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                    [Title] => BSP eyes release of bank notes with P-Noy's signature
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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is eyeing the release of bank notes bearing the signature of President Aquino early next month or about three months after he was sworn into office as the country’s 15th chief executive.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 77681 [Title] => DFA, BSP contractor tagged in Kenyan scandal [Summary] =>

The European company that printed the P100 “Arrovo” bills in November 2005 that was tapped by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to produce hi-tech electronic passports was involved in an overpriced passport project in Kenya four years ago.

[DatePublished] => 2008-08-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 76087 [Title] => BSP: Arrovo bill printer not disqualified [Summary] =>

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) yesterday said Oberthur Technologies had not been disqualified from future government contracts after settling and agreeing to pay for misprinting the P100 “Arrovo” bills in 2005.

[DatePublished] => 2008-07-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 75948 [Title] => Winning bidder for e-passport same firm that printed Arrovo bills? [Summary] =>

The firm tapped by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to produce supposedly tamper-proof electronic passports is said to be the same company that printed the P100 “Arrovo” bills that provided much embarrassment to the Philippine government in 2005.

[DatePublished] => 2008-07-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 335060 [Title] => ‘Arrovo’ P100- bill printer escapes being blacklisted [Summary] => The French company that misprinted the name of President Arroyo on P100 bills last year will not be disqualified from bidding for future printing contracts for negotiable instruments of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).

The BSP said yesterday that the company can still qualify for future bidding contracts although there is no requirement at present to outsource the printing of local currencies.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 310666 [Title] => Will a Samar log ban save the forest? [Summary] => Seven Catholic bishops claim to have convinced Environment Secretary Michael Defensor to continue the logging ban on Samar Island. According to Archbishop Pedro Dean of Palo, Leyte, the log ban covered the timber license agreement given to Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile’s San Jose Timber Corp. (SJTC) to cut trees in Samar’s rich forest reserve and nature park.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 308274 [Title] => ‘Arriba Arrovo!’ [Summary] => BSP Governor Say Tetangco reportedly got a few Spanish expletives from GMA shortly after she arrived from Hong Kong the other day because of the "Arrovo" error. While BSP has announced that the misspelled bills are still considered legal tender, those in possession are not likely to let go of them due to the anticipation that these bills will soon become a collector’s item. Already, people reportedly are offering as much as P150 for one bill. The numismatic Spy-Ring told us that even international collectors have been making inquiries. [DatePublished] => 2005-11-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135728 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1730160 [AuthorName] => S.A. Maguire [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 308051 [Title] => Iligan folk eager to get hold of ‘Arrovo’ bill [Summary] => ILIGAN CITY — The public here is eager to get hold of the "Arrovo Bill" out of curiousity or as a collector’s item. Speculators claim it might fetch a price higher than its face value later.

The "Arrovo Bills" are P100 bills which bear the incorrect spelling of President Gloria Arroyo’s name. Instead of Arroyo, the President’s surname was spelled "Arrovo."
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 308168 [Title] => The signs are getting ominous [Summary] => Some newly-released one hundred peso bills may end up being worth so much more than their face value as collector's items. That is because these bills have the name of President Arroyo misspelled as Arrovo.

Central Bank officials say the bills were printed by a London printing company and were rushed to meet the Christmas demand. They insist no malice was intended either for the president or for the Filipino people.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136063 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1382205 [AuthorName] => Jerry Tundag [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 307876 [Title] => Foreign printer faces probe over ‘Arrovo’ bills [Summary] => The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said yesterday it will conduct an investigation into the misprinted P100 bills to determine whether the offshore security printing company could face either legal or financial liabilities or both.

The BSP announced last Sunday that it has received a batch of P100 notes bearing the president’s misspelled surname of "Arrovo" instead of Arroyo.

