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Congress not seen to pass ‘CARP with reforms bill’
Many peasant groups and reform-advocates can`t help but feel a sense of déjà vu as they lobby for another extension of public funding of the 20-year Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), which expires Tuesday. ...
Isagani De Castro, ABS-CBN Inetractive, 12 June 2008 Making good use of BSP’s cooperation
AFTER about a year of prodding by financial market players, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) finally succumbed to calls to limit access to a facility meant to temper inflation....
EDITORIAL, Manila Times, 17 March 2008 RP smitten by Dutch disease–PIDS
A STATE-RUN think tank said the Philippines may be smitten by the dreaded Dutch disease, citing the peso’s strength alongside a weak manufacturing sector, which is a prelude to an economic slowdown....
Darwin G. Amojelar, Manila Times, 13 March 2008 ‘Dutch Disease` seen slowing growth
Philippine economic growth will fall sharply this year due to an overvalued peso and businesses who fail to reinvest their profits, a think-tank said Wednesday.
After the gross domestic product (GDP) struck a 31-year high with growth of 7.3 percen...
, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 13 March 2008 Targets face changes on oil prices
High oil prices may force the national government to revise its economic targets for the year, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) ...
Cai Ordinario, Business Mirror, 12 March 2008 BPO-based growth unsustainable
DESPITE the impressive growth rates registered by the services sector in recent years mainly from the robust business-process outsourcing (BPO) firms, the Philippines cannot rely on it to achieve sustainable gross domestic product (GDP) growth. ...
Cai U. Ordinario, Business Mirror, 12 Feb. 2008 State procurement scheme a magnet for controversies--expert
A high proportion of government procurement controversies -- in the guise of infrastructure projects -- exposed in this country came courtesy of so-called “unsolicited proposals” like the $329-million National Broadband Network deal, an expert said....
Daxim Lucas, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 8 Feb. 2008 Group calls for P47 to 1dollar
An industry group from the Confederation of Philippine Exporters (Philexport)-Cebu has joined the rest of the export sector in calling for the government to peg the exchange rate at P47 to the dollar. ...
, Sun Star Cebu, 30 November 2007 Exporters group push P47:$1 exchange rate
The Philippine Exporters Confederation (Philexport) said Tuesday the government should finally intervene to stop the continued appreciation of the peso amid fresh forecasts showing the currency would further strengthen in the coming years....
Ronnel Domingo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 28 November 2007 Why Senate must ratify JPEPA
The last time i was in the Senate serving as a resource person in a hearing regarding the ratification of an international agreement was 16 years ago. The treaty under consideration in 1991 was the extension of the US-Philippines Military Bases Agree...
Solita Monsod, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 24 November 2007
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