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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 321930 [Title] => Pre-need firm TPG Corp submits self for court rehab [Summary] => In line with its plan to transform itself into an investment holding company, pre-need firm Professional Financial Plans (TPG Corp.) has sought corporate rehabilitation with the Makati Regional Trial Court.
TPG is the fourth pre-need firm to seek refuge from the court for a moratorium on its debt payments to ensure continued operations.
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 314139 [Title] => Pre-need firm encountering cash flow problems [Summary] => TPG Corp., another pre-need firm that offered open-ended educational plans, is reportedly experiencing cash flow problems.
An official of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said TPG is one of the pre-need firms that have held exploratory talks with the commission on how it plans to address its financial problem.
The SEC official said TPG plans to convert the payments due to planholders into equity as a way to solve its financial problem.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 293482 [Title] => Pre-need firm TPG in talks with investor groups [Summary] => Pre-need firm TPG Corp. said it is in talks with at least two investor-groups that will make it a much bigger and stronger company.
"Were talking to two reputable groups that would make us 10 times stronger," TPG chairman Francisco Colayco said in a press briefing yesterday.
Colayco made this statement as he assured the firms planholders that management is doing everything it can to safeguard the interest of investors. He, however, declined to identify the prospective investors as talks are still ongoing.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas team captain Jia de Guzman has tempered expectations on their chances against a heavily favored Vietnam and in the FIVB Challenger Cup that came off the wraps at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium yesterday.
But deep inside the soft-spoken and courageous skipper and the rest of Nationals, they all dream of the same big dream – a ticket straight to the Women’s Volleyball Nations League main group next year.
And their quest begins tonight when they square off with the Vietnamese at 6:30 p.m.
The home bet is the underdog versus the Vietnamese side that swept and dominated last month’s AVC Challenge Cup at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The Filipinas snatched a historic bronze there.
“Well, alam naman po namin na mas malakas ang kalaban and we know our team is young. All we can ask the girls is to do its best while not putting pressure on the team that much,” said the charismatic Alas team leader.
The team lost power spiker Eya Laure and libero Jen Nierva and were replaced by Creamline’s Jema Galanza and National University’s Bella Belen.
Belen’s teammate, Alyssa Solomon, and Galanza’s fellow Creamline star, Tots Carlos, were enlisted into the pool but will not be able to join due to undisclosed reasons.
“It’s great to have new reinforcements in the pool. Experience-wise, marami ang mako-contribute nila sa team,” said De Guzman of Galanza and Belen.
Intriguingly, Nierva’s last-minute withdrawal left the squad with one legitimate libero in Dawn Catindig.
Cherry Nunag was listed as the team’s second libero although she’s known as a natural middle blocker.
The other members of the team are Faith Nisperos, Fifi Sharma, Vannie Gandler, Julia Coronel, Angel Canino, Dell Palomata, Arah Panique, Thea Gagate and Sisi Rondina.
The trek to that VNL dream is long and arduous though as Alas Pilipinas would need to win all its games against Vietnam, the semis and eventually the finals, assuming it could make it that far, to realize it.
In the opener of the meet, Puerto Rico turned back a feisty Kenya 25-20, 25-19, 27-25, to advance to the semis.
Teenage sensation Grace Mar Lopez Villanueva went on attack mode and fired 19 points including 18 on kills while Diana Reyes scattered 10 hits.
Pamella Adhiambo Owino tried to put up a fight for the Kenyans by unloading a match-best 22 points. most of which came in the third set when they tried
to put up a fight and steal the set before eventually falling short in the end.
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