gets award [Summary] => Union Cement’s Bulacan Plant won a grand slam of three major awards in the 50th anniversary of the PMSEA awarded during the Annual National Mine Safety and Environment Conference held from Nov. 11-13, 2003 in Manila. It bagged the Presidential Mineral Industry Environment Award (PMIEA), the Safest Cement Plant and the Best Mining Forest. UCC -La Union plant also won the PMIEA for the second straight year.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Real Estate [SectionUrl] => real-estate [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 203834 [Title] => Union posts P51-M income in 2002 [Summary] => Union Cement Corp. (UNION) reported a significant increase in 2002 revenues following the consolidation of Alsons Cement into its operation and the turnaround of cement demand after five years of continuous decline since the start of the Asian financial crisis in July 1997.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Real Estate [SectionUrl] => real-estate [URL] => ) ) )
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