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[Title] => A stress test for MSMEs
[Summary] => At around this time every year, as the back-to-school season begins in the Philippines, market vendors would normally brace for the familiar surge of parents with their school-age children in tow, looking for notebooks and pens, school uniforms and shoes, getting ready for the opening of classes.
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[Title] => Toyota urges Philippines government to support all auto tech
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[Title] => Cebu biz leaders push for power, infrastructure boost
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[Title] => Vinta Market sets sail at newly opened SM City Zamboanga, championing local MSMEs
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[Title] => Inter-agency response needed to protect jobs, MSMEs
[Summary] => Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is urging the government to immediately mobilize an inter-agency response to protect jobs and extend financial lifelines to micro, small and medium enterprises struggling with the economic fallout of the Middle East conflict.
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[Title] => This tindera caravan is equipping MSMEs with digital finance tools
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[Title] => Wais Tindera Caravan advances Pinay entrepreneurs with digital financial tools, responsible borrowing practices
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[Title] => Toyota urges Philippines government to support all auto tech
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[Title] => Inter-agency response needed to protect jobs, MSMEs
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