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                    [ArticleID] => 1271104
                    [Title] => Phl seeks review of US rule on garments
                    [Summary] => 

The Philippine garments industry is set to appeal to the US government for the approval of the Save Our Industries Act following the damage left by Super Typhoon Yolanda to sewing factories in Eastern Visayas.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473425 [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 843372 [Title] => US investors more concerned with judicial policy - Thomas [Summary] =>

American firms looking to invest in the Philippines are more concerned with the country’s courts than on the rules on ownership of land.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473425 [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 773095 [Title] => DTI confident US Congress will pass garments bill [Summary] =>

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is confident that the Save the Industries Act Bill that is pending before the US Congress would not be affected by recent efforts of US lawmakers to keep jobs in America.

[DatePublished] => 2012-02-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 764228 [Title] => Phl revises bill to help local garment sector [Summary] =>

The Philippines will have to remove two to three sections of the “cut and sew” portion of the Save the Industries Act to reduce the waived duties of the United States to $200 million, a ranking government official said.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 752288 [Title] => Phl waters down Save Act by cutting no. of garment categories [Summary] =>

The Philippines have agreed to water down the Save the Industries Act bill lodged before the US Congress by reducing the garment categories to nine instead of 17.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 725201 [Title] => Another tale of two economies [Summary] =>

Many of our readers found last week’s column where we juxtaposed the economies of two super powers namely America and China quite revealing and informative.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133753 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805279 [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 699791 [Title] => DTI hails filing of Save Act [Summary] =>

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) hailed the filing of the Save the Industries Act before the US Senate because it is a step in the right direction towards the revival of the Philippine garments industry.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 699183 [Title] => Save Act measure refiled in US Senate [Summary] =>

Sen. Daniel Inouye has refiled in the US Senate a bill which seeks to revive the dying textile industry in the Philippines and generate some 200,000 jobs while at the same time opening up the Asian market for American textile.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/2113/inouyethumb.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 687789 [Title] => Garment group mulls database to help revive ailing industry [Summary] =>

The Garment and Textile Industry Development Office (GTIDO) is looking at creating a centralized database in order to help revive the local garments and textile industry.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 681635 [Title] => Government preparing 5-year plan to revive ailing garments industry [Summary] =>

The government is preparing a five-year Garment Plan in an attempt to revive the ailing local garments industry by developing new markets like the European Union.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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