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                    [Title] => What's your New Year's tradition?
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There are so many traditions Filipinos observe to celebrate the coming of a new year — from having the kids jump as high as they can at the strike of midnight to serving round foods like grapes.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136207 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1529529 [AuthorName] => Mons Romulo [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 444028 [Title] => Just asking [Summary] =>

Do we really need another mobile phone service company? This question crossed the minds of many of our businessmen and fellow consumers following reports that San Miguel Corp., one of the few companies in the Philippines that are now in the expansion mode, is considering going into the cellular mobile telephone service (CMTS) business.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134315 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 314565 [Title] => Who holds your future [Summary] => Filipinos are generally optimists. They look into the future and believe things will be brighter. Today, millions of Filipinos will do just that, look at 2006 and wonder what the year will be like. If like me, you’re looking forward and wondering what the future holds, here’s a thought to ponder upon. It’s not about what the future holds, its about WHO holds your future?
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134315 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 308093 [Title] => A big blow [Summary] => How PLDT group chairman Manny Pangilinan will deal with this recent blow on his cash cow Smart Communications is worth observing.

After all, the resignation of his main marketing man Boy Martirez, who is credited for building Smart from its obscure beginnings to the powerhouse it is today, is definitely a big blow. Telecommunications in this country after all is a marketing game and the loss of Boy will surely impact on Smart’s ability to face increasing competition in the market.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134315 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 273016 [Title] => Enjoying life’s best [Summary] => The gilded halls of Andy and Tereret Liboro’s posh abode in Forbes Park was the venue for the latest Spanish-themed cocktails-and-dinner affair held by SMART Infinity, the country’s most premium cellular service, and Sony Ericsson. A coterie of prestigious and prominent guests from Manila’s social register comprised the guest list of the illustrious bash.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135074 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804795 [AuthorName] => Johnny Litton [SectionName] => Newsmakers [SectionUrl] => newsmakers [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 265356 [Title] => Soaring to new heights [Summary] => "You see things; and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?’" – George Bernard Shaw

To be successful in life, you must have a vision, clarity and an edge. Nothing but the best will do. In the same way, you want a mobile phone service that will keep striving to reach new heights. That’s why SMART Infinity, the most premium cellular service, continues to introduce special privileges for those who want to enjoy life’s best.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135074 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804795 [AuthorName] => Johnny Litton [SectionName] => Allure [SectionUrl] => allure [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 260731 [Title] => One happy ‘ex-president-to-be’ [Summary] => Did you know 1: The First Resources Management and Securities Corp. founder Vivian Yuchengco has been back in town for at least a week and is unusually quiet, considering that so-called friend and chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Lilia Bautista gave the go-signal for an SEC team to visit the office of First Resources and to look at its first quarter stock markets transactions only last month.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 255362 [Title] => After work punching bags [Summary] => Remember Give a Life Foundation executive director Philip Cruz, whose certificate of completion was withheld by the Philippine General Hospital for about a year because he refused to divert some of the funds raised to help cancer-stricken children from poor families to other PGH projects such as a diagnostic center and a library?

Well, he finally got the certificate last week and is now a well-fledged pediatrician.

The thing is, the hospital he wanted to practice in – The New Medical City – returned the money that his parents paid for a proprietary share.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 252061 [Title] => A classy affair [Summary] => "It isn’t our position but our disposition that makes us happy." –Jo Petty

SMART Infinity, the country’s premium cellular service, recently hosted an exclusive cocktails-and-dinner affair. Dusit Hotel Nikko, one of the classiest hotels in the metro, was the venue of the affair in two of its elegant restaurants, the distinctive Fiesta San Miguel and the fit-for-royalty Benjarong Royal Thai Restaurant.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135074 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804795 [AuthorName] => Johnny Litton [SectionName] => Allure [SectionUrl] => allure [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 251911 [Title] => Another first [Summary] => Parents have had a long standing debate whether to give kids cellphones or not. Smart’s marketing whiz Boy Martirez just ended the debate by launching another first, Smart Kid. The new service is tailor fit specifically for children ages five to 11 years. Armed with a cellphone, all a child needs to do is dial 11, and the phone automatically dials a set of five numbers pre-designated by the parent. If none of the numbers answer the phone, then a text alert message such as "please call me, dad" is sent to the parents immediately. [DatePublished] => 2004-05-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134315 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
BOY MARTIREZ
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                    [ArticleID] => 535491
                    [Title] => What's your New Year's tradition?
                    [Summary] => 

