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                    [ArticleID] => 812591
                    [Title] => News Analysis: Can Philippines sustain economic growth in 2012?
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The Philippines' first quarter growth surpassed expectations but the question remains if such rosy figures will be sustained for the rest of the year.

[DatePublished] => 2012-06-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 582340 [Title] => NEDA: Vegetable prices to rise during rainy season [Summary] =>

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) reported yesterday that the prices of vegetables are expected to increase by up to 25 percent this rainy season, based on historical data.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 582134 [Title] => Inflation target will not be raised despite wage hike [Summary] =>

The Philippine government do not need to raise the inflation target for this year despite wage slight increase for Metro Manila, an official said Tuesday. 

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-08 15:45:16 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 581014 [Title] => Budget gap could fall below P293-billion target [Summary] =>

The country’s budget deficit may end up narrower than the programmed P293 billion for this year on expectations that the economy would sustain its strength in the first quarter of the year, Finance Secretary Margarito Teves said Thursday night.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 580675 [Title] => BIR, BOC expect significantly higher collections this year [Summary] =>

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) are expected to collect more this year, significantly higher than their respective targets of P830 billion and P275 billion as the economy is expected to sustain its strong first quarter performance.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 580369 [Title] => Philippines may raise GDP target this year [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) -- The government is likely to upgrade its GDP growth target of 2.6 to 3.6 percent this year following a stronger than expected first quarter economic growth, a senior official said Wednesday.   

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-02 16:30:20 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 576219 [Title] => RP GDP to be revised upward [Summary] =>

The Philippine government might revise upward its growth outlook for the year because higher domestic spending brought about by the recently held general election.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 565834 [Title] => RP's economic managers likely to stick to 2010 growth targets [Summary] =>

Economic managers will likely stick to this year’s growth target despite the rising crop damages caused by the dry spell and the power crisis in Mindanao, an official of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said on Monday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805309 [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 565182 [Title] => Wage board to get side of stores on wage hike petition [Summary] =>

The Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board will be accommodating the request of department stores owners and similar businesses for them to present their side on the impending wage hike petitions filed by the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines and the Cebu Labor Coalition.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097371 [AuthorName] => Mitchelle L. Palaubsano [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 563769 [Title] => Construction sector faces higher steel costs [Summary] =>

The construction and real estate sector should brace for the effects of the global surge in iron ore prices that could lead to increases in the cost of finished steel products in the country by at least 30 percent, the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) warned yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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