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                    [Title] => BDO total resources top P1-trillion mark last year
                    [Summary] => 
Banco de Oro Unibank Inc. (BDO) reported that its consolidated resources at the end of 2010 has breached the P1-trillion mark, a 16-percent jump from P862 billion in 2009.
                    [DatePublished] => 2011-02-02 00:00:00
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                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1097672
                    [AuthorName] =>  Ted P. Torres
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                    [Title] => Government sells P8.5 billion worth of 20-year Treasury bonds
                    [Summary] => 
The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) sold  yesterday P8.5 billion worth of 20-year Treasury  bonds (T-bonds) and is eyeing to sell another P8.5 billion today through its over-the- counter facility on the back of strong demand from investors, National Treasurer Roberto Tan said.
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                    [AuthorID] => 1804708
                    [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales
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                    [Title] => Bureau of the Treasury backs measure amending BSP charter
                    [Summary] => 
The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) supports the proposed bills amending the charter of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) but expressed reservations on certain provisions such as those affecting the fiscal agency function of the government.
                    [DatePublished] => 2010-02-03 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1804708
                    [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales
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                    [ArticleID] => 441433
                    [Title] => At long last, a response from BSP!
                    [Summary] => 
We’ve written several columns in this corner and in The Freeman about the role of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) since the rural banks of the Legacy Group collapsed last December.
                    [DatePublished] => 2009-02-20 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 134429
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805274
                    [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila
                    [SectionName] => Nation
                    [SectionUrl] => nation
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 236517
                    [Title] => Bangko Sentral, MegaLink  launches electronic settlement facility
                    [Summary] => The launch of the Bangko Sentral-Mega-Link  electronic settlement facility was pretty low key. It was also a short drive away for Bangko Sentral Governor Rafael Buenaventura to the headquarter of the Philippine National Bank, whose president Lorenzo Tan was co-hosting the launch (in his capacity as MegaLink president) with MegaLink chairman Raul de Mesa.


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                    [ArticleID] => 149189
                    [Title] => Oreta demands NGO to submit project list in bond bidding
                    [Summary] => Sen. Teresa Aquino-Oreta demanded yesterday that a controversial non-government organization submit before the Senate a detailed list of "poverty reduction" projects it had presented to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to win the bidding for the P10-billion Poverty Eradication and Alleviation Certificates or PEACE bonds.


Meanwhile, Sen. Blas Ople told reporters yesterday former prime minister Cesar Virata, chairman of Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC), will appear before the Senate finance committee to testify that the PEACE bond transaction was aboveboard.


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                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1804901
                    [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica
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                    [Title] => BOP gap widens to $596 M in January
                    [Summary] => Despite a better than expected trade surplus, the country’s balance of payments deficit in January widened to $596 million from the year ago deficit of $306 million. 


BOP, which is the record of the country’s transactions with the rest of the world, consists of the current account and the capital and financial account. 


                    [DatePublished] => 2001-04-30 00:00:00
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                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1704647
                    [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix
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                    [Title] => Public urged to ignore text  on bank failures
                    [Summary] => Bangko Sentral Governor Rafael B. Buenaventura, appealed to the public yesterday to ignore or disregard text messages circulating that certain banks will be declaring a bank holiday or will be closed by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.


"There is no truth to the rumors as they are merely designed to destabilize the banking system," he said.


"It’s a pity that there are some quarters who seem to be bent to create panic to depositors of banks," he added.


                    [DatePublished] => 2001-01-14 00:00:00
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                    [Focus] => 0
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                    [ArticleID] => 99070
                    [Title] => T-bills close mixed
                    [Summary] => 

Treasury bill (T-bill) rates closed mixed yesterday, with longer-term T-bills
posting substantial gains due to expectations of an interest rate hike in the
US, dealers said.

Rates for the bellwether 91-day T-bills dipped by 5.6 basis points to 8.690
percent from 8.746 percent the previous week, resulting in the full award of
the P1 billion offering.

Rates for the 182-day T-bills climbed by 7.5 basis points to 9.900 percent from
9.825 percent while that of the 364-day T-bills rose by a stronger 16.3  basis
points to end at 10.963 percent from 10.800 percent.

