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[DatePublished] => 2003-03-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 189863 [Title] => The go-to man [Summary] => For many, Lucio Tan is the go-to man or the "last resort" for financial help.
Mr. Tan, whose calling card has "Dr." (but not yet "Ambassador") before his name, is said to have never refused a request for a one-on-one talk with "small" people whose names dont ring a bell.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 180889 [Title] => Papa has the last say [Summary] => Jeffrey Cheng and his dad are seriously thinking of putting up a hotel beside NAIA-3.
Heres the catch. While the Philippine International Air Terminals, Inc. will not put in the money (the hotel-investor will), the Chengs will have a strong say on how things are run.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 177038 [Title] => Art and Art Lovers [Summary] => "This years theme, Lumang Galing, Bagong Sining, focuses on native crafts and skillslong a source of pride for the countryand their world class products are themselves works of art," observed Nicasio I. Alcantara, chairman of Petron which held its second art tilt. Its first had unprecedented success, having won three Anvil Awards of Excellence, including one from the PR Society of America, the first ever given to a Philippine company.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135850 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1808374 [AuthorName] => Rosalinda Orosa [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 175944 [Title] => The Mall of Pasay [Summary] => When the project was conceptualized, it was given the very grand name, Mall of the World. Then, it was downsized to the Mall of Asia.
These days, the mall that Henry Sy is putting up in the Reclamation Area (near Roxas Blvd.) is called in jest, of course, and never in the presence of Mr. Sy the Mall of Pasay.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 175461 [Title] => The cheaper option [Summary] => Signs of the time 1: Despite more people going to the malls, food court lessees complain of lower sales.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 84797 [Title] => Citibank IT experts volunteer as trainers [Summary] => On Saturdays, members of the Citibank’s technology group log in a few hours as volunteer trainers at the Krus na Ligas High School in Quezon City.
They also serve as mentors to the school’s Computer Club as part of the Personal Computers for Public Schools Program of the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP).
Citigroup Foundation, through United Way International, has funded the establishment of computer laboratories in public high schools. Krus na Ligas High School is the seventh beneficiary. More labs are currently on the drawing board.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 84789 [Title] => Citibank IT experts volunteer as trainers [Summary] => On Saturdays, members of the Citibank’s technology group log in a few hours as volunteer trainers at the Krus na Ligas High School in Quezon City.
They also serve as mentors to the school’s Computer Club as part of the Personal Computers for Public Schools Program of the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP).
Citigroup Foundation, through United Way International, has funded the establishment of computer laboratories in public high schools. Krus na Ligas High School is the seventh beneficiary. More labs are currently on the drawing board.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => ) ) )
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 189863 [Title] => The go-to man [Summary] => For many, Lucio Tan is the go-to man or the "last resort" for financial help.
Mr. Tan, whose calling card has "Dr." (but not yet "Ambassador") before his name, is said to have never refused a request for a one-on-one talk with "small" people whose names dont ring a bell.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 180889 [Title] => Papa has the last say [Summary] => Jeffrey Cheng and his dad are seriously thinking of putting up a hotel beside NAIA-3.
Heres the catch. While the Philippine International Air Terminals, Inc. will not put in the money (the hotel-investor will), the Chengs will have a strong say on how things are run.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 177038 [Title] => Art and Art Lovers [Summary] => "This years theme, Lumang Galing, Bagong Sining, focuses on native crafts and skillslong a source of pride for the countryand their world class products are themselves works of art," observed Nicasio I. Alcantara, chairman of Petron which held its second art tilt. Its first had unprecedented success, having won three Anvil Awards of Excellence, including one from the PR Society of America, the first ever given to a Philippine company.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135850 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1808374 [AuthorName] => Rosalinda Orosa [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 175944 [Title] => The Mall of Pasay [Summary] => When the project was conceptualized, it was given the very grand name, Mall of the World. Then, it was downsized to the Mall of Asia.
These days, the mall that Henry Sy is putting up in the Reclamation Area (near Roxas Blvd.) is called in jest, of course, and never in the presence of Mr. Sy the Mall of Pasay.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 175461 [Title] => The cheaper option [Summary] => Signs of the time 1: Despite more people going to the malls, food court lessees complain of lower sales.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135040 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 84797 [Title] => Citibank IT experts volunteer as trainers [Summary] => On Saturdays, members of the Citibank’s technology group log in a few hours as volunteer trainers at the Krus na Ligas High School in Quezon City.
They also serve as mentors to the school’s Computer Club as part of the Personal Computers for Public Schools Program of the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP).
Citigroup Foundation, through United Way International, has funded the establishment of computer laboratories in public high schools. Krus na Ligas High School is the seventh beneficiary. More labs are currently on the drawing board.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 84789 [Title] => Citibank IT experts volunteer as trainers [Summary] => On Saturdays, members of the Citibank’s technology group log in a few hours as volunteer trainers at the Krus na Ligas High School in Quezon City.
They also serve as mentors to the school’s Computer Club as part of the Personal Computers for Public Schools Program of the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP).
Citigroup Foundation, through United Way International, has funded the establishment of computer laboratories in public high schools. Krus na Ligas High School is the seventh beneficiary. More labs are currently on the drawing board.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => ) ) )
By Margaret Jao-Grey | March 11, 2003 - 12:00am
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