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                    [Title] => Local designers welcome entry of other ASEAN professionals
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Instead of looking at it as a threat, Cebuano interior designers welcome the free-flow of practitioners within the ASEAN region, saying collaboration could improve each other’s competencies.

[DatePublished] => 2016-02-05 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1386466 [Title] => Sky’s the limit for tall Fil-Aussie [Summary] =>

What’s remarkable about Fil-Aussie Ethan Kirkness is not his 6-5 height as a 12-year-old boy. It’s the expectation that according to doctors, he could grow to over 7-feet tall.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/sports/20141031/ethan-kirkness-3.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1328149 [Title] => Phl constructors gear up for ASEAN integration [Summary] =>

With the anticipated effects of the ASEAN integration, industry players of the Philippine construction industry are now gearing up for the challenges even without the help of the government.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1253748 [Title] => Construction industry seen to continue growing this year [Summary] =>

The country’s construction industry is seen to grow by more than a fifth this year from a year ago as the private and public sectors undertake projects to support the economy, the Philippine Constructors Association, Inc. (PCA) said.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473425 [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 927593 [Title] => American engineers seek jobs in Phl [Summary] =>

The expected boom in the Philippine construction sector starting this year has attracted American engineers to seek employment here with even Filipino-American engineers now considering to go back home, an industry official said.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 926824 [Title] => Furniture makers, contractors, designers converge in Tubod [Summary] =>

Furniture makers in Cebu have joined hands with contractors and designers in holding the first ever furniture exhibition dubbed “Tubod” with a common goal of capturing the estimated $647 million demand for furniture and furnishings in the domestic trade.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1298072 [AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 448699 [Title] => World Bank eyes e-bidding for road projects [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - The World Bank (WB) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) along with the private sector have embarked on a project that seeks to computerize the bidding process for government road projects in the next two years to prevent collusive practices from occurring.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804518 [AuthorName] => Ghio Ong [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 448426 [Title] => World Bank, DPWH set computerized bid process for road projects [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - The World Bank (WB) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) along with the private sector have embarked on a project that seeks to omputerize bidding process for government road projects in the next two years to prevent collusive practices from occurring.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-15 17:00:04 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804518 [AuthorName] => Ghio Ong [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263386 [Title] => PCA confirms prices of construction materials are rising [Summary] => Philippine Constructors Association (PCA) Executive Director Manolito P. Madrasto confirmed yesterday that prices of cement have gone up to as high as P160 per 40 kilogram (kg) bag while steel prices have also increase by as much as P30 per kg depending on the area.

Madrasto disclosed that steel prices have been increasing yearly, from only P12 per kilogram in 2001 to P14 per kilogram in 2002 and from an average of P24 per kilogram in 2003.

According to Madrasto prices of cement in Metro Manila averaged between P135 to P140 per bag.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 154072 [Title] => Local construction industry calls for stable cement prices [Summary] => The local construction industry has called on the domestic cement manufacturers to maintain stable cement prices to prevent the economic displacement of thousands of construction industry workers and their families.

The Philippine Constructors Association, Inc. (PCA), through Manolito Madrasto, its executive director, pushed for stable and predictable prices at reasonable levels from local cement manufacturers.

He said the Philippine construction industry is seriously affected by the fluctuation of cement prices in the local market.
[DatePublished] => 2002-03-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Real Estate [SectionUrl] => real-estate [URL] => ) ) )
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