BusinessWorld (Philippines) articles from June 2006

BusinessWorld (Philippines) archives from June 2006

SPECIAL FEATURE.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Cherry C. Bobadilla "Some who support my candidacy say that if I am elected, my role will be that of Mother of the Nation. I am honored by the title, but I am campaigning to be president of...

SPECIAL FEATURE.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Cherry C. Bobadilla When Georgiana A. Gamboa was named BPI Leasing Corp. president in 2003, she became the first female executive to lead a leasing company in the country. But while...

SPECIAL FEATURE.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Cherry C. Bobadilla Sun Microsystems Phils., Inc (Sun Phils.) President and Managing Director Cynthia Romero Mamon must hold the record for the fastest rise to the corporate ladder. ...

SPECIAL FEATURE.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Samantha Leslie L. Marcelo Dr. Rosalinda Ang Hortaleza remembers shedding a few tears while decanting acetone into amber-colored bottles during the early years of Splash Corp. She was newly...

SPECIAL FEATURE.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Cherry C. Bobadilla Throughout her career, Equitable Card Network, Inc. (ECNI) First Vice- President (FVP) Ma. Ophelia Ll. Camina has been exposed to female mentors and role models. The...

SPECIAL FEATURE.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) The daughter of a taipan gets noticed wherever she goes, and it's not because of a coterie of bodyguards trying to blend discreetly into the background. A highly visible parent turns the spotlight onto...

SPECIAL FEATURE.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Samantha Leslie L. Marcelo In the 37 years of Loyola Plans Consolidated, Inc.'s (LPCI) unbroken service delivery, it has seen three generations of Puyats oversee its operations. Current LPCI...

SPECIAL FEATURE.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) As though being a woman-president of a company isn't hard enough, Yvonne SyCip-Yuchengco is faced every single day with this daunting challenge: to maintain the No. 1 position in the industry enjoyed by...

SPECIAL FEATURE.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Johanna Paola D. Poblete Grace Glory Go, in her diminutive effervescence, somehow strikes one as having the personality of a hulking Whitmanesque character shouting a barbaric yawp over the...

SPECIAL FEATURE.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Johanna Paola D. Poblete When one envisions a knight, one calls to mind a metal-clad behemoth wielding a broadsword, or perhaps a military man bedecked with ribbons and medals, rather than a...

SPECIAL FEATURE.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) The badge of the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur is a five-armed cross in silver enameled white, with an enameled laurel and oak wreath between the arms. The obverse central disc features a profile of...

SPECIAL FEATURE.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) "I'm either with you, or I'm not with you at all. So when I'm with you, I'm with you all the way. That's why I never have [enough] time," said Grace Glory Go of her loyalty to her friends. Once the lady...

SPECIAL FEATURE.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Undoubtedly, the person closest to Grace Glory Go is her only son, Vernon Go, who follows the tradition laid by his late grandfather, and continued by his late aunt and his own mother, as publisher and...

SPECIAL FEATURE.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Gerard S. dela Pena Zenaida R. Tantoco is considerably a living epitome of the quintessential woman achiever. Judging at how she juggles her time between being a member of the board of...

WEEKENDER.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Norman P. Aquino A soft vibration roused me from a restful sleep, and I was instantly filled with excitement. Less than 12 hours before, our ship, the MV Eco Explorer, left Puerto Princesa...

WEEKENDER.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Norman P. Aquino According to the World Heritage Center, Tubbataha Reefs Marine Park in the Sulu Sea covers 33,200 hectares and features pristine coral reefs with a spectacular 100-meter...

WEEKENDER: going out.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Anna Barbara L. Lorenzo CONCERT Fete de la Musique SM Mall of Asia June 30, 4 p.m. Up until late last week, there was no solid news on whether Fete de la Musique was...

WEEKENDER: going out.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Josefa Labay Cagoco Vacationing out of town is practically a necessity for many city-based people whose careers involve considerable stress. Planning and taking one, however, does not always...

WEEKENDER : staying in.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Raoul J. Chee Kee BOOK REVIEW Free Gift with Purchase: My Improbable Career in Magazines and Makeup By Jean Godfrey-June Harmony Books, 2006 In the not-so-distant past,...

WEEKENDER: environment.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Robert Leonoras Bacolod City - Veterinarians here played matchmaker to Philippine eagle owls, Hinahon and Suplada, in hopes the the two would hit it off and make babies and give a...

