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                    [Title] => Degrees and diplomas
                    [Summary] => 

It was with much interest that my eye strayed last week to a story on the BBC website with the headline “Penguin scraps degree requirement.”

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-24 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135214 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804847 [AuthorName] => Butch Dalisay [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1409421 [Title] => Dimaporo named RDC-10 chairman [Summary] =>

President Aquino has appointed Lanao del Norte Gov. Mohamad Khalid Quibranza Dimaporo as the new chairman of the Regional Development Council of Northern Mindanao (RDC-10) for the term 2013-2016.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 864860 [Title] => De Leon named new Treasurer [Summary] =>

President Aquino has appointed Finance Undersecretary Rosalia de Leon as Treasurer of the Philippines, succeeding Roberto Tan who left last month for a World Bank post.

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 768821 [Title] => World Bank warns nations of slowdown [Summary] =>

The World Bank has warned developing countries such as the Philippines to prepare for a global economic slowdown this year.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 701692 [Title] => Former Finance chief Teves receives honorary doctorate from Williams College [Summary] =>

Former Finance Secretary Margarito Teves has received an honorary degree from Massachusetts-based Williams College.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 660825 [Title] => More groups back Tetangco reappointment [Summary] =>

Economists, traders and other major players in the financial markets continue to pour their support to the re-appointment of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. to a fresh six-year term when his first term expires in July.

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 430057 [Title] => Teves named Asia's Best Finance Minister in 2008 [Summary] =>

The London-based monthly magazine The Banker has named Finance Secretary Margarito Teves as The Best Finance Minister for Asia in 2008, citing his efforts in handling the negative impact of the global crisis on the Philippines.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 286270 [Title] => Gullas: Give Teves free hand to choose BIR, BOC heads [Summary] => Cebu first district Rep. Eduardo Gullas has urged President Arroyo to give newly designated Finance Secretary Margarito "Gary" Teves a free hand in choosing the new heads of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC).

Gullas, who once served as House majority leader, said Teves’ appointment as head of the Department of Finance (DOF) "is being received gladly by everyone."

"We are proud to have a worthy son of Central Visayas as finance chief," he said in a statement.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 202796 [Title] => Foreign direct investments slip to $143B in 2002 [Summary] => Net foreign direct investment (FDI) has slipped from a 1999 peak of $179 billion to $143 billion in 2002, but remains the dominant source of external financing for developing countries. Likewise, net private debt flows to developing countries – bonds and bank loans – peaked at about $135 billion a year in 1995-96 and have since declined steadily, becoming net outflows in most years since 1998.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Banking [SectionUrl] => banking [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 200152 [Title] => Clubbing and hip-hopping with Julie Calimag [Summary] => Pretty and determined is Julie Christine Calimag, 22, who through her job as marketing manager of the 25th Club deals with the top management of Ayala Land and Ayala Corporation. The 25th is a dining place on the 25th floor of Tower One beside the Makati Stock Exchange. Senior executives, lawyers and stock brokers frequent this huge club which seats 130 people. As they negotiate in the privacy of this exclusive lounge, raviolis and pastas prepared by the L’Opera group spice the business deals that are cooked here. [DatePublished] => 2003-03-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135577 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1154514 [AuthorName] => Aurora Diaz-Wilson [SectionName] => Lifestyle Business [SectionUrl] => business-life [URL] => ) ) )
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