AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to millions of articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
The Department of Finance (DoF) did not keep secret the government's voting rights in Philippine National Bank (PNB), an act that supposedly led to investors' lackluster sentiment on the bank, outgoing Finance Secretary Jose T. Pardo yesterday said.
In a press statement, Mr. Pardo said even after disclosing the government's voting rights, this failed to attract investors to buy into the bank since the rights were set to expire June 30, 2000, or a few weeks after the scheduled sale of PNB.
Mr. Pardo refuted allegations made by former Finance Secretary Edgardo B. Espiritu that Chinese-Filipino businessman Lucio C. Tan was able to control PNB because the …