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                    [ArticleID] => 744973
                    [Title] => Good governance attracts infra, supply chain investments
                    [Summary] => 

Developing countries including the Philippines can look to good governance as a means of attracting foreign investments in infrastructure and supply chains crucial to enhancing their export performance.  

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1652108 [AuthorName] => Philexport News and Features [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 629811 [Title] => Phl urged to address non-tariff barriers [Summary] =>

The Philippines should shift its focus to addressing non-tariff barriers (NTB) and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) which are being used by importing countries to deter competition and act as disguised restriction to market access.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1652108 [AuthorName] => Philexport News and Features [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 620407 [Title] => PCCI supports government's K+12 education program [Summary] =>

The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), the largest business group in the country, has expressed support for the government’s move to extend the country’s basic education program by two years.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 586385 [Title] => Think tank bats for RP-EU free trade agreement [Summary] =>

Business think tank Universal Access to Competitiveness and Trade (U-ACT) called on incoming President Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III to initiate talks for the negotiation of a Philippine-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to attract more investors from Europe.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 503142 [Title] => Traders to take more active role in trade policy formulation [Summary] =>

Businessmen will now become more active in the formulation of trade policies.

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 477348 [Title] => UK keen to hike trade with RP [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - British businesses are keen to increase trade with the Philippines in the next few years, particularly in financial and outsourcing services.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 450774 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Jobs, but no workers [Summary] =>

An India-based outsourcing firm is setting up shop in Metro Manila. The Cybernet-Slash Support facility in Bonifacio Global City will provide multilingual customer and technology support...

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/1447/startoonthumbb.gif ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 450470 [Title] => Qualified college graduates rare - BPOs [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - Business process outsourcing (BPO) firms are still struggling to find qualified workers from the ranks of graduates of Philippine colleges and universities.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 327214 [Title] => We’ve got e-mail from here to Baguio [Summary] => Destination: Baguio to catch the Panagbenga Flower Festival.

Travel time: Didn’t matter as long as we made it.

Travel mates: My two friends and a trusty Globe WiFi, GPRS and EDGE phone, which was lent to me for the trip. WiFi, or wireless fidelity, enables cell phones that are WiFi-ready to receive information whether indoors or outdoors, so long as they are within reach of the base station.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804887 [AuthorName] => Kathy Moran [SectionName] => Lifestyle Business [SectionUrl] => business-life [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 312634 [Title] => PCCI to adopt a global outlook [Summary] => The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) will adopt a more global outlook next year and participate more closely with the government in negotiating trade agreements, its president Donald Dee said

In a yearend briefing, Dee admitted that the PCCI has not been giving enough attention to globalization.

"Globalization is here, and it is here to stay," Dee acknowledged. Thus, for 2006, the PCCI is adjusting its focus.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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