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                    [ArticleID] => 1520403
                    [Title] => Solon wants increase in gov't travel allowance
                    [Summary] => 

A party-list lawmaker wants to increase the travel allowance of government officials and employees from P800 to P2,000 per day.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-09 19:07:18 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/nation/20151110/suitcase-travel.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 625365 [Title] => 'Let Pilar look after Mt. Samat' [Summary] =>

The mayor of Bataan’s Pilar town, where the historic Mt. Samat is located, is asking the national government to turn over the management of the 77-hectare landmark to the municipal government.           

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097506 [AuthorName] => Raffy Viray [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 43843 [Title] => Breakthrough in natural feeds to make tilapia culture cheaper [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-02-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1220725 [AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 14756 [Title] => Is your backpack giving your backbones all the beating? [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-08-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1728282 [AuthorName] => Ruth G. Mercado [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 362176 [Title] => Global investment banks bullish on RP [Summary] => International investment firms Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch expect significant improvements in the Philippines’ macroeconomic fundamentals as a result of the fiscal reforms implemented.

Lehman Brothers, in its Global Weekly Economic Monitor released Oct. 6, credited the Philippines for effecting fiscal reforms and yielding the desired results faster than expected. It further noted that the "reforms have reached a critical point where virtuous spirals are developing, lifting investor confidence, which in turn helps improve the fundamentals."
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 338301 [Title] => S&P outlook upgrade seen within 6 mos [Summary] => As Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Investor Service wrapped up its annual credit ratings review, government officials said they expect a possible outlook upgrade in the next six months and even a credit ratings upgrade within the year provided ongoing reforms were completed.

According to the Investor Relations Office (IRO) of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the credit rating agency wanted assurances that the imminent charter change would not derail on-going economic reforms.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 327519 [Title] => JCRA concludes annual review of RP economy [Summary] => The Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCRA) has concluded its annual review of the country’s economic performance and authorities are expecting a two-notch upgrade in outlook rating from "negative" to "positive".

Usually the most optimistic of the major credit rating agencies, JCRA has already met with Philippine officials in February.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 327344 [Title] => RP economic team to conduct no-deal roadshow in US, Europe [Summary] => The government will conduct a no-deal roadshow next month to apprise investors in Europe and the US of the real conditions in the Philippines amid rising concerns over the political situation.

The economic team, led by Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando M. Tetangco, Finance Secretary Margarito Teves and Trade Secretary Peter Favila, is scheduled to meet with European and US investors in separate briefing conferences in London and New York.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 313083 [Title] => NG confident of RP retention in CalPERS portfolio [Summary] => Government is confident the Philippines would get a favorable review when the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) evaluates its investment portfolio in January and decides whether to retain the country in its preferred list.

CalPERS, the biggest pension fund in the US, is expected to review its list of "permissible countries" in January based on the recommendation of third-party analysts which started taking their surveys this month.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 312618 [Title] => RP’s credit rating next year hinges on EVAT hike to 12% [Summary] => The adjustment of the expanded value-added tax (EVAT) rate from 10 percent to 12 percent in February next year will be pivotal to the country’s credit rating in 2006.

As Moody’s Investor Service wrapped up its annual ratings review this month, the next criterion under close watch by credit rating agencies will be the scheduled adjustment in the EVAT rate.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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