Senators Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" Aquino III and Manuel Villar Jr. continued to engage in a neck and neck race for the country’s top post, and were statistically tied two months before the May 10 elections, the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed.
The SWS poll, commissioned by BusinessWorld, showed that while Aquino remained the top pick among presidential aspirants, Villar appeared to be
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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Monday announced a new Cabinet reshuffle affecting two departments, two months before the May 10 elections.
Education Secretary Jesli Lapus will be heading the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), while Trade Secretary Peter Favila will become a member of the central bank’s Monetary Board (MB), Mrs. Arroyo said in her speech during the celebration of International Women’s
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MANILA – The Philippines’ powerful Lopez business clan will sell its remaining 13.4% stake in Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) if it gets an attractive offer, or if it needs to make other investments or pay down debt, the family patriarch said on Friday.
Oscar Lopez, chairman of the Lopez family’s power conglomerate First Philippine Holdings Corp., also told Reuters the group plans to subscribe to it
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MANILA – A group led by former Senator Wigberto Tañada has asked the Supreme Court to reverse its earlier ruling allowing the government to convert its sequestered common shares in San Miguel Corp. (SMC) into preferred shares.
In a 26-page motion for reconsideration, Tañada, together with former assemblyman Oscar Santos, the Surigao del Sur Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, the Moro Farmers Associat
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MANILA – The Supreme Court has affirmed with finality its July 22,2008 ruling that the dismissal of some 1,400 cabin crew personnel of local carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) was illegal.
In a 31-page resolution penned by Associate Justice Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, the Court’s Special Third Division denied for lack of merit the motion for reconsideration filed by PAL seeking the reversal of the ruling.
Re
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Ginebra San Miguel, Inc. (GSMI) (PSE: GSMI) is a Philippines-based diversified alcoholic beverage company owned by San Miguel Corporation, then called La Tondeňa Distillers, Inc. (LTDI) from 1987 to 2003. Founded originally by the late Carlos Palanca, Sr. as La Tondeña, Inc. (LTI) in 1902 in the district of Tondo, Manila (where its name come from), it manufactures a range of products and carries packaging innova
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San Miguel Pure Foods Company, Inc. is the largest Filipino-owned food company, with nearly 3,000 employees deployed in a broad nationwide network of offices, farms, manufacturing, processing and distribution facilities. It holds in its portfolio the names of some of the most formidable brands in the Philippine food industry, among them, Magnolia, Purefoods, Monterey, Star and Dari Crème. B-Meg and Pure Blend
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Ferdz Recio: Ferdinand Recio or Doc Ferdz is a Filipino veterinarian who enjoys taking care of sick animal. He is one of the original hosts of “Born to be Wild”,...
Abdusakur Tan, jolo, sulu: Abdusakur M. Tan, is the current Sulu Provincial Governor, Tan is chairman of the crisis management committee, also known as the Task Force ICRC, that is handl...
