Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 346016
                    [Title] => The Valenzuela of his dreams
                    [Summary] => In a speech delivered during the first commencement exercises of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela at the UP Theater last April, Valenzuela City Mayor Sherwin Gatchalian said, "I will leave you today with one message. No, it is not my meaning of life, rather, a philosophy that guides everything I do. Give. Give as if you have never received. Give as if you are making up for everyone who never has. Give as if you and you alone embody the spirit of our country.
                    [DatePublished] => 2006-07-07 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 134006
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1804782
                    [AuthorName] => Boy Abunda
                    [SectionName] => Entertainment
                    [SectionUrl] => entertainment
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 98802
                    [Title] => Baguio Gold takes steps to hasten PAL backdoor listing
                    [Summary] => Publicly listed Baguio Gold Holdings Corp. will be issuing about 23 billion worth of new shares to execute its share-swap agreement with majority stockholders of Philippine Airlines and complete the backdoor listing of the flag carrier.


Baguio Gold, the latest acquisition of beer and tobacco magnate Lucio Tan, informed the Philippine Stock Exchange that  it will be buying 100 percent of the outstanding capital stock of eight companies holding a combined 85.09 percent stake in PAL in exchange for additional shares in the listed firm.


                    [DatePublished] => 2000-11-12 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1096615
                    [AuthorName] =>  Christina Mendez
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 98709
                    [Title] => PAL to use Baguio Gold for backdoor listing
                    [Summary] => The plan has been set in motion. Flag carrier Philippine Airlines will soon test the equities market as it prepares to list at the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) via the backdoor route, using Baguio Gold Holdings Corp. as the corporate vehicle.


In a disclosure to the PSE, Baguio Gold corporate secretary Ma. Cecilia Pesayco said the company will be issuing new shares in exchange for the acquisition of about 90 percent of the outstanding capital stock of PAL. Both Baguio Gold and PAL are controlled by liquor and tobacco tycoon Lucio Tan.


                    [DatePublished] => 2000-11-01 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [3] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 98893
                    [Title] => Gatchalian to pull out 25% stake in Air Phils
                    [Summary] => 

It's the end of the airline partnership between two business tycoons and close
associates of President Estrada: Lucio Tan and William Gatchalian.

Just two weeks after the crash of an Air Philippines flight in Davao -- the
worst in local aviation history -- Gatchalian's Wellex Group said it would pull
out its 25-percent interest in the country's second largest air carrier.

Arthur Ponsaran, corporate secretary of Air Philippines International Corp.
(APIC), the publicly listed holdin
                    [DatePublished] => 2000-05-04 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1096615
                    [AuthorName] =>  Christina Mendez
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

        )

)

AIR PHILIPPINES INTERNATIONAL CORP

Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 346016
                    [Title] => The Valenzuela of his dreams
                    [Summary] => In a speech delivered during the first commencement exercises of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela at the UP Theater last April, Valenzuela City Mayor Sherwin Gatchalian said, "I will leave you today with one message. No, it is not my meaning of life, rather, a philosophy that guides everything I do. Give. Give as if you have never received. Give as if you are making up for everyone who never has. Give as if you and you alone embody the spirit of our country.
                    [DatePublished] => 2006-07-07 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 134006
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1804782
                    [AuthorName] => Boy Abunda
                    [SectionName] => Entertainment
                    [SectionUrl] => entertainment
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 98802
                    [Title] => Baguio Gold takes steps to hasten PAL backdoor listing
                    [Summary] => Publicly listed Baguio Gold Holdings Corp. will be issuing about 23 billion worth of new shares to execute its share-swap agreement with majority stockholders of Philippine Airlines and complete the backdoor listing of the flag carrier.


Baguio Gold, the latest acquisition of beer and tobacco magnate Lucio Tan, informed the Philippine Stock Exchange that  it will be buying 100 percent of the outstanding capital stock of eight companies holding a combined 85.09 percent stake in PAL in exchange for additional shares in the listed firm.


                    [DatePublished] => 2000-11-12 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1096615
                    [AuthorName] =>  Christina Mendez
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 98709
                    [Title] => PAL to use Baguio Gold for backdoor listing
                    [Summary] => The plan has been set in motion. Flag carrier Philippine Airlines will soon test the equities market as it prepares to list at the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) via the backdoor route, using Baguio Gold Holdings Corp. as the corporate vehicle.


In a disclosure to the PSE, Baguio Gold corporate secretary Ma. Cecilia Pesayco said the company will be issuing new shares in exchange for the acquisition of about 90 percent of the outstanding capital stock of PAL. Both Baguio Gold and PAL are controlled by liquor and tobacco tycoon Lucio Tan.


                    [DatePublished] => 2000-11-01 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [3] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 98893
                    [Title] => Gatchalian to pull out 25% stake in Air Phils
                    [Summary] => 

It's the end of the airline partnership between two business tycoons and close
associates of President Estrada: Lucio Tan and William Gatchalian.

Just two weeks after the crash of an Air Philippines flight in Davao -- the
worst in local aviation history -- Gatchalian's Wellex Group said it would pull
out its 25-percent interest in the country's second largest air carrier.

Arthur Ponsaran, corporate secretary of Air Philippines International Corp.
(APIC), the publicly listed holdin
                    [DatePublished] => 2000-05-04 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1096615
                    [AuthorName] =>  Christina Mendez
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

        )

)

abtest

The Valenzuela of his dreams

By Boy Abunda | July 7, 2006 - 12:00am

In a speech delivered during the first commencement exercises of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela at the UP Theater last April, Valenzuela City Mayor Sherwin Gatchalian said, "I will leave you today with...

Entertainment

Baguio Gold takes steps to hasten PAL backdoor listing

By Christina Mendez | November 12, 2000 - 12:00am

Publicly listed Baguio Gold Holdings Corp. will be issuing about 23 billion worth of new shares to execute its share-swap agreement with majority stockholders of Philippine Airlines and complete the backdoor listing...

Business

PAL to use Baguio Gold for backdoor listing

November 1, 2000 - 12:00am

The plan has been set in motion. Flag carrier Philippine Airlines will soon test the equities market as it prepares to list at the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) via the backdoor route, using Baguio Gold Holdings...

Business

Gatchalian to pull out 25% stake in Air Phils

By Christina Mendez | May 4, 2000 - 12:00am

It's the end of the airline partnership between two business tycoons and close associates of President Estrada: Lucio Tan and William Gatchalian. Just two weeks after the crash of an Air Philippines flight in...

Business