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                    [Title] => RP government service among worst in the world
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Government service in the Philippines is one of the poorest in the world, based on studies by international groups, the president of the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) said yesterday. 


DAP president Antonio Kalaw Jr. told a press conference that the country’s bureaucracy ranked 49th among 61 countries in the 2006 World Competitiveness Yearbook, and 77th among 117 countries in the Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735914 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta  [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 265155 [Title] => GMA to GOCC heads: Cut pay or get fired [Summary] => President Arroyo yesterday warned the heads of government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) they would be fired if they did not cut their pay and implement her strict austerity program.

The Palace said in a statement this was part of the government’s effort to avoid a fiscal crisis caused by a growing deficit and ballooning government debts.

As part of this effort, the Arroyo administration would have a "compliance scorecard on pay cuts and austerity measures among government-owned or controlled corporations," the statement said. [DatePublished] => 2004-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 252866 [Title] => NG to trim down number of gov’t firms [Summary] => Government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) will be pared down to the minimum as the government struggles to free up some P5.7 billion in annual subsidies to these entities.

A comprehensive audit of all GOCCs is now underway in preparation for the issuance of an executive order laying down administrative measures intended to jumpstart the government’s bureaucratic streamlining program.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 153721 [Title] => NFA, PCA put under DA’s wings [Summary] => The National Food Authority (NFA) and the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) are now back under the wing of the Department of Agriculture (DA).

The STAR
got a copy yesterday of Executive Order No. 81 which President Arroyo signed Monday to immediately return the NFA and PCA to the DA as attached agencies.

Last year, Mrs. Arroyo detached the two agencies from the DA and placed them under the Office of the President (OP).
[DatePublished] => 2002-03-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => RP government service among worst in the world
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Government service in the Philippines is one of the poorest in the world, based on studies by international groups, the president of the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) said yesterday. 


DAP president Antonio Kalaw Jr. told a press conference that the country’s bureaucracy ranked 49th among 61 countries in the 2006 World Competitiveness Yearbook, and 77th among 117 countries in the Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735914 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta  [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 265155 [Title] => GMA to GOCC heads: Cut pay or get fired [Summary] => President Arroyo yesterday warned the heads of government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) they would be fired if they did not cut their pay and implement her strict austerity program.

The Palace said in a statement this was part of the government’s effort to avoid a fiscal crisis caused by a growing deficit and ballooning government debts.

As part of this effort, the Arroyo administration would have a "compliance scorecard on pay cuts and austerity measures among government-owned or controlled corporations," the statement said. [DatePublished] => 2004-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 252866 [Title] => NG to trim down number of gov’t firms [Summary] => Government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) will be pared down to the minimum as the government struggles to free up some P5.7 billion in annual subsidies to these entities.

A comprehensive audit of all GOCCs is now underway in preparation for the issuance of an executive order laying down administrative measures intended to jumpstart the government’s bureaucratic streamlining program.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 153721 [Title] => NFA, PCA put under DA’s wings [Summary] => The National Food Authority (NFA) and the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) are now back under the wing of the Department of Agriculture (DA).

The STAR
got a copy yesterday of Executive Order No. 81 which President Arroyo signed Monday to immediately return the NFA and PCA to the DA as attached agencies.

Last year, Mrs. Arroyo detached the two agencies from the DA and placed them under the Office of the President (OP).
[DatePublished] => 2002-03-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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