WEEKENDER: environment.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Ryan D. Rosauro Cagayan de Oro City - The regional office of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples has taken steps to reach out to an indigenous people's group in Bukidnon province...

WEEKENDER: marketing.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Jeffrey O. Valisno While schools were rushing to take on celebrity endorsers to promote their services, STI Education Services Group chose a different path. And while other schools...

WEEKENDER: marketing.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Terence A. Hockenhull Careful planning, profiling, prospecting and qualifying of clients will invariably bring in better results. Perhaps salesmen dislike the idea of spending time in the...

WEEKENDER: marketing.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Nanette Franco-Diyco All of a sudden, the facades of malls along EDSA and Ortigas are turning into giant multi-billboards, overpowering the once pioneering omnibus billboards along the...

WEEKENDER: movies.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Margarita De Pano MOVIE REVIEW Superman Returns Directed by Bryan Singer Watching Superman Returns on an IMAX 3D screen with a little boy on one side and a thirtysomething man...

WEEKENDER: movies.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Judith S. Juntilla Like many moviegoers around the world, June 28 was a special day for me. It was the day Superman Returns opened in the theaters. Normally, I would have been content seeing...

WEEKENDER: movies.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Raoul J. Chee Kee The IMAX Theater at SM Mall of Asia has been open since May 20 and although the mall and its two partners, Coca-Cola and San Miguel, have been showing documentaries for...

WEEKENDER: health.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Rommer M. Balaba Despite technological advances, child experts believe children benefit best from a strong and healthy interaction with their parents. Sadly though, technological...

WEEKENDER: health.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Rommer M. Balaba Skills learned though music spill over into other aspects of the child's life, she added, including self-discipline and diligence. The Eye Bank Foundation of the...

SPECIAL FEATURE.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) The President of France is the Grand Master of the Order and appoints all other members of the Order - by convention, on the advice of the government. The President is made a grand cross de jure...

SPECIAL FEATURE.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Samantha Leslie L. Marcelo Anne Marie Young, Metrobank Card Corp. (MCC) president, has picked up a couple of monikers in the two-and-a-half years that she's been here. She shared that around...

WEEKENDER: travel.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Davao City - If you're getting tired of visiting southern Mindanao's usual tourism destinations, why not try coco-banana tours in Davao del Norte and Davao Oriental? Over the weekend, the regional...

WEEKENDER: hot this weekend.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Celdran Tours with Carlos Celdran If These Walls Could Talk! Walking Tour of Historic Intramuros Take a leisurely afternoon walk along the 400-year-old walls of Intramuros and take in a...

WEEKENDER: going out.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Anna Barbara L. Lorenzo CONCERT The Village People and Sister Sledge: Back to Back Araneta Coliseum, Cubao, QC July 1, 8 p.m. The disco era would have lacked spirit without...

WEEKENDER.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) PERFORMANCES George Yang and Friends: For the Love of Music, An Encore. June 30, 10:45 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. Far Eastern University (FEU) Auditorium. McDonald's Philippines Chairman George Yang...

Bacolod drug deals.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Bacolod City - About 70% of illegal drug transactions in this city takes place inside the city jail, a police official said. Senior Police Officer 4 Ernesto Gonzales, officer-in-charge of the City...

Organic farming.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Bacolod City - The provincial governments of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental will hold the first Negros Island Organic Farmers' Festival on July 13 to 15. The activity, which carries the theme...

Deployment to Iraq.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said that the ban on the deployment of Filipinos to Iraq has not been lifted, debunking claims by some recruitment firms that the government...

Doctor-drug agent ties.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) A more professional relationship between doctors and drug firm representatives would improve the services rendered to patients and even lower the price of medicine, a medical practitioner said. It will...

Six South Cotabato cops may lose jobs for pawning their guns.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Romer S. Sarmiento General Santos City - Six policemen in Santo Nino town in South Cotabato are facing termination for allegedly pawning their service firearms at a local pawnshop, an...

Police fail to nab Honasan.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Ma. Elisa P. Osorio The police again failed to capture a former senator charged with rebellion as the law enforcements' operation Wednesday morning yielded negative results. Acting on...

Negros officials move to make local hospitals serve indigents.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Robert Leonoras Bacolod City - All 11 provincial and district hospitals in Negros Occidental province have been placed under the Provincial Economic Enterprise Department headed by lawyer...

