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                    [Title] => ‘RP economic recovery only a matter of time’
                    [Summary] => President Arroyo assured the Filipino people yesterday that their living conditions would improve following the country’s 5.2 percent economic growth in the first seven months of the year.


"It (economic recovery) is only a matter of time," she said.


Mrs. Arroyo said she learned from a reporter of the magazine Far Eastern Economic Review  who interviewed her Monday that the international community has "a far more positive view" of the Philippines than the local media.


                    [DatePublished] => 2002-09-13 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva
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                    [Title] => RP bats for zero tariff under AICO
                    [Summary] => The government is lobbying for a  preferential tariff rate of zero percent up to 2010 under the ASEAN Industrial  Cooperation (AICO) scheme in line with  its effort to  encourage local manufacturers, specially car assemblers to  expand their production.
                    [DatePublished] => 2002-09-11 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
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                    [AuthorName] =>  Marianne  V.  Go
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‘RP economic recovery only a matter of time’

By Marichu A. Villanueva | September 13, 2002 - 12:00am

President Arroyo assured the Filipino people yesterday that their living conditions would improve following the country’s 5.2 percent economic growth in the first seven months of the year. "It (economic...

Headlines

RP bats for zero tariff under AICO

By Marianne V. Go | September 11, 2002 - 12:00am

The government is lobbying for a preferential tariff rate of zero percent up to 2010 under the ASEAN Industrial Cooperation (AICO) scheme in line with its effort to encourage local manufacturers, specially car...

Business