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                    [ArticleID] => 1409127
                    [Title] => Phl furniture industry sees 25% increase in revenues this year
                    [Summary] => 

The local furniture industry is projecting a 25 percent growth in revenues this year citing demand from the domestic market as well as recovery in key export markets.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473425 [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1407610 [Title] => EU offers to help Phl exporters on timber rule [Summary] =>

The European Union (EU) is keen on providing assistance to the Philippines to allow the country’s exporters to comply with the bloc’s new timber regulation against illegal logging.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473425 [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 767128 [Title] => Vietnam leads ASEAN wood product export last year [Summary] =>

Vietnam became the largest exporter of timber and wood products in ASEAN countries last year, earning $3.9 billion U.S. dollars in exports, local Vietnam News quoted the ASEAN Furniture Industries Council (AFIC) as saying on Thursday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 710601 [Title] => Laos forests feeding Vietnam industry, group says [Summary] =>

 An environmental group says Vietnamese companies are smuggling logs from the once rich forests of Laos to feed a billion-dollar industry that turns timber into furniture for export to the Europe and the United States.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-28 17:45:29 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 623050 [Title] => DENR roadside checkpoints abolished over extortion allegations [Summary] =>

Some 161 of 274 roadside checkpoints of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) have been abolished in the wake of reports that some department personnel were abusive and mulcting money from timber firms.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1685860 [AuthorName] => Rhodina Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 460062 [Title] => European Parliament adopts rules to keep illegal timber off EU market [Summary] =>

BRUSSELS, (xinhua) -- The European Parliament yesterday adopted rules on timber sold in the European Union (EU) in order to combat illegal logging, which contributes to deforestation.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-23 03:30:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 428192 [Title] => European Commission unveils forest protection initiatives [Summary] =>

The European Commission (EC) has unveiled two important initiatives to ensure that timber and timber products illegally harvested will not enter the European market. The EC said the initiatives will be done to ensure the protection of forests globally.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 75828 [Title] => Timber!!! [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-07-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 32742 [Title] => BIR requires owners, sellers of timber to pay VAT [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 386386 [Title] => Money grows on trees [Summary] => Worried about global warming? I have one word for you. Trees. And if you are the type who only thinks in terms of profits, as in something you can take to the bank, I still have one word for you. Trees.

According to an article in The Economist, investors have started to put their money into trees. Endowments and pension funds are now including timber as a "hard asset" in their portfolios. And that’s not because they were touched by Al Gore’s movie. They are down-to-earth, ROI types.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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