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                    [Title] => Chessers, arbiters file charges vs NCFP execs
                    [Summary] => Grandmaster Joey Antonio led a group of players and arbiters who sought the help of the  National Bureau of Investigation on Thursday to look into charges of falsification of public documents allegedly committed by  the National Chess Federation of the Philippines.


Named in the complaint were relieved National Chess Federation of the Philippines secretary —general Sammy Estimo and former executive director Gene Poliarco, who attested to the NCFP liquidation report sent to the Philippine Sports Commission to justify the P1,128,000 assistance it gave to the NCFP in 2002.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 248832 [Title] => Campo says NCFP has lost direction [Summary] => After being pushed to the wall and forced to retaliate, Florencio Campomanes yesterday said he is leaving the door of unity and peace open to those blaming him for all the troubles hounding the local chess scene.

"It’s because I want all of us to get back on the right track," said the 77-year-old Campomanes, considered the grand old man of Philippine chess, during yesterday’s well-attended PSA Forum at the Manila Pavilion.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 244705 [Title] => Dubai Cup win big boost to RP chess [Summary] => Tagaytay’s victory in the recent Asian Cities Chess Team Championship, otherwise known as the Dubai Cup, was a big moral boost for Philippine chess and it augured well for the country’s preparations for the Mallorca Chess Olympiad in October and the SEA Games next year.

"My personal congratulations to our GM’s Eugene (Torre), Joey (Antonio) and Bong (Villamayor). The gold medal was not a victory of the city alone, it’s a triumph for Philippine chess," said FIDE honorary president Florencio Campomanes.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 236588 [Title] => Move to oust NCFP sec-gen snowballs [Summary] => More charges and allegations were hurled yesterday as more players, led by eight International Masters, joined the clamor for Sammy Estimo’s ouster as secretary-general of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP).

Grandmasters Joey Antonio and Bong Villamayor were the first to ask for the head of the chess official whom they charged with mismanagement of NCFP affairs and whom they blamed for the absence of a sound program that would benefit the majority.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 236330 [Title] => NCFP official questions appointment of Abundo [Summary] => Lawyer Sammy Estimo, the embattled secretary-general of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines, yesterday questioned the recent appointment of Casto Abundo as the new executive director of the NCFP.

Estimo, recently charged with mismanagement by Grandmasters Joey Antonio and Bong Villamayor, questioned Abundo’s appointment since the position of NCFP executive director is not vacant as earlier reported.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 236196 [Title] => NCFP taps FIDE man to put house in order [Summary] => Recently rocked by a string of controversies, the National Chess Federation of the Philippines yesterday ordered a thorough house cleaning and at the same time appointed Casto Abundo, an old, trusted hand in Philippine chess, to take over management of the NCFP as its new executive director.

The NCFP move came more than a week after Grandmasters Joey Antonio and Bong Villamayor resigned as NCFP officials, saying they have totally lost their trust and confidence on NCFP secretary-general Sammy Estimo whom they accused of "mismanagement".
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 235304 [Title] => Real issue is NCFP’s lack of leadership, says Antonio [Summary] => Grandmaster Joey Antonio yesterday said he has nothing personal against Mark Paragua, adding that there could be someone pulling the strings on the youthful International Master to further muddle the controversy hounding Philippine chess.

"Mark is just being used to destroy me," the 41-year-old Antonio said in a press statement he himself distributed at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex press room.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 235189 [Title] => Antonio steps up attack on NCFP [Summary] => While softening his stand on the proposed Eugene Torre-Mark Paragua duel, GM Joey Antonio pressed his attack on the leadership of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines whom he charged of incompetence and disorganized management.

He also clarified that his resignation, along with that of fellow GM Bong Villamayor, from the ruling chess body didn’t mean that they have given up their slots in the national team.

"We’re still members of the national squad," said Antonio.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 235068 [Title] => Wrong move, says Eugene [Summary] => Grandmaster Eugene Torre, whose proposed one-on-one with GM-candidate Mark Paragua sparked a controversy that led to the resignation of top GMs Joey Antonio and Bong Villamayor from the National Chess Federation of the Phils., yesterday twitted his fellow GMs and advised them "to study their position first before making the right move."
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 230448 [Title] => Gold medals for chess, kaya natin [Summary] => While we all pray for the success of the whole 295-man Philippine team to the Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam that starts today (until Dec. 14), there is a very special place in my heart for the Philippine chess team.

More than a decade ago, when the Philippines hosted the world chess Olympiads, we had only Grandmaster (GM) Eugene Torre and just a handful of international masters (IMs). That year, 1992, Shell in the Philippines decided to hold a nationwide grassroots search for promising chess players, the Shell National Youth Active Chess competition.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133715 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
ANTONIO AND VILLAMAYOR
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                    [Title] => Chessers, arbiters file charges vs NCFP execs
                    [Summary] => Grandmaster Joey Antonio led a group of players and arbiters who sought the help of the  National Bureau of Investigation on Thursday to look into charges of falsification of public documents allegedly committed by  the National Chess Federation of the Philippines.


