Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 257938
                    [Title] => Tariff hike on tinplates to push up prices of canned goods
                    [Summary] => The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said yesterday it is aware of the possible increase in the prices of canned goods should the proposed seven percent tariff on tinplates be implemented.


However, DTI Undersecretary Adrian S. Cristobal said "the DTI has made no final position yet" and that it is still studying the impact of the tariff increase on various products.


He clarified that "although we would want to make the operation of the National Steel Corp. (NSC) become more viable, we are also mindful of Filipino consumers who buy canned goods."

                    [DatePublished] => 2004-07-18 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805266
                    [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 240061
                    [Title] => Sugar’s sour tale
                    [Summary] => Last year, local sugar producers had reason to feel comfortable again. The harvest was good, more than good in fact, because they had excess production, a first in more than 10 years. And they were expecting good prices just like the previous year. They were in for a disappointment however. 


Since the start of the milling season, millgate prices have skidded steadily. From the peak of P815.86 per 50-kilo bag, this dropped to P807.87 by October, P772.96 by November, and to less than P700 in the last two months. 


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-02-23 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133715
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805279
                    [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 239693
                    [Title] => Undeniable realities rankle
                    [Summary] => The thought of failure three times in a row would surely infuriate any highly motivated achiever. In the case of our central bank governor, Rafael Buenaventura, this is more painful because failing marks were supposedly based on "biases and inaccuracies."


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-02-20 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133715
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805279
                    [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [3] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 238926
                    [Title] => DTI holds off tariff cut on cement imports
                    [Summary] => The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is holding off the reduction of the safeguard tariff on imported cement as retail prices of cement are reportedly on the downtrend.
                    [DatePublished] => 2004-02-15 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805266
                    [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

        )

)

SECRETARY CESAR V

Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 257938
                    [Title] => Tariff hike on tinplates to push up prices of canned goods
                    [Summary] => The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said yesterday it is aware of the possible increase in the prices of canned goods should the proposed seven percent tariff on tinplates be implemented.


However, DTI Undersecretary Adrian S. Cristobal said "the DTI has made no final position yet" and that it is still studying the impact of the tariff increase on various products.


He clarified that "although we would want to make the operation of the National Steel Corp. (NSC) become more viable, we are also mindful of Filipino consumers who buy canned goods."

                    [DatePublished] => 2004-07-18 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805266
                    [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 240061
                    [Title] => Sugar’s sour tale
                    [Summary] => Last year, local sugar producers had reason to feel comfortable again. The harvest was good, more than good in fact, because they had excess production, a first in more than 10 years. And they were expecting good prices just like the previous year. They were in for a disappointment however. 


Since the start of the milling season, millgate prices have skidded steadily. From the peak of P815.86 per 50-kilo bag, this dropped to P807.87 by October, P772.96 by November, and to less than P700 in the last two months. 


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-02-23 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133715
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805279
                    [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 239693
                    [Title] => Undeniable realities rankle
                    [Summary] => The thought of failure three times in a row would surely infuriate any highly motivated achiever. In the case of our central bank governor, Rafael Buenaventura, this is more painful because failing marks were supposedly based on "biases and inaccuracies."


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-02-20 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133715
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805279
                    [AuthorName] => Rey Gamboa
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [3] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 238926
                    [Title] => DTI holds off tariff cut on cement imports
                    [Summary] => The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is holding off the reduction of the safeguard tariff on imported cement as retail prices of cement are reportedly on the downtrend.
                    [DatePublished] => 2004-02-15 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805266
                    [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

        )

)

abtest

Tariff hike on tinplates to push up prices of canned goods

By Marianne V. Go | July 18, 2004 - 12:00am

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said yesterday it is aware of the possible increase in the prices of canned goods should the proposed seven percent tariff on tinplates be implemented. However, DTI Undersecretary...

Business

Sugar’s sour tale

By Rey Gamboa | February 23, 2004 - 12:00am

Last year, local sugar producers had reason to feel comfortable again. The harvest was good, more than good in fact, because they had excess production, a first in more than 10 years. And they were expecting good...

Business

Undeniable realities rankle

By Rey Gamboa | February 20, 2004 - 12:00am

The thought of failure three times in a row would surely infuriate any highly motivated achiever. In the case of our central bank governor, Rafael Buenaventura, this is more painful because failing marks were supposedly...

Business

DTI holds off tariff cut on cement imports

By Marianne V. Go | February 15, 2004 - 12:00am

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is holding off the reduction of the safeguard tariff on imported cement as retail prices of cement are reportedly on the downtrend.

Business