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                    [Title] => Government urged to create comprehensive program to boost SMEs
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The government must create a comprehensive program that recognizes and capitalizes the potentials and competencies of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), according to a report by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS).

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-24 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1544514 [Title] => Vatican commits to slavery-proofing its own supply chains [Summary] =>

The Vatican says it will ensure that its supply chains don't use forced labor after a forum of some of the world's biggest supermarket chains and food manufacturers announced new efforts to slave-proof their own supply chains.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-19 17:00:25 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620017 [AuthorName] => Nicole Winfield [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1409704 [Title] => Fast-food resolution: Transform junk food image [Summary] =>

Fast-food chains have a New Year's resolution: Drop the junk.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-05 10:22:39 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212235 [AuthorName] => Candice Choi [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/health-and-family/20150105/fast-food.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1401479 [Title] => Pope urges governments, businesses to end slavery [Summary] =>

Pope Francis urged governments and legislatures on yesterday to do more to end modern-day slavery, calling for better laws and policies to prevent human trafficking, protect its victims and prosecute those responsible.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-11 07:18:54 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620017 [AuthorName] => Nicole Winfield [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1329891 [Title] => Businesses urged to boost efficiency of supply chains in preparation for Asean integration [Summary] =>

Philippine businesses are urged to enhance the efficiency of their supply chains to seize the opportunities offered by regional and global production networks as the Asean integration starts next year.

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Dancing Baby is a viral video of a 3D-rendered baby dancing to Blue Swede’s Hooked on a Feeling.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Supreme [SectionUrl] => supreme [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1321995 [Title] => Enhancing SMEs’ competitiveness, access to export markets critical to economic growth [Summary] =>

Philippine government support is crucial for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to strengthen their competitiveness in their local territory while gaining access to foreign markets and global supply chains.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1651979 [AuthorName] => Philexport [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1273586 [Title] => Cold Chain Mission on Solar News [Summary] =>

Ewan McGregor is on a mission to the ends of the earth to immunize some of the hardest-to-reach children in the world. Against the odds, Ewan and his team deliver vaccines to the world’s most remote children as health workers do every day.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 996481 [Title] => Upgrading workers’ skills key to global competitiveness [Summary] =>

Developing economies like the Philippines  should empower their labor force with  the right skills and knowledge to improve global competitiveness and rise through value chains, a top official of the World Trade Organization (WTO) said.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1652108 [AuthorName] => Philexport News and Features [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/9913/86vu.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 845539 [Title] => Four steps to greater trade and recovery in APEC [Summary] =>

Members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) are taking concrete actions to boost trade, development and recovery in the Asia-Pacific region, in spite of economic uncertainties emanating, in particular, from the Eurozone.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1122436 [AuthorName] => Ambassador MUHAMAD NOOR/APEC Secretariat Executive Director [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) ) )
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