Not to worry. Like his close friend, Jesus is Lord founder Ed Villanueva, Jess Martinez believes in divine intervention.
As part of the current deal, Solar has the exclusive right to show the coming NBA conference play-offs and the finals in the country. That means the signals of other cable stations showing those NBA games will be blocked.
Oh yes, the likelihood of the LA Lakers cheerleaders coming over after the finals (which Phil Jackson and his boys will probably win again) is getting smaller and smaller.
Heres 3Ms problem. The country only accounts for five percent of the total business in Asia. And part of that five-percent retail allocation has already been diverted to areas harder-hit by SARS.
Heres the catch though. You lock yourself in on a 12- or 24-month payment scheme. (Theres no way a sneaky person can get the free VCD player by borrowing and then repaying Citi the principal plus interest the very next month.)
This is a guy who got his allowance during college by playing the game made popular by Efren Reyes.
And unlike sports like basketball, where players (including trey-shooter Development Bank of the Philippines president and chief executive officer Simon Paterno) get slower as they get older, billiard players like Mr. Ramos only get better.