Government ma
                    [DatePublished] => 2000-05-16 00:00:00
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                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805266
                    [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
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                    [Title] => BAP sets up asset trading desk
                    [Summary] => 

Instead of setting up a liquidity pool, the Bankers Association of the
Philippines (BAP) has put up an asset trading desk that would enable banks
suffering from huge withdrawals to immediately sell their holdings of
commercial papers and other debt instruments, BAP Executive Director Leonilo
Coronel told The STAR yesterday.

"Contrary to what was reported, we are not pooling funds. We have tried it
before and it is hard to do because of credit considerations.
                    [DatePublished] => 2000-05-11 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1197311
                    [AuthorName] => by Jun Ebias
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
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                    [Title] => BDO total resources top P1-trillion mark last year
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                    [DatePublished] => 2011-02-02 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
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                    [AuthorID] => 1097672
                    [AuthorName] =>  Ted P. Torres
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                    [Title] => Government sells P8.5 billion worth of 20-year Treasury bonds
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The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) sold  yesterday P8.5 billion worth of 20-year Treasury  bonds (T-bonds) and is eyeing to sell another P8.5 billion today through its over-the- counter facility on the back of strong demand from investors, National Treasurer Roberto Tan said.
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                    [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales
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                    [Title] => Bureau of the Treasury backs measure amending BSP charter
                    [Summary] => 
The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) supports the proposed bills amending the charter of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) but expressed reservations on certain provisions such as those affecting the fiscal agency function of the government.
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                    [Title] => At long last, a response from BSP!
                    [Summary] => 
We’ve written several columns in this corner and in The Freeman about the role of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) since the rural banks of the Legacy Group collapsed last December.
                    [DatePublished] => 2009-02-20 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 134429
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                    [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila
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                    [Title] => Bangko Sentral, MegaLink  launches electronic settlement facility
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                    [Title] => Oreta demands NGO to submit project list in bond bidding
                    [Summary] => Sen. Teresa Aquino-Oreta demanded yesterday that a controversial non-government organization submit before the Senate a detailed list of "poverty reduction" projects it had presented to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to win the bidding for the P10-billion Poverty Eradication and Alleviation Certificates or PEACE bonds.


Meanwhile, Sen. Blas Ople told reporters yesterday former prime minister Cesar Virata, chairman of Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC), will appear before the Senate finance committee to testify that the PEACE bond transaction was aboveboard.


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                    [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica
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                    [Title] => BOP gap widens to $596 M in January
                    [Summary] => Despite a better than expected trade surplus, the country’s balance of payments deficit in January widened to $596 million from the year ago deficit of $306 million. 


BOP, which is the record of the country’s transactions with the rest of the world, consists of the current account and the capital and financial account. 


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                    [Title] => Public urged to ignore text  on bank failures
                    [Summary] => Bangko Sentral Governor Rafael B. Buenaventura, appealed to the public yesterday to ignore or disregard text messages circulating that certain banks will be declaring a bank holiday or will be closed by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.


"There is no truth to the rumors as they are merely designed to destabilize the banking system," he said.


"It’s a pity that there are some quarters who seem to be bent to create panic to depositors of banks," he added.


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                    [Title] => T-bills close mixed
                    [Summary] => 

Treasury bill (T-bill) rates closed mixed yesterday, with longer-term T-bills
posting substantial gains due to expectations of an interest rate hike in the
US, dealers said.

Rates for the bellwether 91-day T-bills dipped by 5.6 basis points to 8.690
percent from 8.746 percent the previous week, resulting in the full award of
the P1 billion offering.

Rates for the 182-day T-bills climbed by 7.5 basis points to 9.900 percent from
9.825 percent while that of the 364-day T-bills rose by a stronger 16.3  basis
points to end at 10.963 percent from 10.800 percent.

Government ma
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                    [Focus] => 0
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                    [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
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                    [Title] => BAP sets up asset trading desk
                    [Summary] => 

Instead of setting up a liquidity pool, the Bankers Association of the
Philippines (BAP) has put up an asset trading desk that would enable banks
suffering from huge withdrawals to immediately sell their holdings of
commercial papers and other debt instruments, BAP Executive Director Leonilo
Coronel told The STAR yesterday.

"Contrary to what was reported, we are not pooling funds. We have tried it
before and it is hard to do because of credit considerations.
                    [DatePublished] => 2000-05-11 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1197311
                    [AuthorName] => by Jun Ebias
                    [SectionName] => Business
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