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                    [Title] => Sustaining reforms
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He can’t seem to make the luster rub off on his anointed, and even in the lynchpin of his watch, the nation has just slipped 10 notches to 95th out of 167 countries in the Corruption Perceptions Index.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-28 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1309975 [Title] => Phl to remain one of fastest-growing SEA economies [Summary] =>

The Philippines will likely remain one of the fastest growing economies in East Asia and the Pacific in the next two years, according to the World Bank, but the bank projects the growth rate to be slightly slower than the 7.2 percent posted in 2013.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/business-main/20140408/phil-fastest-growing-economies.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1309895 [Title] => Phl to remain as fastest-growing economy in Southeast Asia [Summary] =>

The Philippines is expected to remain as one of the fastest-growing  economies of the East Asia and Pacific as the region grows by 7.1 percent this year, the World Bank announced on Monday in its latest update for the region.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-07 12:19:49 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1422137 [AuthorName] => Jovan Cerda [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/business-main/20140407/world-bank.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1242503 [Title] => World Bank upgrades Phl growth forecast despite regional slowdown [Summary] =>

The World Bank upgraded on Monday its economic growth forecast for the Philippines despite a looming slowdown in the economies of East Asia and the Pacific.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-07 11:57:05 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1422137 [AuthorName] => Jovan Cerda [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img197/7061/bus1t.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 955233 [Title] => Ang OFWs sa harap ng mga pagsubok [Summary] =>

TINATAYANG 10 milyon na ang overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134033 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1742742 [AuthorName] => Sen. Loi Ejercito Estrada [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 809352 [Title] => A tale of two cities [Summary] =>

As in Manila, the humidity hits you hard the moment you walk out from air-conditioned confines. A blast of humid heat certainly welcomes us as we walk out of the Suvarnabhumi Airport terminal. Like Manila, too, the sun beats down hard here--scorching past the clear window of the bus we’re on.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133604 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1435777 [AuthorName] => Kap Maceda Aguila [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 741926 [Title] => Konishi is new WB country head for Phl [Summary] =>

The visit of World Bank (WB) president Robert Zoellick in the country has provided the incoming head of the multilateral financial institution in the Philippines, Japanese executive Motoo Konishi, an opportunity to tour his next assignment.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 741365 [Title] => World Bank committed to supporting good governance [Summary] =>

The World Bank is committed to supporting the good governance initiatives of the Aquino administration and will listen to proposals about foreign donor participation in a so-called hybrid public-private partnership (PPP) program, the bank’s president said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 732964 [Title] => Insulated from politics [Summary] =>

You know a program is successful in this country when politicians are itching to dip their hands into it.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 726836 [Title] => World Bank provides $500-million fund for Phl disaster preparedness plan [Summary] =>

The World Bank has opened a $500-million credit line for the Philippines to help the country improve its natural disaster preparedness program.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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