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                    [Title] => GMA Life TV & One Mega Publishing Group renew ties
                    [Summary] => 

GMA International recently renewed its ties with One Mega Publishing Group, the country’s pioneer publisher of glossy magazines, in a MOA signing at GMA Network Center.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 893062 [Title] => GMA International wraps up another busy year [Summary] =>

GMA International, the business unit which manages the distribution of GMA Network’s international channels, GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV and GMA News TV International, capped off 2012 with several successful events.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 851939 [Title] => GMA wins in NY marketing awards [Summary] =>

GMA Network, Inc. brought home six EMMAs (Excellence in Multi-Cultural Marketing Awards) at the 26th National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) conference last Sept. 11 to 12 at the Hilton New York in Manhattan.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 725991 [Title] => GMA News TV reaches Australia and Guam [Summary] =>

Just a few weeks after it went on air in Australia and Guam, GMA News TV International not only delivers timely, comprehensive local news and encompassing public affairs programs from the Philippines, but it has also proven that it is the answer to the Filipinos’ clamor for an all-news Pinoy channel by the overwhelming number of positive feedback it receives from carriers and viewers in both countries.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/entertainment/20110912/joseph-francia.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 668495 [Title] => GMA Network launches international channels in Florida [Summary] =>

Filipino viewers in Central Florida counties Brevard, Flagler, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia now have the chance to watch their favorite GMA Network programs as its partner Bright House Networks launched international channels GMA Pinoy TV and GMA Life TV last March 10.

[DatePublished] => 2011-03-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 660562 [Title] => GMA Life TV seeks to strengthen position in international market [Summary] =>

GMA Life TV marks the first quarter of 2011 with new programming aimed at strengthening its positioning as the only international Filipino lifestyle channel. 

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 271504 [Title] => GMA Network steps up overseas expansion [Summary] => Broadcast firm GMA Network Inc. is stepping up its major overseas expansion program this year to boost profitability and establish a strong presence in the global arena.

The move is part of efforts to set up new and stronger growth platforms, built around a strategy of aggressive expansion in the international markets, the company said.

GMA said it launched its international operations in Japan early this month and in Guam just last week via direct-to-home (DTH) satellite. The network’s locally-produced shows can be seen through GMA Pinoy TV.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 268186 [Title] => Dagdag na 2% VAT magpapatatag sa piso [Summary] => Inihayag kahapon ni outgoing Trade and Industry Secretary Cesar Purisima sa pagpapatuloy ng pagdinig ng senate committee on ways and means na ang pagpasa sa dagdag na 2 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) ay lalong magpapatatag sa ating piso.

Sa ipinadalang liham ni Sec. Purisima kay Sen. Ralph Recto, chairman ng komite na dumidinig sa panukalang dagdag na 2% VAT, nilinaw nito na hindi isyu ang posibleng pagtaas sa presyo ng bilihin sa sandaling aprubahan ang dagdag na VAT dahil sa kabuuan ay lalong magpapatatag ito sa ating ekonomiya.
[DatePublished] => 2005-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 237675 [Title] => Assunta-Jules wedding billboard up soon on EDSA [Summary] => Assunta de Rossi and husband Rep. Jules Ledesma are back from a trip to New York where the actress had an initial fitting of her wedding gown by international designer Vera Wang.

The gown, which Assunta describes as "a simple yet elegant ivory strapless affair with a princess cut," was chosen by the couple from a catalogue of designs Vera and her staff presented them during a quick trip to her shop last December.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 193552 [Title] => Government urged to consider withdrawal from WTO [Summary] => Sen. Rodolfo Biazon called yesterday on the government to study the possibility of getting out of the World Trade Organization after noting its adverse effects on Philippine industries.

At a hearing by the Senate committee on trade and industry headed by Sen. Robert Jaworski, Biazon said the WTO had allowed industrialized countries to subsidize agriculture, while bearing down hard on the Philippines in any similar move.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1297981 [AuthorName] => Efren Danao [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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