A PASAY Court has ordered the United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB) to pay a client an estimated P1 billion after the lender was found to have overcharged E. Ganzon Inc. (EGI), a real-estate developer with properties in Metro Manila. Besides involving attorney’s fees, court suit costs, damages, and interest, the amount covers the various forms [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 17, 2008
A heavy toll on the Batangas Port
LIKE all government infrastructure projects, the Port of Batangas was built and conceived with the best of intentions.
A facility located within an economic growth corridor outside Metro Manila, the Batangas Port is expected to boost local and global trade, unlocking huge possibilities to support the country’s continued economic expansion.
Once in full swing, the [...]
January 15, 2008
Professor X
ADRIAN Cristobal could have written the great Filipino novel.
Unfortunately, his social, political, and journalistic engagements arguably prevented him from doing so.
After all, everybody needs to earn their keep, a lesson not lost on Cristobal, who, despite having occupied the helm of the Social Security System (SSS) during the Marcos regime, emerged as one of the [...]
January 4, 2008
Please help look for lost cat
MINGGOY, a seven-year old, grey and white, indoor British shorthair cat disappeared from his UP Village apartment early Friday, January 4, 2008. Slightly indifferent, a bit insensitive but nevertheless lovable, Minggoy is unusually large for a domestic feline, weighing anywhere from 15 to 17 lbs. and measuring slightly less than two feet long. He has [...]
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