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                    [ArticleID] => 504464
                    [Title] => Mga tex-payers na unya tang tanan
                    [Summary] => 

Naay balaudnon nga mopahamtang og tax sa text messages.

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1550413 [AuthorName] => Ni Ate Ann-Ann [SectionName] => Banat Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 490976 [Title] => Government may allot another P200 billion to pump-prime economy in 2010 [Summary] =>

The Arroyo administration may allot another P200 billion next year to pump-prime the economy, according to Economic Planning Secretary Ralph Recto said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 486154 [Title] => Group seeks transparency in Laiban Dam project [Summary] =>

PSE Disclosure Various Green Convergence for Safe Food, Healthy Environment and Sustainable Economy, a coalition of more than 40 organizations nationwide, has asked the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) to shed light on its alleged hasty award of the $1.1-billion Laiban Dam project in Tanay, Rizal to San Miguel Bulk Water Co. (SMBWC).

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 480678 [Title] => How others perceive us [Summary] =>

I recently went to Amsterdam for a board meeting. During an excellent flight on Singapore Airlines, I read an article written by a senior writer of the Singapore Straits Times, Mr. Bruce Gale. I found his views painfully embarrassing and I am reproducing most of his column.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134149 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804944 [AuthorName] => Roberto R. Romulo [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 475562 [Title] => Atienza, Reyes bypassed by Commission on Appointments anew [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines – The powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) has bypassed for the nth time Environment Secretary Lito Atienza and Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 466727 [Title] => Nograles vows tough action against smugglers [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - Speaker Prospero Nograles vowed “tough action” yesterday against oil smugglers who he said might have deprived the government of P93 billion in potential taxes, a figure which might even be an under-estimation considering the large scale of the smuggling operations.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 461627 [Title] => Budget deficit seen to exceed P256 billion [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - The Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) said it is possible that the country’s budget deficit will exceed the worst-case scenario of P256 billion as predicted by Socio-economic Planning Secretary Ralph Recto.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 461337 [Title] => German openness to debt write-off confirmed [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - Economic Planning Secretary Ralph Recto has confirmed the offer of the German government to condone or write off part of the debt the country owes Germany.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 444373 [Title] => Joblessness [Summary] =>

So far in the Philippines, we have not been seeing the depressing rates of joblessness that the United States, a country we had for so long thought to be economically invincible, is currently experiencing.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133715 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 439248 [Title] => P330-billion stimulus package still up in the air - Neri [Summary] =>

The administration’s P330-billion economic stimulus fund is still up in the air, Social Security System president Romulo Neri said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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