+ Follow RORB Tag
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[Title] => 'Right of Reply bill not yet dead at House'
[Summary] => MANILA, Philippines - Speaker Prospero Nograles said the Right of Reply bill (RORB) is not yet dead at the House of Representatives as he appealed to media to propose amendments to the measure.
[DatePublished] => 2009-03-11 00:00:00
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[Title] => Presidential aspirants scored for withdrawing support for ROR bill
[Summary] => MANILA, Philippines - Sen. Joker Arroyo slammed his three colleagues yesterday for withdrawing their support to the Right of Reply Bill (RORB), apparently as an effort to increase their popularity among the various media organizations in preparation for the elections next year.
[DatePublished] => 2009-03-02 00:00:00
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[Title] => 'Reply' bill pushed as early as 1972
[Summary] => MANILA, Philippines - The controversial Right of Reply Bill (RORB) has been on the wrong side of history, proposed as early as 1972 but failed to pass due to lack of public support, Sen. Francis Escudero said yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2009-03-01 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Aurea Calica
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[Title] => 4 senators, DOJ chief favor right of reply bill
[Summary] => Even as Malacañang said it would veto the “right of reply” bill, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. and three other senators said yesterday Congress should go ahead with the passage of the controversial proposal.
[DatePublished] => 2009-02-28 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 206302
[Title] => Meralco confident of getting another waiver from WB, ADB
[Summary] => The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is optimistic that it could get another reprieve from its long-term multi-lateral creditors, which include the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank (WB).
"We have been asking them (ADB and WB) to waive our covenant. With these developments, maybe they could still give us a waiver for another year," Meralco chief finance officer Daniel Tagaza said.
Of the P32-billion total debts of Meralco as of end-2002, about 80 percent or P24 billion is owed to ADB and WB.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-16 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula
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[Title] => Meralco seeks another waiver from ADB, WB
[Summary] => The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is seeking another waiver from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank (WB).
The request is contained in a letter sent to WB and ADB last December, Meralco vice president for finance Daniel Tagaza said.
The new waiver, Tagaza said, will be for 2002. "We did not meet the required return-on-rate-base (RORB) for last year. The same happened in 2001," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-04 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 185377
[Title] => Greenspan on foreign debt and budget deficits
[Summary] => Budget Secretary Emilia Boncodin told ANC‘s business reporter that the budget deficit would most likely exceed the five percent of GNP that was their initial cap. You could feel that she was concerned even as she tried to project the aura of nonchalance, that it was just another day of work for her.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-25 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Boo Chanco
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[ArticleID] => 184692
[Title] => Cut Meralco rates first; refund later
[Summary] => What gives? Meralco at first cried it would go under if the SupremeCourt orders it to refund customers P28 billion in disputed billings. Now that the tribunal did order a refund, Meralco president Jesus Francisco is saying the amount will reach only P8 billion.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-20 00:00:00
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[Title] => Napocor RORB drops to 2.27%
[Summary] => The National Power Corp. (Napocor) return-on-rate-base (RORB) dropped to 2.27 percent in the first seven months of 2002 from 3.94 percent in the same period last year.
Based on Napocor data, the aggregate rate base of the state-run power firm for the seven-month period amounted to P234.8 billion.
RORB is the measure of profitability of a company. It is being monitored closely by creditors as this indicates the ability of a corporation to pay off its debts. The lower the RORB the less the capability to service the loan obligations.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-19 00:00:00
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[Title] => Meralco sees 2.8% RORB for 2002
[Summary] => Lopez-controlled Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is projecting a return-on-rate-base (RORB) of 2.8 percent for 2002, company president Jesus Francisco told reporters over the weekend.
Francisco said they could achieve the projected RORB of 2.8 percent if they would register zero to two percent sales growth this year. RORB is the measure of a company’s profitability. Creditors often monitor the RORB to determine the capability of the firm to pay its debts.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-09 00:00:00
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RORB
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[Title] => 'Right of Reply bill not yet dead at House'
[Summary] => MANILA, Philippines - Speaker Prospero Nograles said the Right of Reply bill (RORB) is not yet dead at the House of Representatives as he appealed to media to propose amendments to the measure.
