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                    [ArticleID] => 470515
                    [Title] => Bureau of Customs hit over taxes on imported books
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MANILA, Philippines - The UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines (UNACOM) has joined the ranks of critics of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) for its recent move to impose taxes on imported books and other reading materials.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 252510 [Title] => ‘I’m dating this bloke from Denmark’: That’s what Mary said [Summary] => MELBOURNE, Australia – I’ve been receiving excitable text messages from Manila ominously warning that the GMA Government is planning to declare "martial law" and alleging that a clampdown on the press is "imminent".

I’m not at all sure such a thing is either imminent, or in prospect in the long run, but what the heck: in my profession, we learn to never say "never", or pooh-pooh the unexpected.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 239109 [Title] => Associations loom as major force in socio-economic dev’t [Summary] => Associations are emerging as a major force for social and economic development worldwide.

This was revealed by the Society of Association Executives-Philippines (SAE-Phil.), a non-profit, non-government entity envisioned to become the umbrella organizations of association executives all over the country.

Citing a statement from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), a briefing paper from the SAE-Phil and the Philippine Convention and Visitors Corp. states:
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 239232 [Title] => Associations loom as major force in socio-economic dev’t [Summary] => Associations are emerging as a major force for social and economic development worldwide.

This was revealed by the Society of Association Executives-Philippines (SAE-Phil.), a non-profit, non-government entity envisioned to become the umbrella organizations of association executives all over the country.

Citing a statement from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), a briefing paper from the SAE-Phil and the Philippine Convention and Visitors Corp. states:
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