The BSP assured the public, however, that the misspelled batch of P100 notes were still considered legal tender and should be accepted as genuine currency.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => BSP eyes release of bank notes with P-Noy's signature
                    [Summary] => 

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is eyeing the release of bank notes bearing the signature of President Aquino early next month or about three months after he was sworn into office as the country’s 15th chief executive.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 77681 [Title] => DFA, BSP contractor tagged in Kenyan scandal [Summary] =>

The European company that printed the P100 “Arrovo” bills in November 2005 that was tapped by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to produce hi-tech electronic passports was involved in an overpriced passport project in Kenya four years ago.

[DatePublished] => 2008-08-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 76087 [Title] => BSP: Arrovo bill printer not disqualified [Summary] =>

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) yesterday said Oberthur Technologies had not been disqualified from future government contracts after settling and agreeing to pay for misprinting the P100 “Arrovo” bills in 2005.

[DatePublished] => 2008-07-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 75948 [Title] => Winning bidder for e-passport same firm that printed Arrovo bills? [Summary] =>

The firm tapped by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to produce supposedly tamper-proof electronic passports is said to be the same company that printed the P100 “Arrovo” bills that provided much embarrassment to the Philippine government in 2005.

[DatePublished] => 2008-07-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 335060 [Title] => ‘Arrovo’ P100- bill printer escapes being blacklisted [Summary] => The French company that misprinted the name of President Arroyo on P100 bills last year will not be disqualified from bidding for future printing contracts for negotiable instruments of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).

The BSP said yesterday that the company can still qualify for future bidding contracts although there is no requirement at present to outsource the printing of local currencies.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 310666 [Title] => Will a Samar log ban save the forest? [Summary] => Seven Catholic bishops claim to have convinced Environment Secretary Michael Defensor to continue the logging ban on Samar Island. According to Archbishop Pedro Dean of Palo, Leyte, the log ban covered the timber license agreement given to Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile’s San Jose Timber Corp. (SJTC) to cut trees in Samar’s rich forest reserve and nature park.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 308274 [Title] => ‘Arriba Arrovo!’ [Summary] => BSP Governor Say Tetangco reportedly got a few Spanish expletives from GMA shortly after she arrived from Hong Kong the other day because of the "Arrovo" error. While BSP has announced that the misspelled bills are still considered legal tender, those in possession are not likely to let go of them due to the anticipation that these bills will soon become a collector’s item. Already, people reportedly are offering as much as P150 for one bill. The numismatic Spy-Ring told us that even international collectors have been making inquiries. [DatePublished] => 2005-11-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135728 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1730160 [AuthorName] => S.A. Maguire [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 308051 [Title] => Iligan folk eager to get hold of ‘Arrovo’ bill [Summary] => ILIGAN CITY — The public here is eager to get hold of the "Arrovo Bill" out of curiousity or as a collector’s item. Speculators claim it might fetch a price higher than its face value later.

The "Arrovo Bills" are P100 bills which bear the incorrect spelling of President Gloria Arroyo’s name. Instead of Arroyo, the President’s surname was spelled "Arrovo."
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 308168 [Title] => The signs are getting ominous [Summary] => Some newly-released one hundred peso bills may end up being worth so much more than their face value as collector's items. That is because these bills have the name of President Arroyo misspelled as Arrovo.

Central Bank officials say the bills were printed by a London printing company and were rushed to meet the Christmas demand. They insist no malice was intended either for the president or for the Filipino people.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136063 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1382205 [AuthorName] => Jerry Tundag [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 307876 [Title] => Foreign printer faces probe over ‘Arrovo’ bills [Summary] => The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said yesterday it will conduct an investigation into the misprinted P100 bills to determine whether the offshore security printing company could face either legal or financial liabilities or both.

The BSP announced last Sunday that it has received a batch of P100 notes bearing the president’s misspelled surname of "Arrovo" instead of Arroyo.

The BSP assured the public, however, that the misspelled batch of P100 notes were still considered legal tender and should be accepted as genuine currency.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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