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                    [Title] => Favila to review safeguard tariff lifting on soaps
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Trade and Industry Secretary Peter B. Favila agreed yesterday to review the lifting of safeguard duty on imported tripolyphosphates-technical grade (STPP-TG), a key ingredient in laundry detergent.


Favila has issued an order dismissing the application for a definitive general safeguard measures against imported STPP-TG as the earlier imposed tariff expired last month.
[DatePublished] => 2007-04-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 392290 [Title] => When agencies break rules, public suffers [Summary] => Government sets rules to protect public interest. If an agency breaks them, it can only be for suspicious motives. That’s what’s happening to the plan for a government broadband network, and in the soap industry.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 392324 [Title] => Chemphil may close shop due to import lib program [Summary] => Chemical Industries of the Philippines Inc. (Chemphil Group) — the country’s sole manufacturer of Sodium Tripolyphosphates-Technical Grade (STTP-TG) — the raw material used in laundry detergents, said they will close operation by end of May if the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will not reconsider its decision to lift the safeguards on STTP-TG importation.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 388382 [Title] => ABS-CBN inching up to Number One [Summary] => ABS-CBN has been slowly inching its way back to Number One ever since Eugenio "Gabby" Lopez III took over the network after the early retirement of Luis
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135881 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 378018 [Title] => Potential diplomatic row [Summary] => Still reeling from the issue of an American soldier raping one of our own, Philippines-US relations face another potential major irritant – this time over detergents.

American companies manufacturing detergents in the Philippines, led by Procter and Gamble Philippines, have sought the assistance of the US government and the American Chamber of Commerce in the face of rising duties being slapped by the Philippine government on imports of sodium tripolyphosphate or STPP, which accounts for a substantial portion of the cost of making detergents.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134315 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 332520 [Title] => Senate urged to rush biofuels bill [Summary] => The Senate was urged yesterday to rush the approval of the Bio-Fuels Bill in the wake of soaring world prices of crude oil and refined products.

The appeal was made by Bukidnon Rep. Juan Miguel Zubiri, principal author of the measure that seeks to promote the use of ethanol, a product that can be extracted from sugar cane, coconut and cassava and which can be mixed with gasoline.

Zubiri said there is urgent need to lessen the country’s dependence on imported fuel since prices of crude and finished products have been continually rising.
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Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II yesterday called the strong investment inflow for the two-month period is "very encouraging."
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 178250 [Title] => Chemphil waives right to buy partner’s stake in joint venture [Summary] => The Chemphil Group will waive its right of first refusal to buy out the shareholdings of Rhodia Consumer Specialties Ltd. in their joint venture firm Chemphil Albright & Wilson Corp. (CAWC).

The company said this is premised on Rhodia’s offering the same number of shares to third parties at a price and terms of the sale not more favorable than those offered to the company.

Rhodia’s over 120.536 million shares in CAWC are valued at $3.58 million.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 171767 [Title] => DTI asked to probe dumping of sulfuric acid [Summary] => LMG Chemicals Corp., an affiliate of Chemphil Group is asking the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to investigate the dumping of sulfuric acid in the country by Japanese companies.

According to LMG, sulfuric acid is a basic industrial chemical critical to many downstream manufacturing activities.

LMG, a local manufacturer of sulfuric acid, is a wholly-owned Filipino corporation established in 1958.

LMG’s state-of-the-art double contact/double absorption sulfuric acid plant is capable of producing at least 90,000 metric tons per year.
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Chemphil vice president for legal services Rolando Navarro said the city government of Pasig has lifted the closure order following a similar move by the DENR as the company was able to comply with an agreement basically requiring the implementation of a revised Environmental Management Plan for the plant’s operations.
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Favila to review safeguard tariff lifting on soaps
                    [Summary] => 





Trade and Industry Secretary Peter B. Favila agreed yesterday to review the lifting of safeguard duty on imported tripolyphosphates-technical grade (STPP-TG), a key ingredient in laundry detergent.