[DatePublished] => 2009-03-11 00:00:00
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[Title] => Presidential aspirants scored for withdrawing support for ROR bill
[Summary] => MANILA, Philippines - Sen. Joker Arroyo slammed his three colleagues yesterday for withdrawing their support to the Right of Reply Bill (RORB), apparently as an effort to increase their popularity among the various media organizations in preparation for the elections next year.
[DatePublished] => 2009-03-02 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1096615
[AuthorName] => Christina Mendez
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[Title] => 'Reply' bill pushed as early as 1972
[Summary] => MANILA, Philippines - The controversial Right of Reply Bill (RORB) has been on the wrong side of history, proposed as early as 1972 but failed to pass due to lack of public support, Sen. Francis Escudero said yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2009-03-01 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
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[AuthorName] => Aurea Calica
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[Title] => 4 senators, DOJ chief favor right of reply bill
[Summary] => Even as Malacañang said it would veto the “right of reply” bill, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. and three other senators said yesterday Congress should go ahead with the passage of the controversial proposal.
[DatePublished] => 2009-02-28 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1096615
[AuthorName] => Christina Mendez
[SectionName] => Headlines
[SectionUrl] => headlines
[URL] =>
)
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[ArticleID] => 206302
[Title] => Meralco confident of getting another waiver from WB, ADB
[Summary] => The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is optimistic that it could get another reprieve from its long-term multi-lateral creditors, which include the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank (WB).
"We have been asking them (ADB and WB) to waive our covenant. With these developments, maybe they could still give us a waiver for another year," Meralco chief finance officer Daniel Tagaza said.
Of the P32-billion total debts of Meralco as of end-2002, about 80 percent or P24 billion is owed to ADB and WB.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-16 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1096364
[AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula
[SectionName] => Business
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[URL] =>
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[Title] => Meralco seeks another waiver from ADB, WB
[Summary] => The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is seeking another waiver from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank (WB).
The request is contained in a letter sent to WB and ADB last December, Meralco vice president for finance Daniel Tagaza said.
The new waiver, Tagaza said, will be for 2002. "We did not meet the required return-on-rate-base (RORB) for last year. The same happened in 2001," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-04 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1096364
[AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
[URL] =>
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[ArticleID] => 185377
[Title] => Greenspan on foreign debt and budget deficits
[Summary] => Budget Secretary Emilia Boncodin told ANC‘s business reporter that the budget deficit would most likely exceed the five percent of GNP that was their initial cap. You could feel that she was concerned even as she tried to project the aura of nonchalance, that it was just another day of work for her.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-25 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133182
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804837
[AuthorName] => Boo Chanco
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
[URL] =>
)
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[ArticleID] => 184692
[Title] => Cut Meralco rates first; refund later
[Summary] => What gives? Meralco at first cried it would go under if the SupremeCourt orders it to refund customers P28 billion in disputed billings. Now that the tribunal did order a refund, Meralco president Jesus Francisco is saying the amount will reach only P8 billion.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-20 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134276
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1805283
[AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
)
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[ArticleID] => 176576
[Title] => Napocor RORB drops to 2.27%
[Summary] => The National Power Corp. (Napocor) return-on-rate-base (RORB) dropped to 2.27 percent in the first seven months of 2002 from 3.94 percent in the same period last year.
Based on Napocor data, the aggregate rate base of the state-run power firm for the seven-month period amounted to P234.8 billion.
RORB is the measure of profitability of a company. It is being monitored closely by creditors as this indicates the ability of a corporation to pay off its debts. The lower the RORB the less the capability to service the loan obligations.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-19 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1096364
[AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula
[SectionName] => Business
[SectionUrl] => business
[URL] =>
)
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[Title] => Meralco sees 2.8% RORB for 2002
[Summary] => Lopez-controlled Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is projecting a return-on-rate-base (RORB) of 2.8 percent for 2002, company president Jesus Francisco told reporters over the weekend.
Francisco said they could achieve the projected RORB of 2.8 percent if they would register zero to two percent sales growth this year. RORB is the measure of a company’s profitability. Creditors often monitor the RORB to determine the capability of the firm to pay its debts.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-09 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1096364
[AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula
[SectionName] => Business
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