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                    [ArticleID] => 386404
                    [Title] => LCV maker wants to help build Pinoy utility vehicle
                    [Summary] => 





Dreamco Automobile Co. Inc., importer, manufacturer and distributor of Foton light commercial vehicles (LCV) and trucks, has expressed interest in helping build the Philippine Utility Vehicle (PhUV), a program of the Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturers Association of the Philippines (MVPMAP) that aims to build affordable vehicles.

[DatePublished] => 2007-02-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 383876 [Title] => Availing of the Porsche Approved [Summary] => Availing of the Porsche Approved Pre-owned Car Program has never been more pleasant. Not that we know of it first-hand. Well, okay...not exactly. Okay, let me explain. Journalists ... specifically them of the motoring kind ... are privileged in certain ways. In order to be effective in delivering the message to our readers, we ought to indulge in that which we need to communicate. So, when the task of coming up with the story on how the Porsche Approved Pre-owned Car Program works in the Philippines, we need to drive a Porsche pre-owned car ... without necessarily making the purchase. [DatePublished] => 2007-02-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1274754 [AuthorName] => Dong Magsajo (Pre-owned Car Program) [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 356702 [Title] => Is the Mandaue reclamation illegal? [Summary] => Mr. Bert Emphasis of the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) wrote belatedly a violent reaction to our Aug.23rd column entitled, "Mandaue and Norkis row: A breach of contract!" Bert says and let me quote his letter, "If Bobit really considers me a friend then he could have called me so I can enlighten him and save him the embarrassment. If thoroughness and resourcefulness are measures of a real journalist, I think Bobit failed miserably." Sorry, Bert, I did try to call you.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 354083 [Title] => BOI backs People’s Car Program revival [Summary] => The Board of Investments (BOI) has signified its support for the revival of the People’s Car Program as it approved the revision of the 2006 Investment Priorities Plan (IPP) guidelines for the motor vehicle industry.

The approved changes include the "manufacture or assembly of a basic Philippine utility vehicle with high local value-added" as projects which may qualify for pioneer status, hence eligible to receive greater tax incentives.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 350896 [Title] => Car manufacturers favor revival of People’s Car program [Summary] => The revival of the People’s Car Program (PCP) will depend on the incentives government will be willing to give to attract local automotive manufacturers and new investors to participate in such a program, according to Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc. (CAMPI) president Elizabeth Lee.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 350293 [Title] => Auto parts makers push revival of People’s Car Program [Summary] => The Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturers Association of the Philippines (MVPMAP) is spearheading a revival of the glory days of the Philippine automotive industry through a new People’s Car Program.

Under the scheme, the MVPMAP is proposing to introduce a brand-new vehicle at the price of a second-hand car but with a high level of local content.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 222998 [Title] => It’s time for the ‘People’s car’ [Summary] => Remember the "people’s car"? One of the main stumbling blocks to the program, as claimed then by the proponents, was the 15-percent excise tax. With Republic Act 9224 reducing the said tax to a mere two percent, the "people’s car" would now be a very affordable alternative to the middle-income earners who have been aspiring to own brand new vehicles.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133756 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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