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		<title>Pre-need sales continue sliding</title>
		<link>http://pepcoalition.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/pre-need-sales-continue-sliding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
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June 6, 2009
MANILA &#8211; Pre-need firms continued to see their revenues slide in the first quarter despite selling more plans, data from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) showed.
Revenues fell by almost a fifth to P3.2 billion, even as the number of plans sold rose to 62,882 from 53,825 in the same period last year.
The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pepcoalition.wordpress.com&blog=1736277&post=1144&subd=pepcoalition&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SEC denies approving Permaplans&#8217; tea payments</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
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June 1, 2009
The Securities and Exchange Commission denied that it allowed troubled pre-need firm Permanent Plans to give out slimming tea and memorial lots to its plan holders in lieu of cash.
SEC commission secretary Gerard Lukban told ABS-CBN News that Permanent Plans has been misleading the public when the company stated that they had received [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pepcoalition.wordpress.com&blog=1736277&post=1169&subd=pepcoalition&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SEC moved to DTI after pre-need mess</title>
		<link>http://pepcoalition.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/sec-moved-to-dti-after-pre-need-mess/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 12:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
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By Lala Rimando
May 27, 2009
The administrative supervision of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been transferred back to the Department of Trade, according to Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita.
In a statement on Wednesday, Ermita said President Arroyo issued Executive Order (EO) 800, to effect the transfer. Ermita said the president signed EO 800 last May [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pepcoalition.wordpress.com&blog=1736277&post=1146&subd=pepcoalition&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cocoplans gets P61-M cash infusion for trust fund deficiency</title>
		<link>http://pepcoalition.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/cocoplans-gets-p61-m-cash-infusion-for-trust-fund-deficiency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 14:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
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May 8, 2009
Cocoplans Inc. assured its planholders that it has enough cash and other assets to meet its obligations, with its parent company Cocolife set to infuse P61 million to cover for its trust fund deficiency.
According to Cocolife President Alfredo Tumacder Jr., the move is a show of continued optimism for the country&#8217;s pre-need industry [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pepcoalition.wordpress.com&blog=1736277&post=1173&subd=pepcoalition&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who benefits from CAP&#8217;s trust funds?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
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by Lala Rimando
Apr. 28, 2009
Who are benefitting from the sale of assets in the trust fund of pre-need industry&#8217;s poster company, College Assurance Plan (CAP)?
In a congressional hearing on Monday, representatives were aghast when they learned that Sobrepena-led CAP sold its MRT III bonds and that the $9 million-worth sale proceeds were used to pay [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pepcoalition.wordpress.com&blog=1736277&post=1162&subd=pepcoalition&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trust-fund abuse in preneed scored</title>
		<link>http://pepcoalition.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/trust-fund-abuse-in-preneed-scored/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[abs-cbnNEWS.com
Apr. 28, 2009
Legislators looking into the continuing saga of the preneed industry want to know why the receiver appointed for the collapsed College Assurance Plan (CAP) asked the court to allow two creditors—two companies owned by the Sobrepeñas—to be paid from the Metro Rail Transit bonds if these are sold the amount of $9 million.
“We [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pepcoalition.wordpress.com&blog=1736277&post=1154&subd=pepcoalition&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Feedback: S.E.C. still sleeping on the job</title>
		<link>http://pepcoalition.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/feedback-s-e-c-still-sleeping-on-the-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Pompeyo Pedroche, reader
Apr. 27, 2009
Recently on TV, we were witness to the hundreds of pre-need plan holders swarming the offices of the Prudentialife and Permanent Plans with the usual complaint: the companies do not have enough funds to reimburse their investments. Again?
This simply points to the fact that ChairLady Barin and her oversight commissioners [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pepcoalition.wordpress.com&blog=1736277&post=1195&subd=pepcoalition&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Memorial lots, anyone?</title>
		<link>http://pepcoalition.wordpress.com/2009/04/25/memorial-lots-anyone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Apr. 25, 2009
Instead of giving slimming tea, chocolates, and other wellness products, troubled pre-need firm Permanent Plans is giving memorial lots to partially settle their obligations to plan holders.
&#8220;Some plan holders are asking for alternative payments other than wellness products. But it is not forced,&#8221; Permanent Plans president Juan Miguel Vazquez told ABS-CBN News.
Vazquez also [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pepcoalition.wordpress.com&blog=1736277&post=1168&subd=pepcoalition&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pre-need firms move to assure clients</title>
		<link>http://pepcoalition.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/pre-need-firms-move-to-assure-clients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BusinessWorld
By Don Gil K. Carreon
Apr. 24, 2009
Following a week where two of their number lost their licenses due to financial problems, pre-need companies moved to issue assurances that they have enough money to keep operating and service clients.
In separate interviews, officials of Philam Plans, Inc., Transnational Plans, Inc., Caritas Financial Plans, Inc., Eternal Plans, Inc. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pepcoalition.wordpress.com&blog=1736277&post=1150&subd=pepcoalition&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Permanent’s plan holders to get slimming teas, medicines</title>
		<link>http://pepcoalition.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/permanent%e2%80%99s-plan-holders-to-get-slimming-teas-medicines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[abs-cbnNEWS.com
Apr. 22, 2009
Clients of Permanent Plans Inc. flocked to the Makati headquarters of the pre-need firm Wednesday after news that the Securities and Exchange Commission has revoked its license to sell new pension plans last week.
In a statement Tuesday, Permanent Plans president Juan Miguel Vazquez promised to honor all their obligations to their plan holders. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pepcoalition.wordpress.com&blog=1736277&post=1166&subd=pepcoalition&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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