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Gunning for Jakarta

by Margaret Jao-Grey - August 30, 2005 - 12:00am

Did you know 1: Kamiseta’s Gonzalo Roque is almost 90 percent sure of putting up a lifestyle outlet in Jakarta. Gunn Roque’s estimated Indonesian investment is P10 million, tops.

600 visa applicants a day

by Margaret Jao-Grey - August 27, 2005 - 12:00am

Nestlé Phils. buys as much Philippine coffee as it can for its instant coffee requirements even though it is P5 a kilo more expensive than Vietnam coffee. Thanks to the World Bank, Vietnam has replaced Colombia...

Green gold

by Margaret Jao-Grey - August 25, 2005 - 12:00am

Here’s a reader’s comment on last Saturday’s vignette on the no-passbook-for-savings accounts practice of Bank of the Philippine Islands. The reader, who has yet to vent her anger on president...

Unwanted attention

by Margaret Jao-Grey - August 23, 2005 - 12:00am

Did you know 1: A woman injected with a local anesthesia found herself fighting the unwanted attention of her doctor. It seemed the medical staff were all out of the operating room at that time.

No more passbooks for savings accounts

by Margaret Jao-Grey - August 20, 2005 - 12:00am

Did you know 1: As part of his learning curve, Finance Secretary Margarito Teves requires all memos – even those written by his Undersecretaries under his instructions – to pass through his desk. As a...

A bad name

by Margaret Jao-Grey - August 18, 2005 - 12:00am

Did you know 1: The country’s two richest men – Lucio Tan and Henry Sy –are actually good friends.

The Eastern way

by Margaret Jao-Grey - August 16, 2005 - 12:00am

Did you know 1: Philippine butterfly pupa are exported at a minimum price of $1 a unit. As everybody knows, the lifecycle of a butterfly from birth to death is about a month. The butterfly itself lives only between...

A 1-2-3 sweep

by Margaret Jao-Grey - August 13, 2005 - 12:00am

Based on excise taxes paid to the Bureau of Internal Revenue, San Miguel Corp.’s Red Horse is now outselling the better-known San Miguel Pale Pilsen. Not that SMC president and chief operating officer Ramon...

President earns less than her EVPs

by Margaret Jao-Grey - August 11, 2005 - 12:00am

Did you know 1: Social Security System president Corazon dela Paz earns less than her executive vice-presidents. The SSS president earns P100,000 a month while her EVPs earn P350,000 a month.

Price war

by Margaret Jao-Grey - August 9, 2005 - 12:00am

Did you know 1: When Peter Favila became bank president of Philippine National Bank, he used to say in jest that his middle initial might as well be "S" as in Singson instead of "B" as in Baltazar....

Carissa’s promotion

by Margaret Jao-Grey - August 6, 2005 - 12:00am

Did you know 1: National Bookstore, Inc. headed by Socorro Ramos now requires consumers using their credit cards to first produce an ID, preferably a government issued one like driver’s license or passport....

Real Wonka bars

by Margaret Jao-Grey - August 4, 2005 - 12:00am

Did you know 1: The ice cream division of Nestle Phils. now exports ube or purple yam ice cream to Indonesia. It seems there are no such tubers grown in that country.

Swiss private banks in RP?

by Margaret Jao-Grey - August 2, 2005 - 12:00am

Did you know 1: The original kapuso is Marinduque. The heart-shaped gets only P800,000 annually from the national government and yet all its roads are made of concrete. It also has more classrooms that it has...

Dramatic weight loss

by Margaret Jao-Grey - July 30, 2005 - 12:00am

Roche Pharmaceuticals is relaunching Xenical (short for zero calories) as an over-the-counter product (read: no prescription needed). The Philippines is the first in Southeast Asia to sell the drug OTC, in large...

Filipinas as apples

by Margaret Jao-Grey - July 28, 2005 - 12:00am

A survey conducted by a drug company shows that overweight Filipinas follow their menfolk and end up looking like apples (read: the fat is basically around the tummy, which aggravates existing problems).

Proof of purchase

by Margaret Jao-Grey - July 26, 2005 - 12:00am

Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. chief executive officer and executive vice-chairman Rizalino Navarro sent in a short-and-sweet letter dated July 19. Any sweeter and Roy Navarro and I would have to exchange mobile...

Bored and with lots of pocket money

by Margaret Jao-Grey - July 23, 2005 - 12:00am

Understandably, the name of John Gokongwei Jr. has been popping up these days every time there’s talk that a company is in play. For one, Mr. John is kind of bored right now, a year or two after handing over...

To Palawan by ferry

by Margaret Jao-Grey - July 21, 2005 - 12:00am

Did you know 1: In the short list for Land Bank of the Philippines president is Vicente Panlilio, senior executive vice-president of Far East Bank and Trust Co. before it purchased (in what was billed as a merger...

Unifying factor

by Margaret Jao-Grey - July 19, 2005 - 12:00am

Until the board of governors decide on a chairman who can serve as a unifying factor, Philippine Stock Exchange president Francis Lim will also be concurrent acting chairman until elections next year. As an independent...

First, second, and third

by Margaret Jao-Grey - July 16, 2005 - 12:00am

Former Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit is packing his bags for a job which the World Health Organization created for him in Geneva. The job is basically HR but, sigh, has nothing to do with recruitment and everything...

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