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                    [Title] => Economist: Next Phl leader must show infra commitment
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Although the economic growth of the Philippines will not depend solely on who becomes the next President, but his/her commitment on infrastructure development will be very crucial in sustaining the country’s economy.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-21 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1416890 [Title] => International firms to make Philippines as gateway to ASEAN [Summary] =>

With the ASEAN integration just around the bend, more international companies are expected to make their way to a 600 million consumer base with the Philippines as their gateway to the region.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1416239 [Title] => But Pinoys may be spared: Oil plunge may result to job cuts in Middle East [Summary] =>

Overseas Filipino Workers in the Middle East are threatened by possible manpower layoffs due to the continuous drop of crude oil prices in the world market.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1151131 [Title] => Phl economy seen resilient to corruption controversies [Summary] =>

Despite the corruption controversies surrounding the Philippine government, the economy is still expected to soar further, in fact it is considered as one of the three emerging economies in Southeast Asia along with Indonesia and Vietnam.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 952721 [Title] => Growing demand for online jobs promotes “brain gain” [Summary] =>

The Philippines will be able to take strides with its long-time bid for “brain gain” if it were to implement programs that encourage Filipinos to stay home while earning dollars and maximizing the growing virtual job demand, a chamber official said.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 842894 [Title] => Online ESL teaching an emerging market for Filipino entrepreneurs [Summary] =>

Filipinos could take advantage of the fast growing ESL (English as Second Language) money-making opportunity not just by attracting non-English speaking nationalities to study in the country, but utilizing the Internet as channel to teach English.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 732378 [Title] => Rising cost of doing business, strong peso choking exporters [Summary] =>

Small and Medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) in exports expressed apprehensions that the upswing of the value of the peso against the dollar coupled with the rising cost of doing business in the Philippines would further squeeze their business.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 344903 [Title] => Philippine creative industry formed to boost design skills [Summary] => The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) together with the Department of Tourism will be working hand in hand to develop a creative industry in the Philippines.

DTI undersecretary Zoraida Amalia C. Alonzo said that DTI would need the help of the DOT in developing this kind of industry, so that design capabilities and creativities of Filipinos will also be well promoted in the world.

"The DTI will be working closely with the DOT in developing the Philippine creative industry," Alonzo said during her recent visit to Cebu.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 336679 [Title] => Slower birth rate yet worse hunger [Summary] => A population slowdown from 2.36 percent in the ’90s to 2.1 percent in the past five years should bring cheer. More so since last year’s notable 1.95 percent was so close to the government target of 1.9 percent. But what ruins the mood of economists is a related finding that families going hungry grew from 2.54 million in 2005 to 2.8 million today.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 334860 [Title] => People’s initiative illegal — Velarde [Summary] => El Shaddai leader "Brother" Mike Velarde condemned yesterday as illegal a signature campaign pushed by the Arroyo administration to change the Constitution, but said he would not end his crucial support for her over the issue.

Velarde said the campaign for signatures was illegal and the changes amounted to a "powergrab" as they would extend the terms of unelected officials under a proposed shift from the current US-style presidency to a parliamentary form of government.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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