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                    [Title] => The APEC Summit in Manila and globalization
                    [Summary] => 

The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit meeting in Manila puts the country on the international map this week.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-17 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133940 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1336383 [AuthorName] => Gerardo P. Sicat [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1511206 [Title] => Distractions [Summary] =>

Seeing the weeklong freak show at the Commission on Elections, lawmakers should increase next year’s funding for the National Center for Mental Health in Mandaluyong.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-15 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1370225 [Title] => Strength in numbers [Summary] =>

Finance and business mavens converged for a night of camaraderie when The Bellevue Manila, the premier five-star hotel in the southern metro, sponsored a Joint Foreign Chambers Networking Night.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135074 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804795 [AuthorName] => Johnny Litton [SectionName] => Newsmakers [SectionUrl] => newsmakers [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1325039 [Title] => Rapprochement as option for US, China [Summary] =>

HESITATION: It may be hard for Filipinos to swallow, but despite Obamic oratory and a supposedly iron-clad mutual defense treaty, the United States appears not ready to confront China over reefs and corals scattered in the South China Sea being claimed by its ally the Philippines.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135304 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804858 [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1301632 [Title] => Sibuyas smuggling pahirap sa magsasaka [Summary] =>

TALAGA bang hindi matitigil ang pag-smuggle ng sibuyas sa Pilipinas?

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135482 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1300670 [Title] => Today’s onion smugglers use old modus operandi [Summary] =>

They over-import in order to bring down the price of domestic harvests, then recycle the used permits to import even more. Retail rates remain high in public markets.

 

 

 

 

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1291652 [Title] => House begins Cha-cha hearings [Summary] =>

The House of Representatives will start today a series of public hearings on the proposal to amend the Constitution to allow Congress to lift restrictions on foreign ownership of land and businesses to bring in more foreign investments.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img515/6302/houseqh.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1290820 [Title] => Biz group urges gov’t to implement reciprocity rules on foreign carriers [Summary] =>

Foreign business groups in the country are calling on the Philippine government to implement reciprocity rules under international agreements covering foreign carriers to enable the country to be more competitive and achieve tourism targets.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473425 [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1289640 [Title] => JFC backs bill amending law on foreign investments [Summary] =>

The Joint Foreign Chambers (JFC) support a proposed measure seeking to change the foreign investments law by removing restrictions on practice of professions and lowering the employment threshold for small and medium enterprises.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473425 [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1264207 [Title] => Foreign businessmen push passage of CMTA [Summary] =>

Foreign businessmen in the country back the passage of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) before 2015 to continue reforms made in the previous Congress and enhance the country’s competitiveness for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Community (AEC) as well as address the perennial problem of smuggling.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473425 [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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