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                    [ArticleID] => 1799306
                    [Title] => Tastes juice right
                    [Summary] => 

Summer is my favorite season.

[DatePublished] => 2018-03-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804980 [AuthorName] => Ina Jacobe [SectionName] => Young Star [SectionUrl] => young-star [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/articles/ystar1_2018-03-22_22-31-12137_thumbnail.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1409407 [Title] => BIR to impose 1% withholding tax on raw sugar [Summary] =>

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will impose a one percent creditable withholding tax on income payments on locally produced raw sugar.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/business-main/20150105/Sugar-3.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 395403 [Title] => Homegrown hits [Summary] => Don’t panic, it’s organic. Or do panic.

Sometimes, buying organic goods is not as earth-friendly as it seems, especially if your desired organic matter has been imported from more than a few thousand "petroleum miles" away.
[DatePublished] => 2007-04-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134562 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1123191 [AuthorName] => Ana G. Kalaw [SectionName] => Young Star [SectionUrl] => young-star [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 377074 [Title] => ‘Boga’ killing ’cracker industry [Summary] => CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga — It isn’t just imported firecrackers that are easing out locally made fireworks from the market. An improvised cannon made from PVC pipes and fueled by denatured alcohol is coming in with a bang.

Local fireworks manufacturers in Bulacan are suffering from low sales due to the entry of the latest noisemaker, the locally made boga, an improvised pipe cannon.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 266065 [Title] => FPI urges DTI to continue safeguard duty on cement [Summary] => The Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI) is urging the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to continue imposing a safeguard tariff on imported cement as there is still so much under-utilized capacity locally.

According to the FPI, the operating conditions for local cement manufacturers have gotten even tougher than when the safeguard was imposed.

The costs of fuel and electricity specifically continue to rise.

At the same time, the FPI stressed, there is still so much overcapacity even though there has been a slight improvement.
[DatePublished] => 2004-10-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 231795 [Title] => Gov’t hikes tariff rates on 627 goods [Summary] => The government is expecting to raise P1.5 billion from the latest decision of the Cabinet-level Tariff and Related Matters (TRM) Committee to raise the tariff rates on 627 locally produced products.

The TRM had been tasked to conduct review of the country’s Most Favored Nation (MFN) tariff rates.

The review involved 4,574 tariff lines of which 1,371 are locally produced and 3,190 lines are not locally produced.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 149143 [Title] => Tariff cut on 1,000 imported items delayed [Summary] => The much-awaited tariff reduction on 1,000 product categories, including raw materials and semi-processed goods not produced locally and several agricultural products, will be delayed by about two more months. [DatePublished] => 2002-02-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 95672 [Title] => DTI rejects petrochem sector’s appeal for tariff protection [Summary] => Instead of granting tariff protection to the local petrochemical industry, the government said it would plug the loopholes that have allowed unscrupulous importers to smuggle plastic resins into the country.

Resisting the aggressive lobby of the petrochemical industry for government to raise the tariffs even on petrochemical products that are not being produced locally, the Department of Trade and Industry said it is more inclined to plug the loopholes rather than meddle with the tariff structure.
[DatePublished] => 2001-07-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 98185 [Title] => Government urged to freeze tariff rates [Summary] => Manufacturers want the government to freeze tariff rates at 2000 levels across all tariff lines, saying that the selective freeze approved by the Cabinet committee on Tariffs and Related Matters (TRM) would do little to lower production costs unless all tariffs are reduced.

The Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI), an organization of 80 of the biggest manufacturers and manufacturers associations, told reporters that the tariffs on all raw materials not produced locally should be brought down to zero as soon as possible.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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