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                    [ArticleID] => 1544471
                    [Title] => Pres. Aquino signs law on SK reforms
                    [Summary] => 

The Sangguniang Kabataan Reform Law has finally been signed yesterday by President Benigno Aquino III and has now become Republic Act 10742.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-19 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1526426 [AuthorName] => Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 609774 [Title] => Real mailing expenses [Summary] =>

This is in connection with the article “SolGen’s Mailing Bill for 2009: P4.8M” which appeared in your paper today.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1413259 [AuthorName] => Jose Anselmo I. Cadiz, Solicitor General [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 317561 [Title] => Gov’t closely monitoring prices [Summary] => Government agencies have started closely monitoring prices of basic commodities as the Department of Finance (DOF) is expected to formally recommend to President Arroyo next week that the expanded value-added tax (EVAT) rate be increased from 10 percent to 12 percent in February.

Trade Secretary Peter Favila said the move is aimed at thwarting any undue price increases that may be triggered by the higher VAT rate.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 297996 [Title] => ‘Investors won’t welcome suspension of EVAT’ [Summary] => Southeast Asia’s largest bank warned yesterday that the international financial community would react negatively to any move to suspend the implementation of the expanded value-added tax (EVAT) on power and oil by the Philippine government.

In its client report dated Sept. 20, the Singapore-based DBS Group said they expect interest rates to go up once President Arroyo supports snowballing moves in the Senate and the House of Representatives to postpone the implementation of the VAT Reform Law on power and oil to June next year.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 295619 [Title] => ‘Manufacturers gave assurance of no drastic price increase’ [Summary] => Manufacturers of key commodities have given assurances to the government that the prices of their goods will not drastically increase, even with the implementation of the expanded value-added tax (EVAT) law, Trade Secretary Peter Favila said yesterday.

In a press conference in Malacañang, Favila said the assurances were given to him during a series of meetings with manufacturers’ associations and market leaders over the past weeks.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 104859 [Title] => Mercado bats for stronger PNP action against rogue cops [Summary] => Former Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado called yesterday for the ‘strengthening of the internal affairs investigation mechanism’ in the Philippine National Police (PNP) to check the performance and conduct of police officers.

Mercado bewailed the fact that the operation of "a strong and no-nonsense PNP Internal Affairs Department, as embodied in the PNP Reform Law has never been given emphasis as to really remove scalawags."
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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