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                    [Title] => Electric vehicle goes on trial run in Cavite ecozone
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The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) is hosting the trial run of the first locally produced vehicle that runs on batteries and electric power.


PEZA Director General Lilia B. de Lima said the Philippine Electric Vehicle (PEV) will be used first within the government-run Cavite export processing zone. The PEV will transport the 90,000 workers within the zone during the trial run set to begin next month.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 367875 [Title] => Obrero nadaganan ng tone-toneladang salamin [Summary] => Patay ang isang construction worker makaraang madaganan ito ng tone-toneladang bigat ng salamin na kanyang kinakamada sa loob ng isang container van, kahapon ng umaga sa Pasig City.

Namatay habang nilalapatan ng lunas sa Rizal Medical Center ang biktimang si Oscar Ilagan, empleyado ng C.M. Maligaya Enterprises.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 367451 [Title] => RP to impose anti-dumping duties on Indon glass imports [Summary] => The government will extend for another five years the anti-dumping duties imposed on imported clear float glass (CFG) from Indonesia following the recommendation of the Tariff Commission.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 358393 [Title] => DTI to impose safeguards on glass imports from Malaysia, India [Summary] => The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has removed Malaysia and India from the list of countries exempted from the imposition of definitive safeguard measures on imported glass mirrors and float glass.

The removal of Malaysia and India from the exempted countries was done following an annual review to assess if the amount of imports from an exempted country remains less than three percent.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 353336 [Title] => Asahi Glass eyes RP unit as Asian export hub [Summary] => Asahi Glass Philippines, Inc. is being considered by Asahi Glass Co. Inc. of Japan as its export hub in Asia, recently designated AGPI chairman Renato R. Ermita said yesterday.

AGPI inaugurated yesterday a new float glass line with Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita and Trade and Industry Secretary Peter B. Favila heading the guest list.

AGPI’s upgraded float glass line is capable of producing 520 metric tons of float glass products per day and other high-value added glass products.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 330271 [Title] => Chinese firm to put up $300-M glass production plant in Subic [Summary] => China’s Hebei Jingniu Crystal Bull Group Company, Ltd. has decided to finally go ahead with a $300-million investment for a glass production plant in Subic.

This was announced yesterday by Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) administrator and chief executive officer Armand Arreza before he left for China to finalize the contract with officials of the Hebei Jingniu Group.

According to Arreza, the planned $300-million investment by the Hebei Jingniu Group would result in the creation of about 6,000 new jobs in the Subic freeport.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 319947 [Title] => RP woos Chinese glassmaker [Summary] => The government is wooing China’s Hebei Jingniu Crystal Bull Group Co. Ltd., to set up a glass manufacturing facility in Subic, Trade and Industry Secretary Peter B. Favila said.

The glass manufacturing plant was supposed to be China’s biggest single investment in the Philippines. The company initially approached former Trade and Industry Secretary Cesar V. Purisima about the project in 2003 when the group estimated the cost of the plant at $312 million.
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 312555 [Title] => CHAMP! [Summary] => Dec. 10, 2005 was the finals for the Business & Leisure Texas Hold’em Mall Tour - Eastwood challenge.

Well, it had to rain on our finals, but that did not dampen the spirits of our challengers. We did wait out the rain a bit, hoping it would finally die out, but what the heck, the show must go on. Honda’s President, Takashi Sekiguchi and Deputy Head for Marketing Arnel Doria were there to see the tournament to its glorious end, and of course to personally hand over the prizes to the Grand Champion.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133756 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 266217 [Title] => Militant labor groups push for tax break [Summary] => To help workers cope with the increasing cost of essential commodities, several labor groups are pressing for tax exemptions for those earning less than P600 a day.

Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP), Partido ng Manggagawa and their affiliates called on Congress yesterday to enact the tax relief measure on top of the legislated wage increase they and other labor groups are demanding.

BMP president Leody de Guzman said workers need the tax break so they could buy their daily needs and live decently.
[DatePublished] => 2004-10-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 264299 [Title] => Chinese glass firm plans $312-M factory in RP [Summary] => Hebei Jingniu Crystal Ball Group Co. Ltd., (CBC) of China plans to set up a $312-million glass manufacturing facility in the country to serve Southeast Asia and Japan’s growing demand for industrial glass, Trade and Industry Cesar V. Purisima said yesterday.

"The Chinese glass manufacturing plant would be the biggest single investment of China in the Philippines," Purisima said.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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