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                    [Title] => NEDA's Santos completes BSP's 7-member Monetary Board
                    [Summary] => 

Malacañang has named National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) acting Director General Augusto Santos as the government representative in the seven-man Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 268456 [Title] => Sisimula sa Abril: Mga bagong sasakyan 3 taon na ang rehistro [Summary] => Mula sa darating na buwan ng Abril ng taong kasalukuyan sisimulan na ng Land Transportation Office (LTO) na makakolekta para sa tatlong taong halaga ng rehistro para sa lahat ng mga brand new motor vehicles.

Ito ang nakasaad sa Administrative Order 010-2005 na nilagdaan nina LTO Chief Anneli Lontoc at Transportation Secretary Leandro Mendoza, kasama sina Budget Secretary Emilia Boncodin at Finance Secretary Juanita Amatong.
[DatePublished] => 2005-02-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267509 [Title] => Gov’t to rein in budget deficit [Summary] => The government said it expects the budget deficit to hit P194 billion this year, below the P197.8-billion ceiling set earlier.

In a statement, Malacañang said the 2004 estimate was based on the deficit of P160.2 billion posted in the 11 months to November, which was P21.7 billion below the target for that period.

Finance Secretary Juanita Amatong said the government is projecting a budget deficit of P193.3 billion in 2005.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267131 [Title] => RP junks proposed currency swap [Summary] => Finance officials have dropped the proposed currency swap arrangement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) due to disagreements over the terms of the transaction.

Government sources told reporters that negotiations with ADB for the currency swap have been practically terminated as the parties could not reconcile their positions on the terms of the agreement.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267181 [Title] => DOF explores ways of raising revenue from telecoms [Summary] => Finance Secretary Juanita Amatong confirmed yesterday that the Department of Finance continues to explore ways of raising new revenues from telecommunications while sparing consumers from any additional cost.

"The proposed tax on telecom companies has not been withdrawn by the executive branch and there has been no flip-flopping on this matter," Amatong said in a press statement.

She stressed that the Department of Finance (DOF) intends to pursue its proposal for new revenues from the telecommunications sector in partnership with Congress.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267232 [Title] => Tax sa cellphone tuloy–Palasyo [Summary] => Hindi iuurong ng Arroyo government ang plano nitong patawan ng buwis ang mga cellular phone pero humahanap sila ng paraan upang hindi maapektuhan ang mga cellphone users para sa karagdagang pasanin.

Ito ang naging reaksyon ni Finance Secretary Juanita Amatong sa napaulat na pagbabago ng pasya ng gobyerno kaugnay sa planong karagdagang buwis sa telecommunication.

Ayon kay Sec. Amatong, intensyon ng Department of Finance (DOF) na isulong ang panukalang batas na ito sa pakikipagtulungan ng Kongreso upang makakalap ng karagdagang buwis ang pamahalaan.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 266587 [Title] => Amatong suggests ‘back to basics’ vs fiscal crisis [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — Increase revenue and lower expenditure.

Finance Secretary Juanita Amatong wants a "back to the basics" approach to solving the country’s fiscal crisis.

Amatong, who arrived here Friday for the Third Mindanao Working Group Meeting at the Davao Waterfront Insular Hotel, told The STAR that an integral part of the approach involves convincing even ordinary taxpayers to "get involved."

"There is really a need to make people understand what the country is going through," she said.
[DatePublished] => 2004-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 266193 [Title] => Arroyo apologizes to ‘national treasurer’ [Summary] => The news of his appointment was a bit exaggerated.

Former Philippine National Construction Co. (PNCC) chairman Rolando Macasaet received a public apology yesterday from President Arroyo for the Palace news leak that became the basis of reports that he had been appointed national treasurer.

Mrs. Arroyo issued the apology during her monthly luncheon with Malacañang reporters at the State Dining Hall.
[DatePublished] => 2004-10-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 266195 [Title] => Government bares new foreign borrowing strategy [Summary] => The Arroyo administration is making another shift in its borrowing strategy, announcing that the bulk of its foreign borrowing will now be financed out of official development assistance (ODAs) instead of loans and bond issues.

The Department of Finance (DOF) made this announcement as the country faces increasingly problematic access to the international credit market in the wake of an expected wave of downgrades by the three major credit rating agencies: Moody’s, Standard & Poors and Fitch Ratings.
[DatePublished] => 2004-10-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 266070 [Title] => Ex-PNCC chief is nat’l treasurer [Summary] => President Arroyo has reportedly appointed former Philippine National Construction Co. (PNCC) chairman Rolando Macasaet as the new national treasurer, replacing resigned Bureau of Treasury Director Mina Figueroa.

Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita disclosed Macasaet’s reported appointment yesterday. Figueroa’s resignation takes effect on Oct. 15. However, Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye told The STAR Macasaet has no appointment papers yet.
[DatePublished] => 2004-10-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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