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                    [Title] => Lakas-NPC alliance tried and tested — JDV
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                    [Title] => We cannot roll over and play dead
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                    [Title] => Joecon-led group and PCGG agree on plan to unlock coco levy funds
                    [Summary] => The government and a multisectoral group led by businessman Jose Concepcion Jr. have agreed on a common strategy to unfreeze the controversial coconut levy funds now estimated at some P130 billion.


The strategy is hinged on the idea that the 31 percent stake in food and beverage conglomerate San Miguel Corp. "uncontestably" belongs to coconut farmers and should be returned to them by next year.


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                    [Title] => OSG to contest Sandigan  decision on UCPB shares
                    [Summary] => The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) will file today a petition with the Supreme Court (SC) seeking to overturn a decision of the Sandiganbayan that prevents nominees of the Philippine Commission on Good Government (PCGG) from exercising their right to vote on the sequestered shares of the bank.


Finance Secretary Alberto Romulo said the OSG will challenge the temporary restraining order (TRO) issued against the PCGG nominees which blocks their bid to acquire majority control of the 15-man UCPB board in its stockholders meeting on March 6.


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                    [Title] => New board takes over UCPB today
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                    [Summary] => Coconut farmers groups have submitted to Malacañang and to the Department of Finance (DOF), 10 nominees to the United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB) board.


At the same time, the farmers groups under the Multisectoral Task Force on Coco Levy (MTFCL) said they learned government is pushing for former Solidbank president and currently vice president of Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co. Deogracias "Sonny" Vistan to replace Jeronimo Kilayco as UCPB chairman,  while former Development Bank of the Philippines vice chairman Francisco del Rosario will replace its president, Lorenzo Tan.

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                    [Title] => Velarde to Estrada: Stop all forms of gambling
                    [Summary] => Presidential spiritual adviser Bro. Mike Velarde, head of the Catholic charismatic group El Shaddai, has threatened to withdraw his group’s support for the Estrada administration if no guarantee is made to stop all forms of gambling, highly reliable sources disclosed yesterday.


Velarde has been under pressure to declare his stand on the jueteng  scandal amid calls for the President’s resignation from Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin and the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines.


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COCONUT INDUSTRY REFORM MOVEMENT

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The country's agri opportunities

By Rey Gamboa | January 28, 2012 - 12:00am

The big three “Cs” now in the Philippine agriculture scene are coconut, coffee and cacao.

Business

Lakas-NPC alliance tried and tested — JDV

By Paolo Romero | October 11, 2003 - 12:00am

This was the sentiment expressed by Speaker Jose de Venecia, Lakas-CMD party president, two days after the Sandiganbayan lifted the government’s sequestration order on a large block of shares of Eduardo Cojuangco...

Headlines

We cannot roll over and play dead

By OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho | August 14, 2002 - 12:00am

Over lunch at a quaint seafood restaurant in Sidney, Vancouver Island, my daughter Alex noticed that menu was a mix of Greek, Chinese and Italian dishes. She said, "Wouldn’t it be great if one day, there...

Lifestyle Business

Joecon-led group and PCGG agree on plan to unlock coco levy funds

By Sheila Crisostomo | December 13, 2001 - 12:00am

The government and a multisectoral group led by businessman Jose Concepcion Jr. have agreed on a common strategy to unfreeze the controversial coconut levy funds now estimated at some P130 billion. The strategy...

Headlines

OSG to contest Sandigan decision on UCPB shares

By Rocel Felix | March 5, 2001 - 12:00am

The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) will file today a petition with the Supreme Court (SC) seeking to overturn a decision of the Sandiganbayan that prevents nominees of the Philippine Commission on Good Government...

Business

New board takes over UCPB today

By Rocel Felix | March 1, 2001 - 12:00am

Malacañang-appointed Deogracias "Sonny" Vistan and Francisco del Rosario Jr. will assume their posts as chairman and president, respectively, of United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB) effective...

Business

Coconut farmers bat for nominees to UCPB board

February 23, 2001 - 12:00am

Coconut farmers groups have submitted to Malacañang and to the Department of Finance (DOF), 10 nominees to the United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB) board. At the same time, the farmers...

Business

Velarde to Estrada: Stop all forms of gambling

October 14, 2000 - 12:00am

Presidential spiritual adviser Bro. Mike Velarde, head of the Catholic charismatic group El Shaddai, has threatened to withdraw his group’s support for the Estrada...

Headlines