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                    [Title] => PEZA investments up 18.19% to P9.7 billion in May
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MANILA, Philippines – Investments in export processing zones went up by 18.19 percent to P9.75 billion in May from P8.25 billion in March, the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) reported yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 470685 [Title] => Asean nixes RP bid to re-classify sugar as highly sensitive product [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines was unable to convince its Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) neighbors to re-classify sugar and include it in the highly sensitive list, a ranking government official said.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 470064 [Title] => Flour millers seek extension of duty-free importation of wheat [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines – Flour millers are asking the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to extend the duty free importation of milling wheat to keep the price of bread and other flour-based products stable.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 469327 [Title] => Favila says exports starting to pick up [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines – After recording a 52 percent drop in investments for the first three months of the year, the government announced that second quarter investments would be better as a South Korean firm finalizes its plan to invest in the country’s renewable energy industry.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 462179 [Title] => DTI vows to act on high cement prices [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) vowed to act on the high price of cement as the cost of this construction input remained high despite government intervention.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 410292 [Title] => Do your shopping now, traders urge consumers [Summary] => Consumers must start buying Christmas goods in order to avoid the expected increase in prices, the supermarkets association ... [DatePublished] => 2008-10-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 52404 [Title] => UAE firm eyes infra project in RP [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-03-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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