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                    [Title] => Central Luzon unemployment rate higher than national average
                    [Summary] => 

The unemployment rate in Central Luzon is 2.4 percent higher than the national rate of 6.5 percent, despite a double-digit growth in the manufacturing sector in the region.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-05 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/nation/20151006/Unemployment-rate-2.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1406289 [Title] => Malungkot na Pasko [Summary] =>

DAPAT masaya ang Pasko pero para sa karamihan ng OFWs, mahirap yatang mangyari ito.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133431 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804732 [AuthorName] => Roy Señeres [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1388888 [Title] => Local ethanol output insufficient – UN study [Summary] =>

Ethanol production in the country remains scarce, leaving oil firms no choice but to import overseas to comply with the government’s E10 requirement for gasoline, according to a study by a United Nations arm.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1340214 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Still a laggard [Summary] =>

Southeast Asia’s fastest growing economy also posted the biggest growth in foreign direct investment last year. The latest World Investment Report prepared by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development showed that FDI grew by 24 percent in the Philippines in 2013.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/opinion/20140629/startoon.gif ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1271402 [Title] => Surging Foreign Direct Investments [Summary] =>

With good macroeconomic fundamentals and continued reforms, the Philippines is getting a lot of interest from foreign investors these days.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-23 16:00:02 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/8355/elhf.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1256379 [Title] => Phl among 11 economies that relaxed rules on entry of foreign investors [Summary] =>

The Philippines is among the 11 countries that have adopted policy measures to ease the entry of foreign investors, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1186861 [Title] => Int'l investment, trade fair opens in Xiamen [Summary] =>

More than 670 delegations from 100 countries and regions gathered Sunday in China's southeastern coastal city of Xiamen to attend the 17th China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT).

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-08 13:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 959130 [Title] => EDITORIAL - No room for smugness [Summary] =>

Here’s another reminder to the administration that while the country may have been doing relatively well economically in recent years, our neighbors are doing better.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 958606 [Title] => Phl lags in FDI inflows in Asean [Summary] =>

The Philippines logged behind other Southeast Asian countries in attracting foreign direct investments (FDIs) last year, an international study showed.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7430/3pam.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 901443 [Title] => Phl posts growth in comm’l service exports [Summary] =>

Commercial service exports of the Philippines went up 12 percent in the third quarter last year from the same period in 2011, but it is still the lowest among countries in the Southeast Asian region, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development  (UNCTAD)and the World Trade Organization (WTO).

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473425 [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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