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                    [Title] => Truck ban: Discouraging potential investors
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You may not be aware but we are among the laggards in the ASEAN as far as generating Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) is concern.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-18 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134218 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1317599 [AuthorName] => Fidel O. Abalos [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1496954 [Title] => FDI: Why Vietnam beat us [Summary] =>

As the host province, we’ve been on our toes these days as far as making sure that the activities of the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) are smooth and problem-free.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-06 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134218 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1317599 [AuthorName] => Fidel O. Abalos [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1283480 [Title] => ASEAN integration: Are we ready? [Summary] =>

Transforming the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) into one ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by the end of year 2015 is imminent.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134218 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1317599 [AuthorName] => Fidel O. Abalos [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1271331 [Title] => PNoy: There’s nothing wrong with change [Summary] =>

Recently, the Makati Business Club (MBC) and the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), two of the biggest and most influential aggrupation of businessmen in the country, urged our government (both executive and legislative) to put their acts together and address the pressing issues brought about by the imminent integration of the ASEAN region by the end of 2015.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134218 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1317599 [AuthorName] => Fidel O. Abalos [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 808901 [Title] => FDI: A must for growth [Summary] =>

Three decades ago, as a young professional, I had the opportunity to work with a world-renowned auditing firm.

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According to Trade and Industry Officer-in-Charge Thomas G. Aquino, the Philippine panel does not want to rush the agreement for signing by September this year.

"It has to be a good deal. We want to conclude it as soon as possible, but it (the agreement) cannot be born out of tension or we will not be able to live with it, " Aquino explained.
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