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                    [ArticleID] => 229326
                    [Title] => GMA denies Camacho resigned because of GSIS chief
                    [Summary] => President Arroyo denied yesterday insinuations that her inaction against Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) president and general manager Winston Garcia was among the reasons why Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho decided to quit his post.


"No, Secretary Camacho has definitely told me that’s not the reason," the President said.

Mrs. Arroyo stressed the primary reason why Camacho was leaving government service is his desire to return to the private sector because of its financial rewards.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 229155 [Title] => Camacho resignation rattles markets [Summary] => The peso dropped to a three-year low of 55.70 to the dollar during intra-day trading yesterday even as rates for the bellwether 91-day Treasury bill (T-bills) rose in reaction to the resignation of Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho. [DatePublished] => 2003-11-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 228948 [Title] => GMA vows continued economic reforms [Summary] => President Arroyo said yesterday economic reforms would continue following the resignation of Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho.

Mrs. Arroyo said her government would continue reforms aimed at keeping the budget deficit and inflation under control.

"What we need most are fiscal reforms, macroeconomic reforms... if we keep on spending without anything being added to our revenue collection, things will become harder for the government," Mrs. Arroyo told a political forum at the Ateneo de Manila University.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 189075 [Title] => DOF rule on political appointments lauded [Summary] => Sen. Tessie Aquino Oreta welcomed yesterday reports that Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho would work to eliminate political accommodation at the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC).

"Ending political accommodations at the BIR and BOC is a step in the right direction towards instituting reforms in these revenue collecting agencies that have failed dismally in meeting their targets this year," she said.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 185469 [Title] => ‘Camacho acted in good faith’ [Summary] => Malacañang insisted yesterday that Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho acted "in good faith" when he proposed a sweeping state takeover of beleaguered Manila Electric Co. (Meralco).

Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said the government only wanted to ensure "stability in the power sector" in case the Nov. 15 Supreme Court ruling ordering Meralco to refund an estimated P28 billion to its customers becomes final.

Meralco earlier said it might go bankrupt and cease operations if the refund pushed through.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 163759 [Title] => Sasakyan ni Sec.Camacho kinarnap sa QC [Summary] => Muli na namang umatake ang grupo ng mga karnaper na kumikilos sa Quezon City at isa sa huling biktima ay ang sasakyan ni Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho.

Ayon sa sumbong ni Jort Morania, 58, ng 80 K-3rd St., Kamuning Quezon City, driver ni Secretary Camacho na naganap ang insidente dakong alas-2:30 ng madaling araw sa harap ng kanyang bahay.

Sinabi ni Morania na ipinarada niya ang kulay berdeng Strada L-200 van na may plakang UHR-945 ni Camacho sa harap ng kanilang bahay para umidlip sandali.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 159351 [Title] => ‘Lucky’ Liongson seems headed to multimillions! [Summary] => No sooner had the GMA Government established one of its most powerful energy offices, the brand-new "Transmission Mono-poly", than Finance Secretary Jose Isidro "Lito" Camacho began pushing for the "privatization" of this vital agency. Why? Camacho’s argument is that this is a very attractive commodity in the eyes of investment bankers. But, of course, it is: Whoever owns and controls this transmission "monopoly" will have every power generating company completely at his mercy!
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 158509 [Title] => Solon scores taxes on AUVs [Summary] => Opposition Sen. Tessie Aquino-Oreta expressed dismay yesterday over the final proposal of Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho to slap excise taxes on Asian utility vehicles (AUVs), saying this would hurt ordinary Filipinos the most.

Oreta issued this statement after Camacho announced on Tuesday that government would raise revenues by imposing excise tax on AUVs, the 10-seater low-cost vehicles popularly known as ‘mega-taxis." Camacho said he would submit this proposal to Congress for approval.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1297981 [AuthorName] => Efren Danao [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 143707 [Title] => Villanueva urges CA okay for Camacho [Summary] => Bro. Eduardo Villanueva, the spiritual director of the Jesus Is Lord Church based in Bocaue, Bulacan, has endorsed the confirmation of Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho.
[DatePublished] => 2001-12-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 142233 [Title] => A Mona Lisa? [Summary] => There were two amusing newspaper stories that appeared last week in the front pages of several dailies. The first involved Sen. John "Sonny" Osmeña who reportedly blew his top, threatened to resign from the Senate majority bloc, when he saw the reaction of Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho to Sonny O’s demand. Sonny O wanted the customs collector of Cebu to be sacked from his post — and Secretary Camacho’s unsaid reply, as the news story said, was a smile. [DatePublished] => 2001-12-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133215 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1189692 [AuthorName] => Art Borjal [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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