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                    [Title] => Concert promoter facing estafa
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Several people involved in the music entertainment business aired concerns that the charges of estafa filed against a certain Alfredo “Doc” delos Santos could negatively impact the industry. According to sources...

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135726 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1388119 [Title] => MAILBOX: Not under DPWH [Summary] =>

This refers to the comments of Mr. Babe G. Romualdez in his column, Spy Bits titled “AirAsia Zest frustrated with CAAP, DPWH,” (Philippine STAR, Oct. 28. 2014).

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1370188 [Title] => Cuisia’s ‘undiplomatic’ ways [Summary] =>

Philippines Inc. chairman Antonio “Tonyboy” Cojuangco will head an “eminent group” of businessmen who will be leaving for Washington D.C. at the end of this month to meet with some US senators at Capitol Hill.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135726 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1343563 [Title] => Blame game at the Palace ‘snake pit’ [Summary] =>

The well-known Palace “snake pit” is crawling with certain “forked-tongued creatures” trying to slither away from the controversy surrounding the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) which was declared as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, our inside Malacañang source told Spy Bits.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135726 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1275829 [Title] => ‘Loser’s bloopers’ [Summary] =>

Filipinos are expecting the DOTC to hit the ground running as far as vital infrastructure projects are concerned, remembering only too well the slow, dragging pace that marked the Year of the Snake due to numerous bidding delays for some reason or other.

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Two officials of the National Bureau of Investigation are now in hot water on suspicions that they allegedly tipped off alleged pork barrel scam brains Janet Lim Napoles, who pulled a two-week disappearing act before surrendering to President Aquino last week.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135726 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1083071 [Title] => US offers help in oil spill [Summary] =>

Outgoing United States Ambassador Harry Thomas told Spy Bits that the US is prepared to help in the cleanup efforts for the Cavite oil spill.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135726 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1000351 [Title] => MVP majority purchase of STAR confirmed [Summary] =>

MVP Group media bureau head Mike Toledo’s disclosure about a deal for the purchase of the majority stake in Philippine STAR by the MVP group has been confirmed both by PLDT chairman Manny V. Pangilinan (MVP) and PhilSTAR president and CEO Miguel G. Belmonte (MGB).

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135726 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 974091 [Title] => Mindanao Christians ‘up in arms’ [Summary] =>

Spy Bits received numerous emails and text messages decrying the wealth sharing agreement that would form part of the framework agreement creating the Bangsamoro entity that would replace the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao or ARMM. The deal would give the MILF 75 percent share in taxes and earnings from energy and metallic minerals, and a 50 percent share from energy and other mineral resources.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135726 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 947828 [Title] => Reaction to Pacific Plaza article [Summary] =>

Miss Virginia Christine “Butch Lopez” called us regarding a column item titled “Restless in Pacific Plaza” that we ran last Tuesday about the P50 million Pacific Plaza funds placed in Export and Industry Bank (ExportBank) which collapsed last year.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135726 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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