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                    [ArticleID] => 1330313
                    [Title] => The heat is on NAIA
                    [Summary] => 

While the DOTC is doing its best with the ongoing rehabilitation work to cool down hot tempers due to the heated conditions at the NAIA 1, nothing could ease the exasperation of passengers (especially arriving ones) over the fever-like temperatures at the NAIA.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135726 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1311148 [Title] => PBCom expects growth to continue this year [Summary] =>

Philippine Bank of Communications (PBCom) expects to see continued growth this year, after posting a return on equity of 38 percent in 2013, making it one of the highest performers in the commercial banking industry.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 917007 [Title] => Petron to issue $250-M hybrid notes [Summary] =>

Fresh from raising $500 million in new funding, oil giant Petron Corp. is set to generate another $250 million through the issuance of hybrid notes for its refinery expansion program.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1538806 [AuthorName] => Neil Jerome C. Morales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 903370 [Title] => Petron to raise $500M via hybrid notes [Summary] =>

Petron Corp., the country’s largest oil refiner, is planning to issue up to $500 million in hybrid capital notes, the company said in a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 899567 [Title] => Petron to tap debt market [Summary] =>

Petron Corp., the country’s largest oil refiner, will tap the debt market this year to help fund its capital expenditures (capex) program.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 893979 [Title] => Ongpin sells PBCom shares to nephew [Summary] =>

Business tycoon Roberto V. Ongpin has sold all his shares in Philippine Bank of Communications for around P860 million in a move aimed at protecting the medium-sized lender from any undue harm after he criticized the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 798347 [Title] => PBCom seeks upgrade to UKB status [Summary] =>

Philippine Bank of Communications (PBCom) will seek a license from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to upgrade into a universal bank as it expects to get out of rehabilitation soon.

[DatePublished] => 2012-04-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 754023 [Title] => SMC top shareholder sells P1.1-B stocks [Summary] =>

Food-to-power conglomerate San Miguel Corp. said its biggest shareholder Top Frontier Investment Holdings Inc. had sold nine million common shares valued at P1.1 billion.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 748483 [Title] => BSP okays sale of PBCom to Ongpin group [Summary] =>

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has given its stamp of approval to the sale of 97.28 percent of Philippine Bank of Communications (PBCom) to a group led by businessman and former Trade Minister Roberto V. Ongpin.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 728861 [Title] => SMC plans to invest $1.2B in Exxon Mobil Malaysia [Summary] =>

San Miguel Corp. (SMC) plans to invest up to $1.2 billion to upgrade the refinery of its recently acquired Exxon Mobil Malaysia, as well as expand its service station network in Malaysia.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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