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Gil Chua, group chairman and CEO of DDB Group Philippines, announced yesterday Touch Media has entered into an affiliation with IPG Media brand’s BPN. The media agency has been re-named Touch BPN.

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A four-man committee formed by FIBA to evaluate the bids of six countries vying for the hosting rights of the 2019 World Cup is arriving here on Monday to assess the Philippines’ capability to stage the event that will be expanded to involve a record 32 nations with a two-year qualifying period.

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The local unit of global communications and consumer contact services giant Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) Inc. is banking on the huge business potential in the Philippines, which is already one of its major markets.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1538806 [AuthorName] => Neil Jerome C. Morales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 837819 [Title] => MDR Microware Sales appointed as Acer VisMin regional distributor [Summary] =>

Known to provide eco-friendly products due to its LED (light-emitting diode) backlight technology, officials of ACER and MDR Microware Sales Inc. are encouraging users to move to such innovation to minimize negative environmental impact.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1342554 [AuthorName] => Grace Melanie L. Lacamiento [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 373609 [Title] => Excuse Me, I’m with the BMW [Summary] => These past two weekends, I’ve had the privilege of taking home a couple of BMWs, thanks to my job as a columnist and motoring writer for The Philippine STAR and my day job as editor-in-chief of MotorCycle Magazine. Last weekend, I was tooling around in a black 2006 BMW 320i Limited sports sedan courtesy of BMW Group Philippines and the week before that I was scooting around on a silver/gray BMW K1200 R motorcycle from Autohaus BMW.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133604 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1160093 [AuthorName] => BACKSEAT DRIVER By Lester Dizon [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 284023 [Title] => Spoiled for a night [Summary] => I have become what I hate the most. I have experienced being chauffeured around the metropolis in a late model luxury car, driven in a convoy of four other identical luxury cars and two back-up vehicles while the common folk in their, ahem, common cars are being parted by the sirens of our motorcycle police escorts. Normally, I hate being passed by convoys like this when I was the common folk, but this night, I’m Mr. Big and I’m beginning to love the preferential treatment. Well, actually, I absolutely love it.
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The 1st SPMJ Invitational Golf Cup aims to raise funds for the production of teaching modules and audio-visual materials on traffic education for elementary and high school students.
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[DatePublished] => 2004-01-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1460444 [AuthorName] => Lester Dizon [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 231952 [Title] => Flying Business Class on the Ground [Summary] => A couple of years ago, I drove up to 240kph at the STAR Expressway in Batangas behind the wheel of a Porsche 911 (993). The German sports car was pushing the wind at that speed and you could hear the engine screaming that familiar Porsche high-rev wail while the chassis reacted to my every input with impudence. It felt as if I was wired to car, feeling every road undulation, as the tires devoured the highway with alarming ferocity. For me, it was the highest peak of performance driving I ever did in my life.

At least it was until last Thursday, December 11.
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Leading the lists of initiatives was the launch of BMW Financial Services, a division within the BMW Group that offers customers financial solutions suited to their specific needs.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1460444 [AuthorName] => Lester Dizon [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) ) )
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Gil Chua, group chairman and CEO of DDB Group Philippines, announced yesterday Touch Media has entered into an affiliation with IPG Media brand’s BPN. The media agency has been re-named Touch BPN.

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A four-man committee formed by FIBA to evaluate the bids of six countries vying for the hosting rights of the 2019 World Cup is arriving here on Monday to assess the Philippines’ capability to stage the event that will be expanded to involve a record 32 nations with a two-year qualifying period.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1252668 [Title] => Local Starcom unit banks on huge biz potential in Phl [Summary] =>

The local unit of global communications and consumer contact services giant Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) Inc. is banking on the huge business potential in the Philippines, which is already one of its major markets.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1538806 [AuthorName] => Neil Jerome C. Morales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 837819 [Title] => MDR Microware Sales appointed as Acer VisMin regional distributor [Summary] =>

Known to provide eco-friendly products due to its LED (light-emitting diode) backlight technology, officials of ACER and MDR Microware Sales Inc. are encouraging users to move to such innovation to minimize negative environmental impact.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1342554 [AuthorName] => Grace Melanie L. Lacamiento [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 373609 [Title] => Excuse Me, I’m with the BMW [Summary] => These past two weekends, I’ve had the privilege of taking home a couple of BMWs, thanks to my job as a columnist and motoring writer for The Philippine STAR and my day job as editor-in-chief of MotorCycle Magazine. Last weekend, I was tooling around in a black 2006 BMW 320i Limited sports sedan courtesy of BMW Group Philippines and the week before that I was scooting around on a silver/gray BMW K1200 R motorcycle from Autohaus BMW.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133604 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1160093 [AuthorName] => BACKSEAT DRIVER By Lester Dizon [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 284023 [Title] => Spoiled for a night [Summary] => I have become what I hate the most. I have experienced being chauffeured around the metropolis in a late model luxury car, driven in a convoy of four other identical luxury cars and two back-up vehicles while the common folk in their, ahem, common cars are being parted by the sirens of our motorcycle police escorts. Normally, I hate being passed by convoys like this when I was the common folk, but this night, I’m Mr. Big and I’m beginning to love the preferential treatment. Well, actually, I absolutely love it.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1460444 [AuthorName] => Lester Dizon [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 242028 [Title] => Traffic education project takes off with 1st SPMJ Cup [Summary] => The traffic education project of the Society of Phillipine Motoring Journalists (SPMJ) will take its first step with the opening of a "golf-for-a-cause" event on March 11 at the Riviera Golf & Country Club in Cavite.

The 1st SPMJ Invitational Golf Cup aims to raise funds for the production of teaching modules and audio-visual materials on traffic education for elementary and high school students.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 236745 [Title] => Triple X: X-citing, X-hilarating, X-cellent [Summary] => When German carmaker BMW went into the lucrative sports utility vehicle (SUV) market, it carved a new niche with its X5 sports activity vehicle (SAV). It found enormous sales and critical success and received numerous awards for its innovative design and technology, including the distinction of being awarded a score of five stars in the Euro NCAP Test — the most stringent crash test any automobile can be subjected to. What’s BMW to do for an encore?
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1460444 [AuthorName] => Lester Dizon [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 231952 [Title] => Flying Business Class on the Ground [Summary] => A couple of years ago, I drove up to 240kph at the STAR Expressway in Batangas behind the wheel of a Porsche 911 (993). The German sports car was pushing the wind at that speed and you could hear the engine screaming that familiar Porsche high-rev wail while the chassis reacted to my every input with impudence. It felt as if I was wired to car, feeling every road undulation, as the tires devoured the highway with alarming ferocity. For me, it was the highest peak of performance driving I ever did in my life.

At least it was until last Thursday, December 11.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1460444 [AuthorName] => Lester Dizon [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 186578 [Title] => BMW comes up with 3 new moves [Summary] => BMW Group Philippines launched three new initiatives aimed at further strengthening its presence in the market, as well as prove its commitment to its Philippine clientele.

Leading the lists of initiatives was the launch of BMW Financial Services, a division within the BMW Group that offers customers financial solutions suited to their specific needs.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1460444 [AuthorName] => Lester Dizon [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) ) )
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