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+ Follow PRESS SECRETARY AND PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN RICARDO Tag
PRESS SECRETARY AND PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN RICARDO
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                    [ArticleID] => 86194
                    [Title] => Government urged to streamline requirements for SMEs
                    [Summary] => The government should streamline business processing and do away with useless requirements to start commercial ventures especially for small and medium scale enterprises  if it wants to attract more investors and convert SMEs into an abundant source of jobs for the masa, according to former Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr.

[DatePublished] => 2001-04-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 95835 [Title] => Government urged to streamline requirements for SMEs [Summary] => The government should streamline business processing and do away with useless requirements to start commercial ventures especially for small and medium scale enterprises if it wants to attract more investors and convert SMEs into an abundant source of jobs for the masa, according to former Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr.
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 104668 [Title] => Puno, other Laban bets sign pro-education covenant [Summary] => Senatorial candidates of the opposition Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (Laban) have vowed, if elected, to mount a bipartisan push for a bale of initiatives that would further the interests of Filipino students and help Congress truly transform education into the great social equalizer of the masa.

Laban’s senatorial bet led by former Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ricardo "Dong’ Puno Jr. [DatePublished] => 2001-03-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 104664 [Title] => Puno welcomes layoff moratorium [Summary] => Anticipating potential benefits for the masses, former Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr. welcomed the other day two significant developments in the labor and power sectors tha would benefit ordinary Filipinos long reeling from high electricity rates and shortage of jobs.

Puno, one of the Laban senatorial frontrunners, lauded a pledge by some 340 employers to observe a moratorium on laying off personnel while the government is trying to improve the employment situation.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 104606 [Title] => Puno urges government to develop alternative export markets [Summary] => The government should develop non-traditional markets for Philippine products to stop the growth slowdown of the export sector and prepare for the possible slump of the US economy, the country’s biggest customer.

This call was issued by former Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr. in the wake of reports that the country’s exports in January dropped 17.36 percent from December, the sharpest month-on-month drop for January since 1992.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 104579 [Title] => Puno calls on government to fill up court vacancies [Summary] => To ensure that "those who have less in life should have more in law," former Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr. underscored the need to fill up the thousands of vacancies in the judiciary and ease the worsening backlog in court cases.

Puno, a lawyer, said that the congestion of the courts must be addressed not only to speed up the administration of justice in the country but to ensure that poor litigants get the same treatment as their rich counterparts do under our justice system.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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