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[Title] => Philcomsat issues
[Summary] => We write in behalf of our client, Atty. Luis K. Lokin Jr., with regard to the statements of Mr. Federico D. Pascual in his Postscript column entitled, “PCGG ‘bantay-salakay’ stunts must be stopped”, which appeared in your newspaper on 11 July 2010.
[DatePublished] => 2010-08-05 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1656903
[AuthorName] => Pitero M. Reig, For the Firm
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[ArticleID] => 590969
[Title] => Rejoinder to Pascual's columns
[Summary] => We write again in behalf of our client, Philcomsat Holdings Corporation (PHC) (Poblador Group), to voice our vehement objection to the patently libelous column, entitled “Judges strive to recover the judiciary’s lost luster” authored by Mr. Federico D. Pascual (“Mr. Pascual”), which was published by The Philippine STAR on 24 June 2010.
[DatePublished] => 2010-07-08 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1656904
[AuthorName] => Pitero M. Reig, Tolentino Corvera Macasaet & Reig
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[Title] => Judges strive to recover the judiciary's lost luster
[Summary] => The judiciary wins back lost luster when courts decide cases based on the facts and the law without being distracted by monetary and other extraneous considerations.
[DatePublished] => 2010-06-24 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 135304
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[AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr.
[SectionName] => Opinion
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[Title] => Veterans Bank seeks P500-M assistance from PDIC
[Summary] =>
The Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB) expects to receive a P500- million assistance package from the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) for its acquisition of a thrift bank in the first quarter of last year, a top bank official said.
"They (PDIC) are not supposed to lend us money but give us assistance," PVB president Ricardo A. Balbido Jr. told The STAR in a telephone interview.
Balbido said his bank has been managing thrift bank Bankwise since last year. "We will be assuming their deposit liability," he explained.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-01 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[AuthorID] => 1480108
[AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio
[SectionName] => Business
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[ArticleID] => 376547
[Title] => PDIC nixes P3.5-B aid to Veterans Bank
[Summary] =>
The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) has decided against extending a P3.5-billion financial assistance package to Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB).
"They wrote us but we said we cannot under the terms and conditions they specified," PDIC acting president Michael R. Osmena said in an interview. He, however, refused to elaborate on the bank’s terms and conditions.
The STAR tried to get in touch with PVB president and CEO Ricardo A. Balbido Jr. but he was unavailable for comment.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-24 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1480108
[AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
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[ArticleID] => 222408
[Title] => US-based investors abandon plan to buy into Bankwise
[Summary] => A group of US-based investors has reportedly backed out of its intention to buy into Bankwise Inc. but the bank officials are still aggressively looking for foreign investors to infuse fresh capital into the bank.
Industry sources told reporters over the weekend that the group has gone as far as making inquiries with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) but the transaction did not push through for unknown reasons.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-29 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1096655
[AuthorName] => Des Ferriols
[SectionName] => Business
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[ArticleID] => 181158
[Title] => No whitewash in Dante Ang’s case, NBI assures public
[Summary] => There will be no whitewash in the case of presidential publicist and businessman Dante Ang, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) assured the people yesterday.
"We will investigate the case based on the evidence we gather," said an NBI official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
However, when asked by The STAR if they have ever received a call from the Palace regarding Ang’s case, the NBI official refused to give a categorical answer, saying "everybody knows Dante Ang, his name is almost synonymous with PGMA (President Arroyo)."
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-24 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804767
[AuthorName] => Cecille Suerte Felipe
[SectionName] => Headlines
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[Title] => Ang denies plan to acquire dzRH
[Summary] => "Add the Philippine STAR, Inquirer, ABS-CBN and (GMA) 7 to my shopping list."
This was the sarcastic reply made by presidential publicist Dante Ang when asked to comment on reports that he is now setting his sights on purchasing dzRH, a local AM-band radio station.
Ang led a group of investors who purchased 60 percent of the stock of Bankwise Inc., a thrift bank once known as Bank Dharmala.
He also acquired exclusive distribution rights and the corporate name of home appliance manufacturer Tecnogas Inc.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-22 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804021
[AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña
[SectionName] => Headlines
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[ArticleID] => 180432
[Title] => Bank acquisition aboveboard — Ang
[Summary] => It is aboveboard and legal.
Presidential publicist Dante Ang insisted yesterday that his business deal involving the acquisition of 60 percent of Bankwise Inc., formerly Bank Dharmala, was "aboveboard" and followed all legal and normal procedures for such transactions.
Ang told The STAR in a telephone interview that he did not violate any laws or requirements of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in the acquisition of the thrift bank.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-19 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 180350
[Title] => Reveal details of bank acquisition, BSP tells GMA’s publicist
[Summary] => The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) wants Bankwise Inc. to reveal the details of its change in ownership following reports that a group led by presidential publicist Dante Ang has acquired 60 percent of the thrift bank formerly known as Bank Dharmala.
BSP Governor Rafael Buenaventura told reporters yesterday that Bankwise was required to report the acquisition to the BSP and detail the rehabilitation plan that its new owners intend to implement.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-18 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
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[AuthorName] => Des Ferriols
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BANKWISE
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[ArticleID] => 599587
[Title] => Philcomsat issues
[Summary] => We write in behalf of our client, Atty. Luis K. Lokin Jr., with regard to the statements of Mr. Federico D. Pascual in his Postscript column entitled, “PCGG ‘bantay-salakay’ stunts must be stopped”, which appeared in your newspaper on 11 July 2010.
