No, the position being offered is not the Department of Trade and Industry, which is currently headed by Cesar Purisima.
You see, there is now less seasonality in the buying of TVs and refrigerators, appliances which normally crest during the Christmas season.
These days, if there are weeks when appliance sales are down, the blame squarely rests on hedging OFW families who are hoping they could get more pesos for their dollars if they wait just a couple more days.
The officer is being charged with harassing and molesting male subordinates, who never seem to stay very long at their jobs despite the attractive compensation package.
By the way, the one-hectare mini-forest, which used to be a nursery of sorts of the National Ecology Center, is open to the public.
For those who might want to get to the SPC uninvited through the, uh, side door, there is (unfortunately for these people) a no mans land or adequate easement that separates the mini-forest and the SPC.
"I fully informed the PDMC board on Dec. 10, 2003 that I had been elected president of the Philippine Stock Exchange effective Jan. 1, 2004 more than two weeks before I took office. In my letter to the chairman and members of the board, I said that I would step down as soon as my replacement was qualified and elected. When this issue was raised (by Ms. Yuchengco and Messrs. Cruz and Villaroman), I responded that I had been merely serving as holdover, preparatory to handing it over to my successor.
"I have since reviewed the records of Dec. 10 and succeeding meetings and have verified that I have carried out what was required for me to do."
In short, Dondon Paderanga continues to hold his concurrent job at PDMC and is paid accordingly for services rendered until such time as the PDMC board chaired by Mr. Cunanan finds his replacement.