Gov't not losing fight vs rebels amid bigger body count - Senga.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Ma. Elisa P. Osorio The bigger number of army fatalities than communist rebels does not mean the government is losing its fight against insurgency, a top military official said yesterday....

Steniel seeks to restructure P700-M loan.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Jennee Grace U. Rubrico Publicly listed packaging firm Steniel Manufacturing Corp. has asked its creditors to allow it to restructure its debts over a 10-year period after the banks, led by...

National Book Store mulls joint venture for int'l foray.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Ruby Anne M. Rubio National Book Store, Inc., the largest bookstore chain in the Philippines, is open for joint-venture partners once its foray in the international market becomes bigger,...

SGS mulls more test labs, expects revenue uptake by 40%.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Kristine L. Alave SGS Philippines, Inc. is eyeing to expand its services in the Philippines in response to the growing electronics export and mining sector. SGS Philippines officials...

PNOC unit to focus on Cabalian.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Lemuel L. Pagliawan Tacloban City - The Philippine National Oil Co. - Energy Development Corp. (PNOC-EDC) will prioritize in the next four years the geothermal exploration project in...

Holdings firm to announce appointment.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Jeffrey O. Valisno The board of listed holdings firm House of Investments, Inc. would likely announce the replacement of resigned director Yvonne S. Yuchengco next month. House of...

Toys 'R' Us sets expansion in RP, to add at least two more outlets.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Jennee Grace U. Rubrico Toy retailer Toys 'R' Us is set to aggressively expand in the Philippines as it plans to roll out at least two more outlets this year following the grand launch of...

Cebu Pacific plans to renew Singapore flights by August.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Jeffrey O. Valisno Gokongwei-led Cebu Pacific Air plans to start daily flights to Singapore this August, as the country's second domestic airline increases its flight frequencies to Hong...

Dole employees protest CBA handling.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Ira May Joyce P. Pedrasa Plantation and cannery workers at Dole Philippines (DoleFil) in South Cotabato are demanding that management provide fair handling of their collective bargaining...

Metro Pacific gets SEC okay.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Ruby Anne M. Rubio Metro Pacific Corp. has received Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approval for the incorporation of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC). In a disclosure, Metro...

NEDA sees June inflation at 6.7%-7%.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Inflation is expected to have hit 6.7% to 7% this month, due to a depreciating peso and continued upsurge in oil prices, an official of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said. ...

Filipino franchisers pushing expansion.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Marites S. Villamor Cebu City - Philippine-based franchisers face vast opportunities for expansion, both here and abroad, the sector's leaders have said. Philippine Franchise...

Power transmission concession draws interest.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Seven groups have expressed interest in bidding for the 25-year concession of the National Transmission Corp. (Transco), following the Energy Regulatory Commission's (ERC) approval of the maximum...

Asia-Pacific needs $5B yearly vs AIDS.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Asia-Pacific economies would need $5.1 billion annually by next year to fund a comprehensive response to an AIDS pandemic in the region, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the...

Finance department seeking higher excise tax on 'sin' products.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Paolo Joseph L. Lising The Department of Finance (DoF) is banking heavily on much-improved tax collection this year to convince Congress to further hike the rate for excise taxes on liquor...

INDICATOR.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Liezl Eillen C. Antonio Total number of displaced workers in the country surged sharply to 57,821 last year, 59.9% higher than 36,163 in 2004, a preliminary report by the Department of Labor...

VECTOR.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Sonny Coloma Climbing to the top of Mt. Everest last month, three Filipino mountaineers lifted our national spirit and provided our collective psyche a much-needed boost. In a forum on...

STREETWISE.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's declaration two weeks ago in Cauayan, Isabela, of an all-out war against the communist-led New People's Army is reminiscent of her...

FENCE SITTER.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Antonio R. Samson TV shopping has a simple goal - to seduce you into buying things for future use. Its selling pitch (called an infomercial because it is very long) runs for 30 minutes,...

RULE OF LAW.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Augusto R. Bundang There are chapters in our history when our silent majority stops to be silent and starts to sensibly speak up. And when it does begin to make a credible noise and...

SC asked to intervene in row.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Paul C.H. How Nongovernment organizations together with several lawmakers want a 12% cap on profit margins to apply to Ayala-led Manila Water Co., Inc. and Lopez-led Maynilad Water Services,...

