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                    [Title] => A Sigma Rho fight
                    [Summary] => Coffee shops are abuzz these days about a legal battle among three distinguished lawyers who once formed the respected Raval, Suplico and Lokin law office. 


On one side of the conflict are young Iloilo solon Rolex Suplico and election lawyer Demaree Raval. On the other side is lawyer Luis Lokin, husband of a former sectoral representative, who is reportedly the subject of a Supreme Court sanction initiated by Suplico and Raval.
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"Smart and other mobile phone service industry players can make it very difficult for ISM to survive in this business. Look at how they made it hard for Digitel to interconnect at the beginning," an industry official said.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 294117 [Title] => Smart mulls court action over ETPI shares sold to ISM [Summary] => Smart Communications may go to court to assert its right of first refusal over shares in Eastern Telecommunications Phils. Inc. (ETPI) sold by Aerocom Investors and Managers to publicly listed ISM Communications.

Aerocom disposed of its 17.7-percent stake in ETPI to ISM, a company identified with former Trade Minister Roberto Ongpin.
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"Smart does not have a right of first refusal over this transaction," ISM president Eric Recto told The STAR.
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The PLDT subsidiary said Aerocom must give Smart and other ETPI stockholders the right of preemption over the sale of its stake in ETPI, a right embodied in the latter’s articles of incorporation.
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ISM, a publicly listed company, has entered into a share-swap agreement with Aerocom for the latter’s 17.7-percent stake in ETPI.
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AGN Philippines, Inc. (AGNP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Australian Gigahertz Network Pty Ptd., now owns 40 percent of ETPI after AGNP paid $20 million to Aerocom Investors and Managers, Inc. in exchange for the latter’s stake in the company.
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                    [Title] => A Sigma Rho fight
                    [Summary] => Coffee shops are abuzz these days about a legal battle among three distinguished lawyers who once formed the respected Raval, Suplico and Lokin law office. 


On one side of the conflict are young Iloilo solon Rolex Suplico and election lawyer Demaree Raval. On the other side is lawyer Luis Lokin, husband of a former sectoral representative, who is reportedly the subject of a Supreme Court sanction initiated by Suplico and Raval.
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"Smart and other mobile phone service industry players can make it very difficult for ISM to survive in this business. Look at how they made it hard for Digitel to interconnect at the beginning," an industry official said.
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Aerocom disposed of its 17.7-percent stake in ETPI to ISM, a company identified with former Trade Minister Roberto Ongpin.
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"Smart does not have a right of first refusal over this transaction," ISM president Eric Recto told The STAR.
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The PLDT subsidiary said Aerocom must give Smart and other ETPI stockholders the right of preemption over the sale of its stake in ETPI, a right embodied in the latter’s articles of incorporation.
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ISM, a publicly listed company, has entered into a share-swap agreement with Aerocom for the latter’s 17.7-percent stake in ETPI.
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AGN Philippines, Inc. (AGNP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Australian Gigahertz Network Pty Ptd., now owns 40 percent of ETPI after AGNP paid $20 million to Aerocom Investors and Managers, Inc. in exchange for the latter’s stake in the company.
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