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                    [Title] => BOC sets guidelines on car importations
                    [Summary] => The Bureau of Customs (BOC) will issue the guidelines imposing duties and tariffs on brand-new and second-hand cars that have been imported without paying the applicable levies. 


BOC commissioner Antonio Bernardo said the bureau is preparing the guidelines for owners of cars who brought their vehicles into the country direct from abroad. 


According to Bernardo, the BOC is estimated to raise some P50 to P100 million worth of duties from this guideline which would require car owners to declare their imported vehicles for proper assessment. 


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                    [Title] => Government to investigate Subic auctions for luxury vehicles
                    [Summary] => The Department of Finance (DOF) said yesterday the importation of second-hand luxury vehicles through the Subic Free port should be subjected to a thorough investigation before the auctions are allowed to continue even on a limited basis.


As a result of aggressive lobbying by local car assemblers, the popular Subic auctions have been allowed to continue, but only on a very limited basis. Only vehicles intended for official use are allowed to be sold as well as special purpose vehicles such as funeral hearses. 


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                    [Title] => Roxas wants to abolish EMG
                    [Summary] => Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II is in favor of abolishing the Economic Mobilization Group (EMG) the forum for government and the business sector to discuss business issues.


The DTI head said that his proposal is similar to that taken by President Arroyo to her own Cabinet wherein she abolished several ad hoc committees and instead reverted back to Cabinet clusters that would be issue-oriented.


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                    [Title] => NTC prepares rules for bidding of radio frequencies
                    [Summary] => The National Telecommunications Commission is currently reviewing the experiences of other countries to come up with the rules and regulations for the bidding out of radio frequencies that will implement Executive Order no. 307 issued by former President Joseph Estrada last Oct. 31, 2000.


NTC commissioner Eliseo Rio told The STAR that the rules will include those that will govern the bidding out of 3G (third generation) frequencies which are considered to be very important and highly in demand.


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                    [Title] => PCCI, other business groups urge Arroyo to rescind EO 59
                    [Summary] => Business groups have urged the Arroyo administration to rescind a controversial order issued by her predecessor and sort out the legal tangle that has disrupted the operations at the North Harbor to pave the way for the privatization on the country’s biggest domestic port facility.


Almost two years after ousted President Joseph Estrada issued Executive Order, (EO)59, the privatization of North Harbor has been stalled at least three times with no clear policy on how the facility would be turned over to private investors and how many operators would be allowed to run it.

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                    [Title] => Government’s pump-priming may  be stalled due to budget deficit
                    [Summary] => Government’s pump-priming activity  may be stalled this year as it  will have to concentrate on bringing down its  yawning budget deficit to a manageable level.


This was hinted at yesterday by Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II following the announcement by President Arroyo of the creation of a new economic cluster that will replace the Economic Coordinating Council (ECC).


"The new economic superbody will include Finance Secretary Alberto Romulo, myself, Budget Secretary Emilia Boncodin and Economic Planning Secretary Dante Canlas," Roxas said.

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                    [Title] => Cabinet clusters to replace ECC
                    [Summary] => Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II  said yesterday  the government  is planning  to create  goal-oriented Cabinet clusters following the abolition of the Economic Coordinating Council (ECC) formed by deposed President Estrada.


"The functions of the economic superbody will most likely be returned to the Cabinet economic clusters," Roxas said. 


Roxas also said that with his reappointment to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), all efforts will be made to attract more foreign investments.


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                    [Title] => GMA scraps Estrada’s economic superbody
                    [Summary] => The Economic Coordinating Council (ECC) is now history.


President Arroyo announced Thursday night that she has decided to abolish the ECC which was formed by her disgraced predecessor Joseph Estrada to coordinate and implement economic policies.


The ECC was created through Executive Order No. 193 in January 2000, allegedly at the instance of Finance Secretary Jose Pardo who had then had just assumed the finance portfolio vice Edgardo Espiritu.


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                    [Title] => Estrada’s ‘Million Hectares, Million Jobs’ program gains wide support — Angara
                    [Summary] => Even the staunchest critics of President Estrada from the Makati Business Club (MBC) have committed to support the P3-billion project of the administration to put up the "One-Million Hectares, One-Million Jobs" agri-business program in the post-impeachment trial, newly installed Executive Secretary Edgardo Angara said yesterday.


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                    [Title] => Erap tells protesters: Please stay calm
                    [Summary] => President Estrada appealed for calm yesterday as the opposition held noisy demonstrations in Metro Manila and at least three other cities shortly before midnight Tuesday.


The spontaneous protests followed the Senate impeachment court’s vote to stop prosecutors from examining bank records they say would prove the Chief Executive acquired ill-gotten wealth during 18 months in office.


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ECONOMIC COORDINATING COUNCIL

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BOC commissioner Antonio Bernardo said the bureau is preparing the guidelines for owners of cars who brought their vehicles into the country direct from abroad. 


According to Bernardo, the BOC is estimated to raise some P50 to P100 million worth of duties from this guideline which would require car owners to declare their imported vehicles for proper assessment. 


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As a result of aggressive lobbying by local car assemblers, the popular Subic auctions have been allowed to continue, but only on a very limited basis. Only vehicles intended for official use are allowed to be sold as well as special purpose vehicles such as funeral hearses. 


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The DTI head said that his proposal is similar to that taken by President Arroyo to her own Cabinet wherein she abolished several ad hoc committees and instead reverted back to Cabinet clusters that would be issue-oriented.


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NTC commissioner Eliseo Rio told The STAR that the rules will include those that will govern the bidding out of 3G (third generation) frequencies which are considered to be very important and highly in demand.


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Almost two years after ousted President Joseph Estrada issued Executive Order, (EO)59, the privatization of North Harbor has been stalled at least three times with no clear policy on how the facility would be turned over to private investors and how many operators would be allowed to run it.

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This was hinted at yesterday by Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II following the announcement by President Arroyo of the creation of a new economic cluster that will replace the Economic Coordinating Council (ECC).


"The new economic superbody will include Finance Secretary Alberto Romulo, myself, Budget Secretary Emilia Boncodin and Economic Planning Secretary Dante Canlas," Roxas said.

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"The functions of the economic superbody will most likely be returned to the Cabinet economic clusters," Roxas said. 


Roxas also said that with his reappointment to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), all efforts will be made to attract more foreign investments.


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                    [Title] => GMA scraps Estrada’s economic superbody
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The ECC was created through Executive Order No. 193 in January 2000, allegedly at the instance of Finance Secretary Jose Pardo who had then had just assumed the finance portfolio vice Edgardo Espiritu.


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The spontaneous protests followed the Senate impeachment court’s vote to stop prosecutors from examining bank records they say would prove the Chief Executive acquired ill-gotten wealth during 18 months in office.


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