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                    [Title] => MDGs
                    [Summary] => 

In 2000, 190 heads of government had embarked on mankind’s most ambitious project.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 409806 [Title] => Facts, fallacies and counter facts on RH Bill [Summary] => Our friend, former Speaker Jose de Venecia, had a blitzkrieg in Cambodia last week, addressing three speaking engagements ... [DatePublished] => 2008-10-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134209 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804859 [AuthorName] => Domini M. Torrevillas [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 25686 [Title] => Asean members renew currency swap facility [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-11-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 22969 [Title] => Chiang Mai Initiative to boost confidence in region, says BSP [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-10-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 14539 [Title] => JDV seeks inclusion of regional parliment in ASEAN charter [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-08-21 14:01:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 372877 [Title] => Two more countries pledge support for proposed Asian Monetary Fund [Summary] => Support for the proposed Asian Monetary Fund (AMF) has been growing after two more countries "approved in principle" its creation, a ranking government official said.

The AMF is designed to help Asian countries in the event of another financial crisis similar to that which hit the region in 1997, when a number of businesses collapsed and currencies plummeted against the dollar.

House Speaker Jose de Venecia said Iran and South Korea have "approved in principle" the creation of the AMF.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 369061 [Title] => Ahmadinejad [Summary] => TEHRAN: As he walked into the room, the first word that leapt in my mind was Spartan.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad does not seem comfortable with the pomp that goes with his high office. He wiggled in the ornate chair and stretched his legs as the translator did his work.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 357526 [Title] => JDV: 90 political parties in Asia endorse RP’s debt-for-equity proposal [Summary] => Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. reported yesterday that 90 political parties from 36 Asian nations have endorsed the Philippines’ debt-for-equity proposal for heavily indebted countries.

Leaders of these political groups made the endorsement in the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), which held its 4th assembly in Seoul last week.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 230007 [Title] => Asean mulls reg’l guarantee facility for sovereign issues [Summary] => Southeast Asian countries plan to put up a regional guarantee facility for sovereign issues and discussions are ongoing to determine the mechanics that would support the Asian Bond Fund (ABF) through a system of risk-weighting and guarantees. [DatePublished] => 2003-12-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 216882 [Title] => RP, China near accord on $1-B currency swap [Summary] => As more countries are exiting from the tutelage of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Asian countries are eyeing a bigger part in stabilizing regional currencies by allowing countries like the Philippines greater access to the funds under the so-called Chang Mai Agreement.

This developed as the Philippines and China entered the final stages of negotiations for the $1-billion bilateral currency swap agreement under the Chang Mai facility, inching the agreement towards completion within the year.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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