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                    [Title] => Cocoplans celebrates 16th anniversary today
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Today, Oct. 18, 2010, marks Cocoplans’ 16th anniversary in the pre-need industry.

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The pre-need industry, besieged by controversies and bankruptcies for the past five years, is looking ahead to better times in 2010 especially with the passage of the Pre-need Code of the Philippines into law.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 532523 [Title] => Comelec reverses court ruling, ousts La Union mayor [Summary] =>

The female mayor of this town lost her position after the Commission on Elections (Comelec) unseated her and installed her opponent in the 2007 elections.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097171 [AuthorName] => Jun Elias [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 464953 [Title] => Cocoplans gets fresh fund infusion [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - Cocoplans Inc., the pre-need unit of the UCPB Group of Companies Inc., said its parent firm United Coconut Planters Life Assurance Corp. (Cocolife) is infusing fresh equity to boost its trust fund as it reassured the public it remains committed to settle its obligations to planholders.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 73013 [Title] => Cocoplans releases benefits [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-07-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Banking [SectionUrl] => banking [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 40254 [Title] => Pre-need firms buck 12% VAT on premiums [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-01-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 383316 [Title] => Implementation of Biofuels Act pushed [Summary] => The Philippine Biodiesel Association (TPBA) is pushing for the immediate implementation of Republic Act 9367 or the Biofuels Act.

TPBA convenor Cris Michelena said there is no need to delay the law’s implementation as this will only spell "weakness" in the law.

The government is now finalizing the implementing rules and regulations of the new law.

Michelena said any delay would also signal impediments on the industry’s effort to help in the issue of "climate change".
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TPBA convenor Cris T. Michelena said this will serve as an additional incentive for this pioneering industry to entice more investors and develop much more rapidly in an increasingly more competitive global community.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 316215 [Title] => Senate bill on 1% minimum biofuel blend for diesel products pushed [Summary] => The Philippine Biodiesel Association (TPBA), an advocacy group, has called for the immediate passage of a Senate bill that will mandate a one-percent Philippine National Standard (PNS)-compliant coco-biodiesel blend in all diesel fuel for sale in the country.

Senate Bill 2159 currently mandates a five-percent bioethanol blend with gasoline within two years.

Recent United States findings indicate that noxious diesel emissions are 7.5 times more cancerous than other air pollutants.
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Under the proposed bill, CME would initially comprise one percent of the total volume of the coco-biodiesel mix.

Angara said several studies have shown that the pre-blending of CME into diesel is a cost-effective solution to complying with the smoke emission standards outlined in the Clean Air Act (Republic Act 8749).
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Cocoplans celebrates 16th anniversary today
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Today, Oct. 18, 2010, marks Cocoplans’ 16th anniversary in the pre-need industry.

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The pre-need industry, besieged by controversies and bankruptcies for the past five years, is looking ahead to better times in 2010 especially with the passage of the Pre-need Code of the Philippines into law.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 532523 [Title] => Comelec reverses court ruling, ousts La Union mayor [Summary] =>

The female mayor of this town lost her position after the Commission on Elections (Comelec) unseated her and installed her opponent in the 2007 elections.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097171 [AuthorName] => Jun Elias [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 464953 [Title] => Cocoplans gets fresh fund infusion [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - Cocoplans Inc., the pre-need unit of the UCPB Group of Companies Inc., said its parent firm United Coconut Planters Life Assurance Corp. (Cocolife) is infusing fresh equity to boost its trust fund as it reassured the public it remains committed to settle its obligations to planholders.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 73013 [Title] => Cocoplans releases benefits [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-07-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Banking [SectionUrl] => banking [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 40254 [Title] => Pre-need firms buck 12% VAT on premiums [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-01-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 383316 [Title] => Implementation of Biofuels Act pushed [Summary] => The Philippine Biodiesel Association (TPBA) is pushing for the immediate implementation of Republic Act 9367 or the Biofuels Act.

TPBA convenor Cris Michelena said there is no need to delay the law’s implementation as this will only spell "weakness" in the law.

The government is now finalizing the implementing rules and regulations of the new law.

Michelena said any delay would also signal impediments on the industry’s effort to help in the issue of "climate change".
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 362080 [Title] => Group welcomes tax break proposal for biofuels makers [Summary] => The Philippine Biodiesel Association (TPBA) has welcomed the lowered income tax level of 15 percent offered by Senators Juan Ponce Enrile and Ralph Recto for the producers and manufacturers of biofuels for blending into locally available petroleum fuels under Senate Bill 2226.

TPBA convenor Cris T. Michelena said this will serve as an additional incentive for this pioneering industry to entice more investors and develop much more rapidly in an increasingly more competitive global community.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 316215 [Title] => Senate bill on 1% minimum biofuel blend for diesel products pushed [Summary] => The Philippine Biodiesel Association (TPBA), an advocacy group, has called for the immediate passage of a Senate bill that will mandate a one-percent Philippine National Standard (PNS)-compliant coco-biodiesel blend in all diesel fuel for sale in the country.

Senate Bill 2159 currently mandates a five-percent bioethanol blend with gasoline within two years.

Recent United States findings indicate that noxious diesel emissions are 7.5 times more cancerous than other air pollutants.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 313410 [Title] => Angara files bill mandating pre-blending of coconut methyl diesel fuel [Summary] => Sen. Edgardo Angara has filed a bill calling for the mandatory blending of coconut methyl ester (CME) into diesel fuel in order to help clean up motor vehicle emissions.

Under the proposed bill, CME would initially comprise one percent of the total volume of the coco-biodiesel mix.

Angara said several studies have shown that the pre-blending of CME into diesel is a cost-effective solution to complying with the smoke emission standards outlined in the Clean Air Act (Republic Act 8749).
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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