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President Aquino has appointed former senators Wigberto Tañada and Ramon Magsaysay Jr. as chairman and board director, respectively, of the state-controlled Coconut Industry Investment Fund (CIIF) of the United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB).

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The program identifies existing subscribers in an area and encourages them to make his/her satellite phone available to his neighbor by converting his private phone to a public calling office or PCO. To push the business, Smart gives away sims.

"One PCO in Mindanao started in February and generated P49,000 for one unit in one month, " said public access department head Cristina Mariano.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1125263 [AuthorName] => Angelica A. Angel [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 193079 [Title] => Tawi-Tawi goes for satellite phones [Summary] => BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi – Long isolated by distance and poor communications, this southernmost province has scored a first of sorts in governance.

At the initiative of the provincial government, all of the 203 barangays in its 10 municipalities are now linked to each other and the world via satellite telephones.

"I wanted to put a phone in each barangay. It’s only now that it’s been possible to achieve this," said Tawi-Tawi Gov. Rashidin Matba.
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The new rates reflect a rate cut of as much as 81 percent.
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President Aquino has appointed former senators Wigberto Tañada and Ramon Magsaysay Jr. as chairman and board director, respectively, of the state-controlled Coconut Industry Investment Fund (CIIF) of the United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB).

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 204077 [Title] => A pay phone in every barangay [Summary] => Smart Communications Co. has been giving away Smartlink sim cards outside Metro Manila.

The program identifies existing subscribers in an area and encourages them to make his/her satellite phone available to his neighbor by converting his private phone to a public calling office or PCO. To push the business, Smart gives away sims.

"One PCO in Mindanao started in February and generated P49,000 for one unit in one month, " said public access department head Cristina Mariano.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1125263 [AuthorName] => Angelica A. Angel [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 193079 [Title] => Tawi-Tawi goes for satellite phones [Summary] => BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi – Long isolated by distance and poor communications, this southernmost province has scored a first of sorts in governance.

At the initiative of the provincial government, all of the 203 barangays in its 10 municipalities are now linked to each other and the world via satellite telephones.

"I wanted to put a phone in each barangay. It’s only now that it’s been possible to achieve this," said Tawi-Tawi Gov. Rashidin Matba.
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The new rates reflect a rate cut of as much as 81 percent.
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