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                    [Title] => Bright Kindle to raise capital by P500M
                    [Summary] => 
Bright Kindle Resources & Investments Inc., formerly Bankard Inc., will raise its authorized capital stock by P500 million to finance its future investment plans, the company said in a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange.

                    [DatePublished] => 2014-03-28 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula
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                    [Title] => GSIS selling its 12.4% stake in Equitable PCI Bank
                    [Summary] => The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), the state pension fund for government workers, is putting its 12.4-percent stake in Equitable PCI Bank on the auction block for a minimum bid price of P92 a share.


The move follows the strong interest reportedly expressed by foreign investor groups in EPCIBank, currently the third largest bank in the country, and Banco De Oro’s proposed merger with EPCIBank.


The pension fund’s plan to sell its 90.08 million EPCIBank shares was contained in a bidding invitation published in major newspapers yesterday. 


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                    [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña
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                    [Title] => PSE to recognize only Equitable PCI Bank president as authorized representative
                    [Summary] => In view of the squabble over management control of Equitable PCI Bank, the Philippine Stock Exchange said it would only recognize the bank’s president Rene Buenaventura as the duly authorized representative of EPCI Bank.


The bank is the subject of a battle for control by its major shareholders – EPCI Bank’s founding Go family on one side and state pension funds Government Service Insurance System and Social Security System and the Romualdez family’s Trans-Middle East Philippine Equities Inc., on the other.


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                    [Title] => SC employee suspended for six months over absenteeism
                    [Summary] => An employee of the Supreme Court was suspended for six months and one day for unauthorized absences.


In a seven-page en banc resolution, Justice Romeo Callejo Sr. also admonished Karen Cuenca, Clerk II of the property division of the Office of Administrative Services (OAS), for loafing during office hours.


Callejo also warned Cuenca that she would be punished more severely if she repeated the offense.


Records from the SC showed Cuenca was absent from work 82 times and late 66 times last year. She also incurred 9.8 days of undertime.


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                    [AuthorName] =>  Jose Rodel Clapano
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                    [Title] => BIR exec dismissed for ‘hiding’ bank assets
                    [Summary] => CEBU CITY — For allegedly concealing personal bank deposits amounting to some P5.8 million, a top Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) executive in Central Visayas was ordered dismissed from the service. 	


The Office of the Ombudsman, in a May 30 memorandum, dismissed and permanently barred Nieto Racho, chief of the BIR’s special investigation division in the region, from holding public office.   


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                    [Title] => Moody’s assigns Ba1 to Equitable PCI notes
                    [Summary] => SINGAPORE – Moody’s Investors Service assigned a prospective rating of Ba1 to Equitable-PCI Bank’s (EPCI’s) proposed $100-$130-million subordinated note due 2012. The outlook on the rating is stable. The rating reflects EPCI’s status as the Philippines’ third largest indigenous bank, with an expansive branch network and a well-established mid-market franchise. 


Moody’s believes that the bank would receive strong regulatory support if needed, given its systemic importance. 


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                    [Title] => Enriquez raps DOF, BSP chiefs for ‘economic mismanagement’
                    [Summary] => Former Budget Secretary Salvador Enriquez is accusing Finance Secretary Jose T. Pardo and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Rafael B. Buenaventura of economic mismanagement.


In an interview with newsmen, Enriquez called on Pardo and Buenaventura to resign due to their inability to maintain a healthy economy.


Enriquez drew attention specifically to the widening budget deficit and the confusion over the country’s foreign reserves level.


                    [DatePublished] => 2000-11-02 00:00:00
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                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805266
                    [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
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                    [Title] => Rap filed vs Pasig judge for delay in court cases
                    [Summary] => 

An administrative complaint against Pasig City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge
Danilo Cruz was filed Thursday with the Supreme Court (SC) for alleged
violation of a constitutional provision which mandates that lower court judges
decide within 90 days pending motions, petitions and civil or criminal cases
submitted for resolution.

The complaint, filed on behalf of Knecht Inc. by its president, Rene Knecht,
cited several motions which have remained unresolved beyond the 90-day period
prescribed by law in connection with Civil Case No. 11015 or Rose Packing Co.
Inc.
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PHILIPPINE COMMERCIAL INTERNATIONAL BANK

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                    [Title] => GSIS selling its 12.4% stake in Equitable PCI Bank
                    [Summary] => The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), the state pension fund for government workers, is putting its 12.4-percent stake in Equitable PCI Bank on the auction block for a minimum bid price of P92 a share.


The move follows the strong interest reportedly expressed by foreign investor groups in EPCIBank, currently the third largest bank in the country, and Banco De Oro’s proposed merger with EPCIBank.


The pension fund’s plan to sell its 90.08 million EPCIBank shares was contained in a bidding invitation published in major newspapers yesterday. 


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                    [Summary] => In view of the squabble over management control of Equitable PCI Bank, the Philippine Stock Exchange said it would only recognize the bank’s president Rene Buenaventura as the duly authorized representative of EPCI Bank.


The bank is the subject of a battle for control by its major shareholders – EPCI Bank’s founding Go family on one side and state pension funds Government Service Insurance System and Social Security System and the Romualdez family’s Trans-Middle East Philippine Equities Inc., on the other.


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Callejo also warned Cuenca that she would be punished more severely if she repeated the offense.


Records from the SC showed Cuenca was absent from work 82 times and late 66 times last year. She also incurred 9.8 days of undertime.


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The Office of the Ombudsman, in a May 30 memorandum, dismissed and permanently barred Nieto Racho, chief of the BIR’s special investigation division in the region, from holding public office.   


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                    [Title] => Moody’s assigns Ba1 to Equitable PCI notes
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Moody’s believes that the bank would receive strong regulatory support if needed, given its systemic importance. 


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In an interview with newsmen, Enriquez called on Pardo and Buenaventura to resign due to their inability to maintain a healthy economy.


Enriquez drew attention specifically to the widening budget deficit and the confusion over the country’s foreign reserves level.


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                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805266
                    [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
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Danilo Cruz was filed Thursday with the Supreme Court (SC) for alleged
violation of a constitutional provision which mandates that lower court judges
decide within 90 days pending motions, petitions and civil or criminal cases
submitted for resolution.

The complaint, filed on behalf of Knecht Inc. by its president, Rene Knecht,
cited several motions which have remained unresolved beyond the 90-day period
prescribed by law in connection with Civil Case No. 11015 or Rose Packing Co.
Inc.
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                    [ColumnID] => 133272
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