There are so many traditions Filipinos observe to celebrate the coming of a new year — from having the kids jump as high as they can at the strike of midnight to serving round foods like grapes.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136207 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1529529 [AuthorName] => Mons Romulo [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 444028 [Title] => Just asking [Summary] =>

Do we really need another mobile phone service company? This question crossed the minds of many of our businessmen and fellow consumers following reports that San Miguel Corp., one of the few companies in the Philippines that are now in the expansion mode, is considering going into the cellular mobile telephone service (CMTS) business.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134315 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 314565 [Title] => Who holds your future [Summary] => Filipinos are generally optimists. They look into the future and believe things will be brighter. Today, millions of Filipinos will do just that, look at 2006 and wonder what the year will be like. If like me, you’re looking forward and wondering what the future holds, here’s a thought to ponder upon. It’s not about what the future holds, its about WHO holds your future?
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134315 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 308093 [Title] => A big blow [Summary] => How PLDT group chairman Manny Pangilinan will deal with this recent blow on his cash cow Smart Communications is worth observing.

After all, the resignation of his main marketing man Boy Martirez, who is credited for building Smart from its obscure beginnings to the powerhouse it is today, is definitely a big blow. Telecommunications in this country after all is a marketing game and the loss of Boy will surely impact on Smart’s ability to face increasing competition in the market.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134315 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 273016 [Title] => Enjoying life’s best [Summary] => The gilded halls of Andy and Tereret Liboro’s posh abode in Forbes Park was the venue for the latest Spanish-themed cocktails-and-dinner affair held by SMART Infinity, the country’s most premium cellular service, and Sony Ericsson. A coterie of prestigious and prominent guests from Manila’s social register comprised the guest list of the illustrious bash.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135074 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804795 [AuthorName] => Johnny Litton [SectionName] => Newsmakers [SectionUrl] => newsmakers [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 265356 [Title] => Soaring to new heights [Summary] => "You see things; and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?’" – George Bernard Shaw

To be successful in life, you must have a vision, clarity and an edge. Nothing but the best will do. In the same way, you want a mobile phone service that will keep striving to reach new heights. That’s why SMART Infinity, the most premium cellular service, continues to introduce special privileges for those who want to enjoy life’s best.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135074 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804795 [AuthorName] => Johnny Litton [SectionName] => Allure [SectionUrl] => allure [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 260731 [Title] => One happy ‘ex-president-to-be’ [Summary] => Did you know 1: The First Resources Management and Securities Corp. founder Vivian Yuchengco has been back in town for at least a week and is unusually quiet, considering that so-called friend and chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Lilia Bautista gave the go-signal for an SEC team to visit the office of First Resources and to look at its first quarter stock markets transactions only last month.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 255362 [Title] => After work punching bags [Summary] => Remember Give a Life Foundation executive director Philip Cruz, whose certificate of completion was withheld by the Philippine General Hospital for about a year because he refused to divert some of the funds raised to help cancer-stricken children from poor families to other PGH projects such as a diagnostic center and a library?

Well, he finally got the certificate last week and is now a well-fledged pediatrician.

The thing is, the hospital he wanted to practice in – The New Medical City – returned the money that his parents paid for a proprietary share.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 252061 [Title] => A classy affair [Summary] => "It isn’t our position but our disposition that makes us happy." –Jo Petty

SMART Infinity, the country’s premium cellular service, recently hosted an exclusive cocktails-and-dinner affair. Dusit Hotel Nikko, one of the classiest hotels in the metro, was the venue of the affair in two of its elegant restaurants, the distinctive Fiesta San Miguel and the fit-for-royalty Benjarong Royal Thai Restaurant.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135074 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804795 [AuthorName] => Johnny Litton [SectionName] => Allure [SectionUrl] => allure [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 251911 [Title] => Another first [Summary] => Parents have had a long standing debate whether to give kids cellphones or not. Smart’s marketing whiz Boy Martirez just ended the debate by launching another first, Smart Kid. The new service is tailor fit specifically for children ages five to 11 years. Armed with a cellphone, all a child needs to do is dial 11, and the phone automatically dials a set of five numbers pre-designated by the parent. If none of the numbers answer the phone, then a text alert message such as "please call me, dad" is sent to the parents immediately. [DatePublished] => 2004-05-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134315 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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