[DatePublished] => 2010-08-05 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1656903
[AuthorName] => Pitero M. Reig, For the Firm
[SectionName] => Letters to the Editor
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[URL] =>
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[ArticleID] => 590969
[Title] => Rejoinder to Pascual's columns
[Summary] => We write again in behalf of our client, Philcomsat Holdings Corporation (PHC) (Poblador Group), to voice our vehement objection to the patently libelous column, entitled “Judges strive to recover the judiciary’s lost luster” authored by Mr. Federico D. Pascual (“Mr. Pascual”), which was published by The Philippine STAR on 24 June 2010.
[DatePublished] => 2010-07-08 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1656904
[AuthorName] => Pitero M. Reig, Tolentino Corvera Macasaet & Reig
[SectionName] => Letters to the Editor
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[Title] => Judges strive to recover the judiciary's lost luster
[Summary] => The judiciary wins back lost luster when courts decide cases based on the facts and the law without being distracted by monetary and other extraneous considerations.
[DatePublished] => 2010-06-24 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 135304
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804858
[AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr.
[SectionName] => Opinion
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[ArticleID] => 377743
[Title] => Veterans Bank seeks P500-M assistance from PDIC
[Summary] =>
The Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB) expects to receive a P500- million assistance package from the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) for its acquisition of a thrift bank in the first quarter of last year, a top bank official said.
"They (PDIC) are not supposed to lend us money but give us assistance," PVB president Ricardo A. Balbido Jr. told The STAR in a telephone interview.
Balbido said his bank has been managing thrift bank Bankwise since last year. "We will be assuming their deposit liability," he explained.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-01 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1480108
[AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
[URL] =>
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[ArticleID] => 376547
[Title] => PDIC nixes P3.5-B aid to Veterans Bank
[Summary] =>
The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) has decided against extending a P3.5-billion financial assistance package to Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB).
"They wrote us but we said we cannot under the terms and conditions they specified," PDIC acting president Michael R. Osmena said in an interview. He, however, refused to elaborate on the bank’s terms and conditions.
The STAR tried to get in touch with PVB president and CEO Ricardo A. Balbido Jr. but he was unavailable for comment.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-24 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1480108
[AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
[URL] =>
)
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[ArticleID] => 222408
[Title] => US-based investors abandon plan to buy into Bankwise
[Summary] => A group of US-based investors has reportedly backed out of its intention to buy into Bankwise Inc. but the bank officials are still aggressively looking for foreign investors to infuse fresh capital into the bank.
Industry sources told reporters over the weekend that the group has gone as far as making inquiries with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) but the transaction did not push through for unknown reasons.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-29 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1096655
[AuthorName] => Des Ferriols
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
[URL] =>
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[ArticleID] => 181158
[Title] => No whitewash in Dante Ang’s case, NBI assures public
[Summary] => There will be no whitewash in the case of presidential publicist and businessman Dante Ang, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) assured the people yesterday.
"We will investigate the case based on the evidence we gather," said an NBI official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
However, when asked by The STAR if they have ever received a call from the Palace regarding Ang’s case, the NBI official refused to give a categorical answer, saying "everybody knows Dante Ang, his name is almost synonymous with PGMA (President Arroyo)."
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-24 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804767
[AuthorName] => Cecille Suerte Felipe
[SectionName] => Headlines
[SectionUrl] => headlines
[URL] =>
)
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[ArticleID] => 180892
[Title] => Ang denies plan to acquire dzRH
[Summary] => "Add the Philippine STAR, Inquirer, ABS-CBN and (GMA) 7 to my shopping list."
This was the sarcastic reply made by presidential publicist Dante Ang when asked to comment on reports that he is now setting his sights on purchasing dzRH, a local AM-band radio station.
Ang led a group of investors who purchased 60 percent of the stock of Bankwise Inc., a thrift bank once known as Bank Dharmala.
He also acquired exclusive distribution rights and the corporate name of home appliance manufacturer Tecnogas Inc.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-22 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804021
[AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña
[SectionName] => Headlines
[SectionUrl] => headlines
[URL] =>
)
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[ArticleID] => 180432
[Title] => Bank acquisition aboveboard — Ang
[Summary] => It is aboveboard and legal.
Presidential publicist Dante Ang insisted yesterday that his business deal involving the acquisition of 60 percent of Bankwise Inc., formerly Bank Dharmala, was "aboveboard" and followed all legal and normal procedures for such transactions.
Ang told The STAR in a telephone interview that he did not violate any laws or requirements of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in the acquisition of the thrift bank.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-19 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] =>
[AuthorName] =>
[SectionName] => Headlines
[SectionUrl] => headlines
[URL] =>
)
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[ArticleID] => 180350
[Title] => Reveal details of bank acquisition, BSP tells GMA’s publicist
[Summary] => The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) wants Bankwise Inc. to reveal the details of its change in ownership following reports that a group led by presidential publicist Dante Ang has acquired 60 percent of the thrift bank formerly known as Bank Dharmala.
BSP Governor Rafael Buenaventura told reporters yesterday that Bankwise was required to report the acquisition to the BSP and detail the rehabilitation plan that its new owners intend to implement.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-18 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1096655
[AuthorName] => Des Ferriols
[SectionName] => Headlines
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October 19, 2002 - 12:00am
