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                    [Title] => Montemar club's stink jolts owners, members
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ABSENTEE OWNER: One of the best-kept tourism secrets is the Montemar Beach Club, a gem of a resort on a cove with a prime white-sand beach in the hills of Bagac, Bataan, some 150 km (two-hour drive) from Manila.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135304 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804858 [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 96245 [Title] => Cyberworld opens outlets in 3 cities [Summary] => Cyberworld, the Internet cafe brand of Philweb.com Inc., recently opened three new outlets in Cebu, Cagayan de Oro and Davao cities.

Envisioned as a one-stop Internet shop, Cyberworld outlets offer both dial up and broadband Internet access as well as Internet games and cyber stores which showcase the latest Internet equipment and gadgets.

Philweb.com president Alex Villamar said "our aim is toe expand quickly the availability of Internet access in the country by offering affordable rates in strategic locations."
[DatePublished] => 2001-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 100319 [Title] => PhilWeb, Compaq join forces to establish Internet data center inRP [Summary] =>

There seems no stopping local tech stock PhilWeb.com in its aggressive hook up and expansion binge in its efforts to distinguish itself as the country's top Internet company.

Its latest coup: a partnership with global computer giant Compaq for the establishment of an Internet data center.

PhilWeb president Alex Villamar said the Internet data center is a major step in providing cost-effective solutions for all types of business enterprises with web-based applications while avoiding the high cost of individual distributed information technology (IT) centers.

"It is our v [DatePublished] => 2000-03-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 101078 [Title] => PhilWeb clinches new deal with foreign partner [Summary] =>

PhilWeb.com, the hottest issue in the stock market at the moment, clinched yet another deal with a foreign partner logged into the Internet business, its sixth partnership in less than two months of its existence.

The Nasdaq-listed Net2Phone, the first company to capitalize on Internet telephony or the use of voice-enhanced products over the Internet, will soon be incorporating its solutions to further enhance PhilWeb's suite of products and services available to its clients.

The New Jersey-based technology firm (market capitalization: over $3 billion) is one of the investee [DatePublished] => 2000-03-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 100916 [Title] => Ongpin files P300-M countersuit versus APC [Summary] =>

PhilWeb.Com chairman Roberto V. Ongpin is fighting back at business rival APC Group Inc. (APC) and is filing a countersuit against the latter for P300-million for fabricating "malicious and baseless claims" against him.

"How can I steal something which belonged to me to begin with?" Ongpin asked.

"For APC to lay claim that I stole the concept from them is ludicrous since they have no clue whatsoever of how to establish, much less, run an internet business. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 100896 [Title] => PhilWeb gets more partners [Summary] =>

Internet stock PhilWeb.Com has entered into a private placement deal with Startech Holdings Ltd., a British Virgin Islands-based firm, and a marketing deal with the Nasdaq-listed ITXC Corp. in its continued bid to become the dominant cyberspace network provider in the country.

PhilWeb corporate information officer Roberto San Jose told the Philippine Stock Exchange that a private placement of one billion shares, representing about 1.2 percent of the company's expanded capital, was made to Startech for P200 million ($5 million). [DatePublished] => 2000-02-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1237712 [AuthorName] => Conrado Diaz Jr. [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 100906 [Title] => APC files P150-M suit vs Ongpin [Summary] =>

The APC Group Inc. (APC) has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a P150-million derivative suit accusing former Trade Minister Roberto Ongpin, PhilWeb.Com and South Seas Natural Resources Inc. of having illegally appropriated for themselves corporate opportunities and business that properly belong to Philippine Global Communications Inc. (Philcom) and Philcom Interactive Systems Inc. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 100693 [Title] => PhilWeb eyes P2-B net income in three years [Summary] =>

Newly-established information technology (IT) firm PhilWeb.Com expects to realize a net profit of over P2 billion within a three-year period as it banks on the huge but relatively untapped potential of business-to-business electronic commerce in the Philippines.

Alex Villamar, PhilWeb president, said yesterday that for the first year alone they are targeting about 12,000 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) which are yet to embark on e-commerce.

With a subscribed and authorized capital stock of P800 million and P3.2 billion, respectively, he said PhilWeb has a gross revenue p [DatePublished] => 2000-02-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1199471 [AuthorName] => by Marigold Yao-Endriga [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 101470 [Title] => Ongpin firm bares plans to harness Net potentials [Summary] =>

PhilWeb.Com, a newly established firm owned by the group of former trade minister Roberto Ongpin, bared plans yesterday of launching a full chain of revenue-generating projects to harness the vast business potentials of the Internet and set the company apart from other players in the field.

At the same time, Alex Villamar, PhilWeb president, said that they will put up an e-venture fund to help acquire Internet-related companies whose products and services will create synergy with PhilWeb.Com's business platforms.

Already, PhilWeb has gained majority control of South Seas Natu [DatePublished] => 2000-01-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1197974 [AuthorName] => by M. Endriga [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 101374 [Title] => Ex-Philcom CEO bares reasons for resigning [Summary] =>

Former Philcom Corp. president and chief executive officer Alex Villamar claimed yesterday that internal and external pressures forced him to give up his post at the cash-strapped company where he worked for almost 18 years.

Villamar tendered his resignation last Jan. 10 but it only took effect last Monday.

Evelyn Singson, president and chief executive officer of APC Corp., a subsidiary of Belle Corp. [DatePublished] => 2000-01-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1199471 [AuthorName] => by Marigold Yao-Endriga [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )

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