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                    [Title] => At issue is DAP pork, not Noy being a thief
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MUDDLING ISSUES: There is no question that stealing public funds is evil and criminal. Even the thieves ensconced in government know that. Whoever does it should have his hands chopped off.

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                    [Title] => Globe starts takeover of Bayantel
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Ayala-led Globe Telecom Inc. has started its takeover of cash-strapped Bayan Telecommunications Inc. of the Lopez family after getting the green light from the Pasig City regional trial court.

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                    [Title] => Benpres offers investments to pay $400-M debt
                    [Summary] => Benpres Holdings Corp., the publicly-listed investment holding firm of the Lopez Group, is working on a new deal with creditors that will allow it to restructure $400 million of its debt over a 10-year period mainly through the sale of its investments in the tollways and telecommunications businesses.


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                    [Title] => Smart tops SEC’s list of most profitable firms for 2nd straight year
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                    [Title] => Benpres set to conlude deal with creditors
                    [Summary] => The Lopez group’s flagship company Benpres Holdings Corp. expects to finalize a debt restructuring agreement with its creditors by the end of the year.


From $548 million last year, the company’s total debt has gone down to about $400 million, Benpres president and chief operating officer Elpidio Ibañez said.


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                    [Title] => Benpres pushes asset disposition program
                    [Summary] => Benpres Holdings Corp. will push its asset disposition program in line with efforts to further pare down debts as it aims to build a new and revitalized Lopez Group of Companies.  


"We’re working towards bringing down our debt level to ensure that cash generation would be good for 10 to 15 years. Our subsidiaries need to be fully strong to take advantage of opportunities," Benpres president and chief operating officer Angel S. Ong said at the sidelines of the company’s stockholders’ meeting the other day.


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                    [Title] => BayanTel fetes new directors
                    [Summary] => Being a gathering of executives from the Lopez group, the formal introduction of new Bayan Telecommunications Holdings Corp. directors Cesar Bautista and Eliseo Rio, Jr. was more like a family gathering than a corporate event. Everybody from BTHC chairman Oscar Lopez and chief executive officer Eugenio Lopez III knew everybody else and everybody was comfortable (and, therefore, had a great time) with everybody else.


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                    [Title] => Benpres buys out American partner Verizon in BayanTel
                    [Summary] => Benpres Holdings Corp., the flagship listed vehicle of the Lopez Group of Companies, has reached an agreement with Verizon Communications Inc. for the purchase of the American firm’s 19.4 percent stake in Bayan Telecommunications Holdings Corp., (BHTC) according to a company disclosure filed with the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) last Thursday.


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                    [Title] => AIF seeks court ruling on BayanTel shares
                    [Summary] => AIG’s Asian Infrastructure Fund (AIF) has filed a motion for summary judgment with a New York state court against Benpres Holdings Corp. and its subsidiary Bayan Telecommunications Holdings Corp. over claims of about $44.485-million worth of option shares in BayanTel.


Benpres corporate secretary Enrique Quiason told the Philippine Stock Exchange that the motion was in lieu of the civil suit filed last Dec. 19, 2002 by AIF before a federal trial court in New York.


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                    [AuthorName] =>  Christina Mendez
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From $548 million last year, the company’s total debt has gone down to about $400 million, Benpres president and chief operating officer Elpidio Ibañez said.


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Benpres corporate secretary Enrique Quiason told the Philippine Stock Exchange that the motion was in lieu of the civil suit filed last Dec. 19, 2002 by AIF before a federal trial court in New York.


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