FORMER FINANCE SECRETARY

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                    [Title] => Globe bags top award for corporate governance
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Globe Telecom received back-to-back citations from the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) and ATR KimEng Securities, Inc. for its outstanding practice in good corporate governance.
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                    [Title] => President earns less than her EVPs
                    [Summary] => Did you know 1: Social Security System president Corazon dela  Paz earns less than her executive vice-presidents. The SSS president earns P100,000 a month while her EVPs earn P350,000 a month.


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-08-11 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey 
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                    [Title] => RP’s improved oil dependence —a consolation for today’s tough times
                    [Summary] => In our last week’s article, we talked about the "triple whammy" of higher oil prices, political uncertainty and a stronger US dollar as being the key negative factors which has been dampening the local financial markets. In all, these factors have undermined the improving domestic macro picture and the progress being achieved by the government with regard to fiscal reforms.


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-07-04 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Ignacio B. Gimenez
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                    [Title] => Unwelcome resident
                    [Summary] => Did you know 1: A foreign restaurant franchise based in probably the hottest mall in Metro Manila has at least one unwelcome resident.


Last Sunday, a mouse (you know, the one with the tail) was seen scampering along the curtain rod of one of the restaurant’s picture window.
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Did you know 2: A fresh graduate of chemistry can get a monthly salary of P80,000. Why, that’s what a company with a forgettable name based in the Ortigas Commercial Center is offering.


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-08-03 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey 
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                    [Title] => X-rated banker
                    [Summary] => Former Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho was paid P500,000 for endorsing a product of Pascual Laboratories. The amount is equivalent to close to a year’s pay of Lito Camacho at the DOF.


Talk is, Mr. Camacho was not the first choice though. You see, Bangko Sentral Governor Rafael Buenaventura turned down the offer.
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Remember that recently circulated amateur sex VCD reminiscent of the one starring hotel heiress Paris Hilton?


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                    [ArticleID] => 231831
                    [Title] => A P500 Louis Vuitton bag
                    [Summary] => Did you know 1: Former Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho was seen last week hanging out in the room at the Development Bank of the Philippines, which was assigned to him when he was still the boss of all government financial institutions.


                    [DatePublished] => 2003-12-16 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey 
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                    [Title] => Bitch squad
                    [Summary] => In the span of six days, photo-shy Lucio Co has opened two PureGold outlets, the seventh and eighth. In both cases, Mr. Co easily blended in the crowd, unnoticed except by the store’s suppliers.


PureGold’s eighth store – this is the one along J.P. Rizal in Makati – opened yesterday with the usual celebration of mass, followed by hordes of shoppers who bought at least something before leaving.


                    [DatePublished] => 2003-12-13 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => High maintenance wife, high maintenance mistress
                    [Summary] => A member of the working rich, who thrives on exotic-looking women in the Ermita area, was recently caught with his pants down.


When his wife recently found out he has been maintaining a mistress in high style in New York for some time now, he quickly offered to buy his wife an equally resplendent place on the other side of the United States.


                    [DatePublished] => 2003-11-04 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => The case of the missing car
                    [Summary] => The banking industry is talking about the 30-day suspension of a senior vice president, who has since been hospitalized.


The suspension, which took effect last Monday, was meted out when the company vehicle which the bank has been trying to get back from a retired officer was found in the residence of the SVP.


Now, here’s the dramatic part that took place over the weekend.


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Globe bags top award for corporate governance

June 5, 2011 - 12:00am

Globe Telecom received back-to-back citations from the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) and ATR KimEng Securities, Inc. for its outstanding practice in good corporate governance.

Business

President earns less than her EVPs

By Margaret Jao-Grey  | August 11, 2005 - 12:00am

Did you know 1: Social Security System president Corazon dela Paz earns less than her executive vice-presidents. The SSS president earns P100,000 a month while her EVPs earn P350,000 a month.

Business

RP’s improved oil dependence —a consolation for today’s tough times

By Ignacio B. Gimenez | July 4, 2005 - 12:00am

In our last week’s article, we talked about the "triple whammy" of higher oil prices, political uncertainty and a stronger US dollar as being the key negative factors which has been dampening the local...

Business

Unwelcome resident

By Margaret Jao-Grey  | August 3, 2004 - 12:00am

Did you know 1: A foreign restaurant franchise based in probably the hottest mall in Metro Manila has at least one unwelcome resident. Last Sunday, a mouse (you know, the one with the tail) was seen scampering along...

Business

X-rated banker

By Margaret Jao-Grey  | April 27, 2004 - 12:00am

Former Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho was paid P500,000 for endorsing a product of Pascual Laboratories. The amount is equivalent to close to a year’s pay of Lito Camacho at the DOF. Talk is, Mr. Camacho was...

Business

A P500 Louis Vuitton bag

By Margaret Jao-Grey  | December 16, 2003 - 12:00am

Did you know 1: Former Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho was seen last week hanging out in the room at the Development Bank of the Philippines, which was assigned to him when he was still the boss of all government...

Business

Bitch squad

By Margaret Jao-Grey  | December 13, 2003 - 12:00am

In the span of six days, photo-shy Lucio Co has opened two PureGold outlets, the seventh and eighth. In both cases, Mr. Co easily blended in the crowd, unnoticed except by the store’s suppliers. PureGold’s...

Business

High maintenance wife, high maintenance mistress

By Margaret Jao-Grey  | November 4, 2003 - 12:00am

A member of the working rich, who thrives on exotic-looking women in the Ermita area, was recently caught with his pants down. When his wife recently found out he has been maintaining a mistress in high style in...

Business

The case of the missing car

By Margaret Jao-Grey  | October 23, 2003 - 12:00am

The banking industry is talking about the 30-day suspension of a senior vice president, who has since been hospitalized. The suspension, which took effect last Monday, was meted out when the company vehicle which...

Business