Favila has issued an order dismissing the application for a definitive general safeguard measures against imported STPP-TG as the earlier imposed tariff expired last month.
[DatePublished] => 2007-04-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 392290 [Title] => When agencies break rules, public suffers [Summary] => Government sets rules to protect public interest. If an agency breaks them, it can only be for suspicious motives. That’s what’s happening to the plan for a government broadband network, and in the soap industry.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 392324 [Title] => Chemphil may close shop due to import lib program [Summary] => Chemical Industries of the Philippines Inc. (Chemphil Group) — the country’s sole manufacturer of Sodium Tripolyphosphates-Technical Grade (STTP-TG) — the raw material used in laundry detergents, said they will close operation by end of May if the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will not reconsider its decision to lift the safeguards on STTP-TG importation.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 388382 [Title] => ABS-CBN inching up to Number One [Summary] => ABS-CBN has been slowly inching its way back to Number One ever since Eugenio "Gabby" Lopez III took over the network after the early retirement of Luis
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135881 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 378018 [Title] => Potential diplomatic row [Summary] => Still reeling from the issue of an American soldier raping one of our own, Philippines-US relations face another potential major irritant – this time over detergents.

American companies manufacturing detergents in the Philippines, led by Procter and Gamble Philippines, have sought the assistance of the US government and the American Chamber of Commerce in the face of rising duties being slapped by the Philippine government on imports of sodium tripolyphosphate or STPP, which accounts for a substantial portion of the cost of making detergents.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134315 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 332520 [Title] => Senate urged to rush biofuels bill [Summary] => The Senate was urged yesterday to rush the approval of the Bio-Fuels Bill in the wake of soaring world prices of crude oil and refined products.

The appeal was made by Bukidnon Rep. Juan Miguel Zubiri, principal author of the measure that seeks to promote the use of ethanol, a product that can be extracted from sugar cane, coconut and cassava and which can be mixed with gasoline.

Zubiri said there is urgent need to lessen the country’s dependence on imported fuel since prices of crude and finished products have been continually rising.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 200215 [Title] => BOI, PEZA investments surge by 100% to P10.3B in Jan-Feb [Summary] => Investments registered with the Board of Investments (BOI) and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) surged by more than 100 percent to P10.3 billion in the first two months of this year from P5 billion in the same period last year.

Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II yesterday called the strong investment inflow for the two-month period is "very encouraging."
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 178250 [Title] => Chemphil waives right to buy partner’s stake in joint venture [Summary] => The Chemphil Group will waive its right of first refusal to buy out the shareholdings of Rhodia Consumer Specialties Ltd. in their joint venture firm Chemphil Albright & Wilson Corp. (CAWC).

The company said this is premised on Rhodia’s offering the same number of shares to third parties at a price and terms of the sale not more favorable than those offered to the company.

Rhodia’s over 120.536 million shares in CAWC are valued at $3.58 million.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 171767 [Title] => DTI asked to probe dumping of sulfuric acid [Summary] => LMG Chemicals Corp., an affiliate of Chemphil Group is asking the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to investigate the dumping of sulfuric acid in the country by Japanese companies.

According to LMG, sulfuric acid is a basic industrial chemical critical to many downstream manufacturing activities.

LMG, a local manufacturer of sulfuric acid, is a wholly-owned Filipino corporation established in 1958.

LMG’s state-of-the-art double contact/double absorption sulfuric acid plant is capable of producing at least 90,000 metric tons per year.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 162247 [Title] => Chemphil plant in Pasig resumes operations [Summary] => The chemical plant of the publicly-listed Chemphil Group in Pasig City has re-opened after an eight-month closure imposed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) over its failure to meet certain environmental standards.

Chemphil vice president for legal services Rolando Navarro said the city government of Pasig has lifted the closure order following a similar move by the DENR as the company was able to comply with an agreement basically requiring the implementation of a revised Environmental Management Plan for the plant’s operations.
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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