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                    [Title] => Australian growers going bananas?
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                    [Title] => More support for alternative fuels
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"I would like to commend you for giving more publicity to these indigenous alternative fuels. In the case of coco-biodiesel, the initial mix of one percent in diesel fuel, a very minute number by oil company standards, will create new local coconut oil demand equivalent to 70 thousand metric tons per year.


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                    [Title] => Backtracking on EVAT
                    [Summary] => Despite pronouncements being made by palace spokespersons, there is no doubt that GMA’s administration no longer feels comfortable in implementing the now infamous Expanded Value Added Tax (EVAT) law. The imposition of an additional tax burden at this time, particularly on oil products and power, is now seen as politically and economically not manageable.


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                    [Title] => Ty, Sy, and Tan play bankers game well
                    [Summary] => The tumultuous battle for control among shareholders of Equitable PCI Bank has apparently come to an end after the Go family gave up control of the country’s third largest bank in favor of Banco de Oro, one of two banks owned by retail tycoon Henry Sy.


It was a story of a David gobbling up a Goliath considering that BdO, while being one of the most profitable and fastest growing Philippine banks, is just  ranked 8th in terms of asset size. 


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Finding solutions, not excuses

By Rey Gamboa | January 16, 2006 - 12:00am

Our government planners are so accustomed to attributing the agriculture sector’s lackluster performance to bad weather. Perhaps it is true that a series of weather disasters, aggravated by a dry spell brought...

Business

Australian growers going bananas?

By Rey Gamboa | November 7, 2005 - 12:00am

When the stakes are high, expect lobby groups to pull out all the stops.

Business

More support for alternative fuels

By Rey Gamboa | October 31, 2005 - 12:00am

With the expanded value added tax hitting oil products and power rates tomorrow, the country is without doubt in for higher prices. Alternative fuels, definitely, deserve a serious look. Here’s an e-mail from...

Business

Backtracking on EVAT

By Rey Gamboa | September 23, 2005 - 12:00am

Despite pronouncements being made by palace spokespersons, there is no doubt that GMA’s administration no longer feels comfortable in implementing the now infamous Expanded Value Added Tax (EVAT) law. The imposition...

Business

Ty, Sy, and Tan play bankers game well

By Rey Gamboa | August 19, 2005 - 12:00am

The tumultuous battle for control among shareholders of Equitable PCI Bank has apparently come to an end after the Go family gave up control of the country’s third largest bank in favor of Banco de Oro, one...

Business