Tariff

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                    [Title] => MB exec bats for tariff reprieve in agriculture sector
                    [Summary] => There is a need to open up the Philippine market by lifting protectionist measures for the agriculture sector and finance product-enhancing initiatives, a member of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Monetary Board said.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-12-05 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1097197
                    [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili
                    [SectionName] => Business
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                    [ArticleID] => 2216926
                    [Title] => A win for consumers
                    [Summary] => After weeks of hearings and investigations conducted on the matter, the Tariff Commission has issued two controversial orders with expected huge effects not only on the local cement industry but also on cement users and on the entire economy.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-10-16 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 134315
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805465
                    [AuthorName] => Mary Ann LL. Reyes
                    [SectionName] => Business
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                    [ArticleID] => 2210135
                    [Title] => Higit P200-B 'nalugi sa magsasaka' dahil sa Rice Liberalization Law — grupo
                    [Summary] => Muling binuhay ng Anakpawis party-list ang panawagang i-repeal ang Republic Act 11203 o Rice Liberalization law kasabay ng pagsadsad daw ng farm gate prices ng palay sa P13/kilo sa Nueva Ecija — bagay na nagpalobo raw nang husto sa lugi ng mga magbubukid.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-09-16 12:56:00
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                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1806091
                    [AuthorName] => James Relativo
                    [SectionName] => Bansa
                    [SectionUrl] => bansa
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                    [Title] => Government urged to cut tariffs, import more
                    [Summary] => The country’s economic team is pushing for the expansion of tariff reduction and more volume of certain imported agricultural commodities to cushion the impact of soaring global oil prices on domestic food prices.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-03-09 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1475310
                    [AuthorName] => Louise Maureen Simeon
                    [SectionName] => Business
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                    [ArticleID] => 2146137
                    [Title] => TC delays hearings on petrochem safeguard measures
                    [Summary] => The Tariff Commission is moving to a later date the public hearing to determine if safeguard measures should be imposed on imports of high density polyethylene and linear low density polyethylene pellets and granules. The hearing was initially set for this week.
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-12-07 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1473425
                    [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
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                    [ArticleID] => 2092773
                    [Title] => Palace tells senators to give EO on lower pork tariffs a chance
                    [Summary] => President Rodrigo Duterte has urged senators to give the executive order that lowered the tariffs on pork imports a chance and has expressed willingness to revisit the policy in two months to determine if its desired outcomes are attained.
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-04-21 17:53:00
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                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805309
                    [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
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                    [ArticleID] => 2090891
                    [Title] => Palace: Duterte to listen to senators against cutting pork import tariffs
                    [Summary] => President Rodrigo Duterte is ready to listen to senators who oppose the lowering of the tariffs on pork because of its possible impact on the local hog industry, Malacañang said Tuesday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-04-13 18:54:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805309
                    [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
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                    [ArticleID] => 2070877
                    [Title] => Commentary: Feed-in tariffs and the pandemic
                    [Summary] => Both the Social Security System and Philippine Health Insurance Corporation are reconsidering their plans to increase premium contribution rates this year. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-01-16 14:44:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1806709
                    [AuthorName] => Paco A. Pangalangan
                    [SectionName] => News Commentary
                    [SectionUrl] => news-commentary
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2020/05/22/h13_2020-05-22_21-06-20414_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1897338
                    [Title] => Unsafe
                    [Summary] => In last November’s issue of Vietnam Economic News, Associate Professor Dinh Trong Thinh of the Academy of Finance admitted that cement is being exported out of the country.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-02-28 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 134157
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804783
                    [AuthorName] => Alex Magno
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
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                    [ArticleID] => 1847595
                    [Title] => Tariffication not answer to rice supply, price ills
                    [Summary] => Given our abundant arable lands and rich natural resources, we could grow enough of our own food, export those raw or processed products that we are unable to consume, and build an industrial economy. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2018-09-01 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133567
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804785
                    [AuthorName] => Satur C. Ocampo
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
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MB exec bats for tariff reprieve in agriculture sector

By Lawrence Agcaoili | 3 hours ago

There is a need to open up the Philippine market by lifting protectionist measures for the agriculture sector and finance product-enhancing initiatives, a member of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Monetary Board...

Business

A win for consumers

By Mary Ann LL. Reyes | October 16, 2022 - 12:00am

After weeks of hearings and investigations conducted on the matter, the Tariff Commission has issued two controversial orders with expected huge effects not only on the local cement industry but also on cement users...

Business

Higit P200-B 'nalugi sa magsasaka' dahil sa Rice Liberalization Law — grupo

By James Relativo | September 16, 2022 - 12:56pm

Muling binuhay ng Anakpawis party-list ang panawagang i-repeal ang Republic Act 11203 o Rice Liberalization law kasabay ng...

Bansa

Government urged to cut tariffs, import more

By Louise Maureen Simeon | March 9, 2022 - 12:00am

The country’s economic team is pushing for the expansion of tariff reduction and more volume of certain imported agricultural commodities to cushion the impact of soaring global oil prices on domestic food...

Business

TC delays hearings on petrochem safeguard measures

By Louella Desiderio | December 7, 2021 - 12:00am

The Tariff Commission is moving to a later date the public hearing to determine if safeguard measures should be imposed on imports of high density polyethylene and linear low density polyethylene pellets and granules....

Business

Palace tells senators to give EO on lower pork tariffs a chance

By Alexis Romero | April 21, 2021 - 5:53pm

President Rodrigo Duterte has urged senators to give the executive order that lowered the tariffs on pork imports a chance...

Headlines

Palace: Duterte to listen to senators against cutting pork import tariffs

By Alexis Romero | April 13, 2021 - 6:54pm

President Rodrigo Duterte is ready to listen to senators who oppose the lowering of the tariffs on pork because of its possible...

Headlines

Commentary: Feed-in tariffs and the pandemic

By Paco A. Pangalangan | January 16, 2021 - 2:44pm

Both the Social Security System and Philippine Health Insurance Corporation are reconsidering their plans to increase premium...

News Commentary

Unsafe

By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | February 28, 2019 - 12:00am

In last November’s issue of Vietnam Economic News, Associate Professor Dinh Trong Thinh of the Academy of Finance admitted that cement is being exported out of the country.

Opinion

Tariffication not answer to rice supply, price ills

By AT GROUND LEVEL | By Satur C. Ocampo | September 1, 2018 - 12:00am

Given our abundant arable lands and rich natural resources, we could grow enough of our own food, export those raw or processed products that we are unable to consume, and build an industrial economy.

Opinion