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                    [ArticleID] => 1873635
                    [Title] => Banks pay P6 B penalties for failure  to meet agri-agra thresholds
                    [Summary] =>  Banks have paid about P6 billion in penalties over the last two years for falling short of the mandated lending thresholds for agriculture and agrarian reform, a member of the central bank’s Monetary Board said.
                    [DatePublished] => 2018-12-03 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1097197
                    [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
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                    [Title] => Villar backs research on healthier rice
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Rice is the lar-gest part of the Filipino diet and healthier versions of the staple can go a long way in helping solve key health concerns, as well as improve public health in general.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 178912 [Title] => PAF chopper breaks down in Davao [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — Engine trouble forced a Philippine Air Force attack helicopter to make an emergency landing on a beach in Barangay Matina here Saturday just hours after a PAF plane crashed off Zamboanga City also due to engine trouble, the military reported.

The pilots and a crew of the MG-520 attack helicopter were unhurt.

The chopper was headed for Air Force Tactical Operation Group’s base at Davao International Airport from the Awang, Maguindanao, headquarters of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, when it partially lost engine power.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 158973 [Title] => Government may ditch VAT system [Summary] => Desperate for cash, the Arroyo administration is considering shifting back to regressive taxation by reinstating the sales tax to replace the leak-infested value added tax (VAT) system. [DatePublished] => 2002-04-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 83540 [Title] => ADB holds release of grains sector loan [Summary] => A major disagreement over the incentive fees that the National Food Authority (NFA) grants to farmers during grains procurement has caused a delay in the release of the second tranche, amounting to $30 million, under the Asian Development Bank’s grains sector development package (GSDP).

The second tranche was due for release last month but remains undisbursed to this day because the ADB and the NFA could not agree on the amount of grains procurement incentives granted to farmers.
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Breaking political barriers, former agriculture secretaries, including present secretary Edgardo Angara have decided to band together and create a group that will find ways of improving the country's agriculture sector.

The initial meeting to create the Citizens Committee for Agriculture Competitiveness (CCAC) was attended by Carlos Dominguez, Senen Bacani, Roberto Sebastian, Salvador Escudero III, and Angara who hosted the meeting. [DatePublished] => 2000-01-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )

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