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                    [ArticleID] => 1326239
                    [Title] => NFA blots P-Noy’s honesty image
                    [Summary] => 

Our country’s favorable image abroad hangs by a thread… it’s based on P-Noy’s reputation for reform and honesty. P-Noy must have had this great responsibility in mind when he appointed another de facto Agriculture Secretary with powers over the National Food Authority or NFA. He surely must know enough about the goings on at NFA that made him effectively castrate Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1326252 [Title] => NFA rice arrival being delayed [Summary] =>

The cargo handler that the agency imposed on Vietnam has stopped all contacts, the force the latter to up its payments.

 

 

 

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 695771 [Title] => Withdrawal of contractor delays repairs [Summary] =>

The city government has been bombarded with complaints regarding potholes in the city’s streets, but the Department of Engineering and Public Works still cannot begin patching the holes because the asphalt bitumen has not been delivered.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097048 [AuthorName] => Jessica Ann R. Pareja [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 585194 [Title] => Liloan softball tourney resumes tomorrow [Summary] =>

Action in the Landing, Sta.Cruz Softball Tournament resumes tomorrow with four games on tap starting at 9 am in Liloan.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096583 [AuthorName] => Caecent No-ot Magsumbol [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 486223 [Title] => Yap: Market data belie overprice of rice import [Summary] =>

The lean season for rice (July to September) has set in, and with it a heightened interest in the cereal and its retail price.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135304 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804858 [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 484428 [Title] => Securing the rice supply [Summary] =>

The price of the rice variety that I usually buy has stabilized, with a large discount for consumers who buy by the sack.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 53859 [Title] => Bandang Phylum ug ang ilang bag-ong album [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-04-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Banat Showbiz [SectionUrl] => showbiz [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 358194 [Title] => RP envoy urged to probe entry of cheap cement from China [Summary] => The Cement Manufacturers Association of the Philippines (CeMAP) is urging Philippine Ambassador to Beijing, China Sonia Cataumber-Brady to look into the entry of undervalued Chinese cement to some areas of Min-danao.

"We petition the good Ambassador to bring to the attention of the Government of China the unfair practices in the export of their cement to the Philippines," CeMAP president Ernesto M. Ordoñez said in a letter to Ambassador Brady.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 329597 [Title] => Local steel prices to rise due to tight global supply [Summary] => Local steel prices are likely to go up due to the prevailing tight global supply.

The very tight supply of steel materials from foreign mills in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China and some European mills has caused global steel prices to surge.

Hot rolled coils (HRC), which is used to produce cold rolled coils, pipes, tubes, c-purlins and structural members are priced currently at $450 to $550 per ton FOB (freight on board) against $300 from the fourth quarter of 2005.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 274509 [Title] => The Count of Mario Crespo [Summary] => Mario Crespo a.k.a. as Mark Jimenez, who is serving a two-year sentence for illegal campaign contributions and tax evasion, is counting the days when he shall make his triumphant return to the Philippines. Word from our Florida Eye-spy is that Marky baby may get off earlier than expected from his minimum-security federal detention center because of "good behavior" and the "best friend" relationships he established with his jailers. Much like Dumas’ Count of Monte Cristo, Mark Jimenez is coming back with a vengeance with plans to run for Mayor of Manila. [DatePublished] => 2005-04-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135725 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1730160 [AuthorName] => S.A. Maguire [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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