BUSINESS CASE LAW.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Judge Artemio S. Tipon (Ret.) The registration of a labor union with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) may be cancelled on the ground, among others, misrepresentation, false...

Romualdez return to EPCIB positions opposed.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Paul C.H. How The Equitable PCI Bank (EPCIB) board is contesting businessman Martin G. Romualdez' return to his position as bank vice-chairman and as a member of major board committees and...

Bancassurance growing steadily.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Ma. Eloisa I. Calderon Bancassurance has been a growing business in the country with this sector now accounting for nearly half of total premiums generated by insurance companies, an...

Share prices end higher on technical rebound.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Ruby Anne M. Rubio Share prices closed 0.9% higher yesterday, snapping a three-day losing streak in a technical rebound inspired by the overnight upturn on Wall Street. But volume was...

Training needed for tourism industry workers.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) With the growth expected from the tourism industry, the Center for Hospitality Arts Management Philippines (CHAMP) said there is a pressing need for competent and well-trained frontliners to take care of...

RP preparing to slap unfair trade complaint vs Australia.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) The Department of Agriculture (DA) is preparing its case for a complaint for unfair trade practice before the World Trade Organization (WTO) against Australia for blocking the entry of the country's...

Processing time for expat work permits down to 1 day.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) The processing time in the application for alien employment permit has been reduced to only one day from five days starting tomorrow in a bid to attract foreign nationals to invest in the Philippines and...

Convergys wins industry accolades.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Customer service firm Convergys Corp. recently collected a number of awards. It has been recognized as one of "America's Most Admired Companies" for the sixth consecutive year by Fortune Magazine,...

IMAX breaks pre-sales record.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) SM Malls announced that the pre-sales for Superman Returns tickets at the San Miguel Coca-Cola IMAX Theatre have reportedly set a new record in the country. A week before its opening, more than 13...

PEOPLE.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Global marketing strategist leads McCann launch ERIC EINHORN, McCann Worldgroup global chief strategy officer and McCann Worldgroup Asia-Pacific regional director, will be the keynote speaker at the...

Firms urged to set bird flu outbreak plans.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Ira May Joyce P. Pedrasa Businesses should prepare contingency plans to cope with "significantly impaired work forces and supply chain disruptions" in case of a bird flu outbreak, the Trade...

Coca-Cola holds children's health seminar.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Coca-Cola, the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), and the Department of Education (DepEd) is in its second year of the "Kineti-Kids: It's Fun to be Fit! Program." This program aims to...

BRIEFS.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Malaysian festival Citrawarna Malaysia (Colors of Malaysia), a showcase of Malaysian arts, culture, and traditions will be held nationwide from July 8-30. The event dubbed, "Colors and Flavors of...

CONSUMER GUIDE.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Adobo Republic opening Adobo Republic will open its newest outlet in C.M. Recto Avenue, Manila today. Located at 2069 Buencamino Alley, the new store will serve Adobo Republic's famous adobo...

CHESS PIECE.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Bobby Ang One of our readers, I think it was Vince Francisco, wrote to ask me about my column last June 9 where I said that: "One day, the chess-powers-that-be will realize that smiling...

COURTSIDE.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Anthony L. Cuaycong The National Basketball Association rookie draft pushed through yesterday without a hitch, and, as expected, franchises with claims to lottery picks viewed their talent...

Mindanao group airs concerns over incoming food aid from UN.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Carmelito Q. Francisco Davao City - An advocacy group has raised concerns over the implementation of the $27-million United Nations (UN) food aid program whose target beneficiaries are three...

GIVE AND GO.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Michael Angelo S. Murillo For "conduct detrimental to the interests of the league" and judging from the big howl raised by the crowd, this space concurs with the fines meted Red Bull Barako...

Civil disobedience an option - Guingona.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Francis Y. Capistrano Civil disobedience and other unconstitutional actions by disgruntled citizens may cripple the government if the second impeachment complaint would be unduly blocked in...

Palace weighs action vs bishop.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Byline: Francis Y. Capistrano Malacanang may consider filing a complaint against Bishop Deogracias Iniguez before Catholic Church authorities for filing an impeachment complaint against President...

Palace to intervene in NBI row.
June 30, 2006... (From BusinessWorld (Philippines)) Malacanang and the Justice department will intervene in the leadership conflict at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). In a briefing via phone patch, Presidential Chief-of-Staff Michael T....