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                    [Title] => UK looks forward to RP's presidential elections
                    [Summary] => 

The United Kingdom looks forward to next year’s elections but said the government should not lose momentum in economic and social reform through business legislation.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 518638 [Title] => Angara urges Congress to pass reform measures [Summary] =>

Sen. Edgardo Angara urged Congress to pass pending financial reforms in order to promote market stability and to shield the Philippine economy from external shocks.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 404570 [Title] => Reforms urged to strengthen financial system [Summary] => The government needs to institute reforms to improve and strengthen the financial system in the wake of the recent developments ... [DatePublished] => 2008-10-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 370680 [Title] => Gov’t rules out new tax measures [Summary] => The government has ruled out further tax reform measures until after the elections, but the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is pushing for more reforms in the financial and power sectors.

The IMF has been pushing for changes in the country’s excise tax laws as well as investment incentives laws that cost the government billions of pesos in terms of foregone revenues.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 302452 [Title] => Embassy Swiss Army balisong [Summary] => Visa applicants are complaining about this rude Filipina at the Swiss Embassy. According to sources, she has this nasty habit of shouting at Filipinos applying for visas or are bound for Switzerland. She apparently doesn’t like it if applicants ask for clarifications, and she resorts to being rude and arrogant during the interview as if to show who’s boss. In contrast, Swiss officials at the Embassy are polite and courteous. [DatePublished] => 2005-10-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135728 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1730160 [AuthorName] => S.A. Maguire [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 298145 [Title] => NG borrowing scheme may lead to new debt crisis — Paeng [Summary] => Former Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Rafael Buenaventura has warned that the National Government’s present borrowing scheme could lead to a debt crisis.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 293491 [Title] => BSP vows to continue financial system reforms [Summary] => The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has vowed to continue implementing financial system reforms to complement and accelerate the development of the capital market.

In a speech before the members of the Investment House Association of the Philippines (IHAP), BSP Governor Amando Tetangco said one of these reforms is the laying out of the groundwork through asset clean-up of banks to restore the credit supply to the economy for the first semester of 2005.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 262878 [Title] => BSP seeks tighter watch on SSS, GSIS [Summary] => The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) wants a tighter management and regulation of the country’s state-owned pension funds as monetary officials pushed for the passage of key legislative reforms for the financial sector.

The BSP presented yesterday its financial sector restructuring and reform agenda that included administrative measures focusing mainly on state-owned pension funds, Social Security System (SSS) and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS).
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 224381 [Title] => Council pushes passage of 8 economic bills [Summary] => The Capital Market Development Council (CMDC) is urging government to fasttrack the passage of eight economic reform measures aimed at spurring the growth of the equities markets and regaining the confidence of the investing public.

The CMDC is a joint public-private sector council composed of the Department of Finance, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Executives Association of the Philippines, Insurance Commission, Philippine Stock Exchange, Bankers Association of the Philippines and the Investment Houses Association of the Philippines. [DatePublished] => 2003-10-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 223669 [Title] => American traders urge entry of more foreign investors [Summary] => American businessmen are asking the government to ease the restrictions on the entry of more foreign equity and professionals.

In separate letters to Senate President Franklin Drilon and House Speaker Jose de Venecia, American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (Amcham) president George P. Henefeld expressed the chamber’s desire to see the "relaxation and removal from the Constitution of current restrictions on foreign equity and professionals."
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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