Named in the complaint were relieved National Chess Federation of the Philippines secretary —general Sammy Estimo and former executive director Gene Poliarco, who attested to the NCFP liquidation report sent to the Philippine Sports Commission to justify the P1,128,000 assistance it gave to the NCFP in 2002.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 248832 [Title] => Campo says NCFP has lost direction [Summary] => After being pushed to the wall and forced to retaliate, Florencio Campomanes yesterday said he is leaving the door of unity and peace open to those blaming him for all the troubles hounding the local chess scene.

"It’s because I want all of us to get back on the right track," said the 77-year-old Campomanes, considered the grand old man of Philippine chess, during yesterday’s well-attended PSA Forum at the Manila Pavilion.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 244705 [Title] => Dubai Cup win big boost to RP chess [Summary] => Tagaytay’s victory in the recent Asian Cities Chess Team Championship, otherwise known as the Dubai Cup, was a big moral boost for Philippine chess and it augured well for the country’s preparations for the Mallorca Chess Olympiad in October and the SEA Games next year.

"My personal congratulations to our GM’s Eugene (Torre), Joey (Antonio) and Bong (Villamayor). The gold medal was not a victory of the city alone, it’s a triumph for Philippine chess," said FIDE honorary president Florencio Campomanes.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 236588 [Title] => Move to oust NCFP sec-gen snowballs [Summary] => More charges and allegations were hurled yesterday as more players, led by eight International Masters, joined the clamor for Sammy Estimo’s ouster as secretary-general of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP).

Grandmasters Joey Antonio and Bong Villamayor were the first to ask for the head of the chess official whom they charged with mismanagement of NCFP affairs and whom they blamed for the absence of a sound program that would benefit the majority.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 236330 [Title] => NCFP official questions appointment of Abundo [Summary] => Lawyer Sammy Estimo, the embattled secretary-general of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines, yesterday questioned the recent appointment of Casto Abundo as the new executive director of the NCFP.

Estimo, recently charged with mismanagement by Grandmasters Joey Antonio and Bong Villamayor, questioned Abundo’s appointment since the position of NCFP executive director is not vacant as earlier reported.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 236196 [Title] => NCFP taps FIDE man to put house in order [Summary] => Recently rocked by a string of controversies, the National Chess Federation of the Philippines yesterday ordered a thorough house cleaning and at the same time appointed Casto Abundo, an old, trusted hand in Philippine chess, to take over management of the NCFP as its new executive director.

The NCFP move came more than a week after Grandmasters Joey Antonio and Bong Villamayor resigned as NCFP officials, saying they have totally lost their trust and confidence on NCFP secretary-general Sammy Estimo whom they accused of "mismanagement".
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 235304 [Title] => Real issue is NCFP’s lack of leadership, says Antonio [Summary] => Grandmaster Joey Antonio yesterday said he has nothing personal against Mark Paragua, adding that there could be someone pulling the strings on the youthful International Master to further muddle the controversy hounding Philippine chess.

"Mark is just being used to destroy me," the 41-year-old Antonio said in a press statement he himself distributed at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex press room.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 235189 [Title] => Antonio steps up attack on NCFP [Summary] => While softening his stand on the proposed Eugene Torre-Mark Paragua duel, GM Joey Antonio pressed his attack on the leadership of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines whom he charged of incompetence and disorganized management.

He also clarified that his resignation, along with that of fellow GM Bong Villamayor, from the ruling chess body didn’t mean that they have given up their slots in the national team.

"We’re still members of the national squad," said Antonio.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 235068 [Title] => Wrong move, says Eugene [Summary] => Grandmaster Eugene Torre, whose proposed one-on-one with GM-candidate Mark Paragua sparked a controversy that led to the resignation of top GMs Joey Antonio and Bong Villamayor from the National Chess Federation of the Phils., yesterday twitted his fellow GMs and advised them "to study their position first before making the right move."
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 230448 [Title] => Gold medals for chess, kaya natin [Summary] => While we all pray for the success of the whole 295-man Philippine team to the Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam that starts today (until Dec. 14), there is a very special place in my heart for the Philippine chess team.

More than a decade ago, when the Philippines hosted the world chess Olympiads, we had only Grandmaster (GM) Eugene Torre and just a handful of international masters (IMs). That year, 1992, Shell in the Philippines decided to hold a nationwide grassroots search for promising chess players, the Shell National Youth Active Chess competition.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133715 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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